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| Image Credit the Hathi Trust Digital Library and The University of Michigan Library. St Michael & All Angels, Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London. (In the 1980's, this church was converted into flats
and is now known as St Michael's Court) |
Fr Enraght continued the next 9 years of his ministry in the East End of London:-
In December 1884 Fr Enraght was licensed to the curacy of St Michael’s
Bromley by Bow, Poplar (Tower Hamlets) by the Bishop of London.
A year later in December 1885,
there were calls from the Church
Association for the
Bishop of London (Dr Frederick Temple) to revoke the Curacy License
of Fr Enraght at St Michael & All Angels, the
Bishop refused to use the Public
Worship Regulation Act
against Fr Enraght.
Dr Temple saw his mission as building bridges
within the Church and not division between the different wings of the
Church of England.
(In 1896, Dr
Frederick Temple was appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury)
In
1888 the Parish of St
Michael & All Angels, Bromley by Bow, was split up to create the
separate Parish of St Gabriel, to which Fr Enraght was appointed the
Curate-in-Charge. St Gabriel's was in the slums between East India Dock Road and
Bow Road.
The Enraght Family lived in St Gabriel's Vicarage, in Morris Road, Poplar.
The East End News & London Shipping Chronicle reported on 10th May 1892, "we wish all success to the forthcoming bazaar on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, in this week, May 11th to 13th, in aid of the work of the very poor parish of St Gabriel, Bromley. Much progress has been made since the Revd R. W. Enraght took charge of the parish about three and a half years ago. The day schools of the parish have been recovered into church management. There are upwards of 700 children in the Sunday School. The congregations are much larger, and numerous organisations and classes are constantly at work. The present bazaar has been got up to provide funds to improve the sanctuary and organ, and go towards the salary of the lay evangelist, and for other parish works. From our advertisement columns it will be seen that the bazaars bids fair to be of a very attractive character".
The Evening Standard reported on the 15th June 1892, "The Revd R. W. Enraght will be deeply grateful for DONATIONS towards the SUMMER TREATS of one of the poorest parishes in East London. The Sunday Schools’ or the Band of Hope Excursion are only occasions upon which many of the children ever see the country. And such a yearly “outing” is looked forward to accordingly. – St Gabriel’s Vicarage, Bromley, Poplar, East."
In 1893 Fr Enraght was invited to Worthing, for the Annual General Meeting of the Worthing Branch of the English Church Union, to which he gave a Lecture on the past 50 years history of the Church of England. (see the full transcription of the Worthing Lecture)
The Enraght Memorial
In December 1898 the Morning Post reported, “The Enraght Memorial – As a memorial to the late Revd R Enraght it has been decided to complete the temporary side Chapel of St Gabriel, which is in a most unfinished state. The estimate cost is about £200. The Holy Eucharist is offered daily in the chapel, this being inaugurated by Mr Enraght when he was appointed to the Curacy in charge ten years ago. The Bishop of Stepney has approved the proposal”.
It was announced in September 1899 that the £200 had been raised by public subscription, amongst the subscribers, were the Bishops of Islington and Stepney and the Hon. Lionel Holland, M.P. for Tower Hamlets Bow & Bromley.
The Enraght Family lived in St Gabriel's Vicarage, in Morris Road, Poplar.
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| St Gabriel Church, listed in the London Post Office Directory |
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© National Library of Australia Newcastle Morning Herald (New South Wales) 11 September 1889
This newspaper report of 1889 has the sensational headline of ‘Recent Prisoner’,
in fact, it was 8 years previous in 1881 when Fr Enraght was released from prison ! |
The East End News & London Shipping Chronicle reported on 10th May 1892, "we wish all success to the forthcoming bazaar on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, in this week, May 11th to 13th, in aid of the work of the very poor parish of St Gabriel, Bromley. Much progress has been made since the Revd R. W. Enraght took charge of the parish about three and a half years ago. The day schools of the parish have been recovered into church management. There are upwards of 700 children in the Sunday School. The congregations are much larger, and numerous organisations and classes are constantly at work. The present bazaar has been got up to provide funds to improve the sanctuary and organ, and go towards the salary of the lay evangelist, and for other parish works. From our advertisement columns it will be seen that the bazaars bids fair to be of a very attractive character".
The Evening Standard reported on the 15th June 1892, "The Revd R. W. Enraght will be deeply grateful for DONATIONS towards the SUMMER TREATS of one of the poorest parishes in East London. The Sunday Schools’ or the Band of Hope Excursion are only occasions upon which many of the children ever see the country. And such a yearly “outing” is looked forward to accordingly. – St Gabriel’s Vicarage, Bromley, Poplar, East."
In 1893 Fr Enraght was invited to Worthing, for the Annual General Meeting of the Worthing Branch of the English Church Union, to which he gave a Lecture on the past 50 years history of the Church of England. (see the full transcription of the Worthing Lecture)
The Enraght Memorial
In December 1898 the Morning Post reported, “The Enraght Memorial – As a memorial to the late Revd R Enraght it has been decided to complete the temporary side Chapel of St Gabriel, which is in a most unfinished state. The estimate cost is about £200. The Holy Eucharist is offered daily in the chapel, this being inaugurated by Mr Enraght when he was appointed to the Curacy in charge ten years ago. The Bishop of Stepney has approved the proposal”.
It was announced in September 1899 that the £200 had been raised by public subscription, amongst the subscribers, were the Bishops of Islington and Stepney and the Hon. Lionel Holland, M.P. for Tower Hamlets Bow & Bromley.
Sadly, a bombing raid
on London in the Second World War, damaged St Gabriel’s beyond
repair and the Church along with the ‘Enraght’s Chapel’ was
demolished.
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Fr Enraght left St Gabriel's for Bintree (then Bintry) in 1895.
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