List of post-1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland

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 in 1692. Ten counties had been established in the colony at the time, and those counties were divided into 30 parishes. After 1692 but before the American Revolution, 15 additional parishes were established.^[1]

The following is a sortable List of the post 1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.^[2]

Current church name	Image	Original parish name	Location	County, etc.	Year established	Current status	NRHP	Description	Website
01. All Saints Church Frederick		All Saints' Parish	Frederick 106 West Church Street	Frederick	1742	Active parish	No	Frederick County split off Charles County in 1748	[1]
02. Good Shepherd Church, Chesapeake City	Good Shepherd Church, Chesapeake City, Maryland	Augustine Parish	310 George StreetChesapeake City	Cecil	1744	Active parish	No	Another church in parish, St. Augustine's, is at MD310 and Mitton Rd; both now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton	[2]
03. Christ Church IU Parish, Worton	Christ Church IU, Chester Parish, Worton, Maryland	Chester Parish	Worton 25328 Lambs Meadow Road	Kent	1765	Active parish	Yes	now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton and surrounded by historic cemetery. Other historic parish church is Emmanuel Church, Cross and High Streets, Chestertown, Maryland, built in 1767 and which hosted founding diocesan convention.^[3]	[3]
04. Christ Episcopal Church, Rockville	Christ Episcopal Church, Rockville, Maryland	Prince George's Parish	Rockville 107 S. Washington Street	Montgomery	1726	Active Parish	No	Now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington; other parish church before creation of Montgomery County and Washington, D.C. is St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish (Washington, D.C.), whose current structure built 1775 is older than this rebuilt building	[4]
05; St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Leeland		Queen Anne	Upper Marlboro 14705 Oak Grove Road	Prince George's	1704	Active parish	No	now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington	[5]
06. Christ Church, Columbia		Queen Caroline Parish	Columbia 6800 Oakland Mills Road	Howard	1728	Active parish	Yes	Howard County split from Anne Arundel County in 1838	[6]
07. St. Andrew's Church, Leonardtown		St. Andrew's Parish	California 44078 St. Andrew's Church Road	St. Mary's	1744	Active parish	Yes	now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington	[7]
08. St. Paul's, Hillsboro		St John's Parish	Hillsboro Church Street, south of MD 404	Caroline	1748	Inactive	Yes	Caroline County split off Queen Anne's County in 1773; Episcopal Diocese of Easton retreat center within former parish
09. St. James Church, Monkton	St. James Episcopal Church, Monkton, Maryland	St. James' Parish	Monkton 3100 Monkton Road	Baltimore County	1770	Active parish	Yes	former chapel of ease for St. John's Parish, Joppatowne	[8]
10. St. Luke's Church, Church Hill	St.LukesLRWalls	St. Luke's Parish	Church Hill	Queen Anne's	1728	Active parish	Yes	now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton	[9]
11. St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church, North East		St. Mary Anne Parish, or North Elk Parish	North East 315 South Main Street	Cecil	1706	Active parish	No	now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton	[10]
12. Christ Church, Denton		St. Mary's Whitechapel Parish	Denton 105 Gay Street	Caroline	1725	Active parish	No	Caroline County split from Dorchester County in 1773; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton	[11]
13. St. Thomas Church, Owings Mills		St. Thomas' Parish	Owings Mills 232 St. Thomas Lane	Baltimore County	1742	Active parish	Yes		[12]
14. Trinity Church, Charles County		Trinity Parish	Newport Trinity Church 9560 Trinity Church Road Hughesville Oldfields Chapel 15837 Prince Frederick Road	Charles	1744	Active parish	No	now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington	[13]
15. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Worcester Parish		Worcester Parish	Berlin St. Paul's 3 Church Street Showell St. Martin's, 1756	Worcester	1753	Active parish*	Yes*	*St. Paul's is active while St. Martin's, on the NRHP, is now a church museum. Now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton	[14]

References

^ Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5, 12, 65 ISBN 0-89865-841-1
^ Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, p. 65, ISBN 0-89865-841-1
^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

External links

Skirven, Percy G., The First Parishes of the Province of Maryland, Baltimore: Norman Remington Co., 1923

[1] Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5, 12, 65 ISBN 0-89865-841-1

[2] Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, p. 65, ISBN 0-89865-841-1

[3] "About Us". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

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List of post-1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland

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