Battersea Places of Worship - Church of England

Battersea Places of Worship
Church of England

St Mary's, Battersea Church Road, SW11 3NA, church on site before 1157, present building 1775-6, architect Joseph Dixon. The Ancient Parish Church of Battersea. Parish registers date back to 1559 - see London Metropolitan Archives where they are kept. An organ from Battersea church has somehow found its way to St. Peter's Church, Codford in Wiltshire.

a recent photo ......

....... and an early 20th century postcard

St. Mary le Parc, Albert Bridge Road. First openned in 1883 it was planned that this church should replace the old St. Mary's but the full scheme was never developed and only the planned east end ever built. It was demolished in 1967 and replaced by a new church which, in turn, was demolished in 1994 - Now flats stand on the site, St. Mary le Parc Court.

Parish of Battersea Fields:
St Saviour, Battersea Park Road, built 1870-1. Parish registers date back to 1872 - see London Metropolitan Archives where they are kept

St George with St Andrew, Patmore Street. Parish registers date back to 1853 - see London Metropolitan Archives where they are kept. Declared redundant in 1995 and now demolished
St Andrew, Stockdale Road, Built, 1884, Architect, Henry Stone, bombed WW2.
All Saints, Prince of Wales Drive, built 1976-8, architect David Gill, replaces a church built 1882-3, architect F.W. Hunt

St John, Usk Road. The London Metropolitan Archives hold records for the church from 1863 to 1939

Parish of Christ Church & St Stephen
Christ Church, Battersea Park Road, original church built 1849 architect Charles Lee, bombed WW2, new church built 1959, Architect TF Ford

St Stephen, Battersea Park Road, built 1886-7, architect William White, now The Assemblies of the First Born

St Luke Ramsden Road, built 1883-9, architect F.W. Hunt

St Michael, Cobham Close, Bolingbroke Grove, SW11 6HA, built 1881, architect William White

Parish of Battersea, St Peter & St Paul:
St Paul, St John's Hill, built 1868, no longer used for services, now community centre
St Peter, Plough Road, built 1875-6 plus tower 1911 architect William White

St Mark's, Battersea Rise, built 1872-4, architect William White
postcard postmarked in 1914

a postcard published by A.E.Gower of 74 Northcote Road, early 20th century

2003

St Barnabas, Clapham Common North Side, built 1879, architect W Bassett-Smith
a recent photograph ....

.... one dating from the 1950s ......

.... and a postcard from the early 1900s

St Matthew's, Rush Hill Road, opened in 1877, abandoned 1941

Parish of The Ascension and Battersea, St Philip with St Bartholomew
The Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill, built 1876-98, bellcote demolished after fire c1978. Keble Collage, Oxford, home of the Oxford movement of the Church of England hold an advowson on The Church of The Ascension. An advowson is the right of a patron to appoint a clergyman or clergywoman to a parish. Once, the patron had complete power to appoint the new priest; now days, that power is exercised jointly with the local bishop and the parish. It was intended to build a spire over the porch but presumably the money never became available
Slightly distorted image as I've joined to photos to get a complete view
An old postcard, probably from Edwardian times
St Philip the Apostle, Queenstown Road, built 1886-7 (was there a temporary building before?), Parish registers date back to 1869 (christenings) & 1871 (marriages)- see London Metropolitan Archives where they are kept
St Bartholomew, Wycliffe Road, built 1900, Architect, GH Fellowes Prynne. in 1971 became Greek Orthodox.

St John, Usk Road

Caius Mission Church, Holman Road, Off Lombard Rd, The Celestial Church of Christ now meet there

St Aldwin's Mission Hall, Poyntz Road

Just over the borough boundary:

St. Saviours Church, Cedars Road, Clapham, bombed in 1940 during World War II

More information is on the Diocese of Southwark website

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