St Mary's Church, Barnes, is the parish church of

Barnes Barnes may refer to: People * Barnes (name), a family name and a given name (includes lists of people with that name) Places United Kingdom *Barnes, London, England **Barnes railway station ** Barnes Bridge railway station ** Barnes Railway Bri ...

, formerly in

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and now in the

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. It is a Grade II*

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. St Mary's Barnes is a thriving Christian community with an electoral roll of 350 and strong links across the local community. Along with the parishes of St Michael and All Angels, Barnes and

Holy Trinity Barnes Holy Trinity Barnes is a Church of England church in Castelnau, London, Castelnau, Barnes, London. Its vicar is David Cooke. The building dates from 1868. It was designed by Thomas Allom, an architect and artist who lived locally at 1 Barnes Vil ...

it forms the Barnes Team Ministry; the current Team Rector is Rev'd James Hutchings.

History

The church was built of coursed

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some time between 1100 and 1150. It was enlarged and re-consecrated in 1215, after the signing of

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, by Cardinal

Stephen Langton Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury between 1207 and his death in 1228. The dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III over his ...

(c. 1150–1228), who was

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from 1207 to 1228. It was extended to the west in the 13th century, and later to the east, creating a

chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. Ove ...

. A west tower was added in the late 15th century. The north wall was demolished in the late 18th century to create a north aisle. The full set of eight bells in the tower was completed in 1897 to commemorate the

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. A major fire on 8 June 1978 destroyed parts of the church, but left the tower and Norman chapel almost intact. The church was restored by Edward Cullinan with the inclusion of elements of its former structure. The north wall contains a

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east window. The church was re-dedicated in February 1984, with the original building now named as the Langton Chapel, commemorating Archbishop Stephen Langton. Doors in memory of Viera Gray were engraved by

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Rectors

* 1635–1643 John Cutts (sequestered) * —— * 1660–1663† John Squire * 1663–1680†

Edward Layfield Edward Layfield (8 January 1605 – 7 August 1680) was a Church of England priest in the 17th century. Layfield was born on 8 January 1604/5, the son of John Layfield, Rector of St Clement Danes in London and a translator of the King James Versi ...

* 1680–1681† Hezekiah Burton * 1681–1717 William Richardson * 1717–1727 Francis Hare (as Dean of Worcester, Dean of St Paul's from 1726) * 1727–1730† Robert Kilborn * 1730–1749† Samuel Baker * 1749–1758

John Hume John Hume (18 January 19373 August 2020) was an Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland, as one of the architects of the Northern Irela ...

(as Bishop of Bristol from 1756) * 1758–1768† Ferdinando Warner * 1768–1792† Christopher Wilson (as Bishop of Bristol from 1783) * 1792–1795 John Jeffreys * 1795–1839 John Jeffreys (son of previous) * 1840–1863 Reginald Edward Copleston * 1863–1871†

Henry Melvill Rev. Henry Melvill (14 September 1798 – 9 February 1871) was a British priest in the Church of England, and principal of the East India Company College from 1844 to 1858. He afterwards served as Canon of St Paul's Cathedral. Early years Mel ...

* 1871–1876

Peter Medd Peter Goldsmith Medd (1829 – 25 July 1908) was an English Anglican priest and scholar. Life Medd was educated at King's College London and at University College, Oxford (although he matriculated at the University of Oxford, aged 18 on 1 March 18 ...

* 1876–1884

John Ellerton The Rev. John Ellerton (16 December 1826 – 15 June 1893) was a hymnodist and hymnologist. Life He was born in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, to George Ellerton, the head of an evangelical family. He was educated at King William's College on ...

* 1885–1891† Lewis Taswell Lochee * 1891–1892† William Anthony Harrison * 1892–1923† Benjamin Meredyth Kitson * 1923–1937 William Patrick Dott * —— * 1944-? Percy Steed * 1956-1963 Arthur Christopher Heath * 1963-? Basil Whitworth * —— * 1981–1990 Juergen Simonson * 1990–2001 Richard Ames-Lewis * 2001–2010 Ross Collins * 2010–2018 Richard Sewell * 2019– James Hutchings

Notable burials

* Major General

Roger Elliott Major General Roger Elliott ( 1665 – 16 May 1714 ) was one of the earliest British Governors of Gibraltar. A member of the Eliot family, his son Granville Elliott became the first Count Elliott and his nephew George Augustus Eliott als ...

(c. 1665–1714), who lived at Byfeld House in Church Road, Barnes, was buried in the churchyard in May 1714. * John Moody (c. 1727–1812), actor, who lived at 11

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, Barnes, c.1780 until his death, is buried in the churchyard with his two wives.

References

Gallery

File:St Mary's Church, Barnes 02.JPG, Exterior view File:Entrance to St Mary's Church, Barnes.jpg, Church entrance File:St Mary's Church, Barnes 14.JPG, Clock File:20th Century Extension to the Church of Saint Mary, Barnes.jpg, 20th-century extension File:Barnes, St Mary's Church, interior.jpg, Interior view File:Barnes, St Mary's Church, Langton Chapel.jpg, Langton Chapel File:Barnes, St Mary's Church, monumental brass to Edith and Elizabeth Wylde, 1508.jpg, 1508 brass monument to Edith and Elizabeth Wylde in Langton Chapel

External links

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