St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville

Anglican Church

St. Mary's Anglican Church in Clarenville Newfoundland and Labrador. This site is curated by Paul Tilley [email protected] The Anglican Church in Clarenville really had its beginnings with the coming of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Long, parents of Mr. William Long, Sr., better known to us as Uncle Billy. Mr. And Mrs. Long were originally from Champney’s East but moved to St. Read more John’s where Mr. Long worked as a Building Contractor. During the summer of 1910 the Long family moved to Clarenville where Mr. Long built a Hotel, known as the Central Hotel, near Long’s Crossing. It was operated by the Long families until 1945.There was no Anglican Church in Clarenville in 1910 and there was only three Anglican families there at that time – Mr. & Mrs. Robert Batstone who lived in a bungalow opposite the site where the Centennial Hotel is located – between the hotel and the track; Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Stone (parents of William Stone) who lived on the site which the Department of Highways now occupies and Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Long.At that time (1910) Clarenville was part of Smith Sound Mission with headquarters at White Rock. It was also in 1910 that Rev. Hugh Facey came to the Mission. When he visited Clarenville, he held service in the Hotel dining room which wasn’t too convenient at times. Quite often passengers from the Coastal Boat (The Ethie) as well as people who came from other parts of Random and Smith Sounds in motor boats to connect with trains visited the Hotel when services were being held. This meant that Mrs. Long, popularly known as Aunt Mary, would have to leave to attend to her guests. These interruptions occurred so frequently that Mrs. Long decided that the time had come to do something about getting a School-Chapel. For a start she sought and obtained permission from Rev. Facey to place a Mission Box on the dining room table to obtain contributions from her guests and other visitors to the Hotel. Uncle Billy tells us that his mother was a good organizer and undertook many projects to raise funds to et a Church. Socials were held at various places in the area. These socials were usually Pie Suppers, Soup Suppers, Soup Suppers and so on. Concerts and Dances were also arranged and the popular Fiddler of the day was Uncle Billy Stanley. He usually played the accordion. Sometimes admission was free with charges of 10 (cents) t Update description

Address:

178 Memorial Drive
Clarenville

Telephone:

709.466.7042

Web site:

sites.google.com ⇒

On facebook:

Yes ⇒

Change info:

here ⇒

Review St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville

Loading comments-box...

Updates from St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville

Popularity of St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville

Social Media Popularity Score:

5.7 / 10

This value is based on the number of visitors, checkins, and likes on Facebook in the last few months.

Most activity in December:

St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville has a total of 18 visitors (checkins) and 776 likes.

Directions, :

St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville

Review St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville

Updates from St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville

Popularity of St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville

Other places nearby:

Find places by area:

HeyPlaces: