Editing Brondesbury (section)

===First place of worship===
<blockquote>Christ Church, Willesden Lane, Brondesbury. Dist[rict] formed 1867 from St. Mary's under Dr. Charles W. Williams (d. 1889) and financed by his sisters. Declared a rectory...1868. Williams, patron and first rector, succeeded by son, Charles D. Williams 1889-1913. Patronage sold to parish c. 1930 and transferred to Lord Chancellor c. 1957. United with St. Lawrence's 1971. One asst. curate by 1896, two by 1926. High Church. Attendance 1903: 300 a.m.; 447 p.m [Sundays]. Limestone...in 13th century style by C. R. B. King: chancel, north tower and spire, nave, N. aisle, N. transept, and NW. porch 1866, S. aisle and S. transept 1899, choir vestry 1909. Damaged by land mine 1940, restored 1948. Missions: St. Lawrence ({{abbreviation|q.v.|quam veratur which see in this work}}); Poplars Ave. c. 1918; Avenue Close 1903-39.<ref>Diane K Bolton, Patricia E C Croot and M A Hicks, 'Willesden: Churches', in ''[[Victoria County History|A History of the County of Middlesex]]'': Volume 7 ed. T F T Baker and C R Elrington (London, 1982), pp. 236-241. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol7/pp236-241 [accessed 10 May 2018].</ref></blockquote>