St Mary the Virgin, Monken Hadley

St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Monken Hadley.

History

The church was built in its present form in 1494 (the date being carved in stone over the west door) although a church is believed to have stood on the site for over 800 years. The present building is in the perpendicular style, and includes two side chapels (in transepts) dedicated to St Anne and St Catherine. The building was heavily renovated in Victorian times, and contains large quantities of Victorian woodwork furniture. The parish and church were heavily influenced by tractarianism and the Oxford Movement,^[1] and it remains a focus of eucharistic worship within the surrounding district.

The tower of the church, at the west end, contains nine bells which are in good order and regularly rung, eight being hung for change ringing, and the ninth as a sanctus bell.^[2] At the top of the tower there is a signal beacon, part of an ancient series of signal beacons. The church markets itself under the title "The Beacon Church", and the beacon has become a symbol of the local area, and forms the badge of the nearby Church of England primary school.

It was the model for another Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, built in 1904 in Chappaqua, New York, United States.^[3]

References

↑ See the British History Online website.
↑ See the church website for details.
↑ White, Ken. "SMTV – History". Church of Saint Mary the Virgin. Retrieved April 24, 2013.

External links

Media related to St Mary, Monken Hadley at Wikimedia Commons

Churches in Barnet

Ancient parish churches (pre-1800)	St Andrew's Church, Totteridge St James the Great, Friern Barnet St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Barnet St Margaret of Antioch, Edgware St Mary-at-Finchley Church St Mary's Church, Hendon St Mary the Virgin, East Barnet St Mary the Virgin, Monken Hadley

Daughter churches	All Saints Church, Childs Hill All Saints Church, East Finchley All Saints Church, Friern Barnet Christ Church, Brent Street Christ Church, Barnet Christ Church, North Finchley Holy Trinity Church, East Finchley Holy Trinity Lyonsdown John Keble Church, Mill Hill St Alban's Church, Golders Green St Alphage's Church, Burnt Oak St Barnabas' Church, Temple Fortune St Barnabas' Church, Woodside Park St James's Church, New Barnet St John's Church, West Hendon St John the Apostle Church, Whetstone St John the Evangelist Church, Friern Barnet St Jude's Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb St Luke's Church, Finchley St Mark's Church, Barnet Vale St Matthias the Apostle church, Colindale St Michael's Church, Golders Green St Michael and All Angels Church, Mill Hill St Paul's Church, Finchley St Paul's Church, Mill Hill St Peter’s Church, Arkley St Peter’s Church, Cricklewood St Peter-le-Poer Church, Friern Barnet St Stephen’s Church, Bell’s Hill

Other denominations	Free Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb Golders Green Hippodrome

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