Croydon Parish Church
| Croydon Minster | |
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| The Minster Church of St John Baptist at Croydon | |
Croydon Minster from the North East
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | http://www.croydonminster.org/ |
| History | |
| Dedication | John the Baptist |
| Architecture | |
| Style | English Gothic |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Croydon |
| Deanery | Croydon Central deanery |
| Archdeaconry | Croydon archdeaconry |
| Episcopal area | Croydon area |
| Diocese | Diocese of Southwark |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Vacant (mid 2016), Lee Taylor (Associate Vicar) |
| Curate(s) | Chris Moore |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Ronny Krippner |
| Organist(s) | Tom Little, Martin How |
| Organ scholar | Jack Oades |
| Churchwarden(s) | Gail Winter, Karen Ip |
Coordinates: 51°22′22″N 0°06′22″W / 51.3727°N 0.1061°W
Croydon Minster is the parish and civic church of the London Borough of Croydon. There are currently more than 35 churches in the borough, with Croydon Minster being the most prominent. It is Grade I listed.
Six Archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the church: in date order these were Edmund Grindal (d.1583), John Whitgift (d.1604), Gilbert Sheldon (d.1677), William Wake (d.1737), John Potter (d.1747), and Thomas Herring (d.1757).
The church was established in the middle Saxon period, and is believed to have been a minster church: one which served as a base for a group of clergy living a communal life, who may have taken some pastoral responsibility for the population of the surrounding district. A charter issued by King Coenwulf of Mercia refers to a council which had taken place close to what is called the monasterium (meaning minster) of Croydon. An Anglo-Saxon will made in about 960 is witnessed by Elfsies, priest of Croydon; and the church is also mentioned in Domesday Book (1086).
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