St Luke's Church, Berwick Street
St Luke's Church was an Anglican church in
History
A church in Berwick Street (at coordinates 51°30′47.0″N 0°8′4.2″W / 51.513056°N 0.134500°W) was opened in 1689. It was one of two non-conforming churches in London known as La Patente (the other being in Spitalfields), a licence having been granted by James II to a group of French church ministers to establish churches for Huguenot refugees in London. When in 1694 ministers and congregation moved to a new building in Little Chapel Street (now Sheraton Street), three ministers and part of the congregation remained, the church being known as L'Ancienne Patente or La Vieille Patente.[1]
In 1707, when there was no longer a congregation, it was proposed by the rector of the
Nineteenth and twentieth centuries
The
An ecclesiastical district of St Luke was established in 1841. Because of the poverty of the area,
Kemp House, a 14-storey residential block built in 1960, now stands on the site.[1][2]
Incumbents and organists
Incumbents of St Luke's include the following:
William Henry Brookfield was curate from 1841.[3] Francis Marendaz was minister at his death on 10 June 1842.[4] Thomas Henry Jones was curate from 1854 to 1857.[5] Stanley Leathes was curate in 1858;[6] John Oakley was curate in 1858.[7] Henry Wace was curate from 1861 to 1863.[8]
Arnold Whitaker Oxford was vicar in 1883.[10]
Edward John Hopkins was organist of the church from 1841 to 1843.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e 'Broadwick and Peter Street Area', in Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1963), pp. 219-229 British History Online. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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- ^ Sutton, Charles William (1895). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 291–292. . In
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- ^ Pearce, Ernest Harold (1912). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 21–22. . In
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- ^ Bridge, Joseph Cox (1912). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 301. . In
External links
- Engraving of St Luke, Berwick Sreet at London Picture Archive