The Old Church is an arts venue in Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney, formerly the medieval and Tudor church of St Mary's Church or (after the construction of the current parish church in 1858) St Mary's Old Church. It is a Grade II* listed building. A church on the site is first recorded in 1314, when a rector was appointed to it - it was then a peculiar of St Paul's Cathedral's dean and chapter, with patronage passing to the crown (1404-1414), back to the dean and chapter (1414-1580), the cathedral's prebendary of Stoke Newington (1585-1830) and finally to the Bishop of London. It was recorded as containing a chapel of St Thomas and a rood screen in 1500. The earliest mention of its dedication to St Mary dates to 1522, whilst the list of rectors survives continuously from 1562 onwards. More information...
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