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 St Michael and All Angels Church, Polwatte Source:Ceylon — Sri Lanka / Then & Now! Dayal Cooray  ·   · St Michael and All Angels Church, Polwatte. In 1844 Rev. Solomon David from Kotahena began holding regular services in a house in the area. In 1853 the first chapel in Polwatte, located near the present junction of Hudson’s Road and Mohandiram’s Lane, was dedicated to St. Thomas by Bishop James Chapman. The chapel was essentially a small building with a cadjan roof and half walls. The chapel was accidentally burnt down in 1864, when fireworks as part of the chapel’s anniversary celebrations went awry. Church interior A new chapel was the constructed on the present site was erected in 1865. Two years later it was enlarged and dedicated to St. Thomas on his feast day, 21 December 1867 by Bishop Piers Claughton.In 1886 Archdeacon Walter Edmond Matthew introduced services in English ...