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St Mark's Surbiton from around the grounds

The first church on the site was constructed in 1845, but this was rebuilt in order to house more worshippers, and a spire built, towards the end of the 19th Century. For the next decades, the churchyard continued to host burials of those who had died in Surbiton. In 1940, St Mark’s suffered a direct hit during the blitz. The spire survived but the roof and much of the chancel was destroyed; the graves in the churchyard were scattered. Restoring it was an almighty project and for two decades worship took place in a church hall with a tin roof. Local people all contributed: in 1960, the restored church was completed. The next major redevelopment completed in 2012: this included building a new hall, and reconfiguring the church. The main weekly worship service at St Mark’s takes place each Sunday at 9.15am. St Mark’s is open from Tuesday to Friday each week, from 10am till 4pm.

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A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by the Blessed Virgin Mary. The figure is often named after the town where it is reported, or on the sobriquet given to Mary on the occasion of the apparition.
Marian apparitions sometimes are reported to recur at the same site over an extended period of time. In the majority of Marian apparitions only one person or a few people report having witnessed the apparition. Exceptions to this include Zeitoun, and Assiut where thousands claimed to have seen her over a period of time.
Some Marian apparitions and their respective icons have received a Canonical coronation from the Pope, most notably Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Fátima, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Our Lady of Manaoag, Our Lady of the Pillar, Our Lady of Walsingham, and many others.