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London Road is now the principal business thoroughfare of St. Leonards, and the service of electric trams run through it from the sea to St. Matthew's Church, Silverhill. Christ Church and the Congregational Church with their tall spires are prominent objects.
Christ Church, now a very fine edifice, has replaced a small one erected by the Dowager Lady St. John, mother of the late Rev.
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C. L. Vaughan, as a Chapel-of-ease to St. Mary Magdalen. The present Church owes its magnificence to its former incumbent, Rev. C. L. Vaughan, in whose time the services assumed a Ritualistic character. It is one of the largest in the Borough, and was built at a cost approaching £22,000.
