Holy Trinity Church, in

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, London, is a Grade I listed former Anglican church, built in 1828 and designed by

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. In 1818 Parliament passed an act setting aside one million pounds to celebrate the defeat of

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. This is one of the so-called "

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es" that were built with the money. It has an external pulpit facing onto Marylebone Road, erected in memory of the Revd. William Cadman MA (1815-1891), who was rector of the parish from 1859 - 1891, renowned for his sonorous voice and preaching The building has an entrance off-set with four large

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. There is a lantern steeple, similar to

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, which is also on Euston Road to the east.

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. The first burial took place in the vault of the church in 1829, and the last was that of Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller in 1853.Burials in Trinity Church, in the Parish of St Marylebone (1829–1853)
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ancestry.co.uk, accessed 10 December 2020 By the 1930s, the use of the church had declined, and from 1936 it was used as a book warehouse by the newly founded

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, and the

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(SPCK), an Anglican missionary organisation, moved in. It was their headquarters until 2006, when they relocated to Tufton Street,

(they have since moved again to Pimlico). The church is currently the location of the world's first wedding department store, The Wedding Gallery, which is based on the ground floor and basement level. The first floor is used as an events space operated by One Events and known as "One Marylebone". The former church stands on a traffic island by itself, bounded by Marylebone Road at the front, and

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and Osnaburgh Street on either side; the street at the rear north side is Osnaburgh Terrace.

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