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1. Stoke Newington Churches
Amir Dotan
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2. 29Churches and chapels
over the years

3. I’ll be covering 10

4. Old St Mary
1563
St Matthias
1853
New St Mary
1858
SN High St
Methodist Church
1850
Devonshire Square
1871
Presbyterian
1883
All Saints
1873
West Hackney
1824
Abney Church
1862
St Faith’s
1873

5. 6Churches and chapels
in 1846
Parish

6. 1894

7. 1462 2149
3360 3480
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51247
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St Faith parish
1873
All Saints parish
1873
St Matthias parish
1849
St Andrew parish
1883
St Olave parish
1892
New parishes were created

9. St Faith
St Matthias
St Andrew
St Olave
St Mary
All Saints

11. 47
52172 52,301
45,684
1 9 2 0 1 9 4 0 1 9 6 0 1 9 8 0
St Faith parish
Merged with St Matthias - 1951
All Saints parish
Merged with St Matthias - 1956
Forming: Stoke Newington, St Faith with
St Matthias and All Saints
Renamed: Stoke Newington,
St Matthias - 1974

12. A rector was appointed
in 1313 to the church
of Stoke Newington,
which was a peculiar*
of the dean and chapter
of St. Paul's, London.
* A "peculiar" is applied to those ecclesiastical districts, parishes, chapels or
churches that are outside the jurisdiction of the bishop and archdeacon of
the diocese in which they are situated (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Royal_Peculiar)

13. The rapid increase in
population was
accompanied by a
growth in all
nonconformist
denominations
47988
51247
52172 52,301
45,684
1 9 0 0 1 9 2 0 1 9 4 0 1 9 6 0 1 9 8 0
Source: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp211-215

14. By 1903 there were 16
chapels and 6 halls
belonging to protestant
nonconformists, who
formed some 58% of
those attending
worship on census day
47988
51247
52172 52,301
45,684
1 9 0 0 1 9 2 0 1 9 4 0 1 9 6 0 1 9 8 0
Source: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp211-215

15. In the 20th century
there was a decline, as
middle-class supporters
of the older
denominations were
displaced by working-
class and Jewish
populations from the
East End
47988
51247
52172 52,301
45,684
1 9 0 0 1 9 2 0 1 9 4 0 1 9 6 0 1 9 8 0
Source: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp211-215

16. Methodists
36%
Baptists
32%
Congregationalists
15%
Salvation Army
10%
Presbyterians
7%
In 1903 there were 16
chapels and 6 halls
belonging to protestant
nonconformists, who
formed some 58% of
those attending
worship on census day

17. Methodist Church
Stoke Newington High Street
Built: c. 1850
Original structure: 1814

22. All Saints Church
Aden Grove
Built: 1873

28. Presbyterian Church
Lordship Road
Built: 1883

34. 1969

35. Now: Manor Road United Reformed Church

36. St Faith’s Church,
Londesboroug
St Faith’s Church
Londesborough Road
Built: 1873

38. V1 strike, Sunday June 18th 1944

43. Devonshire Square Baptist Church
Stoke Newington Road
Built: 1871

49. c.1950 - Walford Road via Lorraine Smith

52. Abney Congregational Church
Stoke Newington Church Street
Built: 1862

54. 1838

63. West Hackney Church
Stoke Newington Road
Built: 1824

75. St Mary’s Old Church
Stoke Newington Church Street
Built: 1563 (Repaired and extended)

76. William Patten (c. 1510 – after 1598)

83. Sir Charles Barry
(1795 –1860)
Repaired and enlarged in 1827-9

93. St Mary’s New Church
Stoke Newington Church Street
Built: 1855-8, Steeple & Spire (1890)
Architect: Sir George Gilbert Scott

95. Sir George Gilbert Scott
(1811–1878)

96. Scott designed the
Midland Grand Hotel at
St Pancras station

99. Due to lack of funds the
building of the steeple
had to be postponed
giving rise to the rhyme:
“Stoke Newington is a
funny place with lots of
funny people,
Thomas Jackson built a
church but could not build
a steeple.”

100. John Oldrid Scott
(1841-1913), son of
George Gilbert Scott,
designed the steeple and
spire in 1890
and seating increased to
1,300.

101. The building cost of
£17,000 was raised by
voluntary subscriptions
designed by the famous
architect Sir George
Gilbert Scott and
known as the New
Church is the result.
included seating for
1,100

104. St Matthias Church
Wordsworth Road
Built: 1849-53
Architect: William Butterfield