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History of the united parishes of Saint Mary Aldermary, Saint Thomas Apostle, Saint Antholin Budge Row and Saint John the Baptist Walbrook:

The church of Saint Thomas the Apostle was situated in Queen Street. It is first mentioned in records in 1170, and was rebuilt in 1371. The building was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666 and was not rebuilt. The parish was united with Saint Mary Aldermanbury (P69/MRY2) in 1670. The burial ground was partially cleared in 1851 for the widening of Queen Street.

The parish of Saint Mary Aldermary is 11th century in origin. The parish church was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 and, in 1670, the parish was united with Saint Thomas Apostle. The parish church of Saint Antholin Budge Row was also rebuilt after the Great Fire and, in 1670, the parish was united with Saint John the Baptist Walbrook. Finally, the four parishes were united with each other in 1873 and the church of Saint Antholin was demolished the following year.

Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).

The church was built in 1837-38 as a chapel of ease to the parish of Saint Bride Fleet Street (P69/BRI), on a site donated by the Goldsmiths' Company, and was constituted as a district chapelry in 1842. The church building was altered in 1873 and demolished in circa 1905, when the benefice was united with Saint Bride Fleet Street.

The church of Saint Vedast Foster Lane stood on the east side of Foster Lane. It was dedicated to the bishop and patron saint of Arras. The church was rebuilt in 1519, repaired and enlarged in 1614, and destroyed in the Great Fire. It was rebuilt in 1670-3. A steeple was added in 1697-8. It was restored by Stephen Dykes Bower after sustaining bomb damage in 1941 and fitted out with furniture from other churches. It was united with the parishes of Saint Matthew, Friday Street (P69/MTW) and Saint Michael le Querne (P69/MIC4).

All Saints, Battersea was designed in 1882-1883 by F. W. Hunt. The building was replaced by another in 1976-1978, designed by David Gill.

Saint Barnabas Church is situated on the north side of Clapham Common at the corner of Lavender Gardens. It is a large stone building constructed between 1897 and 1898 in a 14th century style. The church of Saint Matthew, Lavender Hill was a daughter church of Saint Barnabas in 1898.

From: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 8-17.

The parish of Saint Bartholomew, Wickersley Road was created from Saint Philip's, Queenstown Road in 1889. The church was constructed in 1902 of brick, with stone dressings. In 1972 the two parishes were united and the church of Saint Bartholomew was declared redundant and closed.

The parish of Saint John was formed in 1863. The church was constructed in the same year, of brick with stone dressings in a 13th century style. In 1938-1939 the parish was amalgamated with Saint Paul's, which had begun as a chapel of ease for Saint John's. It is advisable to consult the records of both parishes in conjunction with each other.

Saint Mary le Park was constructed in Albert Bridge Road, overlooking Battersea Park, in 1912. It was built as a chapel of ease to the Battersea parish church (Saint Mary's) but later became a parish church.

The Grade 1 Listed church building of Saint Mary, Battersea dates from 1777. The successful preservation of an almost complete series of registers from Saint Mary's since 1559 reflects the long and ongoing history of this 'ancient' London parish. The manor of Battersea was under the ownership of Westminster Abbey from the eleventh century until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540. The manor church therefore enjoyed an unbroken succession of vicars during that period, as it has to the present day. The development of Battersea as a residential area during the eighteenth century was the impetus behind the building of the current church, to designs by Joseph Dixon. As the population of the area rose it became necessary to found several more churches, and the parish was divided into smaller districts. This began in 1853 with the church of Saint George, Nine Elms. J.M.W. Turner, William Curtis, Benedict Arnold and William Blake have all had associations with Saint Mary's, the latter being married there, to Catherine Butcher, in 1782.

Caius Mission Church and Settlement was a joint initiative between Saint Mary's and Caius College founded on the principles of 'social settlements'. This late nineteenth century movement, in which many of the old universities were involved, sought to bring about social reform through the educational and cultural enrichment of poorer urban area. Caius College Mission continues to operate as a community education initiative.

The first church of Saint Peter, Battersea was built in 1875. This was replaced with a new church building in Plough Road following a serious fire in 1970. The parish has historical links with two other Battersea churches. It has shared boundaries with Saint Paul, St. John's Hill, since 1939. Saint Paul's was originally a chapel of ease in the parish of Saint John, Usk Road, with which it was amalgamated in 1938. Saint John's Church went into disuse after the parish of Saint Peter with Saint Paul was established. Saint Peter's Church has gone on to become the main place of worship in this parish, but readers may want to consult the records of Saint Paul and Saint John in conjunction with those from Saint Peter. The Revd. Chad Varah, founder of The Samaritans, was vicar at Saint Peter's during the 1950's.

The parish of Saint Philip, Queenstown Road, Battersea was created in 1869. In 1972 it was united with the parish of Saint Bartholomew, Wickersley Road. Saint Philip's became the parish church of the united parish.

Saint Stephen's Church is situated at the junction of Battersea Bridge Road with Battersea Park Road. An ecclesiastical district was assigned to the church in 1887.

Saint Crispin's parish was established in 1875, taken from part of the parish of Saint James. The church was constructed at around the same time. It was endowed by Sir Frederick W. I. FitzWigram.

From: 'Parishes: Bermondsey', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 17-24.

Christ Church, Rotherhithe, was constructed in 1839 and an ecclesiastical district was assigned a year later.

The parish of Saint Luke was established in 1885 out of parts of the parishes of Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint James. The advowson was held by the bishop of the diocese.

The church of Saint Barnabas began as a mission, Saint Luke's, run by the church of Saint Simon Zelotes from 1865 onwards. A district was assigned in 1870, taken from the parishes of Saint James the Less and Saint Simon Zelotes. The building was a former Baptist chapel, consecrated for Church of England use in 1870. After war damage it was rebuilt in 1956.

From: 'Bethnal Green: List of Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green (1998), pp. 217-226.

Saint Jude's Church was constructed between 1842 and 1846. It was designed by Henry Clutton in a Romanesque style, and seated 1,110. A district was assigned in 1844, taken from the parish of Saint Matthew. By 1858 the church supported a young men's association, provident society and library. Between 1892 and 1896 money was raised to found an institute and soup kitchen. Mission services and open air services were also held. By 1914 the church was supporting brigades, temperance classes, clubs, a penny bank and holidays for mothers and children. The church was damaged by enemy action in 1940 and demolished. The parish was merged with Saint James the Great (P72/JSG) in 1951.

From: 'Bethnal Green: List of Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green (1998), pp. 217-226.

Bethnal Green was served by Saint Dunstan's in Stepney until 1743. A petition presented to the Commissioners of the Act for Building Fifty New Churches (1711) asked for Bethnal Green to be made a separate parish with its own church. The Commissioners agreed but various schemes fell through until 1743 when an Act was passed making Bethnal Green a separate rectory. The church was begun in 1743 and completed by 1746, designed by George Dance the Elder. Fire destroyed the interior in 1859 and the church was not reopened until 1861. The church was seriously damaged by bombing during World War Two, although it was rebuilt in 1957 according to the original designs. Saint Matthew's remained the only parish church until 1814, when the Episcopal Jew's Chapel opened, followed by several other churches intended to serve the needs of a rapidly expanding population.

'Bethnal Green: The Parish Church', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green (1998), pp. 212-217.

The church of Saint Paul was built in 1863-64, designed by W. Wigginton and seating 900. A district was assigned in 1865, taken from parts of the parishes of Saint Matthias and Saint Thomas. The church was damaged by enemy action during the Second World War and had to be destroyed, while the parish was united with Saint Matthew's (P72/MTW).

From: 'Bethnal Green: List of Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green (1998), pp. 217-226.

The parish of Saint Simon Zelotes was formed in 1844, taken from parts of the parishes of Saint John and Saint James the Less. The church was constructed between 1840 and 1847, designed by B. Ferrey in a Gothic style. It seated 933. The church was damaged by bombing in 1943 and 1944 and was later demolished. The parish was united with Saint Anthony, Stepney, in 1936; and in 1971 united with Saint John, Bethnal Green (P72/JN).

From: 'Bethnal Green: List of Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green (1998), pp. 217-226.

The church of Saint Bartholomew was built shortly after the creation of the Barkworth Road estate (between 1878-1885), which was occupied by a largely poverty stricken community that depended on employment offered by the nearby canal or gas works. The church was declared redundant in November 1985 and a new benefice of Saint Katharine with Saint Bartholomew was created on 1 August 1992.

Corpus Christi mission church was founded in 1887, largely as a result of the need for a new church for the rapidly growing population of the parish of All Saints, Hatcham. The mission church was assigned following agreement between the Bishop of Rochester and the vicars of All Saints Hatcham and Christ Church Camberwell. The mission closed in 1961.

The parish of Saint John the Evangelist was established in 1865, and the church was constructed at the same date in a medieval style.

Saint Michael's Church appears to have originated in the Railway Arch Mission, Wyndham Road, established in the parish of Saint George, Camberwell in the 1870s. In August 1883 part of Saint George's parish west of Camberwell Road, and with it Saint Michael's Mission Church, was transferred to the parish of Saint John the Divine, Kennington. A new church was built in Sultan Street. In 1922 Saint Michael's became a separate parish.

In circa 1956 Saint Michael was united with the parish of All Souls, Grosvenor Park. Saint Michael's Church served initially as the parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels with All Souls, Camberwell, but was replaced in 1957 by the restored church of All Souls. In 1965 the parish was united with Emmanuel, Camberwell to form the parish of Saint Michael and All Angels and All Souls with Emmanuel, Camberwell. In 1972 it was entered into a group ministry with Saint Paul, Lorrimore Square, Walworth. In 1987 it was designated to form a team ministry with Saint Mary, Newington.

The church of Saint Mary Magdalene was constructed in 1840 in a medieval style. A parish was assigned to the church in 1842.

The church was built in 1876, consisting of a half-octagonal chancel with north organ chamber and south vestry, together with a nave, transept and aisle. The church was constructed of Kentish ragstone and designed in a medieval style. It was rebuilt in 1962. The parish was united with St. Mark, Cobourg Road (P73/MRK2) in 1965.

Saint Saviour's church and vicarage was built and founded by Francis Peek (1836-1899) in memory of his parents William and Mary Peek. Building work on the church began in 1880 and the church was consecrated on February 22nd, 1881. The parish was extended in 1931 to include Dog Kennel Hill and part of Campion Hill. The original vicarage was badly damaged during the Second World War and later sold, with a house on Oglander street being purchased instead.

The original trustees of the church were members of the Peek family, later the trustees were the Southwark and Rochester Diocesan Trust. In 1959, at the suggestion of the remaining patrons (Rev Canon Roxby and Mr Daukes) the partonage was invested in the Southwark Diocesan Board of Patronage.

In 1978-1879 the building was extensively remodelled and converted into a community centre with a central worship area shared by the Anglicans and the Hanover United Reformed Church, which joined together in 1981 to create the Copleston Centre Church, a local ecumenical partnership. Plans for the re-modelling where designed by the architects Weekes and Hughes, with the re-modelling being done by Thomas Ford and Partners.

Park Chapel, Chelsea, was constructed some time between 1718 and 1724 as a chapel of ease to the over-subscribed parish church of Chelsea (known as the Old Church), which was suffering from a lack of space and could not hold half of the population of the parish. Park Chapel was renamed Emmanuel Chapel in 1906 but was demolished in 1912. In 1913 the chapel was rebuilt and renamed Saint Andrew's Church. In 1973 the parish was united with that of Saint John's, World's End, and served by Saint John's church.

Information from 'Religious history: Church extension', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12: Chelsea (2004), pp. 250-258.

The church of Saint Jude was situated on Turk's Row. The church was constructed using grants from the Metropolitan Church Fund and the Royal Hospital. It was opened in 1844. A District was assigned from the parish of Holy Trinity at the same date. The church supported two missions and other parish organisations. In 1892 the church was united with Holy Trinity as the benefice was vacant. It was closed in 1932 and the proceeds from the sale of the lease went to the construction of Saint Alban's in Harrow. The site was used for the York House flats.

From: 'Religious history: Church extension', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12: Chelsea (2004), pp. 250-258.

The church of Saint Catherine opened during 1894. In 1913 it was damaged by a fire, allegedly started by suffragists. There was bomb damage during the Second World War and the church was partly re-roofed. In 1972 the western end of the church was incorporated into a new community centre.

The church of Saint Luke, Deptford, was built in 1870-1872. It is now linked with Saint Nicholas, Deptford, with which it shares a parish.

King Henry VIII made Deptford his main Royal Naval Dockyard and so the town grew to accommodate the workers needed to build and equip ships. In 1710, the government commissioned the construction of 50 new churches; which paid for the building of Saint Paul at Deptford. The church was designed by Thomas Archer and consecrated in 1730.

All Saints Mission Chapel was established by All Saints Church, Caledonian Road (see P83/ALL1). It was situated at 90 White Lion Street. For a time the Mission shared administration with Saint Silas' Church, Penton Street. It was notorious for Anglo-Catholicism.

The church of Saint Mary, Golden Lane, Charterhouse, Islington, was founded in 1858. A parish was assigned from the church of Saint Luke, Old Street. The parishes were merged in 1952.

The church of Saint Peter in Clerkenwell was also known as Smithfield Martyrs Mission Church. The church occupied the site of Northampton House, the town house of the Marquesses of Northampton until the early 1700s. After becoming a madhouse and later a school, the house was demolished in 1869 to make way for the very large church of Saint Peter. The foundation stone was laid by Lord Shaftesbury and the church was consecrated in 1871. It was designed by E.L. Blackburne, and was built of stock brick with Bath stone dressing and doorways of Lancaster stone. The church commemorated the religious martyrs burnt at Smithfield, and the west front had a frieze of 17 statues of the English Protestant Martyrs while inside the church were wall tablets listing 66 English martyrs. The building suffered severe bomb damage in 1940, in November 1955 the parish was united with Saint James and Saint John, Clerkenwell, and the building was demolished in 1957. It was described by Pevsner in Buildings of England as 'quite uncommonly ugly'.

The church of the Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market was built on the site of the Spa Fields chapel in 1888, in a Romanesque style that was much praised by critics. The parish was united with Saint Philip, Granville Square, Clerkenwell in 1936.

Christ Church, Fulham was created out of the parishes of St Matthew, Fulham and St James, Fulham. The district was originally established in November 1901 as part of the London Diocesan Home Mission. The parish was officially constituted in August 1903.

Langford Mission Hall (P77/CTC/110 - 116): Langford Mission Hall was built by St Matthew's, Fulham and completed in 1898. It was transferred to the new parish of Christ Church, Fulham in 1903 and used as a temporary church and church hall until the completion of the permanent church. Some work was carried out on the Mission Hall in 1903. It continued to be used as a church hall until a new church hall was built in 1923.

The church of Saint John, Walham Green, SW6, was constructed in 1827-1828 on North End Road. The parish was taken from that of All Saints, Fulham Park Road. A parish school was founded in 1832. The church is now part of the ecclesiastical parish of Saint John with Saint James, including the formerly independent churches of Saint Oswald, Saint Augustine and Saint James.

The church of Saint James originated in a mission established in the area in 1864. The church was constructed in 1868 on the corner of Moore Park Road and Maxwell Road. It burned down in the 1970s and the parish was amalgamated with that of Saint John, Walham Green.

The church of Saint Matthew originated in a mission to the South Fulham area which was established in 1884. A permanent church was constructed in 1895, on the corner of Rosebury Road and Wandsworth Bridge Road. This church was rebuilt in 1998.

The parish of Saint Oswald was formed in 1899, following the success of a mission to the area which was founded in 1884. The church was demolished in 1974 and the parish united with that of Saint Augustine, Lillie Road.

Christ Church was constructed between 1847 and 1849. The Victorian church was replaced in 1989 by a modern building.

The church of Saint Luke is the ancient parish church of Charlton.

The church of Saint Michael and All Angels dates to 1828-29. The church is known as the Kentish Needle due to the tall, pointed spire. The parish was created in 1886, taken from part of the parish of Saint Luke's, Charlton.

The parish of Saint Peter was formed in 1867, taken from part of the parish of Saint Paul's, Greenwich. The church was constructed a year later. During the Second World War it was damaged by enemy bombing. The parish was merged with Saint Alphege in 1951 and the building was demolished in 1955.

Christ Church was consecrated on 19th June 1939. The parish was united with Saint John of Jerusalem, South Hackney in 1953.

Saint Paul's was originally a temporary church erected in 1885 within the parish of Saint Barnabas Homerton. The permanent church was built in 1890-91 to the design of Henry Cowell Boys and Saint Paul's became a separate parish. The parish was reunited with that of Saint Barnabas in 1981 and Saint Paul's Church was declared redundant.

The site of Saint Peter's was given by Richard Benjon De Beauvoir who built and endowed the church in memory of Peter De Beauvoir, the last sinecure rector of Hackney District, from whom he derived the estate. The church was consecrated in 1841 by the Bishop of London. The building is of stock brick with stone dressings in Middle Gothic style. It seated 1000, and was designed by W.C. Lockner and built between 1840 and 1841. Additions were made in 1884.

The first ecclesiastical building within the boundaries of this parish was a leper chapel of Saint Catherine. The first minsiter dates from 1623. A district was formed from the parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Mark in 1879. The patron was The Merchant Taylor's Company up to 1937. The building is of red brick in early English style by Ewan Christian and was built 1878/1879. It reopened after war damage, with the south transept reduced in height. The church was united with Saint Philip's, Dalston in 1953 to become the parish of Holy Trinity with Saint Philip, Dalston.

The church of Saint Peter's was originally constructed between 1827 and 1829. The church was designed by architect Edward Lapidge as a Grecian Ionic structure of Suffolk brick finished with Bath stone. It was consecrated in 1829 by Charles Blomfield, Lord Bishop of London. Originally a part of Fulham parish, in 1834 Saint Peter's became part of Hammersmith parish and was used as a chapel of ease to Saint Paul's, the parish church. By 1836 the local population was large enough that the church was assigned an independent parish.