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][2] After the American Revolutionary War, they became part of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, which split off the Episcopal Diocese of Easton in 1868 and the Episcopal Diocese of Washington in 1895.
The following is a sortable List of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.[1][3]
| Current church name | Image | 1692 parish name | Location | County, etc. | Predates 1692? | Current status | NRHP | Description | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. All Faith Church, Charlotte Hall | 
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All Faiths | Mechanicsville 38885 New Market Turner Rd. MD 6 |
St. Mary's | Yes, 1655 | Active parish | Yes | In Calvert County until 1695; now in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [1] |
| 02. All Hallows Church, South River | 
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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 | 
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Snow Hill | Snow Hill 109 West Market St. |
Worcester | No | Active parish | Yes | In Somerset County until 1742; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [3] |
| 04. All Saint's, Sunderland | 
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All Saints' | Sunderland 100 Lower Marlboro Road |
Calvert | No | Active parish | Yes | [4] | |
| 05.Christ Church, Cambridge | 
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Great Choptank | Cambridge 601 Church St. |
Dorchester | No | Active parish | Yes | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [5] |
| 06. Christ Church, Chaptico | 
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King and Queen | Chaptico 25390 Maddox Rd, MD 238 |
St. Mary's | Yes, 1640 | Active parish | Yes | now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [6] |
| 07.Christ Church, Easton | 
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St. Peter's | Easton 111 South Harrison St. |
Talbot | Yes | Active parish | No | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [7] |
| 08. Christ Church, Kent Island | 
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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 planted from Virginia; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [8] |
| 09. Christ Church, La Plata |  |
Port Tobacco | La Plata 112 East Charles St. |
Charles | Yes, 1683 | Active parish | No | Current building disassembled in Port Tobacco and reassembled in La Plata (1904-05); now in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [9] |
| 10. Christ Church, Nanjemoy |  |
Durham | Nanjemoy 8685 Ironsides Rd. |
Charles | Yes | Active parish | No | now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [10] |
| 11. Christ Church, Port Republic | 
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Christ Church | Port Republic 3100 Broomes Island Rd. |
Calvert | Yes | Active parish | Yes | [11] | |
| 12. Christ Church, St. Michael's |  |
St. Michael's | St. Michaels 103 Willow St. |
Talbot | Yes | Active parish | No[Note 1] | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [12] |
| 13. Christ Church, Wayside |  |
William and Mary (Pickawaxon) | Newburg 13050 Rock Point Rd. |
Charles | Yes | Active parish | No | now in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington | [13] |
| 14. Church of the Resurrection, Joppatowne |  |
Copley, Gunpowder or St. John's | Joppatowne 700 Anchor Dr. at Bridge Drive |
Harford | Active parish | No | Harford split from Baltimore in 1773. Historic churchyard, tho current church modern. Replaced for over a century by St. James Church (Monkton, Maryland) and St. John's Church (Kingsville, Maryland), 11901 Bel Air Rd. | [14][15] | |
| 15. St. Andrew's Church, Princess Anne | 
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Somerset | Princess Anne 30513 Washington St. |
Somerset | No | Active parish | No | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [16] |
| 16.St. Anne's Church, Annapolis | 
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Middle Neck | Annapolis Church Circle |
Anne Arundel | No | Active parish | No | [17] | |
| 17. St. Bartholomew's Church, Green Hill | 
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Stepney | Quantico Green Hill Church Rd. |
Wicomico | No | Closed | Yes | In Somerset County until 1867; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton. Annual August worship service held by three local Episcopal churches. | |
| 18. St. George's Church, Poplar Hill, Valley Lee | 
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William and Mary | Valley Lee 44965 Blake Creek Rd. |
St. Mary's | Yes, 1638 | Active parish | Yes | [18] | |
| 19. St. James' Church, Lothian | 
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Herring Creek | Lothian 5757 Solomons Island Rd. |
Anne Arundel | Yes | Active parish | Yes | [19] | |
| 20. St. John's, Broad Creek | 
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Broad Creek, King George's, or Piscataway | Fort Washington 9801 Livingston Rd. |
Prince's George's | No | Active parish | Yes | now in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington; several chapels of ease founded since 1710 became new parishes | [20] |
| 21. St. Margaret’s Church, Annapolis | 
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Broad Neck or Westminster | Annapolis 1601 Pleasant Plains Rd. |
Anne Arundel | No | Active parish | No | [21] | |
| 22. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Pocomoke City | 
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Coventry | Pocomoke City 20 Third St. |
Worcester | No | Active parish | No* | In Somerset County until 1742; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton. *Coventry Parish Ruins is on the NRHP | [22] |
| 23. St. Paul's Church, Baden | 
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St. Paul's | Brandywine 13500 Baden-Westwood Rd. |
Prince's George's | No | Active parish | Yes | In Calvert County until 1696; now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington; chapel of ease for northern part of parish became St. Thomas Church, Croom | [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; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [25] |
| 26. St. Paul's, Kent | 
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St. Paul's | Chestertown 7579 Sandy Bottom Rd. |
Kent | No | Active parish | Yes | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [26] |
| 27. St. Stephen's Church, Earleville |  |
North Sassafras | Earleville 14 Glebe Rd. |
Cecil | Yes, 1680? | Active parish | Yes | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [27] |
| 28. Shrewsbury Parish Church, Kennedyville | 
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South Sassafras | Kennedyville 12824 Shrewsbury Church Rd. |
Kent | Yes, 1675 | Active parish | Yes | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [28] |
| 29. Spesutia or St. George's Church, Perryman |  |
St. George's or Spesutia | Perryman Intersection of Perryman and Chelsea roads |
Harford | Yes | Inactive parish since 2013 | No* | *St. George's Parish Vestry House is on the NRHP. Pentecostal congregation now uses church, but churchyard remains Maryland diocesan property. | |
| 30. Old Trinity Church, Church Creek | 
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Dorchester | Church Creek 1716 Taylors Island Rd. |
Dorchester | Yes, 1675 | Active parish | No | now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton | [29] |
See also
Notes
Footnotes
- ^ Christ Church of St Michaels is part of the St. Michaels Historic District.[4]
Citations
- ^ a b Middleton 1992, p. 5
- ^ Middleton 1992, p. 12
- ^ Middleton 1992, pp. 63–103
- ^ Touart, Paul (Historic St, Michaels - Bay Hundred) (1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Michaels Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (Maryland Historical Trust). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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References
- Middleton, Arthur Pierce (1992). Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792. Virginia Beach, Virginia: Walsworth Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-89865-841-5.
External links
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