Hampton in Hampton Court
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: The medieval church as rendered by an artist in 1810; it was demolished in 1829 and the new one was open in 1831
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Image Source: digital image of a 1810 watercolour in the Vicar's Vestry of St Mary's Parish Church, Hampton [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Mary's_Parish_Church_Hampton_-_old_church.jpg] [accessed 28 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's, Hampton. Brick-built parish church, taken looking westwards during a quiet spell on Hampton Court Road. It was designed by E. Lapidge in 1831 who was also architect for neighbouring Hampton Wick's St John the Baptist. It is on the site of an earlier church - records have it belonging to the Priory of Takeley, Essex in 1342."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 December 2007 by Colin Smith [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/637525] [accessed 28 May 2019]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 October 2002 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/391449] [accessed 20 May 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22179HAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [the old church demolished in 1829]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Thames St, Hampton TW12 2EB, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: the present church is located off (N) the A308, on the N banks of the Thames, about 1 km NW of the Hampton Court Palace
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of London
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: medieval church documented 1342 demolished 1829; replaced by present Church of St. Mary opened 1831
The entry for this church in the Victoria County History (Middlesex, vol. 2, 1911) notes: "The church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN was opened for divine service in 1831, and succeeded a building which was entirely taken down in 1829." The other two churches mentioned in the VCH entry, St John's, Hampton Wick, and St James, Hampton Hall, are also 19th-century buildings. The medieval church, documented in 1342, was demolished in 1829, and replaced by the present church, The font in the later church is modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.413019,
-0.361261
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 24′ 46.87″ N,
0° 21′ 40.54″ W
UTM: 30U 683496 5699060
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-05-30 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.