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Hammersmith has become the main centre in London for the Polish community in London, which grew particularly after WWI and WWII. St Andrew Bobola (1591-1657) was a Polish missionary of the Society of Jesus, who was brutally tortured and killed on 16 May 1657 during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, when he was captured in the village of Peredil, Lithuania by the Cossacks of Chmielnicki. When his body was discovered in the C18th it was found to be undecomposed, a sign of holiness. He was declared Blessed by Pius IX in 1853, and later canonized by Pope Pius XI on 17 April 1938. Since 16 May 2002 Andrew Bobola has been a patron saint of Poland and the Archdiocese of Warsaw.

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LB Hammersmith & Fulham 'Ravenscourt & Starch Green Conservation Area Character Profile', 1999

Grid ref:	TQ224794
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On EH National Register :	No
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Site on EH Heritage at Risk list:
Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:	No
Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:	No
The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.
On Local List:
In Conservation Area:	Yes
Conservation Area name:	Ravenscourt & Starch Green
Tree Preservation Order:	No
Nature Conservation Area:	No
Green Belt:	No
Metropolitan Open Land:	No
Special Policy Area:	No
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