St Mary's Church, Charing Cross Road

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. In the 1860s J.C.Chambers was the incumbent and among his helpers was Sister Kate who was then a Novice with the Society of Saint Margaret. She helped with caring for the sick and dying and teaching at the church's day schools and night schools. The work was abandoned in 1865 but her experience was recorded in her two books Memories of a Sister of S Saviour's Priory and Old Soho Days and other Memories (in 1906). In 1900, Leopold Stokowski formed and trained the choir there and played the organ. In 1932, St Mary's was united with St…