[1] It was completed and consecrated in 1829 and given a separate parish (split off from the ancient parish of St Mary Magdalene's, Bermondsey) in 1840.

[2][3] In 1949 it was designated a Grade II* listed building.

[4] The spire was inspired by Sir Christopher Wren’s St. Stephen Walbrook, and required a separate Act of Parliament in 1831 to borrow extra funds.

[5] The churchyard was closed to burials in 1855, and was then used for communal drying.

An obelisk memorial and some chest-tombs were retained.