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St. John's Church, Egham
St. John's Church, Egham or St. John the Baptist, Egham or St. John's Church is an Evangelicalism, evangelical Anglican church located in the centre of Egham, Surrey, in the Diocese of Guildford. There are approximately 320 members on the Electoral Roll and a usual Sunday attendance in the region of 300. The church's current vicar is Revd Esther Prior, who was appointed as Vicar in September 2018. History The current church, of Georgian architecture, was built between 1817 and 1820 with the first Sunday service in the new church held on March 16, 1820. There has been a church on the site since about 1150 and the lychgate precedes the current building. John Wesley preached in Egham during his English ministry in about 1771. Both the church and the lychgate are Grade II* listed structures. One of those buried in the churchyard is Frederic Cournet, a former French naval officer and political exile. Cournet fought in the last duel to take place in England, in 1852 at nearby Englefiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egham Parish Church Tower - Geograph
Egham ( ) is a town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. In 1215, Magna Carta was sealed by John, King of England, King John at Runnymede, to the north of Egham, having been chosen for its proximity to the King's residence at Windsor Castle, Windsor. Under the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the early 16th Century, the major, formerly ecclesiastical, Manorialism, manorial freehold (law), freehold interests in the town and various market revenues passed to Crown Estate, the Crown. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Egham became a stop on stagecoach, coaching routes between London and many places to the west. The importance of this shrank from the building of the Great Western Railway, Western and London and South Western Railway, South Western Railways but was for many decades offset by the stark growth in the demographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
