Hampstead in Paddington / Hamestede
INFORMATION
FontID: 22206HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Chapel [later Parish Church] of St. Mary demolished 1745]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: The site of the disappeared church is unknown, but could have been to the W of Hampstead Heath. towards the Finchley / Hendon Rd
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of London]
Historical Region: Hundred of Ossulstone -- formerly Middlesex
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Medieval
Church Notes: the disappeared church may have been located not far from Hendon, to which both St Mary's and St John's appear to have belonged to in early times
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for this Hampstead [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ2685/hampstead/] [accessed 25 June 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Middlesex, vol. 9, 1989) notes: "Hampstead church apparently originated in a chapel built to serve the manor of Hampstead when it lay within Hendon parish. The chapel was first mentioned in the period 1244-8, when it was included in the valuation of the rectory and vicarage of Hendon, [...] as it was again in 1262-3. [...] The process by which Hampstead gained independence from Hendon is uncertain.[...] The chapel was referred to as a parish church, and its chaplains were called parish priests, in 1382, 1384, 1413, and 1441. [...] The medieval chapel was dedicated to ST. MARY, probably following the dedication of Hen don church, by 1441. [...] It served the whole parish until the early 18th century, when proprietary chapels were opened. [...] The building was demolished in 1745 and is known only from engravings of the church from the south-east published after that date, one of c. 1860 after a view by J. E. dated 1640 and several others published from 1750 on. [...] Only in 1745 was the old church replaced [...] The new church, consecrated in 1747, was dedicated simply to ST. JOHN"; no font mentioned in the VCH entry for the old church.
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-06-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.