St George's Church, Hanworth
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St George's Church under restoration in 2004
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| Location | Hanworth, London |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | www |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Years built | 1865 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St George Hanworth |
| Deanery | Hounslow |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Middlesex |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Fulham (AEO) |
| Priest in charge | Fr Paul Williamson |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Janet Tewkesbury Mike Akers |
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Listed Building – Grade II*
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| Designated | 14 August 1953 |
| Reference no. | 1189077 |
St George's Church, Hanworth is a Church of England parish church based in Hanworth, London. It is dedicated to Saint George, and has Grade II* listed status.
There has been a church on the site, in Castle Way, since at least the fourteenth century; the church was first mentioned in 1293. The first known rector was Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford, in 1309.
According to Daniel Lysons, vicar in 1800, the church was made of flint and stone, with a low wooden turret. As the church's living was in the hands of the lord of the manor, only the name of the rector was mentioned.
The original church included stained glass windows of the coats of arms of the Crosby family, who owned the manor in 1471; the Killigrew family, who owned the manor in the latter part of the sixteenth century; and the Royal arms of 1625, incorporating the royal cypher JR. The latter window was moved to the rectory after the church's reconstruction in 1808, before moving to its present site in the V&A in 1975. Monarchs and their consorts who are known to have worshipped here are King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Parr and Queen Elizabeth I.
Baron Cottington of Hanworth took a further interest in Saint George's church. He had his son Charles baptised here on 21 July 1628 in the presence of King Charles I, the Duke of Buckingham and Mary Feilding, wife of the Marquess of Hamilton. Cottington also gave the church a silver chalice and paten, which are still used today.
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