[1][2][3] In Bangalore, Pettigrew lived in a bungalow, called Sidney Park (present Kasturba Road) costing about £12 per month.
Here, he made his plans on establishing schools and building churches in the Bangalore Civil and Military Station.
Hence, the Bishop Cotton's scheme of education for the hills was selected and a plan was made and forwarded to the Madras Government.
The first 12 months of the school faced many difficulties and in this period, support came from General Hill and Captain Lavie, and the services of Rev Dr George Uglow Pope, Canadian Tamil scholar, were obtained.
The deacon received his stipend from the Venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and the school was being run by voluntary donations.
Pettigrew went through the records of the church and describes its history as being first planted by some German missionaries related to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in the 18th century.
For the next 19 years, the worship was done in the small schoolroom with the sacraments being administered by the chaplain of the St Mark's Church in English, which was not understood by the Tamil natives.
Under Canon Trevor of York, the mission was re-constituted with the church being rebuilt covered by subscription and funds provided by SPCK.
[4] S. T. Pettigrew was the driving force behind building the All Saints' Church, which stands on Hosur Road, Richmond Town, Bangalore.
According to his records, the site of the church was initially allocated for a small colony of European pensioners, as the St Mark's Cathedral was getting full.
The services commenced under the chaplaincy of Rev Dr George Uglow Pope, who was then the warden of the Bishop Cotton's School.