St Mary's Church, Barnes

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St Mary's Church, Barnes, is the parish church of Barnes, formerly in Surrey and now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is a Grade II* listed building.<ref name="History">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Listing>Template:NHLE</ref>

St Mary's Barnes is a thriving Christian community with an electoral roll of 250 and strong links across the local community. Along with the parishes of St Michael and All Angels, Barnes and Holy Trinity Barnes it forms the Barnes Team Ministry; the current Team Rector is The Rev'd Calum Zuckert.

History

The church was built of coursed flint some time between 1100 and 1150.<ref name= History/> It was enlarged and re-consecrated in 1215, after the signing of Magna Carta, by Cardinal Stephen Langton (c. 1150–1228), who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 to 1228.<ref name="Magna">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was extended to the west in the 13th century, and later to the east, creating a chancel. A west tower was added in the late 15th century. The north wall was demolished in the late 18th century to create a north aisle. The full set of eight bells in the tower was completed in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.<ref name= History/>

A major fire on 8 June 1978 destroyed parts of the church, but left the tower and Norman chapel almost intact. The church was restored by Edward Cullinan<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Architects">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with the inclusion of elements of its former structure. The north wall contains a Gothic Revival east window. The church was re-dedicated in February 1984, with the original building now named as the Langton Chapel, commemorating Archbishop Stephen Langton.<ref name= History/><ref name="Magna"/> Doors in memory of Viera Gray were engraved by Josephine Harris.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Rectors

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1635–1643 John Cutts<ref>Template:Acad</ref> (sequestered)
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1660–1663† John Squire<ref>Template:Acad</ref>
1663–1680† Edward Layfield<ref>Template:Acad</ref>
1680–1681† Hezekiah Burton<ref>Template:Acad</ref>
1681–1717 William Richardson<ref>Template:Acad</ref>
1717–1727 Francis Hare<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1727–1730† Robert Kilborn<ref>Template:Acad</ref>
1730–1749† Samuel Baker
1749–1758 John Hume (as Bishop of Bristol from 1756)
1758–1768† Ferdinando Warner<ref>Template:Acad</ref>
1768–1792† Christopher Wilson (as Bishop of Bristol from 1783)
1792–1795 John Jeffreys<ref>Template:Alox2</ref>
1795–1839 John Jeffreys<ref>Template:Alox2</ref> (son of previous)
1840–1863 Reginald Edward Copleston<ref>Template:Alox2</ref>
1863–1871† Henry Melvill
1871–1876 Peter Medd
1876–1884 John Ellerton
1885–1891† Lewis Taswell Lochee<ref>Template:Alox2</ref>
1891–1892† William Anthony Harrison<ref>Template:Acad</ref>
1892–1923† Benjamin Meredyth Kitson
1923–1937 William Patrick Dott
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1944-? Percy Steed<ref>Crockford's Shorter Directory, 1953-54, 1st Edition, p 190.</ref>
1956–1963 Arthur Christopher Heath<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1963–1981† Basil Whitworth<ref>Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 1030.</ref>
1981–1990 Juergen Simonson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1990–2001 Richard Ames-Lewis
2001–2010 Ross Collins
2010–2018 Richard Sewell
2019– James Hutchings

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Notable burials

Major General Roger Elliott (c. 1665–1714), who lived at Byfeld House in Church Road, Barnes, was buried in the churchyard in May 1714.<ref name="Virginia">Template:Cite journal</ref>
John Moody (c. 1727–1812), actor, who lived at 11 The Terrace, Barnes, c.1780 until his death, is buried in the churchyard with his two wives.<ref name="Brown 122">Template:Cite book</ref>
Abiezer Coppe One of the English Ranters and a writer of prophetic religious pamphlets.