List of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland

In 1692, the Church of England, also known as the Anglican Church, became the established church of the Province of Maryland through an Act of the General Assembly. Ten counties had been established in the colony, and those counties were divided into 30 parishes.[1][2] After the American Revolutionary War, they became part of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, which split off the Episcopal Diocese of Easton in 1868 and the Episcopal Diocese of Washington in 1895.

The following is a sortable List of the original 30 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland.[1][3]

Current church nameImage1692 parish nameLocationCounty, etc.Predates 1692?Current statusNRHPDescriptionWebsite
01. All Faith Church, Charlotte HallAll FaithsMechanicsville
38885 New Market Turner Rd.
MD 6
St. Mary'sYes, 1655Active parishYesIn Calvert County until 1695; now in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington[1]
02. All Hallows Church, South RiverAll Hallows' or South RiverEdgewater
3604 Solomon's Island Road
MD 2
Anne ArundelYesActive parishYes[2]
03. All Hallows, Snow HillSnow HillSnow Hill
109 West Market St.
WorcesterNoActive parishYesIn Somerset County until 1742; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[3]
04. All Saint's, SunderlandAll Saints'Sunderland
100 Lower Marlboro Road
CalvertNoActive parishYes[4]
05.Christ Church, CambridgeGreat ChoptankCambridge
601 Church St.
DorchesterNoActive parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[5]
06. Christ Church, ChapticoKing and QueenChaptico
25390 Maddox Rd, MD 238
St. Mary'sYes, 1640Active parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Washington[6]
07.Christ Church, EastonSt. Peter'sEaston
111 South Harrison St.
TalbotYesActive parishNonow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[7]
08. Christ Church, Kent IslandChrist Church, Kent IslandStevensville
1880 church:
117 East Main St.
1996 church:
830 Romancoke Road
Queen Anne'sYes, 1631Active parishYes**1880 church is on NRHP. Parish planted from Virginia; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[8]
09. Christ Church, La Plata
Port TobaccoLa Plata
112 East Charles St.
CharlesYes, 1683Active parishNoCurrent building disassembled in Port Tobacco and reassembled in La Plata (1904-05); now in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington[9]
10. Christ Church, Nanjemoy
DurhamNanjemoy
8685 Ironsides Rd.
CharlesYesActive parishNonow in Episcopal Diocese of Washington[10]
11. Christ Church, Port RepublicChrist ChurchPort Republic
3100 Broomes Island Rd.
CalvertYesActive parishYes[11]
12. Christ Church, St. Michael's
St. Michael'sSt. Michaels
103 Willow St.
TalbotYesActive parishNo[Note 1]now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[12]
13. Christ Church, Wayside
William and Mary (Pickawaxon)Newburg
13050 Rock Point Rd.
CharlesYesActive parishNonow in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington[13]
14. Church of the Resurrection, Joppatowne
Church of the Resurrection, Joppatown
Church of the Resurrection, Joppatown
Copley, Gunpowder or St. John'sJoppatowne
700 Anchor Dr. at Bridge Drive
HarfordActive parishNoHarford split from Baltimore in 1773. Historic churchyard, tho current church modern. Replaced for over a century by St. James Church (Monkton, Maryland) and St. John's Church (Kingsville, Maryland), 11901 Bel Air Rd.[14][15]
15. St. Andrew's Church, Princess AnneSomersetPrincess Anne
30513 Washington St.
SomersetNoActive parishNonow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[16]
16.St. Anne's Church, AnnapolisMiddle NeckAnnapolis
Church Circle
Anne ArundelNoActive parishNo[17]
17. St. Bartholomew's Church, Green HillStepneyQuantico
Green Hill Church Rd.
WicomicoNoClosedYesIn Somerset County until 1867; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton. Annual August worship service held by three local Episcopal churches.
18. St. George's Church, Poplar Hill, Valley LeeWilliam and MaryValley Lee
44965 Blake Creek Rd.
St. Mary'sYes, 1638Active parishYes[18]
19. St. James' Church, LothianHerring CreekLothian
5757 Solomons Island Rd.
Anne ArundelYesActive parishYes[19]
20. St. John's, Broad CreekBroad Creek, King George's, or PiscatawayFort Washington
9801 Livingston Rd.
Prince's George'sNoActive parishYesnow in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington; several chapels of ease founded since 1710 became new parishes[20]
21. St. Margaret’s Church, AnnapolisBroad Neck or WestminsterAnnapolis
1601 Pleasant Plains Rd.
Anne ArundelNoActive parishNo[21]
22. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Pocomoke CityCoventryPocomoke City
20 Third St.
WorcesterNoActive parishNo*In Somerset County until 1742; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton. *Coventry Parish Ruins is on the NRHP[22]
23. St. Paul's Church, BadenSt. Paul'sBrandywine
13500 Baden-Westwood Rd.
Prince's George'sNoActive parishYesIn Calvert County until 1696; now in Episcopal Diocese of Washington; chapel of ease for northern part of parish became St. Thomas Church, Croom[23]
24. St. Paul's, BaltimorePatapsco or St. Paul'sBaltimore
309 Cathedral St.
Baltimore CityYes, 1729Active parishYes[24]
25. St. Paul's Church, Centreville
St. Paul's Church, Centreville, MD
St. Paul's Church, Centreville, MD
St. Paul'sCentreville
301 S. Liberty St.
Queen Anne'sNoActive parishNoIn Talbot County until 1706; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[25]
26. St. Paul's, KentSt. Paul'sChestertown
7579 Sandy Bottom Rd.
KentNoActive parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[26]
27. St. Stephen's Church, Earleville
North Sassafras Parish
North Sassafras Parish
North SassafrasEarleville
14 Glebe Rd.
CecilYes, 1680?Active parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[27]
28. Shrewsbury Parish Church, KennedyvilleSouth SassafrasKennedyville
12824 Shrewsbury Church Rd.
KentYes, 1675Active parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[28]
29. Spesutia or St. George's Church, Perryman
Spesutia church or st george's parish, Perryman, Maryland
Spesutia church or st george's parish, Perryman, Maryland
St. George's or SpesutiaPerryman
Intersection of Perryman and Chelsea roads
HarfordYesInactive parish since 2013No**St. George's Parish Vestry House is on the NRHP. Pentecostal congregation now uses church, but churchyard remains Maryland diocesan property.
30. Old Trinity Church, Church CreekDorchesterChurch Creek
1716 Taylors Island Rd.
DorchesterYes, 1675Active parishNonow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton[29]

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