The village was first mentioned after 1570 as "altoenae, s. annen parochie", and means "parish of
Saint Anne". It was originally called Altoenae after the estate near
Delft which was the neighbourhood where Dirk Oem van Wijngaarden, one of the first settlers, grew up. In 1504, a deal was struck between
George, Duke of Saxony and four noblemen from
Holland to
polder the
Middelzee. Each group of settlers had to select a patron saint. In 1505, the dike was constructed and the village was created by the reclamation of the Bildt. The village was founded as one of the three settlements where the workers involved in the reclamation of the Bildt lived. Sint Annaparochie turned into a
linear settlement at the intersection of the Middelweg with the Noordervaart. The village became the capital of the municipality of
het Bildt. Beach house Den Bildtpollen was built to the north of Sint Annaparochie in 1899 as residential home and conference centre in
Renaissance Revival style. Until 2018, the village was part of
het Bildt municipality. ==Gallery==