St Marylebone Parish Church
| St Marylebone Parish Church | |
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| Location |
Marylebone Road London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | www |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Hardwick |
| Specifications | |
| Number of towers | 1 |
| Administration | |
| Archdeaconry |
London (Charing Cross, until January 2016) |
| Diocese | London |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | The Revd Canon Stephen Evans |
| Chaplain(s) | The Revd Edward Thornley |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Gavin Roberts |
St Marylebone Parish Church is an Anglican church on the Marylebone Road in London. It was built to the designs of Thomas Hardwick in 1813–17. The present site is the third used by the parish for its church. The first was further south, near Oxford Street. The church there was demolished in 1400 and a new one erected further north. This was completely rebuilt in 1740–42, and converted into a chapel-of-ease when Hardwick's church was constructed. The Marylebone area takes its name from the church. Located behind the church is St Marylebone School, a Church of England school for girls.
The first church for the parish was built in the vicinity of the present Marble Arch c.1200, and dedicated to St John the Evangelist.
In 1400 the Bishop of London gave the parishioners permission to demolish the church of St John and build a new one in a more convenient position, near a recently completed chapel, which could be used until the new church was completed. The bishop stipulated that the old churchyard should be preserved, but also gave permission to enclose a new burial ground at the new site, The church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was closer to the village, at the north end of Marylebone High Street. Having fallen into a state of decay, it was demolished in 1740.
It was in this church Francis Bacon was married in 1606, and its interior was portrayed by William Hogarth in the marriage scene from his famous series "A Rake's Progress" (1735). By 1722, its congregation was so large it needed a chapel of ease in the form of the Marybone Chapel.
A new, small church built on the same site opened in April 1742. It was an oblong brick building with a small bell tower at the west end. The interior had galleries on three sides. Some monuments from the previous church were preserved in the new building.In 1818 it became a chapel-of-ease to the new parish church which superseded it . It was demolished in 1949, and its site, at the northern end of Marylebone High Street is now a public garden.
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