Parish History
Early Parish Boundaries
Railway construction through Heathcote helped define the new Opawa Parish in 1875
Early Services
The first services in the Opawaho area were held in 1853 in a cob cottage in the St Martins Valley
Early Churches
The earliest parish in the Opawaho area stretched along the Heathcote River to Sumner
School Founding
Saint Mark’s Church Day School began in June 1921 on the grounds behind the vicarage between Cholmondeley Ave and Church Lane (now Locarno St).
Saint Anne’s: Anglican Church in St Martins 1853 - 1979
Reminiscences of Eric Dash on 50 years anniversary of Saint Anne’s
The Church of S. Mark in the Parish of Opawa 1865 - 1940
Jubiliee (75th Anniversary) edition