St Mary Magdalen’s Roman Catholic Church

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St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake, is a Roman Catholic church in North Worple Way, Mortlake, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The church is dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. It is located just south of Mortlake High Street and the Anglican St Mary the Virgin Church. St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School is just north of the churchyard. The church building, in Gothic Revival style, was designed by Gilbert Blount, architect to the first Archbishop of Westminster, Nicholas Wiseman, and dates from 1852.

History: The church's first parish priest, Fr John Wenham, was a convert from the Oxford Movement, who had studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and had been an Anglican army chaplain in Ceylon. He is buried in the churchyard.

Stained-glass windows: The east window, by William Wailes (c.1850), shows St Mary Magdalen, centre, with the Noli me tangere scene to the right and, in the left two lights, a scene from Luke's Gospel. The west window is 20th century with the theme "Through Cross to Crown". It depicts Noli me tangere, the Crucifixion, Our Lady Queen of Heaven, and the Ascension. In the Lady Chapel the east window depicts St Catherine...