List of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland

In 1692, the Church of England, also known as the Anglican Church, became the established church of the Province of Maryland through an Act of the General Assembly. Ten counties had been established in the colony, and those counties were divided into 30 parishes.[1]

The following is a sortable List of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.[2]

Current church name Image 1692 parish name Location County, etc. Predates 1692? Current status NRHP Description Website
01. All Faith Church, Charlotte Hall All Faiths Merchanicsville
38885 New Market Turner Rd.
MD 6		 St. Mary's Yes Active parish Yes In Calvert County until 1695 [1]
02. All Hallows Church, South River All Hallows' or South River Edgewater
3604 Solomon's Island Road
MD 2		 Anne Arundel Yes Active parish Yes [2]
03. All Hallows, Snow Hill Snow Hill Snow Hill
109 West Market St.		 Worcester No Active parish Yes In Somerset County until 1742 [3]
04. All Saint's, Sunderland All Saints' Sunderland
100 Lower Marlboro Road		 Calvert No Active parish Yes [4]
05.Christ Church, Cambridge Great Choptank Cambridge
601 Church St.		 Dorchester No Active parish Yes [5]
06. Christ Christ, Chaptico King and Queen Chaptico
25390 Maddox Rd, MD 238		 St. Mary's Yes, 1640 Active parish Yes [6]
07. Christ Church, Easton St. Peter's Easton
111 South Harrison St.		 Talbot Yes Active parish No [7]
08. Christ Church, Kent Island Christ Church, Kent Island Stevensville
1880 church:
117 East Main St.
1996 church:
830 Romancoke Road		 Queen Anne's Yes, 1631 Active parish Yes* *1880 church is on NRHP. Parish was planted from Virginia before the Maryland colony was settled. [8]
09. Christ Church, La Plata Port Tobacco La Plata
112 East Charles St.		 Charles Yes Active parish No [9]
10. Christ Church, Nanjemoy Durham Nanjemoy
8685 Ironsides Rd.		 Charles Yes Active parish No [10]
11. Christ Church, Port Republic Christ Church Port Republic
3100 Broomes Island Rd.		 Calvert Yes Active parish Yes [11]
12. Christ Church, St. Michael's St. Michael's St. Michael's
103 Willow St.		 Talbot Yes Active parish No [12]
13. Christ Church, Wayside William and Mary (Pickawaxon) Newburg
13050 Rock Point Rd.		 Charles Yes Active parish No [13]
14. Church of the Resurrection, Joppatowne Copley, Gunpowder or St. John's Joppatowne
700 Anchor Dr. at Bridge Drive		 Harford Active parish No In Baltimore County until 1773. See also St. John's Church, Kingsville, Kingsville, 11901 Bel Air Rd., Baltimore County [14][15]
15. St. Andrew's Church, Princess Anne Somerset Princess Anne
30513 Washington St.		 Somerset No Active parish No [16]
16.St. Anne's Church, Annapolis Middle Neck Annapolis
Church Circle		 Anne Arundel No Active parish No [17]
17. St. Bartholomew's Church, Green Hill Stepney Quantico
Green Hill Church Rd.		 Wicomico No Closed Yes In Somerset County until 1867. It is opened once a year in August for a St. Bartholomew's Day worship service held by three local Episcopal churches.
18. St. George's Church, Poplar Hill, Valley Lee William and Mary Valley Lee
44965 Blake Creek Rd.		 St. Mary's Yes, 1638 Active parish Yes [18]
19. St. James' Church, Lothian Herring Creek Lothian
5757 Solomons Island Rd.		 Anne Arundel Yes Active parish Yes [19]
20. St. John's, Broad Creek Broad Creek, King George's, or Piscataway Fort Washington
9801 Livingston Rd.		 Prince's George's No Active parish Yes [20]
21. St. Margaret’s Church, Annapolis Broad Neck or Westminster Annapolis
1601 Pleasant Plains Rd.		 Anne Arundel No Active parish No [21]
22. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Pocomoke City Coventry Pocomoke City
20 Third St.		 Worcester No Active parish No* In Somerset County until 1742. *Coventry Parish Ruins is on the NRHP [22]
23. St. Paul's Church, Baden St. Paul's Brandywine
13500 Baden-Westwood Rd.		 Prince's George's No Active parish Yes In Calvert County until 1696 [23]
24. St. Paul's, Baltimore Patapsco or St. Paul's Baltimore
309 Cathedral St.		 Baltimore City Yes, 1729 Active parish Yes [24]
25. St. Paul's Church, Centreville St. Paul's Centreville
301 S. Liberty St.		 Queen Anne's No Active parish No In Talbot County until 1706 [25]
26. St. Paul's, Kent St. Paul's Chestertown
7579 Sandy Bottom Rd.		 Kent No Active parish Yes [26]
27. St. Stephen's Church, Earleville North Sassafras Earleville
14 Glebe Rd.		 Cecil Yes, 1680? Active parish Yes [27]
28. Shrewsbury Parish Church, Kennedyville South Sassafras Kennedyville
12824 Shrewsbury Church Rd.		 Kent Yes, 1675 Active parish Yes [28]
29. Spesutia or St. George's Church, Perryman St. George's or Spesutia Perryman
Intersection of Perryman and Chelsea roads		 Harford Yes Active parish No* *St. George's Parish Vestry House is on the NRHP. [29]
30. Old Trinity Church, Church Creek Dorchester Church Creek
1716 Taylors Island Rd.		 Dorchester Yes, 1675? Active parish No [30]

See also

References

  1. ^ Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5, 12, ISBN 0898658411
  2. ^ Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5 63-103, ISBN 0898658411

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