Established by All Saints in 1830. The church added a school in 1831 and became a separate parish in 1844. The church was rebuilt in 1894 during the ministry of Thomas Given-Wilson [1884-1914] who is remembered in the Given-Wilson Institute. A team of district nurses, two convalescent homes, a local children’s hospital and the provision of penny dinners followed. After the demolition of the large church around 1977 the site was redeveloped for housing and a much smaller church opened in 1981.

St Mary, in turn, became a mother church. Twelve churches were built in the original St Mary parish between 1857 and 1903 and some of these added their own mission halls: