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42-408: (Redirected from Saint Marys ) St. Mary's , St. Marys , or St. Maries may refer to the following places: Australia [ edit ] St Marys, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney St Marys railway station, Sydney North St Marys, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney St Marys, South Australia , a suburb of Adelaide St Mary's on

84-849: A "St Mary's" Mount St. Mary's (disambiguation) Saint Mary (disambiguation) St. Mary's Academy (disambiguation) Saint Mary's Bay (disambiguation) Saint Mary's Cathedral (disambiguation) Saint Mary's Cemetery (disambiguation) Saint Mary's Church (disambiguation) Saint Mary's College (disambiguation) St Mary's GAA (disambiguation) , several sports clubs in Ireland St. Mary's Hall (disambiguation) Saint Mary's Hospital (disambiguation) Saint Mary's Island (disambiguation) Saint Mary's River (disambiguation) St. Mary's Road (disambiguation) St. Mary's School (disambiguation) Saint Mary's University (disambiguation) Sainte-Marie (disambiguation) Santa Maria (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

126-663: A community in west-central Trinidad United Kingdom [ edit ] St Mary's (Chepstow ward) , in Monmouthshire, Wales St Mary's (Tower Hamlets ward) , Greater London, England St Mary's (Trafford ward) , an electoral ward in Greater Manchester St Mary's, Devon , part of Plympton, England St Mary's, Orkney St Mary's, Isles of Scilly , one of the Isles of Scilly St Mary's Airport, Isles of Scilly St Mary's, Southampton ,

168-664: A convoy of vintage automobiles, walking groups of local organisations, and marching bands. In addition, the St Marys Corner Community and Cultural Precinct ('The Corner') is situated on the corner of the Great Western Highway and Mamre Road, just beyond Queen Street. The Corner is the site of several facilities including an arts and crafts studio, community centre and hall, the Nepean Multicultural Access organization, and

210-922: A former London Underground station on the District line United States [ edit ] St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's, Colorado St. Marys, Georgia Saint Marys, Franklin County, Indiana St. Marys, Kansas St. Marys, Ohio Fort St. Mary's, a former fort in St. Marys, Ohio St. Mary's County, Maryland St. Mary's City, Maryland Saint Mary's Street station in Brookline, Massachusetts St. Marys, Pennsylvania St. Marys, South Dakota St. Marys, West Virginia Other uses [ edit ] St. Mary's Church (disambiguation) St Mary's (Trafford ward) , political district See also [ edit ] Saint Mary's Gaels ,

252-533: A long and rich industrial and agricultural history, including tanneries and munitions formerly operated by Australian Defence Industries. Mamre , situated on Mamre Road, was built c.1830 for Samuel Marsden . It is a two-storey Georgian home that is heritage-listed. Circa 1829–32, the Lethbridge family built Werrington House just north of St Marys. It was based on the family home in Cornwall . It

294-456: A major presence with wreckers, multiple kinds of workshops (paint, body, tyre and auto, brake and clutch, electrical, etc.), and car dealerships operating in the area. Waste treatment facilities also occupy north St Marys, with several major sites as follows: The commercial area in the southern half of St Marys is primarily on and around Queen Street, with a collection of both franchised and independently-owned establishments lining both sides of

336-489: A museum about the discovery and his life and work. The private Lindo wing, where there have been several royal and celebrity births, opened in November 1937; it was financed by businessman and hospital board member Frank Charles Lindo, who made a large donation before his death in 1938. Following the 1944 publication of a report by Sir William Goodenough advocating a minimum size for teaching hospitals, and following

378-507: A single level with easily accessible ground level parking. Within the shopping centre is a community noticeboard, in the corridor opposite the centre management office. Station Plaza was a shopping centre which included a Coles Supermarket, around 16 specialty stores, and an undercover car park. It was located on Phillip Street opposite the St Marys train station and bus depot. The plaza and carpark were demolished in early 2023 to clear

420-609: A suburb of Southampton, England St Mary's Stadium , the home of Southampton F.C. St Mary's College, Crosby , an independent Roman Catholic school in Crosby St Mary's Hospital, London St Mary's Island (Tyne and Wear) , an island near Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear St Mary's Lighthouse , a lighthouse on the island St Mary's railway station (England) , a closed railway station in Cambridgeshire St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) tube station ,

462-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages St Marys, New South Wales St Marys is a suburb in western Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . It is 45 kilometres (28 mi)west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of the City of Penrith . St Marys sits between South Creek which forms

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504-580: Is home to several activity and leisure centres, including: Additionally, the nearby Troy Adams Archery Field in the adjacent suburb of Werrington is used by the Penrith City Archers club, which caters to newcomers and archers of varying skill levels. The M4 Motorway sits along the southern boundary with entrance and exit ramps to Mamre Road leading to St Marys Town Centre (North) and the St Clair estate (South). The Great Western Highway

546-751: Is one of the most significant colonial homes in New South Wales and is heritage-listed. St Marys is now the home of the South Creek/St Marys Outpost sub-branc of the Vietnam Veterans Association and the St Marys & District Historical Society Inc. The Municipality of St Marys was proclaimed on 3 March 1890, and the election of the first council was held in May 1890. The council was amalgamated with

588-733: Is still in service but, following changes of ownership, the name has now been removed. One of the large metal nameplates was acquired by the hospital, and is now displayed in the foyer of the Cambridge Wing. St Mary's Hospital is one of four major trauma centres in London . The other three are: King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill , The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel , and St George's Hospital in Tooting . COSMIC

630-437: Is the major East–west road in the suburb. Sydney Street and Marsden Road are on the northern and southern boundaries. St Marys is also serviced by a regular passenger rail service along the main western railway line with St Marys station forming a major local public transport hub combining rail, bus and taxi services. Dunheved is a major industrial, and commercial centre to the north. Between March 1942 and March 1986 Dunheved

672-484: The 'main street' retail district alongside separate shopping centres, a town square, a swimming pool, community centres, sports fields, and schools. The township of St Marys was first known as South Creek. The Bennett coach and wagon works manufactured horse-drawn wagons to meet the growing demand for transport in Sydney. There are currently three such wagons on display, each in its own enclosure, at South Creek Park (on

714-670: The University of London . The original block of St Mary's Hospital in Norfolk Place was designed by Thomas Hopper in the classical style . It first opened its doors to patients in 1851, the last of the great voluntary hospitals to be founded. Among St Mary's founders was the surgeon Isaac Baker Brown , a controversial figure who performed numerous clitoridectomies at the London Surgical Home, his hospital for women, and who "immediately set to work to remove

756-431: The clitoris whenever he had the opportunity of doing so." It was at St Mary's Hospital that C.R. Alder Wright first synthesized diamorphine in 1874. The Clarence Memorial Wing, designed by Sir William Emerson and built with its main frontage on Praed Street, opened in 1904. It was at the hospital that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. Fleming's laboratory has been restored and incorporated into

798-864: The District of St. Mary's , a municipal district in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia St Mary's River, Nova Scotia St. Marys, Ontario France [ edit ] Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer , a town in the Camargue Ireland [ edit ] St. Mary's, Athlone (civil parish) , in the barony of Brawny, County Westmeath St. Mary's, Fore , a civil parish in the barony of Fore, County Westmeath Jamaica [ edit ] Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica Madagascar [ edit ] Île Sainte-Marie , an island in Madagascar's Toamasina Province Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] St. Mary's, Trinidad and Tobago ,

840-437: The Great Western Highway. St Marys has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: According to the 2021 census , there were 13,256 people in St Marys. The northern half of St Marys, demarcated by the train line , is the site of numerous industrial and trade businesses, along with smaller specialist enterprises, most of which are situated alongside or branch from Glossop and Forrester roads. The automotive industry has

882-483: The King family. The site is believed to have been chosen by the mother of Phillip Parker King . The property had been acquired from John Oxley in 1828 by King, the original grant having been made in 1823. Other land grants in the area included those to Anna Josepha King in 1807 ( Dunheved ), Samuel Marsden ( Mamre ), and Mary Putland ( Frogmore ). The area was first called South Creek because European settlement

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924-610: The Municipality of Penrith on 1 January 1949. The first Mayor was William Garner, and the last mayor was J J Blair (1948). There is a branch office of the Penrith City Council on Queen Street along with a library. The St Marys & District Historical Society is open to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm in the Community Centre complex located on Mamre Road on the southern side of

966-594: The Ropes Crossing estate), nothing remains of this branch line beyond Christie Street. 33°45′39″S 150°46′39″E  /  33.7607°S 150.7774°E  / -33.7607; 150.7774 St Mary%27s Hospital, London St Mary's Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Paddington , in the City of Westminster , London, founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre

1008-634: The Sturt , the eponymous church St Marys, Tasmania , on the east coast of Tasmania St. Mary's Hostel (Alice Springs) , a hostel for Aboriginal girls at Alice Springs, NT, from 1947 to 1972 Canada [ edit ] St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador , bay on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador Cape St. Mary's , headland on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Mary's, Newfoundland and Labrador , in electoral district of Avalon Municipality of

1050-439: The cathedral, along with being heritage-listed, is one of the oldest churches in New South Wales that still has regular services. Internees in the church cemetery include the wife of Philip Gidley King , Governor of New South Wales , plus numerous members of the King family. The land was donated by King's son and the bricks were made on his estate. The nearby King, Gidley and Lethbridge streets were named after various members of

1092-646: The formation of the National Health Service in the 1948, several local hospitals became affiliated to St Mary's Hospital. These included Paddington General Hospital , the Samaritan Hospital for Women and the Western Eye Hospital . In the 1950s, Felix Eastcott, a consultant surgeon and deputy director of the surgical unit at St Mary's Hospital, carried out pioneering work on carotid endarterectomy designed to reduce

1134-796: The former site of the local council chambers (now relocated to St Marys Library). The former council chamber building at St Marys Corner now houses the St Marys & District Historical Society, which acts as the suburb's museum; it contains numerous photographs, displays, and artifacts that depict life in St Marys since the 19th century. The society itself is volunteer-run and open to the public on certain days or by appointment. The Nepean Multicultural Access centre provides an assortment of community and social services, particularly for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse demographics. The centre also holds scheduled activities including English conversation classes, indoor boules, sewing & needlework, pottery, painting, and gentle exercise sessions. St Marys

1176-611: The intercollegiate athletic program of Saint Mary's College of California St Marys Saints , an Australian rugby league club St. Mary's Seahawks , the intercollegiate athletic program of St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's Strip , an entertainment district in San Antonio, Texas All pages with titles containing St. Mary's All pages with titles containing Saint Mary's All pages with titles containing St. Marys All pages with titles containing Saint Marys Lady chapel , which may also be known as

1218-547: The land for the new Metro Station as part of the Aerotropolis and Metro line development plan. St Marys Hotel is located on Queen Street. The hotel opened in 1955 and was originally the St Marys Rex Hotel. The Wagon Wheel Hotel is another local pub/accommodation and derives its name from 'Bennet's Coach & Waggon Works', the business that was operated by brothers George T and James Jr. Bennet and which

1260-523: The late 90s', then to 'King of the Mountain' in 2006, and finally to 'The Wagon Wheel Hotel' which it is currently known as. On the north side of St Marys is the Holiday Inn, which has a modern design and is adjacent to the St Marys leagues club. There is a small arts scene in St Marys, with sections of Queen Street being adorned in murals designed by independent artists, likely commissioned by

1302-487: The local council. Many of these can be viewed on a single walking route or 'street art trail'. Open-air concerts, holiday events, and family-friendly activities are often held in Coachmans park, around the middle of Queen Street. During the annual Spring Festival, Queen Street itself is cordoned off from traffic to allow pedestrians to freely roam the setups along the street, where a parade also takes place that includes

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1344-609: The northern side of the Great Western Hwy, east of South Creek). The suburb is named after the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, which was built between 1837 and 1840 and modeled after the church of the same name in Cornwall . The church is situated on Magdalene Street between the Great Western Highway and King Street. The church foundation stone was laid on 22 November 1837 by Bishop Broughton, and

1386-551: The risk of stroke . Paddington General Hospital closed and relocated services to the Paddington basin site in November 1986 and, in common with the other London teaching hospitals who lost their independence at that time, the medical school of St Mary's Hospital merged with that of Imperial College London in 1988. In 1987 as part of on-going rationalisation within the NHS, the hundred year old Paddington Green Children's Hospital

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1470-505: The thoroughfare. There are also some businesses along Railway Street adjacent to the southern side of train station, and a few along the Great Western Highway such as Aldi, Dominoes, a medical center, and the St Marys Band Club. St Marys Village Shopping Centre is located on Charles Hackett Drive. This sub-regional centre includes Woolworths , Target and over 40 specialty stores. The centre provides convenient shopping over

1512-429: The western boundary and Ropes Creek , its eastern boundary. The Western train line splits the suburb into northern and southern halves. The northern portion of St Marys/Dunheved is abundant with trade (especially automotive), manufacturing, waste processing, and storage centres, yet also contains a leagues club. In contrast, the southern end of St Marys is a commercial and residential hub, with Queen Street functioning as

1554-486: Was closed down, the listed buildings sold off and its services absorbed into St Mary's. St Mary's Hospital is located beside London Paddington railway station , the principal station of the Great Western Railway and its successors. In celebration of the association, a British Rail Class 43 (InterCity 125) locomotive, 43142, was named St Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 4 November 1986. The locomotive

1596-587: Was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust , which also operates Charing Cross Hospital , Hammersmith Hospital , Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital . Until 1988 the hospital ran St Mary's Hospital Medical School , part of the federal University of London . In 1988 it merged with Imperial College London , and then with Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1997 to form Imperial College School of Medicine . In 2007 Imperial College became an independent institution when it withdrew from

1638-520: Was first used when the St Mary's Post Office was opened on 1 October 1840. The township formed part of a grant to Mary Putland (later married Sir Maurice O'Connell), the daughter of Governor William Bligh (former master of HMS  Bounty , during the famous mutiny in 1789). Closer settlement of the area was made possible when in 1842 part of the O’Connell Estate was subdivided. St Marys has

1680-474: Was originally centred along the banks of the creek. The land grants became working holdings because of the permanent water supply. The rich alluvial soil along the banks of the creek ensured an expanding agricultural community and its location on what was then called the Great Western Road, later renamed to the Great Western Highway, meant that it became a convenient staging post. The name St Marys

1722-468: Was served by a branch rail line that left the main western line approximately 200 metres west of St Marys station as part of the Ropes Creek branch line that was constructed to serve the munitions works formerly operated by Australian Defence Industries . While the rail infrastructure was left in place for many years after the closure, other than Dunheved Station platform and Ropes Creek Station (within

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1764-412: Was situated near Queen Street from 1875 until its closure in 1920 (or 1858-1954 depending on the source). Although initially named 'The Waggon Wheel' from its establishment in 1859 by James William Bennet (the father of George T and James Jr.), the hotel was renamed after the first world war to 'The Park View', but reverted back to 'The Waggon Wheel' in 1959. The name again changed back to 'Park View' in

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