Paddington No. 2

The only individual entry for Paddington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey, where it appears as 'Padendene', refers to the one in Surrey (Hundred of Wotton), located between Shere (W) and Wotton (E). The entry for the civil parish of Paddington (Ossulstone hundred) in the Victoria County History (Middlesex, vol. 9, 1989) notes: "The medieval church of St. Nicholas was thought by Newcourt to have been dedicated to St. Catherine, whose picture he saw in the east window. [...] Nothing else is known of the appearance of the building. It was replaced in 1678 at the expense of Sir Joseph and Daniel Sheldon, [...] whose church was later described as St. James's and, in 1788, as St. Mary's. [...] A modest building in a Gothic style, containing a nave with one aisle, chancel, south porch, west bell turret, and rustic west porch, it was the scene of William Hogarth's runaway marriage in 1729. [...] After its demolition, some floor stones were still visible north of its successor c. 1828." No font mentioned in it in the VCH entry. Roud's London lore (London: Arrow Books, 2010, p. 117) gives the dates for this lost church as "c.1222-1688", and the location as Paddington Green.