Parish of St Anne

Saint Anne's Church in the Soho section of London was consecrated on 21 March 1686 by Bishop Henry Compton as the parish church of the new Church of England Parish of St Anne (known post-1945 as the Parish of St Anne with St Thomas and St Peter) which had been created out of parts of the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields. The church and parish still survive today, as part of the Deanery of Westminster (St Margaret) within the Diocese of London in the Church of England. Parts of its churchyard around the tower and west end are now the public park of Saint Anne's Gardens, accessed from the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Wardour Street, whilst the church itself is accessed via a gate at the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Dean Street (it does not...