St Peter's Church, Hammersmith
| St Peter's Church, Hammersmith | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | Official website |
| Administration | |
| Deanery | Hammersmith and Fulham Deanery |
| Diocese | London |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Rev'd Dr Charles Clapham |
| Curate(s) | NA |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | David Coram |
| Churchwarden(s) | Richard Woods / Caroline Langton |
St Peter's, Hammersmith, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith, London W6 9BE, is a Grade II* listed Anglican church, and the oldest church in Hammersmith.
When the church was built in the village of Hammersmith in 1829, all that surrounded it was meadows, market gardens and smallholdings. The area steadily increased in size and prosperity due to the close proximity to the River Thames which was an important trading area.
The London Gazette of 8 November 1836 defined the boundaries of the St Peter’s District thus:
It is bounded on the west by the Parish of Chiswick; on the south by the River Thames, the Creek and the High Bridge. Worple Way is towards the southern extremity of Waterloo Street; on the east northwardly Waterloo Street, including the west side of that street; then westward, by King’s Street, that is the Turnpike Road leading from London to Brentford, as far as Webb’s Lane, as far as Gould Hawke Road; and on the north by Gould Hawke Road until the said ancient road terminates in Chiswick parish at Stamford Brook.
The site of the church was donated by George Scott, born in 1780 to a wealthy family in Hammersmith. In 1807 he married Hannah Lucy Stoe, the daughter of another wealthy local family who brought as her marriage settlement the sum of £5,000, a large portion of land south of Ravenscourt Park and the land around Black Lion Lane (now St Peter's Square). By the 1820s Scott was deeply involved in the religious, social and business life of Hammersmith. He was a well-known and respected magistrate who provided generously to the causes of his poorer neighbours.
Although George Scott donated the site, substantial financial contributions were provided by Doctor Horsley who was the Bishop of London (£250) and the Revd William Wood the Rector and Vicar of Fulham, (£500).
The church is what is known as a Commissioners' church, as it received a grant from the Church Building Commission towards its cost. The full cost was £12,099 (equivalent to £960,000 in 2015), towards which the Commission paid £9,099. It is a Grade II* listed building. The first stone was laid on 16 May 1827, and the Church was consecrated on 15 October 1829.
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