St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London

E61437

Anglican church church building parish church

St Mary’s Church in Battersea, London, is a historic Anglican riverside church best known as the burial place of American Revolutionary War figure Benedict Arnold.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
St Mary’s Church, Battersea	2
St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T439974 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London
Context triple: [Benedict Arnold, burialPlace, St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London]

A. Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster
Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster is a historic Anglican parish church in London, situated next to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, long associated with parliamentary worship and notable state occasions.
B. St Mary-le-Bow, London
St Mary-le-Bow in London is a historic Church of England building in the City of London, famed for its Bow Bells and its post-Great Fire reconstruction by Sir Christopher Wren.
C. St Alfege Church
St Alfege Church is a historic Anglican church in Greenwich, London, notable as the site of Archbishop Alfege’s martyrdom and for its Baroque design by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
D. St Bartholomew-the-Great, London
St Bartholomew-the-Great in London is a historic 12th-century Augustinian priory church, renowned as one of the city's oldest surviving churches and noted for its Romanesque architecture.
E. St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill
St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill is a historic medieval parish church in Harrow, London, renowned for its hilltop setting and extensive views over the city.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London
Target entity description: St Mary’s Church in Battersea, London, is a historic Anglican riverside church best known as the burial place of American Revolutionary War figure Benedict Arnold.

A. Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster
Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster is a historic Anglican parish church in London, situated next to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, long associated with parliamentary worship and notable state occasions.
B. St Mary-le-Bow, London
St Mary-le-Bow in London is a historic Church of England building in the City of London, famed for its Bow Bells and its post-Great Fire reconstruction by Sir Christopher Wren.
C. St Alfege Church
St Alfege Church is a historic Anglican church in Greenwich, London, notable as the site of Archbishop Alfege’s martyrdom and for its Baroque design by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
D. St Bartholomew-the-Great, London
St Bartholomew-the-Great in London is a historic 12th-century Augustinian priory church, renowned as one of the city's oldest surviving churches and noted for its Romanesque architecture.
E. St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill
St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill is a historic medieval parish church in Harrow, London, renowned for its hilltop setting and extensive views over the city.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ church building ⓘ parish church ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Benedict Arnold ⓘ Peggy Shippen ⓘ
category	Church of England church buildings in the Diocese of Southwark ⓘ Churches in the London Borough of Wandsworth ⓘ Grade I listed churches in London ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of Southwark ⓘ
foundedBefore	1086 ⓘ
hasCemetery	St Mary’s Churchyard, Battersea ⓘ
hasDenomination	Anglican ⓘ
hasFeature	riverside churchyard ⓘ tower ⓘ
hasMemorialTo	Benedict Arnold ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building ⓘ
locatedIn	Battersea ⓘ England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London London Borough of Wandsworth ⓘ
locatedOn	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
material	brick ⓘ
mentionedIn	Domesday Book survey ⓘ surface form: Domesday Book
notableFor	association with Benedict Arnold ⓘ riverside location on the Thames ⓘ
parish	Battersea ⓘ
province	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
rebuiltIn	18th century ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
style	Georgian architecture ⓘ
usedFor	Christian worship ⓘ baptisms ⓘ funerals ⓘ weddings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benedict Arnold → burialPlace → St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London ⓘ

Peggy Shippen → placeOfBurial → St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London ⓘ

St Mary’s Churchyard, Battersea → adjacentTo → St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Mary’s Church, Battersea

St Mary’s Churchyard, Battersea → associatedWith → St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London ⓘ