The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . to sanction the erectionat a moderate expense of houses of worship at all the sevenmilitary stations specified in paragraph 9 of our Public Letterdated 5 June 1805. The difficulty of the local Government was chiefly had to build at this period not only barracks and hospitals,but also Court Houses, Treasuries, and other civil had to consider how all this could be clone with
The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . to sanction the erectionat a moderate expense of houses of worship at all the sevenmilitary stations specified in paragraph 9 of our Public Letterdated 5 June 1805. The difficulty of the local Government was chiefly had to build at this period not only barracks and hospitals,but also Court Houses, Treasuries, and other civil had to consider how all this could be clone with the moneyat their disposal. In 1807 a house was rented as a place ofworship. In 1812 they decided to convert a native hospitalat Arcot into a Church. But the Commander-in-Chief wasinsistent. Grave accusations had been made against theEuropean troops in his command, and he did not want to hearthem So the Military Board was desired to submit 1 Letters, Oct. 24,1808, 168, Public, and Oct. 24,1808, 394, Mil.; Despatches,July 10, 1811, 112, Public, and Sept. 9, 1812, 182, Mil. 2 Letter, Dec. 24, 1807, 233, Mil.; Despatch, Jan. 23, 1811, 141, Mil. 3 Letter, Dec. 31, 1813, 100, Plan of St. Makys, Aecot. This was the standard plan ofa Church sanctioned by the Military Board between 1809and 1815. Dimensions varied according to requirements. CHURCHES BUILT BETWEEN 1805 AND 1815 127 a plan and estimate for a small Church. During the year 1814the Church was built. The additions of the sanctuary and aVestry room on each side of it were made in 1815. The bodyof the Church measured internally 48 x 42 x 22 Thesanctuary extended another 12 feet; so that the total insidelength was 60 feet. With commissariat benches without backsthere was sitting accommodation for the officers and about 300men. The cost was ,332. It was consecrated by BishopSpencer on October 20, 1844, and was named St. Marys inhonour of the Blessed Virgin. The Senior Presidency Chaplain in 1816, the
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