St Mary's Church, Long Ditton
St Mary's history
St Mary's Timeline
AD 983
KIng Ethelred II or 'Ethelred the Unready' as he has been known grants 'Dittune' lands to Ethelmar, one of his ministers.
AD 1086
Dittune (Ditton)
is mentioned
in the Doomsday book, this
is the first time
a church is mentioned.
AD 1162
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas A Becket visits St Mary's Long Ditton for a Tennabrae service.
Thomas Cranmer was The
Archbishop of Canterbury when
the Church of England
was established.
AD 1685
A snap shot of Long Ditton taken during the reign of
Charles II of England.
AD 1833
St Mary's Long
Ditton painted by John Hassell in
1833. Part of this building remains
as our Garden
of Rest.
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AD 1824
George Edmund Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic revival and designed St Mary's Long Ditton Church which was opened in 1881.
AD 1881
The foundation
stone of the current church was laid by Charles Corkran Esq JP on 22 July 1878.
First recorded Rector
Richard Picot AD 1166
William de Kayhaynes AD 1198
Stephen de Grayndon AD 1262
William Gant AD 1249
Robert de Exeter AD 1267
Thomas de Edinghge AD 1271
Hugh Tripacy AD 1279
Walter de Draytone AD 1305
John de Mertone AD 1315
John de Totterforde AD 1348
John de Wytheyke AD 1365
John Houghtone AD 1372
Hugh de Woketone AD 1376
Richard Gepyant AD 1380
John de Hilesbury AD 1381
William de Gaseburghe AD 1385
John Pykerelle AD 1392
Richard Hylley AD 1396
John Montague AD 1406
Edward Prentys AD 1407
Robert Hyscough AD 1436
Thomas Lambard AD 1447
William Amy AD 1448
William Frome AD 1448
Philip Long AD 1454
John Walshe AD 1454
John Heastre AD 1461
William Gybson AD 1466
Robert Moseley AD 1474
Robert Yonge AD 1489
John Naymer AD 1492
Thomas Necke AD 1535
Richard Benese AD 1541
James Hattone AD 1546
Merideth Hanmer AD 1572
Stephen Chatfelde AD 1577
John Brownwend AD 1582
Henry Beaumont AD 1602
Richard Byfield AD 1627
Henry Hesketh AD 1662
Robert Pocock AD 1666
Joseph Clark AD 1721
William Pencott AD 1753
AD 1534
Brian Broughton AD 1813
Jervis T Gifford AD 1838
James R Huges AD 1874
Charles R W Huges AD 1889
Alfred W F Martell AD 1906
Robert H Wilson AD 1921
John C Harvey AD 1946
AD 1912
The Titanic
foundered on an iceberg taking
the life of
congregation
member
Austin Partner.
AD 1940 - 41
During the blitz of London a high explosive bomb narrowly missed the church falling in Church Road destroying 11 of the 13 windows
Frederick O Burt AD 1956
Eric F Smith AD 1967
Colin W Prtichard AD 1982
David Lankey AD 1995
Shirley A Cooper AD 2003
Vicki Burrows AD 2007
Kuhan Satkunanayagam AD 2015
AD 1349
The religious hospital foundation at Sandon (Sandown) was completely wiped out by the plague
in 1349.
AD 1685
Ditton was swallowed up in the vast ‘Hampton Court Chase’ created by Henry VIII in 1518.
AD 1212
King John who himself is recorded as having passed through Ditton in 1212 on his way to Guildford.
Peter Fussell
Without Peter Fussell's fascinating and detailed research the timeline and the history presented here would not be possible. It is with great thanks from the church that we can look back and see an amazing 1000 year history.
Peter moved to the Parish with his wife Barbara, Peter has played an active and committed role in the community of the church of St. Mary’s Long Ditton.
His full documents can be found on the right:
