Southwark Parish Churches
N 37° 08.007 W 076° 53.160
18S E 332476 N 4111341
Southwark Parish was a colonial church in Surry County.
Waymark Code: WM16BF
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2007
Views: 76
Southwark Parish was established in 1647. To the northeast stood the second Southwark Church built by 1673 and abandoned shortly after the American Revolution. To the east, near Bacon's Castle, Southward Parish vestry completed the Lower Southwark Church in 1754. It too fell in disuse after the American Revolution and the disestablishment of the Anglican Church, but other denominations occasionally held services there. Episcopalians settled a mission at the church in 1847, but were forced by the other groups using the building to erect their own church nearby. Fire gutted the building in 1868, but some brick ruins remain.
Marker Number: K 229
Marker Title: Southwark Parish Churches
Marker Location: Rt. 10 just north of Surry
County or Independent City: Surry County
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 2005.
Web Site: Not listed
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