St Mary's Church, Ilford
St Mary's Church, Ilford or St Mary's Church, Great Ilford is a Church of England parish church in Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge.[1] A new ecclesiastical parish for Great Ilford was split off from that of Barking in 1830 and its church building completed the following year. Its first vicar was appointed in 1837 - its advowson was initially vested in All Souls College, Oxford. A tower was added in 1866 and a chancel, lady chapel and vestries in 1920. St Clement's Church was completed as a chapel of ease for it in 1896, before becoming the parish's main church in 1902.[2]
A complete set of fourteen ‘Stations of the Cross’ was painted for the Rev. H. Eardley- Wilmot for St Mary's, together with three altar panels for the Church, by the artist Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne.[3]
References[]
- ^ St Mary's Church, Ilford - official website
- ^ 'The borough of Ilford', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5, ed. W R Powell (London, 1966), pp. 249-266. British History Online
- ^ "Obituary: Mr Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne". The Builder. 122 (4119): 84. January 1922. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
Coordinates: 51°33′42″N 0°05′17″E / 51.5616°N 0.0880°E
 | This article on a British Anglican church is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1831 establishments in England
- Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Redbridge
- United Kingdom Anglican church building stubs