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. 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.
Current church name Image1692 parish nameLocationCounty, etc. Predates 1692?Current statusNRHPDescription Website01. All Faith Church, Charlotte HallAll Faiths Mechanicsville38885 New Market Turner Rd. MD 6St. Mary'sYes, 1655Active parishYesIn Calvert County until 1695; now in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington02. All Hallows Church, South RiverAll Hallows' or South RiverEdgewater 3604 Solomon's Island Road MD 2 Anne ArundelYesActive parishYes03. All Hallows, Snow Hill Snow HillSnow Hill 109 West Market St.WorcesterNoActive parishYesIn Somerset County until 1742; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton04. All Saint's, SunderlandAll Saints'Sunderland100 Lower Marlboro RoadCalvertNoActive parishYes05.Christ Church, CambridgeGreat ChoptankCambridge601 Church St. DorchesterNoActive parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton06. Christ Church, ChapticoKing and QueenChaptico25390 Maddox Rd, MD 238St. Mary'sYes, 1640Active parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Washington07.Christ Church, Easton St. Peter's Easton111 South Harrison St.TalbotYesActive parishNonow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton08. Christ Church, Kent IslandChrist Church, Kent IslandStevensville 1880 church: 117 East Main St.1996 church: 830 Romancoke Road Queen Anne's Yes, 1631Active parishYes**1880 church is on NRHP. Parish planted from Virginia; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton09. Christ Church, La PlataPort TobaccoLa Plata 112 East Charles St.CharlesYes, 1683 Active parishNoCurrent building disassembled in Port Tobacco and reassembled in La Plata (1904-05); now in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington10. Christ Church, NanjemoyDurhamNanjemoy8685 Ironsides Rd.CharlesYesActive parishNonow in Episcopal Diocese of Washington11. Christ Church, Port RepublicChrist ChurchPort Republic 3100 Broomes Island Rd.CalvertYesActive parishYes12. Christ Church, St. Michael'sSt. Michael'sSt. Michaels103 Willow St.TalbotYesActive parishNonow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton13. Christ Church, WaysideWilliam and Mary (Pickawaxon)Newburg13050 Rock Point Rd.CharlesYesActive parishNonow in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington14. Church of the Resurrection, Joppatowne Copley, Gunpowder or St. John'sJoppatowne700 Anchor Dr. at Bridge DriveHarfordActive 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. 15. St. Andrew's Church, Princess AnneSomersetPrincess Anne30513 Washington St. SomersetNoActive parishNonow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton16.St. Anne's Church, AnnapolisMiddle NeckAnnapolisChurch CircleAnne ArundelNoActive parishNo17. St. Bartholomew's Church, Green Hill StepneyQuanticoGreen 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 Lee William and Mary Valley Lee44965 Blake Creek Rd.St. Mary'sYes, 1638Active parishYes19. St. James' Church, LothianHerring Creek Lothian5757 Solomons Island Rd.Anne ArundelYesActive parishYes20. St. John's, Broad CreekBroad Creek, King George's, or PiscatawayFort Washington9801 Livingston Rd. Prince's George'sNoActive parishYesnow in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington; several chapels of ease founded since 1710 became new parishes 21. St. Margaret’s Church, AnnapolisBroad Neck or Westminster Annapolis1601 Pleasant Plains Rd.Anne ArundelNoActive parishNo22. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Pocomoke CityCoventryPocomoke City20 Third St.WorcesterNoActive parishNo*In Somerset County until 1742; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton. *Coventry Parish Ruins is on the NRHP23. St. Paul's Church, BadenSt. Paul'sBrandywine13500 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, Croom24. St. Paul's, BaltimorePatapsco or St. Paul'sBaltimore309 Cathedral St.Baltimore CityYes, 1729Active parishYes25. St. Paul's Church, CentrevilleSt. Paul'sCentreville301 S. Liberty St.Queen Anne'sNoActive parishNoIn Talbot County until 1706; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton 26. St. Paul's, KentSt. Paul'sChestertown7579 Sandy Bottom Rd.KentNoActive parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton27. St. Stephen's Church, EarlevilleNorth SassafrasEarleville14 Glebe Rd.CecilYes, 1680?Active parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton28. Shrewsbury Parish Church, KennedyvilleSouth SassafrasKennedyville12824 Shrewsbury Church Rd.KentYes, 1675Active parishYesnow in Episcopal Diocese of Easton29. Spesutia or St. George's Church, PerrymanSt. George's or SpesutiaPerrymanIntersection of Perryman and Chelsea roadsHarfordYesInactive 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
See also List of post 1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of Maryland
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External links Skirven, Percy G., The First Parishes of the Province of Maryland, Baltimore: Norman Remington Co., 1923