page_title: St Mary's Parish Church, Hampton
section_title: The old church
hierarchical_section_title: St Mary's Parish Church, Hampton / History / The old church
caption_attribution_description: English: An 1810 watercolour of the former St Mary's parish church at Hampton, Middlesex, which was demolished in 1830
context_page_description: St Mary's Parish Church, Hampton, is an Anglican church in Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
context_section_description: The first church for which there are historical records was built of flint and stone. The interior of the building had galleries round the north, west and south sides, with a singing loft for choir and instrumental accompaniment. There was a three-decker pulpit: the first level for the clerk, the second for the reading of lessons, and the uppermost for the delivery of sermons. The royal pew was situated at the front of the north gallery. The old church also housed a school room and provided a master for Hampton School, from 1557.
  At the time of Henry VIII a new nave, south aisle and porch were rebuilt with brick (“having got out of repair and become unsafe”) – the original flint and stone chancel and tower were retained.
  In 1671 the tower also became unsafe and a new brick tower was erected. Charles II contributed £350.
  In 1726, the north aisle and the vault beneath it were added to the church, as was the vestry room at the north-west corner of the church; George I gave £500 towards the extension.  This version of the building was described as Hampton's "brick church in pre-eminence, with fresh-painted and accommodating covered benches in the churchyard". The church was well-attended (one service on Sunday morning, and one in the evening); twelve or more carriages waited outside the church . A notable worshipper was George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster.
caption: The original church, demolished in 1830
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