St Mary's Church, Islington
| St Mary's Church, Islington | |
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| The Parish Church of St Mary, Islington | |
St Mary's Church viewed from the church gardens
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| Location | Upper Street, Islington, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Open Evangelical |
| Website | stmaryislington |
| History | |
| Dedication | Mary the Virgin |
| Associated people | Edward Vaughan, Meredith Hanmer, Robert Browne, John Webster, William Cave, Charles Wesley, Philip Quaque, George Gaskin, Daniel Wilson, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, William Barlow, Donald Coggan, Ralph Stanley Dean, Hugh Gough, Maurice Wood, David Sheppard, George Carey, Pete Broadbent, Graham Kings |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
| Architect(s) | Lancelot Dowbiggin, Reginald Blomfield, Seeley and Paget |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Islington, St Mary |
| Deanery | Islington |
| Episcopal area | Stepney |
| Diocese | London |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Simon Harvey |
Coordinates: 51°32′18.26″N 0°6′7.41″W / 51.5384056°N 0.1020583°W
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the historic parish church of Islington, in the Church of England Diocese of London. The present parish is a compact area centered on Upper Street between Angel and Highbury Corner, bounded to the west by Liverpool Road, and to the east by Essex Road/Canonbury Road. The church is a Grade II listed building.
The first recorded church building was erected in the twelfth century and was replaced in the fifteenth century.
Before his consecration as Bishop of St David's in 1509, Edward Vaughan served as vicar.
Robert Browne, who authored the founding principles of Congregationalism, served as Lecturer at St Mary's until around 1578.
John Webster the Elizabethan dramatist, married his heavily pregnant 17-year-old second wife, Sara Peniall, at St Mary's in Lent 1606, by special licence.
William Cave became vicar in 1662, at the age of twenty-five, and held the office until 1689. He was subsequently buried at the church, having died in Isleworth in 1713.
On 24 July 1738, the Vicar of St Mary's, George Stonehouse, invited Charles Wesley to "take charge of his parish, under him, as his Curate." He did not, however, possess any licence to do so from the Bishop of London. Wesley's journal lists many occasions on which he preached, and his regular praying at the church.
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