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- Wikipedia talk:Article titles/Archive 6 § Mount, Mt., Mt and Saint, St., St (2005)
- Wikipedia talk:Categorization/Archive 18 § DEFAULTSORT for churches (2022)
- Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 August 3 § Naming conventions for church buildings (2023)
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Dedications to individual saints
[edit]- St John's Church, Johnston
- St John's Church (Johnson)
- St. John's Church, Johnston
- Saint John's Church, Johnston
- Church of St John, Johnston
- St John's, Johnston
- St John's Johnston
This is the simplest kind of dedication and would set the standard for how we do other dedications.
- St Andrew's Southgate → St Andrew's Church, Southgate?
- Style on official website: St Andrew's Southgate
- St John, Friern Barnet → St John's Church, Friern Barnet?
- Style on official website: St John's Church
- St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Barnet → St John's Church, Chipping Barnet?
- Style on official website: St. John the Baptist Church, Barnet
- St Stephen Walbrook: comma or not? Walbrook is a street name. Different convention for (some) churches in the City of London?
- St Anne's Limehouse
Other dedications
[edit]All Saints
[edit]Include apostrophe, following the same principle as St John's Church, Johnston?
- All Saints Church, Poplar → All Saints' Church, Poplar
- Style on official website: All Saints' Church
All Souls
[edit]Include apostrophe, following the same principle as St John's Church, Johnston?
Christ Church
[edit]Always Christ Church, X (where X is a place name)?
- Christ Church at Whetstone → Christ Church, Whetstone?
- Style on official website: Christ Church at Whetstone
- Christ Church New Southgate & Friern Barnet → Christ Church, New Southgate and Friern Barnet?
- Style on official website: Christ Church[,] New Southgate & Friern Barnet
- Christ Church North Finchley → Christ Church, North Finchley?
- Style on official website: Christ Church North Finchley
Dedications to two saints
[edit]If the combination of saints is unique, no disambiguation is needed?
- Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia → Church of St Anselm and St Cæcilia or no change?
- Style on official website: Roman Catholic Church of St Anselm & St Cæcilia
- Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow – no change, for the sake of brevity?
- Style on official website: Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury
- Not a unique dedication; see also Far_East_prisoners_of_war#FEPOW_Memorial_Church
Dedications with the names of donors, etc.
[edit]- St Mary Abbots – no change?
- Style on official website: St Mary Abbots Parish Church, Kensington
Holy Trinity
[edit]- Church of Holy Trinity, Minories → Church of the Holy Trinity, Minories or Holy Trinity Church, Minories?
- Church no longer extant
- Holy Trinity Brompton – no change?
- Style on official website: HTB
- Holy Trinity East Finchley → Church of the Holy Trinity, East Finchley or Holy Trinity Church, East Finchley?
- Style on official website: Holy Trinity East Finchley
- Holy Trinity Lyonsdown → Church of the Holy Trinity, Lyonsdown or Holy Trinity Church, Lyonsdown?
- Style on official website: Lyonsdown (?)
Idiosyncratic forms of saints' names
[edit]Follow style on individual churches' official websites?
St Michael
[edit]Dedications to St Michael and All Angels can be abbreviated to St Michael's Church, X (where X is a place name)?
- St Michael & All Angels, Enfield → St Michael's Church, Enfield?
- Style on official website: St Michael & All Angels Parish Church Enfield / St Michaels
St X-at-Y
[edit]- Church of St John-at-Hackney
- St John-at-Hampstead
- St Mary-at-Finchley Church
- St Mary-at-Hill
- St Mary-at-Lambeth: redirect to Garden Museum
St X-in-the-Y
[edit]Hyphens or not?
- St Giles in the Fields → St Giles-in-the-Fields?
- Style on official website: St Giles-in-the-Fields
- cf. St Giles in the Fields (parish) (redirect to St Giles, London) and St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury (redirect to St Giles District (Metropolis))
- St Martin in the Bull Ring – ?
- Style on official website: St Martin in the Bull Ring
- St Martin-in-the-Fields – ?
- Style on official website: St Martin in the Fields
- cf. varying styles at St Martin-in-the-Fields (disambiguation)
- St Peter-in-the-Forest – no change?
- Style on official website: St Peter-in-the-Forest
Titles of Mary
[edit]Church of X, Y (where X is Mary's title and Y is a place name)? Retain Our Lady rather than changing to St Mary.
- St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater → Church of St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater?
- Style on official website: St. Mary of the Angels
Names of denominations
[edit]Omit these unless they are necessary for disambiguation?
- St Agatha's Roman Catholic Church, Kingston upon Thames → St Agatha's Church, Kingston upon Thames
- Style on official website: st agatha's church or Roman Catholic Church of St Agathas, Kingston (sic!)
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Clapham – no change?
- Style on official website: St. Mary’s R C Church[,] Clapham
- There is also St Mary's Church, Clapham, West Sussex