Since S.Charles's martyrdom in the 17th century numerous churches throughout the Anglican community have been founded and many chapels have also been dedicated in his honour. On this page we list many of these churches and chapels, a testament to the ongoing cult of S.Charles. Some of these churches and chapels in the list include a link: click on the link to see the description and/or photo of the church included on this page or use the pull-down menu above.
If the information here is incorrect or if you should wish to add a link, description or photo for your church, please contact Fr. Card-Reynolds, Webmaster of these pages.
On this page:
• Churches and Chapels of S.Charles, King and Martyr
• Descriptions of Some of the Churches, England
• Descriptions of Some of the Churches, U.S.A.
• Commemorations in Churches and Cathedrals
Churches and Chapels of S.Charles, King and Martyr
England
17th Century
• Falmouth, Cornwall
• Newton-in-Wem, Shropshire
• Peak Forest, Derbyshire
• Plymouth, Devon
• Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Shelland, Suffolk
20th Century
• Belchamp St. Paul, Sudbury, Suffolk, Licensed Chapel, The Vicarage
• Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, Chapel of S.Nicholas, Restored as Memorial Chapel of King Charles the Martyr
• City of London, Chapel, S.Catherine Cree
• Digswell, Herts, Chapel, Harmer Green Parish
• Guildford, Surrey, Chapel, Guildford Cathedral
• Headington, Oxford, Chapel, S.Mary's
• London, Chapel, S.Mary-le-Stand
• South Mymms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
• Tollerton, Alne, Yorkshire
• Whitchurch, Bucks, Private Chapel, Hurdlesgrove House
• Youlgreave, Chapel, Youlgreave Parish Church
Ireland
17th Century
• Chapel of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin
18th Century
• Hollymount, Co. Mayo
Scotland
20th Century
• Chapel, S.Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
Australia
20th Century
• Bullfinch, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
• North Nollamara, Western Australia
• West Mackay, Queensland
South Africa
20th Century
• Kruisrivier, Keidelberg, Cape Province
Tangiers
1662-1682
• British Garrison Church
United States of America
20th Century
• Bridal Veil, Oregon
• Colton, Chicago, Illinois, Chapel, Zion Episcopal Church
• Columbia, Mississippi
• Daringerfield, Texas.
• Fairburg, Nebraska
• Fort Morgan, Colorado
• Huntsville, Alabama
• La Verne, Oklahoma
• St. Charles, Illinois
• Waupun, Wisconsin, Church of the Blessed Trinity
• Chapel, St. Charles of England
Japan
20th Century
• St. Charles-by-the-Sea, Wakkanai
• U.S.A. Air Force Chapel
Descriptions of Some of the Churches
England
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It was from Pendennis Castle near Falmouth that Queen Henrietta Maria fled into exile and at the end of the war, with the King already a prisoner, that the future Charles II also set sail from Falmouth.
Before he left he declared that he would build in that place, ‘a chapel for public worship...and when the wars ceased, to send an able and conscientious chaplain to preach God’s word therein.’
Soon after the Restoration a local Churchman, Sir Peter Killigrew gave land for a new church and by petitioning in London, ‘received much help... through the generosity of Charles II and the Duke of York’. The church was consecrated under the title of King Charles the Martyr in 1665.
The building, although altered many times since, still has the appearance of a classical Wren style church. Of particular note in the church is a painting of S.Charles attributed to Sir Peter Lely and given in the early twentieth-century ‘by a few admirers of the many virtues of His Most Sacred Majesty’.
The church is open daily. (SKCM is grateful to the present Rector for these pictures and information.)
Link to Web site:
www.btinternet.com/-kcm
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During the interregnum and the rule of Cromwell the Countess of Devonshire made her act of defiance by building a church dedicated to the Royal Martyr.
In the nineteenth-century the small classical building was found to be too modest for the needs of the parish. A new church was built in the Victorian Gothic style.
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Link to Web site:
www.wishful99.freeserve.co.uk/genuki/DBY/PeakForest/CharlesKing.html
The Parish of King Charles with S.Matthias, Plymouth, Devon
Built in the seventeenth-century as the town started to grow in population, the church of King Charles (or Charles Church as it is locally known) had a great history for three and a half centuries.
Its most famous vicar was Robert Hawker, known as the Star of the West for his evangelical preaching. The church is also well known as it was responsible for pioneering the Sunday School movement.
In March 1941 the church was reduced to a shell during the enemy blitz of the city. This devastation caused by the enemy can still be seen today and in the photo to the right.
The roofless walls of the building serve as a war memorial to the civilian war casualties of the city and the church is only occasionally used for worship.
(SKCM is grateful to the present Vicar for this information.)
Link to Web site:
www.plymouth-churches.org.uk/stmatthias
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The town of Royal Tunbridge Wells developed after the discovery in 1606 of spring waters with curative properties.
Queen Henrietta Maria took the waters in1630 after the birth of Prince Charles and as was the case with Charles II, the King and his court were frequent visitors to the town.
The church was built at first as a chapel in 1678 (not being raised to parish church status until 1889) and was further enlarged and beautified in 1682 and 1696. The glory of the interior is the ornate plaster ceiling, the work of John Wetherell and Henry Doogood. It is of a quality rarely seen outside London.
It is suggested that the chapel received its dedication to off set near-by Puritan conventicles. The church is open Monday- Saturday, 11am-3pm.
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The Parish Church of King Charles the Martyr, Shelland, Suffolk
The church of 1330 was rebuilt in1646 by the local landowner, Thomas Cropley and soon after rededicated to the King, a courageous act during the Civil War.
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Guildford Cathedral, Guildford, Surrey
The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment, whose original garrison church was of the same dedication and located in Tangiers (and built in 1661), uses the chapel.
The present chapel was consecrated as the Chapel of King Charles the Martyr in 1959.
U.S.A.
Parish Of Saint Charles, King And Martyr,
Huntsville, Alabama,
Anglican Province of Christ the King,
Diocese of the Southern States
Link to Web site:
www.apck.net/DSS/HuntsvilleAL.html
Commemorations in Churches and Cathedrals
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