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Alexander Scoles
Alexander Joseph Cory Scoles (30 November 1844 – 29 December 1920) was an architect and Roman Catholic priest.Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z)' ed. Brodie, Antonia (London, 2001), p. 552 He designed many lancet style Gothic Revival churches in the south of England and was the son of Joseph John Scoles and brother of Ignatius Scoles.Slevin, Malachy ''St Francis Church Handsworth'' (Birmingham, 1994) pp.1–17 Life Alexander Scoles, like his brother Ignatius Scoles, was born in Hammersmith, London. He was the third son of the architect Joseph John Scoles, whose works included the Roman Catholic churches of the Immaculate Conception in Farm Street, London, Saint Francis Xavier in Liverpool and St Ignatius in Preston, Lancashire. His eldest brother, Ignatius, became a Catholic, joining the Jesuits on 9 October 1860. Alexander Scoles followed him in becoming a priest, but not a Jesuit, instead he joined the Diocese of Clifton, later becomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammersmith, London
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. It is bordered by Shepherd's Bush to the north, Kensington to the east, Chiswick to the west, and Fulham to the south, all on the north bank of the River Thames. The area is one of west London's main commercial and employment centres, and has for some decades been a major centre of London's Polish minority in United Kingdom, Polish community. It is a major transport hub for west London, with two London Underground stations and a bus and coach station at Hammersmith Broadway. Toponymy Hammersmith may mean "(Place with) a hammer smithy or forge", although, in 1839, Thomas Faulkner (topographer), Thomas Faulkner proposed that the name derived from two 'Saxon' words: the initial ''Ham'' from List of generic forms in place names in Ireland an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon (priest)
Canon () is a Christian title usually used to refer to a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct of or close to a cathedral or other major church and conducting his life according to the customary discipline or rules of the church. This way of life grew common (and is first documented) in the 8th century AD. In the 11th century, some churches required clergy thus living together to adopt the rule first proposed by Saint Augustine that they renounce private wealth. Those who embraced this change were known as Augustinians or Canons Regular, whilst those who did not were known as secular canons. Secular canons Latin Church In the Latin Church, canons are the members of a chapter, that is a body of senior clergy overseeing either a cathedral (a cathedral chapter) or a collegiate church. Depending on the title of the church, several lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stroud Green
Stroud Green is a suburb and Ward (subnational entity), electoral ward in north London, England, split between the London boroughs of London Borough of Haringey, Haringey and London Borough of Islington, Islington. On its south-western side, Stroud Green Road forms part of the boundary between the two boroughs.See for example the catchment area covered by the discussion foruStroudGreen.org/ref> Stroud Green Road is the main local hub and shopping area. At its eastern end it intersects Seven Sisters Road and Blackstock Road at a major crossroads. Stroud Green Road is a populous thoroughfare linking Crouch Hill with the major north London transport interchange of Finsbury Park station. History Toponymy In 1407, the area was called ''Strode'', which is formed from the Old English 'stōd' and means 'marshy ground covered with brushwood'. It is recorded as ''Stowde Grene'' in 1546, the 'grene' suffix is Middle English and means 'village green'. Locale Stroud Green Road Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Plymouth
The Diocese of Plymouth () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in England. The episcopal see is in the city of Plymouth, Devon, where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface. History Erected as the Diocese of Plymouth in 1850 by Pope Pius IX, from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Western District, the diocese has remained jurisdictionally constant since. Since 1965, the diocese has been a suffragan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Southwark; before then, from 1850 to 1911 it was in the Province of Westminster, then from 1911 to 1965 in the Province of Birmingham. In December 2023, Christopher Whitehead from the Diocese of Clifton was appointed bishop-elect of the diocese, replacing Bishop Mark O’Toole, who had been appointed as Archbishop of Cardiff a year prior. His episcopal ordination was due to take place on 22 February. On 1 February, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales released a statem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherborne
Sherborne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo (South Somerset), River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish includes the hamlets of Nether Coombe and Lower Clatcombe. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. In the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 census the population of Sherborne was 10,361. Sherborne's historic buildings include Sherborne Abbey, its Sherborne House, Dorset, manor house, independent schools, and two castles: the ruins of a 12th-century fortified palace and the 16th-century mansion known as Sherborne Castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh. Much of the old town, including the abbey and many medieval and Georgian architecture, Georgian buildings, is built from distinctive ochre-coloured ham stone. The town is served by Sherborne railway station. Toponymy The town was named ''scir burne'' by the Anglo-Saxons, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Francis Of Assisi Church, Handsworth
St Francis of Assisi Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Birmingham. While the church is located between the Lozells and Hockley parts of the city, the parish covers most of Handsworth. It was founded in 1840, originally as a chapel in the nearby listed building, St. Mary's Convent designed by Augustus Pugin.Lozells from ''William Dargue - A History of Birmingham'' retrieved 13 April 2013 History Convent of Our Lady of Mercy In 1840, , as of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe ( ) is a seaside resort and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the North Devon coast, England, with a small harbour surrounded by cliffs. The parish stretches along the coast from the 'Coastguard Cottages' in Hele Bay toward the east and along the Torrs to Lee Bay toward the west. The resort is hilly and the highest point within the parish boundary is 'Hore Down Gate', inland and 860 feet (270 m) above sea level. The landmark of Hillsborough, Devon, Hillsborough Hill dominates the harbour and the site of an Iron Age fortified settlement. In the built environment, the architectural-award-winning Landmark Theatre, Devon, Landmark Theatre has a distinctive double-conical design. The 13th-century parish church, Holy Trinity Church, Ilfracombe, Holy Trinity, and the St Nicholas's Chapel (a lighthouse) on Lantern Hill, have been joined by Damien Hirst's statue of ''Verity (statue), Verity'' as points of interest. History Ilfracombe has been settled since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Joseph's Church, Weston-super-Mare
St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. It was built in 1858, and was designed by Charles Francis Hansom and extended by Alexander Scoles in 1893. It is located on Camp Road to the north of the town centre. It was first Catholic church to be built in Weston-super-Mare since the Reformation and it is in the Gothic Revival style. History Construction In 1806, a mission was started in Weston-super-Mare. The priest was a Franciscan Fr Pascal O'Farrell. He bought Greenfield Cottage so that Mass could be celebrated there. Around 1858, a local convert to Catholicism and lawyer to the Bishop of Clifton, William Clifford, Joseph Ruscombe Poole, bought Westgate House, the current site of the church. He commissioned the architect Charles F. Hansom to design the church, paid for its construction and provided an annual stipend of £50 for the priest. The stone that was used to build the church was donated by the owner of the Worlebury Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Monica's Priory, Spetisbury
St Monica's Priory, Spetisbury was a religious house in Spetisbury, Dorset, England. Between 1800 and 1926 it passed through the hands of several different orders and was demolished in 1927. History Spetisbury House was an 18th-century country house. In 1800 it was acquired by an exiled community of Augustinian nuns from Louvain, canonesses regular of the Windesheim Congregation. They ran a school here until 1861, when they established St. Augustine's Priory at Abbotsley House in Abbotskerswell, Devon, and sold the premises to a community of Bridgettines of Syon Abbey from Lisbon. They moved on in 1887 (to Chudleigh Abbey, Chudleigh), and the buildings were taken over by the Canons Regular of the Lateran based at Bodmin, who sold it in 1907 to a refugee community of Ursulines from Mortain in Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immaculate Conception Church, Clevedon
Immaculate Conception Church, also known as the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Clevedon, Somerset. It was built from 1886 to 1887 and was designed by Alexander Scoles, an architect and priest who worked in Somerset. It is located on the intersection between Marine Parade, Marine Hill and Wellington Terrace, overlooking the Severn Estuary. It was founded by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor who continue to serve the parish. History Foundation In 1880, a group of French Franciscan friars minor came to Somerset. The Bishop of Clifton William Clifford and the abbess of St Joseph's Convent, Taunton suggested that the Franciscans go to Clevedon. In 1882, the Franciscans started a mission serving the local Catholic community there. The Royal Hotel in Clevedon was bought and it became a friary. In February 1883, the first Mass was held there.Historic EnglandClevedon – The Immaculate Conception ''Taking Stock'', retrieved 17 May 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital Of St John And St Elizabeth
The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in St John's Wood, London, England, is a Catholic charitable general hospital in north London. History and operations The hospital was founded in 1856 with a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic affiliation and is a Charitable organization, registered charity. It was founded as the "Hospital of St Elizabeth" by the Duke of Norfolk. Originally located in Great Ormond Street, London, by the end of the 19th century it had relocated to St John's Wood and adopted its present name. The chapel which once stood on Great Ormond Street was moved brick-by-brick to its new site at the Hospital in St John's Wood. At its founding, the hospital was entrusted to the care of the Sisters of Mercy, whose stewardship would continue for many decades to come; more recently, however, the Sisters of Mercy have withdrawn from the management of the hospital, and it is now under lay control. The hospital closed temporarily in 1866 due to a lack of funds, but later reo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basingstoke
Basingstoke ( ) is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshire without city status in the United Kingdom, city status. It is located north-east of Southampton, south-west of London, west of Guildford, south of Reading, Berkshire, Reading and north-east of the county town and former capital Winchester. According to the 2021 population estimate, the town had a population of 185,200. It is part of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane and part of the constituency#United Kingdom, parliamentary constituency of Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency), Basingstoke. Basingstoke is an old market town expanded in the mid-1960s, as a result of an agreement between London County Council and Hampshire County Council. It was developed rapidly after the Second World War, along with various other towns in the United Kingdom, in order to accommodate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
