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Trinity Episcopal Church, at the corner of Gay and Middle Streets in the town of Washington, is the only remaining Episcopal church in the county. It has been said that the story of Trinity Church is the story of Bromfield Parish.
Bromfleld Parish was set off from St. Mark’s Parish in 1752, three years after the town of Washington was laid out. Records of the colonial church were lost. However, it is known that several “chapels of ease” existed in the parish, probably one in Washington. Records also mention a church existing in the town of Washington in 1834, one year after it became the seat of the newly-formed Rappahannock County.
By 1850, Rev. William T.
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