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Coordinates: 51°29′02″N 0°17′16″W / 51.4838°N 0.2879°W / 51.4838; -0.2879
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St Anne's Church, Kew
The Parish Church of St Anne, Kew
St Anne's and Kew War Memorial in spring
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51°29′02″N 0°17′16″W / 51.4838°N 0.2879°W / 51.4838; -0.2879
LocationKew Green, Kew, Richmond TW9 3AA
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Websitesaintanne-kew.org.uk/kew-green
History
Founded1714
Founder(s)Queen Anne
Dedication12 May 1714[1]
Architecture
Years built18/19/20c
Administration
DioceseSouthwark
Episcopal areaKingston
ArchdeaconryWandsworth
DeaneryRichmond & Barnes
ParishSt Anne, Kew
Clergy
Bishop(s)Rt Revd Christopher Chessun
Vicar(s)Revd Canon Dr Giles Fraser
AssistantRevd Canon Nick Darby; Revd Canon Tim Marwood
ArchdeaconVen. John Kiddle
Laity
Organist/Director of musicJulian Kelly
Churchwarden(s)Cate Lyon, John Mortley
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameParish Church of St Anne
Designated10 January 1950
Reference no.1194022
Arms of Queen Anne

St Anne's Church, Kew is a parish church located in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (historically in Surrey), adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The neo-classical building , which dates from 1714 and is Grade II* listed,[2] forms the central focus of Kew Green.

Its raised churchyard, which is on three sides of the church,[3] has two Grade II* listed monuments – the tombs of the artists Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)[4] and Johan Zoffany (1733–1810).[5] French Impressionist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), a frequent visitor to England, was resident at 10 Kew Green[6] when painting St Anne's as Church at Kew (1892).[7]

Services

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On Sundays St Anne's Church holds a traditional Said Eucharist, a Sung Eucharist and (on the first Sunday of the month) Choral Evensong.[8]

Music

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St Anne's Church houses a 19th-century pipe organ[9] and is a venue for concerts,[10] including those of the local orchestra, Kew Sinfonia.[11]

History

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Founded in 1714 as a chapel within the parish of Kingston on ancient royal manorial land dedicated by Queen Anne,[3] St Anne's Church has been extended several times since.

St Anne's present parish hall, at right angles to the church and incorporating the previous choir vestry, was built in 1978. Its design echoes the materials and forms of the original church building.[3]

Features and ornaments

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A collection of funerary hatchments honouring deceased royal or noble parishioners is on display in front of the church gallery, flanking a rare representation of Queen Anne's coat of arms. A hatchment commemorating George III's son, King Ernest Augustus of Hanover, was hung at St Anne's in 1851 and is now in the Museum of Richmond's collection.[16] Inside the church are fine memorials, including those to the families of Sir William Jackson Hooker[17] and Sir Richard Levett, beneath the tower which is inscribed: "Within this vault lie the remains of Sir Richard Levett, Knight, of Kew. Also of Lady Mary Levett, his wife, who died October 15th, 1722".[18]

Just outside the church walls on its south side, is the Kew War Memorial, in the form of a large stone cross, commemorating the local soldiers who fell in the First and Second World Wars.[19] Their names are listed not on the memorial but inside the church on a monument by William Sharpington.[20][19]

Parish events

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Baptisms

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Marriages

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Burials

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Formerly buried at St Anne's

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Notable clergy and officers

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Since 2022, Canon Giles Fraser serves as Vicar of St Anne's, Kew,[37][38] where Anthony Saxton (1934–2015) was formerly churchwarden.

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Church exterior

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Church interior

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Tombs and gravestones

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cummings, Rosie (August 2007). "St Anne's Church. Kew Green, Kew. London Borough of Richmond: an archaeological watching brief" (PDF). Compass Archaeology. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. ^ Historic England (10 January 1950). "Parish Church of St Anne (1194022)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "The History <of St Anne's Church, Kew". St Anne's Church, Kew. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. ^ Historic England (10 January 1950). "Churchyard of Church of St Anne, to South of Church (1065407)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b Historic England (25 June 1983). "Churchyard of Church of St Anne, to East of Church (1357735)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ^ Richardson, David. "Pissarro's home on Kew Green". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Church at Kew". Camille Pissarro. WikiArt. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Worship". St Anne's Church, Kew. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ^ www.npor.org.uk
  10. ^ "Concerts and Events at St. Anne's". St Anne's Church, Kew. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Kew Sinfonia". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  12. ^ www.surreygraveyards.org.uk
  13. ^ a b c Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 503. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.
  14. ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London 2: South. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. p. 503. ISBN 978-0-300-09651-4.
  15. ^ "The Font". St Anne's Church, Kew. March 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Hatchment from St Anne's Church, Kew, 1821". Highlights of the Collection. Museum of Richmond. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Kew Church Monuments". The Second Website of Bob Speel. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  18. ^ Memoriae Flagranti, A Funeral Poem to the Memory of the Honourable Sir Richard Levett, Kt., by E. Settle, City Poet, 1711, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, John Nichols, Nichols Son & Bentley, London, 1814
  19. ^ a b Mollett, Marian (2015). "Remembering the Men of Kew" (PDF). Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society. 36: 10–23. ISSN 0263-0958. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  20. ^ Craven, Stephen (29 November 2012). "War Memorial on Kew Green". Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  21. ^ www.burkespeerage.com
  22. ^ Weir, Alison (1996). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (revised edition). Pimlico, London: Random House. ISBN 978-071267448-5.
  23. ^ a b c d e "St Anne's Church, Kew Green" (PDF). Local History Notes from Richmond Libraries' Local Studies Collection. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  24. ^ Pagnamenta, Frank. "Royal Gardeners at Kew – The Aitons". Richmond Local History Society.
  25. ^ "Aiton, William (1731–1793), horticulturist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/260. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Aiton, William Townsend (1766–1849), horticulturist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/262. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Aiton, William (1731–1793), horticulturist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/260. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  28. ^ Verdcourt, Bernard (1987). "John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan". Kew Bulletin. 42 (2): 286–29. JSTOR 4109685.
  29. ^ www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk
  30. ^ www.rct.uk
  31. ^ www.royalacademy.org.uk
  32. ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Vol. II, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London, 1876, p. 13.
  33. ^ Lysons, Daniel (1796). "Appendix: Corrections to volume 1, Burials in the Kew Church". The Environs of London: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent. London: Institute of Historical Research. p. 459. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  34. ^ "Biography of Sir Richard Levett (1629−1711), and his family". Manuscripts and Special Collections. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  35. ^ www.kew.org
  36. ^ Knowles, Rachel (8 April 2013). "Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge". Regency History. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  37. ^ www.gov.uk
  38. ^ www.richmondandbarnesdeanery.org

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