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Reigate
St Philip

Introduction to parish

Dedicated on 20 March 1863 by the Bishop of Winchester, the Nutley Lane Church had been built in the "Batchelor's Field" at the sole expense of William Phillips of Reigate Lodge. It was renamed St Philip's Church in 1922.

William Phillips was apparently upset by new developments at local churches. The practice of renting pews and introducing choirs to sing the service, he felt, prevented ordinary people from joining in fully. He bought the site of the Church and the tan-master's house, which he turned into a Parsonage, and handed them over, with an endowment, to Trustees.

Williams Phillips and his Trustees held the Church and its endowments independent of the Parish system until 1950 when St Philip's was made responsible for the part of St Mark's parish south of the railway. It became part of the Church of England organisation as a "Conventional District" with its own Churchwardens, Parochial Church Council and a quota to pay.

St Philip's still fulfils the original aims of William Phillips as being a place of worship and leisure activity. The Hall is the main venue for recreational activity, but concerts and other similar events are still held in the Church.

St Philip's achieved its own Parish status in July 1992.

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