Building    From 1719  To 1909

Scottish National Church

Categories: Religion

From the church's website:

Crown Court Church is unique in its history as the longest-established Presbyterian church in England, dating from 1711. The Church of Scotland has been active in London since the time of James VI, King of Scots, who became King James I of England in 1603. There is some evidence that courtiers of the King who had followed him from Scotland worshipped in a chapel in the precincts of the old Whitehall Palace. This site became known as “Scotland Yard” and subsequently housed the original offices of the Metropolitan Police. There has been a Scottish Kirk on the present site in Covent Garden since 1719.  The current building was completed in 1909, replacing the original.

The ever-valuable British History provides this picture, captioned "The Scotch National Church, Crown Court" but it puzzles us because it does not appear to date from 1719 - more like the late 19th century Victorian Venetian style. Perhaps there were two, or more, buildings prior to the current one.

The second Scottish church in London was built in 1884 in Knightsbridge, St Columba's.

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Scottish National Church

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Crown Court Church of Scotland

Crown Court Scottish National Church, 1718 - 1909.

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National Secular Society

National Secular Society

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Group, Religion

1 memorial
Christ Church, Lambeth

Christ Church, Lambeth

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Building, Religion

1 memorial
Rt. Rev. Charles John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham

Rt. Rev. Charles John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham

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Person, Armed Forces, Religion, Africa

1 memorial
Laurence Parnam

Laurence Parnam

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
Thomas Tiplady

Thomas Tiplady

Born Yorkshire. Raised as a Methodist. Became a minister in the East End, a chaplain in WW1. Became Superintendent of the Lambeth Mission in London in 1922, and was there 32 years. Wrote many hymns...

Person, Cinema, Music / songs, Religion

1 memorial

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Stanley Robert Stevens

Stanley Robert Stevens

Auxiliary fireman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Auxiliary Fireman Stanley Robert Stevens was born on 25 October...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Lance Corporal D. E. Lewis

Lance Corporal D. E. Lewis

Killed while serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) in the Korean War, July 1952 to August 1953.

Person

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
W. Cowper

W. Cowper

First Commissioner Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
W. & T.  Wills

W. & T. Wills

Sculptors, of 12 Euston Road.

Group, Sculpture

3 memorials
Richard Courtney Balding

Richard Courtney Balding

SE1, Southwark Bridge Road, 38

The pediment is at about ground level, between the window and the pavement railings. And yes, we had to clean the metal plate before we ...

2 subjects commemorated