St Paul's Anglican Church, Carlingford
St Paul's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed former Anglican church building and former bookshop at 346 Marsden Road, Carlingford, City of Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as St Paul's Church of England and The Old Church Bookshop. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History On 4 February 1847 William Mobbs donated of land for an Anglican church bounded on the north by Marsden Road. The land was conveyed to Reverend George Edward Weaver Turner, then the incumbent of St. Anne's Church at Ryde. Mobbs had inherited of land at Carlingford from his father, also called William Mobbs. Mobbs' gift was intended to provide not only a site for a church but also a burial ground adjacent to the church. Unfortunately, the nature of the shale foundation close to the surface of the ground made it unsuitable for grave digging. William Mobbs then made a further gift of o from the family land closer to his own home, "Stonehaven", and on the north of Marsden Road; access to the burial ground being made by a lane leading from Marsden Road. This explains why the cemetery of St