|
Clifton Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the city of Bristol (not to be confused with the Church of England Bristol Cathedral). Located in the Clifton area of the city, it is the seat and mother church of the Diocese of Clifton and is known as Clifton Cathedral. It has been a Grade II* Listed Building since 2000. A 2014 study noted it to be the only Catholic church built in the 1970s to have been Grade II* listed. It was the first cathedral built under new guidelines arising from the Second Vatican Council. History Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Prior to the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 ( 31 Geo. 3. c. 32), Roman Catholics in Britain were banned from having public places of worship, and simply being a Catholic priest or running a Catholic school was liable to punishment with life imprisonment. By the time of Catholic Emancipation, and the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, Roman Catholics in Bristol had established a num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol
Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. The county is in the West of England combined authority area, which includes the Greater Bristol area (List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom) and nearby places such as Bath, Somerset, Bath. Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers River Frome, Bristol, Frome and Avon. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historic counties of England, historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ( 10 Geo. 4. c. 7), also known as the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that removed the sacramental tests that barred Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom from Parliament and from higher offices of the judiciary and state. It was the culmination of a fifty-year process of Catholic emancipation which had offered Catholics successive measures of "relief" from the civil and political disabilities imposed by Penal Laws in both Great Britain and in Ireland in the seventeenth, and early eighteenth, centuries. Convinced that the measure was essential to maintain order in Catholic-majority Ireland, the Duke of Wellington helped overcome the opposition of the King, George IV, and of the House of Lords, by threatening to step aside as Prime Minister and retire his Tory government in favour of a new, reform-minded, Whig ministry. In Ireland, the Protestant Ascendancy had the assurance of the simu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helix
A helix (; ) is a shape like a cylindrical coil spring or the thread of a machine screw. It is a type of smooth space curve with tangent lines at a constant angle to a fixed axis. Helices are important in biology, as the DNA molecule is formed as two intertwined helices, and many proteins have helical substructures, known as alpha helices. The word ''helix'' comes from the Greek word , "twisted, curved". A "filled-in" helix – for example, a "spiral" (helical) ramp – is a surface called a '' helicoid''. Properties and types The pitch of a helix is the height of one complete helix turn, measured parallel to the axis of the helix. A double helix consists of two (typically congruent) helices with the same axis, differing by a translation along the axis. A circular helix (i.e. one with constant radius) has constant band curvature and constant torsion. The slope of a circular helix is commonly defined as the ratio of the circumference of the circular cylinder that it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conch
Conch ( , , ) is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high Spire (mollusc), spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point on both ends). Conchs that are sometimes referred to as "true conchs" are Marine (ocean), marine gastropods in the family (biology), family Strombidae, specifically in the genus ''Strombus'' and other closely related genera. For example, ''Aliger gigas'', the queen conch, is a true conch. True conchs are identified by their long spire. Many other species are also often called "conch", but are not at all closely related to the family Strombidae, including ''Melongena'' species (family Melongenidae) and the horse conch ''Triplofusus papillosus'' (family Fasciolariidae). Species commonly referred to as conches also include the sacred chank or ''shankha'' shell (''Turbinella pyrum'') and other ''Turbinella'' species in the family Turbinellidae. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton Cathedrals Old And New
Clifton may refer to: People *Clifton (surname) * Clifton (given name) Places Australia *Clifton, Queensland, a town **Shire of Clifton *Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong * Clifton, Western Australia Canada *Clifton, Nova Scotia, a rural community *Clifton, a former name of New London, Prince Edward Island *Clifton, a former name of Niagara Falls New Zealand *Clifton, Christchurch, a suburb of Christchurch * Clifton, Hawke's Bay, a town * Clifton, Invercargill, a suburb of Invercargill * Clifton, Tasman, a locality in Golden Bay * Clifton, Auckland, the home of Josiah Firth and a Category 1 Heritage New Zealand listed building Pakistan *Clifton, Karachi, a neighborhood *Clifton Beach, Karachi *Clifton Cantonment, Karachi United Kingdom *Clifton, Bedfordshire *Clifton, Bristol, a suburb * Clifton, Cheshire, a location *Clifton, Cumbria, village near Penrith *Great Clifton, Cumbria *Little Clifton, Cumbria *Clifton, Derbyshire * Clifton, Devon, a location *Clif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King and locally nicknamed "Paddy's Wigwam", is the cathedral, seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The Grade I Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide Architectural design competition, design competition. Construction began in 1962 and was completed in 1967. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1933 and 1953, but neither was completed. History Pugin's design During the Great Famine (Ireland), Great Irish Famine (1845–1852) the Catholic Church, Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish people, Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine; many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Gibberd
Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd CBE (7 January 1908 – 9 January 1984) was an English architect, town planner and landscape designer. He is particularly known for his work in Harlow, Essex, and for the BISF house, a design for a prefabricated council house that was widely adopted in post-war Britain. Biography Gibberd was born in Coventry, the eldest of the five children of a local tailor, and was educated at the city's King Henry VIII School. In 1925 he was articled to a firm of architects in Birmingham and studied architecture under William Bidlake at the Birmingham School of Art, where his roommate was F. R. S. Yorke. A good friend of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Gibberd's work was also influenced by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and F. R. S. Yorke. He set up in practice in 1930, designing Pullman Court, Streatham Hill, London (1934–36), a housing development which launched his career. With the success of this scheme, Gibberd became established as the 'flat' architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machynlleth
Machynlleth () is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,147, rising to 2,235 in 2011. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as ''Mach''. Machynlleth was the seat of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh Parliament in 1404,''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg527 and as such claims to be the "ancient capital of Wales". However, it has never held any official recognition as a capital. It applied for city status in 2000 and 2002, but was unsuccessful. It is twinned with Belleville, Michigan. Machynlleth hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1937 and 1981. Etymology The etymology of the name Machynlleth derives from ield, plainand . The ending 's' of is the cause of the 'c' of becoming 'ch': reflecting a stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Thomas Partnership
Percy Thomas Partnership was the trading name of the award-winning British architectural practice established some time between 1965 and 1973 as the successor to a series of earlier partnerships originally set up by Percy Thomas (1883–1969) in Cardiff, Wales in 1911/12. Percy Thomas and the Percy Thomas Partnership put their name to a number of landmark buildings in the United Kingdom including the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. It opened offices overseas and completed a number of prestigious buildings in Hong Kong. Percy Thomas Partnership came to an end in 2004 when they went into Administration (law), administration and were bought by Capita Group. History Percy Thomas, Percy Edward Thomas was born in the North East England, northeast of England in 1883, but was well-travelled and started work as at a young age in Cardiff, Wales.National Library of Wales ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883–1969)retrieved 2011-10-14 He was articled to study arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Rudderham
Joseph Edward Rudderham (17 June 1899 – 24 February 1979) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Clifton from 1949 to 1974. Born in Norwich, Norfolk on 17 June 1899, one of seven children of William Rudderham, a Norwich wine merchant, and his wife Agnes Mary Ann Coan. He received his early education at Norwich Convent, then was sent to attend Junior Seminary at St Bede's College, Manchester in September 1910. He was forced to leave St Bede's in July 1917 when he was conscripted into the army, but returned to the College after the war. In 1919, he went on to St Edmund's College, Ware, Christ's College, Cambridge and the Venerable English College, Rome. Rudderham was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Northampton on 31 October 1926. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Clifton by the Holy See on 14 May 1949. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 26 July 1949, the principal consecrator was Archbishop Joseph Masterson of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Reverend
The Right Reverend (abbreviated as The Rt Revd or The Rt Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian ministers and members of clergy. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Usage * In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom, Catholic Church in Great Britain, it applies to bishops, except that ''The Most Reverend'' is used for archbishops (elsewhere, all Roman Catholic Church, Catholic bishops are styled as ''The Most Reverend''). * In some churches with a Presbyterian heritage, it applies to the current Moderator of the General Assembly, such as ** the current Moderator of the United Church of Canada (if the moderator is an ordained minister; laypeople may be elected moderator, but are not styled Right Reverend) ** the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland ** the current Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ** the cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Clifton
The Bishop of Clifton is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton in the Province of Birmingham, England. The see is in the suburb of Clifton in the city of Bristol where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul. The bishop of Clifton has jurisdiction over the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire and the city of Bristol. The current bishop-elect is the Right Reverend Bosco MacDonald, who was appointed the 10th Bishop of Clifton on 14 March 2024. History The Apostolic Vicariate of the Western District was created on 30 January 1688 and consisted of the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire, together with all of the principality of Wales. In 1840, the Western District lost territory on the creation of the Welsh District. On the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX in 1850, the Western District was divided into the dioceses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
