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List Of Catholic Churches In The United Kingdom
A list of Catholic churches in the United Kingdom, notable current and former individual Catholic church building, church buildings and Church (congregation), congregations and Parish, administration. These churches are listed buildings or have been recognised for their historical importance, or are church congregations notable for reasons unrelated to their buildings. These generally are or were members of the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom, including the Catholic Church in Scotland, the Catholic Church of England and Wales and the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland. England Sorted according to the ceremonial counties of England, although there are also 20 List of Catholic dioceses in Great Britain, Catholic dioceses in England, divided into 5 Ecclesiastical province, ecclesiastical provinces: Province of Birmingham, Birmingham, Province of Cardiff, Cardiff, Province of Liverpool, Liverpool, Province of Southwark, Southwark and Province of Westminster, Westminster. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church Building
Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as Church (building), churches, chapels, convents, and seminaries. It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion, partly by innovation and partly by borrowing other architectural styles as well as responding to changing beliefs, practices and local traditions. From the Early Christianity to the present, the most significant objects of transformation for Christian architecture and design were the great churches of Byzantium, the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque abbey churches, Gothic architecture, Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance architecture, Renaissance basilicas with its emphasis on harmony. These large, often ornate and architecturally prestigious buildings were dominant features of the towns and countryside in which they stood. However, far more numerous were the parish churches in Christendom, the focus of Christian devotion in every town and village. While a few are counted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Northampton
The Diocese of Northampton () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in England and Wales and suffragan of Westminster. Its see is in Northampton. The Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury is the mother church of the Diocese. Location The diocese now covers the counties of Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire under their pre-1974 historic boundaries. Until 1976, the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk were also included; since then they have formed the Diocese of East Anglia. History When Augustine of Canterbury came from Rome in 597 he concentrated on the areas of Kent and Essex, but thirty years later the area that the Northampton Diocese covers finally received the Christian message, with the arrival of the missionary Birinus and the foundation of his see at Dorchester-on-Thames in 636. Nevertheless, the real evangelisation of the people who dwelt in the diocese was achieved through the labours and missionaries o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Wokingham
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Sacred Heart Church, Reading
Sacred Heart Church, Watlington Street, Reading, is a Catholic church also known as the Polish Church. ''Taking Stock: Catholic Churches of England & Wales''. Retrieved 26 August 2015. The church was designed by in 1872–73 and was originally an Anglican church known as the Church of St John the Evangelist. After it became disused it was taken up by the Polish community in Reading and is now a Catholic church. The building is with |
Reading Abbey
Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors." In its heyday the abbey was one of Europe's largest royal monasteries. The traditions of the Abbey are continued today by the neighbouring St James's Church, which is partly built using stones of the Abbey ruins. Reading Abbey was the focus of a major £3 million project called "Reading Abbey Revealed" which conserved the ruins and Abbey Gateway and resulted in them being re-opened to the public on 16 June 2018. Alongside the conservation, new interpretation of the Reading Abbey Quarter was installed, including a new gallery at Reading Museum, and an extensive activity programme. Abbey Ward of Reading Borough Council takes its name from Reading Abbey, which l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James's Church, Reading
St James's Church is a Roman Catholic church situated in the centre of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The church is located next to Reading Abbey ruins, between the Forbury Gardens and Reading Gaol. St James's Church continues the traditions of Reading Abbey in the post-Reformation era. Its founder was James Wheble, who owned land in the area at that time. The church was designed by the architect A. W. N. Pugin and is one of his first church designs. Parts of the church were built using stones from the Abbey ruins. The design of the church is Norman, a style not normally associated with Pugin, and was probably influenced by the proximity of the Abbey ruins. The exterior of the building is of flint, with ashlar dressings and a Roman tile roof. Construction started in 1837 and the church opened on 5 August 1840. In 1925, the south aisle and the ambulatory round the apse were added. In 1962, the church was further extended by a north aisle into which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Joseph's Church, Newbury
St Joseph's Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Newbury, Berkshire, England, part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. It is noted for its historic parish church, built from 1926 to 1928 in the Italianate style. It is located on the corner of London Road and Western Avenue north of the town centre. According to Historic England, which awarded it Grade II listed status in May 2023, the church is a "major local landmark".Historic EnglandNewbury - St Joseph ''Taking Stock'', retrieved 2 May 2022 History Foundation In 1852, from St Mary's Church in Woolhampton, a Fr Robert Hodgson started a mission in Newbury. In 1853, he bought a house in Newbury, 105 London Road and the surrounding land for construction of a new church. The house became both a presbytery and a small school. In 1864, a small church was built next to the house, at a cost of £800.West Berkshire CouncilSt Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Newbury ''West Berkshire Historic Environment Record' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Joseph's Church, Maidenhead
St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It was built in 1884 and designed by Leonard Stokes in the Gothic Revival style. It is located on the Cookham Road north of the town centre. It is a Grade II listed building and William Wilberforce junior played a role in its foundation.Historic EnglandChurch of St Joseph, Cookham Road, Maidenhead retrieved 27 May 2022 History Construction In 1850, William Wilberforce junior, the son of William Wilberforce, converted to Catholicism. In 1867, he established a mission in Maidenhead by installing a chapel in a property at St Ives Place. In 1871, a Catholic school began in the area. In 1879, the site for the current church was bought. The architect Leonard Stokes was commissioned to design the church. In August 1884, construction on the church started. The total cost of building the church, school and presbytery was £6,025 and the church itself was £3,018. In December 1884, the church w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Cassian's Centre
St Cassian's Centre is a Catholic Youth Retreat Centre in the village of Kintbury in the English county of Berkshire. It is owned and operated by the Ireland, Great Britain and Malta District of the de La Salle brothers. The centre was set up by three De La Salle Brothers in 1975, Br Damian Lundy FSC, Br Joe Hendron FSC and Br Dominic Green FSC and is housed in a small Manor House (Formerly known as Wallingtons Manor in the south-west of Kintbury town centre, between Inglewood and Titcomb). It is set in picturesque grounds with landscaped gardens and this rural countryside setting offers a quiet atmosphere for those who attend retreats. Wallingtons The Manor of Wallingtons in Kintbury dates from the early 13th century. Robert de Wallington purchased the Manor in 1220 and it became named after his family. In the late 15th century, it was purchased by William Waynflete, the Bishop of Winchester. He gave it to his foundation at Magdalen College, Oxford. They remained in possessio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douai Abbey
Douai Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey at Upper Woolhampton, near Thatcham, in the English county of Berkshire, situated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. Monks from the monastery of St. Edmund's, in Douai, France, came to Woolhampton in 1903 when the community left France as a result of anti-clerical legislation. The abbey church is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England. History The community of St. Edmund was formed in Paris in 1615 by Dom Gabriel Gifford, later Archbishop of Rheims and primate of France. With his backing the community flourished. Expelled from Paris during the Revolution, the community took over the vacant buildings of the community of St Gregory's in Douai in 1818. Amid the political upheavals caused by the Dreyfus affair around the turn of the 19th century, the French prime minister Waldeck-Rousseau introduced an anti-clerical Law of Associations (1901) that "severely curbed the influence of religious orders in France" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Portsmouth
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth () is a Latin Church, Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that covers the Channel Islands as well as parts of England (Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire). The episcopal see is Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, St John's Cathedral in Portsmouth and is headed by the Bishop of Portsmouth (Catholic), Bishop of Portsmouth. The diocese is part of the metropolitan Province of Southwark, which covers all of the far South of England as well as the Channel Islands. Location The Diocese of Portsmouth, situated centrally within the Archdiocese of Southwark, Metropolitan Province of Southwark, extending as far as Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon in the North; and down to and including the Channel Islands in the South, and roughly from Liphook in the East to Andover, Hampshire, Andover in the West. The diocese adjoins the dioceses of Archdiocese of Birmingham, Birmingham and Diocese of Northampton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turvey Abbey
Turvey Abbey is located in the village of Turvey, Bedfordshire, Turvey in the England, English county of Bedfordshire. It is dated 1605 on the north facade and 1608 on the south facade. The building is stone, with a tile roof. A dovecote, which no longer belongs to the Abbey, is a Grade II listed building. Current usage It now belongs to the "Priory of Our Lady of Peace", a Benedictine order of nuns. It is a Roman Catholic community living according to the Rule of Saint Benedict and affiliated to the Olivetans, Olivetan family of Benedictines. The Abbey is not open to the public, but the community welcomes guests. The "Monastery of Christ our Saviour", while adjacent, is not part of Turvey Abbey. History The original part of Turvey Abbey was built in 1603. According to the English Heritage Register it may incorporate a building even earlier than this. The tenants who lived in the house for the longest period during this time were the Brands. Thomas Brand (died 1694) and his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
