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.Hubert Valentine Eardley-Wilmot in 1916 by the artist Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne.[3] One of the stations was dedicated to the Vicar's younger brother, Gerald Eardley-Wilmot, who died of wounds fighting in France that year.[4] Three years later, in 1919, Prynne also painted three altar panels for the Church.[5]
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.
- ^ "Redbridge & the First World War". Redbridge Museum. Redbridge Museum. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Cherry, Bridget; Nikolaus, Pevsner (2005). The Buildings of England: London 5 East. Newhaven and London: Yale University Press. p. 228. ISBN 0300107013. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
Coordinates: 51°33′42″N 0°05′17″E / 51.5616°N 0.0880°E