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Waterloo church
"Waterloo church" is one of the names applied to over 600 English churches constructed during the early to mid 19th century using funds from the Church Building Act 1818. Other names include "Commissioners' Churches" and "Million Act Churches", reflecting the role of a government-appointed commission appointed to administer the expenditure of £1 million – allegedly granted as a token of the nation's thanks for victory at the Battle of Waterloo which ended the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.
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