St Mark's Church, Kennington
St Mark's, Kennington | |
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Location | 337 Kennington Park Road, Kennington, London SE11 4PW |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | http://stmarkskennington.org |
History | |
Founded | 1824 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | David Roper and A. B. Clayton |
Years built | 1824 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Southwark |
Parish | Kennington |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Rev Stephen Coulson |
St Mark's Church, Kennington, is an
The architect was David R. Roper, possibly with A.B. Clayton, and was opened in 1824. The total cost of the church, including the land and other expenses, was £22,720. This was paid partly by the local parishioners and partly by Parliament through a grant known as "The Million Fund".
Clergy
The first incumbent was
He was followed by the Rev Charlton Lane (1832–1865),[4] whose son, also the Rev Charlton Lane, would go on to play cricket for Oxford University and Surrey.[5]
1865–1869: The Rev Robert Lloyd.
1869–1879: The Ven Edmund Henry Fisher. Fisher was also Chaplain to
1879–1889: The Rev
1889–1897: The Rev Arthur Gerald Bowman.[7] He was the son of Sir William Bowman Bt.[8]
1897–1947: For 50 years, including
1947–1963: The Rev Canon Harold Wallace Bird, who rebuilt the Church after wartime damage. Bird was ordained in Lahore, British India, and was then Chaplain St. Andrew's Church, Lahore 1922–1925; worked for SPG in the Diocese of York 1925–1927; and was then in Australia from 1927.[10]
1964–1971: The Rev Colin John Fraser Scott.[11] Scott was subsequently Bishop of Hulme, 1984–1998.
1972–1989: The Rev Canon Sir Thomas Nicholas Rivett-Carnac, the 8th Baronet Rivett-Carnac.[12]
1990–1998: The Rev John Michael Starr.[13]
1999–2008: The Rev Robert Delatour de Berry.
2009–2011: The Rev Michael Stuart Starkey.[15]
Since 2012: The Rev Canon Stephen Coulson. Previously Vicar, St Mark's Mitcham.[16]
Building
Badly bombed during
The organ is a 28 stop Noel Mander, installed in 1949, and originally located in the former St Andrew's, New Kent Road.[21]
On Saturdays a farmers' market is held in the churchyard. The first market took place in 2007.[22]
See also
- List of Commissioners' churches in London
- St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church, a church in the US with a stained glass window containing shards of glass collected from this church when it was damaged in World War II.
References
- ^ "British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Clergy of the Church of England Database". theclergydatabase.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Clergy of the Church of England Database". theclergydatabase.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Monuments of St Mark's Kennington". www.speel.me.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "CricInfo: Charlton Lane". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Fisher, Edmund Henry (1835-1879) bishop of Southwark - archives.trin.cam.ac.uk".
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1898, p 152, states he left Kennington in 1896.
- ^ "The Peerage: Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Bonhams Lot Details for Y182". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1932.
- ^ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: St Mark's, Kennington". Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Telegraph obituary". www.telegraph.co.uk. 20 May 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: St Mark's, Kennington". Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: St Mark's, Kennington". Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: St Mark's, Kennington". Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Church Times Appointments 30 March 2012". www.ukpressonline.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "St Mark's Kennington History". stmarkskennington.org. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mark (1080383)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 January 2018
- ^ Historic England, "Wall and piers around west, north and east sides of St Mark's Churchyard (1358301)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 January 2018
- ^ "NHLE entry for the War Memorial". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "National Pipe Organ Register N16126". npor.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "City & Country Farmers' Markets".