List of post-1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland
The Church of England, also known as the Anglican Church, became the established church of the Province of Maryland through an Act of the General Assembly in 1692. Ten counties had been established in the colony at the time, and those counties were divided into 30 parishes. After 1692 but before the American Revolution, 15 additional parishes were established.[1]
The following is a sortable List of the post 1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.[2]
Current church name | Image | Original parish name | Location | County, etc. | Year established | Current status | NRHP | Description | Website |
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01. All Saints Church Frederick | ![]() | All Saints' Parish | Frederick 106 West Church Street | Frederick | 1742 | Active parish | No | Frederick County split off Charles County in 1748 | [1] |
02. Good Shepherd Church, Chesapeake City | ![]() | Augustine Parish | 310 George StreetChesapeake City | Cecil | 1744 | Active parish | No | Another church in parish, St. Augustine's, is at MD310 and Mitton Rd; both now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [2] |
03. Christ Church IU Parish, Worton | ![]() | Chester Parish | Worton 25328 Lambs Meadow Road | Kent | 1765 | Active parish | Yes | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton and surrounded by historic cemetery. Other historic parish church is Emmanuel Church, Cross and High Streets, Chestertown, Maryland, built in 1767 and which hosted founding diocesan convention.[3] | [3] |
04. Christ Episcopal Church, Rockville | ![]() | Prince George's Parish | Rockville 107 S. Washington Street | Montgomery | 1726 | Active Parish | No | Now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington; other parish church before creation of Montgomery County and Washington, D.C. is St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish (Washington, D.C.), whose current structure built 1775 is older than this rebuilt building | [4] |
05; St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Leeland | ![]() | Queen Anne | Upper Marlboro 14705 Oak Grove Road | Prince George's | 1704 | Active parish | No | now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [5] |
06. Christ Church, Columbia | Queen Caroline Parish | Columbia 6800 Oakland Mills Road | Howard | 1728 | Active parish | Yes | Howard County split from Anne Arundel County in 1838 | [6] | |
07. St. Andrew's Church, Leonardtown | St. Andrew's Parish | California 44078 St. Andrew's Church Road | St. Mary's | 1744 | Active parish | Yes | now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [7] | |
08. St. Paul's, Hillsboro | ![]() | St John's Parish | Hillsboro Church Street, south of MD 404 | Caroline | 1748 | Inactive | Yes | Caroline County split off Queen Anne's County in 1773; Episcopal Diocese of Easton retreat center within former parish | |
09. St. James Church, Monkton | ![]() | St. James' Parish | Monkton 3100 Monkton Road | Baltimore County | 1770 | Active parish | Yes | former chapel of ease for St. John's Parish, Joppatowne | [8] |
10. St. Luke's Church, Church Hill | ![]() | St. Luke's Parish | Church Hill | Queen Anne's | 1728 | Active parish | Yes | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [9] |
11. St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church, North East | ![]() | St. Mary Anne Parish, or North Elk Parish | North East 315 South Main Street | Cecil | 1706 | Active parish | No | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [10] |
12. Christ Church, Denton | St. Mary's Whitechapel Parish | Denton 105 Gay Street | Caroline | 1725 | Active parish | No | Caroline County split from Dorchester County in 1773; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [11] | |
13. St. Thomas Church, Owings Mills | ![]() | St. Thomas' Parish | Owings Mills 232 St. Thomas Lane | Baltimore County | 1742 | Active parish | Yes | [12] | |
14. Trinity Church, Charles County | Trinity Parish | Newport Trinity Church 9560 Trinity Church Road Hughesville Oldfields Chapel 15837 Prince Frederick Road | Charles | 1744 | Active parish | No | now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [13] | |
15. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Worcester Parish | ![]() | Worcester Parish | Berlin St. Paul's 3 Church Street Showell St. Martin's, 1756 | Worcester | 1753 | Active parish* | Yes* | *St. Paul's is active while St. Martin's, on the NRHP, is now a church museum. Now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [14] |
See also
References
- ^ Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5, 12, 65 ISBN 0-89865-841-1
- ^ Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, p. 65, ISBN 0-89865-841-1
- ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
External links
- Skirven, Percy G., The First Parishes of the Province of Maryland, Baltimore: Norman Remington Co., 1923