St. Mary's Church, Charing Cross Road
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St Mary's Church, Charing Cross Road (in full, St Mary the Virgin) was an Anglican
Church of England
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 church in Charing Cross Road
Charing Cross Road
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 (originally Crown Street), London
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 from 1851. The building was formerly the site of an ancient church, called 'The Greek Church', and was never fully built (only the chancel and the north aisle were completed). It is now demolished.

The parish was originally part of the parish of St Anne's Church, Soho, and became a separate parish in its own right in 1854, within the Diocese of London
Diocese of London
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In 1900, Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
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 formed and trained the choir there and played the organ.

In 1932, St Mary's was united with St Anne's, and by the end of 1934 the church had been demolished. The 17th century stone bearing the Greek inscription which recorded the construction of the old nave was presented to the Greek Orthodox cathedral of Aghia Sophia
Saint Sophia (London)
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, Moscow Road, Bayswater where it was re-erected. The cornerstone of 1900 was similarly set up in the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kenton,Middlesex, which was built with the aid of funds from the sale of the site. The sale was concluded in March 1935, when the site was bought by the London County Council
London County Council
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 to form part of the site of a new building to house the St. Martin's School of Art
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
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