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Chairborough Road

Chairborough Road is a 3.9 hectares (9.6 acres) Local Nature Reserve in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. It is owned and managed by Wycombe District Council. The site has diverse habitats, with chalk grassland, woodland and scrub, and it has a wide variety of plant and animal species. There are birds such as bullfinches, and mammals include muntjac deer, foxes and badgers. Slowworms and lizards bask in the summer on bare ground or on ant hills. There is access from Carrington Road and Chairborough Road. References
Fenlake Meadows

Fenlake Meadows is a 19.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve located in the Kingsbrook area of Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council. This site is in a river valley on the bank of the River Great Ouse, and it is often wet and waterlogged. The meadows are grazed by cattle, and there are wetland plants of ecological interest. The site is in decline, as it is being invaded by trees and shrubs and becoming wetter. However, the Marston Vale Trust is working with Bedford Council and the Environment Agency to restore it. There is no access to most of the site, but there is access to footpaths through the site from Cardington Road. References
Hill Rise, Bedford

Hill Rise is a 0.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve (LNR) located in the Harpur area of Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council. The site was the Bedfordshire Training Home for Girls, founded in 1882 to prepare poor girls for domestic service. This closed by the 1970s, and the land became a derelict dumping ground. In the 1990s local residents campaigned for the site to become an LNR, and this was achieved in 1996. The small site is surrounded on three sides by houses, but it has a variety of habitats, woodland, meadow, scrub and two ponds. Wildlife includes muntjac deer, foxes, birds, dragonflies and butterflies. There is access from Park Road North. References
Holy Rood Church, Swindon

Holy Rood Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 1851 as a chapel and was rebuilt as a church in 1905. It is situated on the corner of Groundwell Road and Lincoln Street in the centre of the town. It was designed by Edward Doran Webb as a Gothic Revival church and was the first Roman Catholic church built in and around the town since the Reformation. History Foundation In 1848, two years before the Restoration of the English hierarchy, a Roman Catholic mission was started in Swindon. A priest would come from St Thomas of Canterbury Church in Fairford to say Mass once a month in the town. In 1851, a chapel was built in the town between Regent Street and Sanford Street. From 1857, the chapel had its own resident priest. By 1882, the chapel was seen to be too small to accommodate the increasing local Catholic congregation so they bought a disused Unitarian church in Regent Circus in the town. The church was built by the Unitarians in the 1860s, on the site of an old chapel made of iron. The church was completed in 1875 and cost £2,500. It was a Gothic Revival church. In 1887, a vestry was added to the church. Construction In the 1900s, with the local Catholic population increasing, plans were made to build a new, larger church. The architect Edward Doran Webb was commissioned to design the church. He was also the architect of the Birmingham Oratory. The new church, on Groundwell Road, was also in the Gothic Revival style. In 1905, the church was opened. From 1926, efforts were made by the parish priest, Canon J. J. Noonan, to raise between £6,000 and £7,000, to pay the debt from the construction of the church. Six years later, the debt was paid off. On 1 September 1932, the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Clifton, William Lee. Parish The church is situated next to Holy Rood Catholic Primary School. The church has five Masses celebrating the Sunday liturgy: 6:15 p.m. on Saturday; and 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. See also Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton References External links Holy Rood Parish site
Kościół Świętego Krzyża w Swindon

Kościół Świętego Krzyża (ang. Holy Rood Church) – rzymskokatolicka świątynia znajdująca się w angielskim mieście Swindon, na terenie diecezji Clifton. Historia W 1848 w Swindon mieszkało 6 rodzin katolickich, które uczęszczały do kościoła w Horcott (obecnie część Fairfordu). Na ich potrzeby raz w miesiącu odprawiano mszę w budynku Greyhound Inn przy Westcott Place. W 1851 otwarto kaplicę między Regent Street i Sanford Street, a siedem lat później zamieszkał tu ksiądz. W 1878 roku otwarto szkołę rzymskokatolicką. W 1882 zamknięto kaplicę przy Regent Street, od tej pory msze odprawiano w dawnej kaplicy nonkonformistów przy Regent Circus. Kamień węgielny pod budowę kościoła parafialnego przy Groundwell Road wmurowano 3 maja 1904. Projekt sporządził Edward Doran Webb, prace budowlane ukończono w następnym roku. Do 1953 była to jedyna świątynia rzymskokatolicka w mieście. Od 1949 w kościele odprawiano nabożeństwa w języku polskim, a od 1951 – w języku włoskim. Od 1965 wspólnota polskojęzyczna korzysta z budynku Polish Centre przy Whitbourne Avenue. W latach 1969–1971 na miejscu starego korpusu nawowego wzniesiono nową, modernistyczną przestrzeń kościoła. Architektura i wyposażenie Z pierwotnego, neogotyckiego kościoła, zachowano prezbiterium, transept i zakrystię. Nad skrzyżowaniem naw ustawiona jest wieża. Ostrołukowe okna ozdobione są maswerkami. Do północno-wschodniego narożnika wieży dobudowana jest mniejsza wieżyczka mieszcząca schody. Transept, zakrystia i prezbiterium przykryte są stromymi dachami dwuspadowymi, a wieża – niewysokim dachem namiotowym ukrytym za attyką. Wnętrze zdobi kamienno-marmurowy ołtarz główny, przeniesiony z klasztoru św. Katarzyny w Clifton, ze scenami Ukrzyżowania Pańskiego, Narodzenia i Koronacji Najświętszej Maryi Panny. Drugi ołtarz, poświęcony Maryi, również wykonany z kamienia i marmuru, zdobi zeźba Matki Bożej oraz sceny Zwiastowania, złożenia do grobu oraz niewiernego Tomasza. Na styku starej i nowej części świątyni ustawiono ambonę pochodzącą z archikatedry św. Dawida w Cardiff. Współczesna część kościoła ma kształt prostokąta ze ściętymi narożnikami, ustawiona jest prostopadle względem dawnego korpusu nawowego. Organy z roku 1930 zostały przebudowane w 1971, ustawiono je na emporze znajdującej się na przedłużeniu osi starego kościoła. Witraże, autorstwa Charlesa Norrisa, wykonano techniką dalle de verre. Przypisy
Holy Trinity Church, Bingley

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican parish church in the town of Bingley, West Yorkshire, England notable for its original church being demolished by explosive charge on 7 April 1974. History Up until 1868, the parish in Bingley was singular under the Church of All Saints in the north of the town. The population in Bingley had increased greatly during the 19th century due to the Industrial Revolution and the decision was taken to create a new parish when All Saints Church was too full to carry on. The Council voted to establish a chapelry upon the new parish on the 8 May 1869. The new parish would include Gilstead, Cottingley and parts of the new town of Bingley. Because of the influence of Tractarianism, when the plans for the new Italian Gothic church went on show, some denounced it as Roman . The church's Pre-Raphaelite influenced building caused John Ruskin, who was staying in Bingley in 1881, to comment that it was of 'severe simplicity and dignity.' Pevsner described the building as; "disappointing, dark in its desperately drab surroundings, and the school also built at the same time would scarcely be recognized as the work of an architect of genius". The church was consecrated on the 23 October 1868 by Bishop Bickersteth when a population of 4,500 was assigned to it. The church, designed by the Victorian architect Richard Norman Shaw, was built without a tower, although one was added later which the foundations were not strong enough for. Even as soon as 1882, it was noted that the tower was unsafe when a large stone came crashing down during a church service shocking the congregation. In 1973, cracks were beginning to show in the church and the tower was scaffolded to allow piecemeal demolition of the structure. Two weeks before its explosive demolition, workmen at the top said that they heard the tower and church audibly creak and groan prompting the mass evacuation of nearby houses. The decision was taken by convention of the architects, demolition experts and church authorities that blasting was the only option and so the tower and church were demolished by explosive charge on Palm Sunday in 1974. The congregation raised £23,000 to build a new church on the site. This structure was dedicated on the 5 December 1975 and is still in use today with the stained glass from the original windows re-used in the Rose Window of the new church. A Sunday school was formed adjacent to the church in 1870, opening in 1871, Holy Trinity School became an all day boy and girls school in 1872. The parish includes St Wilfreds in Gilstead and along with the parish of Church of All Saints, Bingley (which includes the churches of St. Aidan, Crossflatts and St. Lawrence, Eldwick) is part of the Bingley Group Ministry. The benefice used to lie within the Diocese of Bradford, but since 20 April 2014 it is now in the Diocese of Leeds. Vicars of Holy Trinity The following is taken from booklet Holy Trinity Parish Church 1868 – 1968 and from local records. References External links Image of Holy Trinity from 1951 23 years before demolition
Lemsford Springs

Lemsford Springs is a 4 hectare nature reserve in Lemsford, Hertfordshire, England. It is managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, which purchased the site in 1970. Notable for its lagoons, the site is in the Lea valley and its other habitats are meadow, hedgerows, marsh and willow woodland. The spring feeds the nearby River Lea. Before becoming a nature reserve, the site was used as a watercress bed. Its lagoons are fed by springs, so they never freeze over and provide an important habitat for birds in cold winters. There are two bird hides, and birds which can be seen include water rails, snipe and green sandpipers. Green sandpipers are migratory; a colour ringing project has revealed information about the travels of the Lemsford population including their breeding sites in Scandinavia. There are also water shrews and around fifty species of water snails. The reserve is kept locked and access can be arranged with the Wildlife Trust warden. See also Watercress Wildlife Site References External links Lemsford Springs leaflet, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust
Mowsbury Hill

Mowsbury Hill is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Scheduled Monument in north Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council with the assistance of the Friends of Putnoe Wood and Mowsbury Hillfort. Archaeological excavation has shown that the site is a univallate (having a single rampart) hillfort, and pottery dates to the early Iron Age, occupied for a limited period. In medieval times it was a moated settlement with two fishponds in the Manor of Morinsbury. The site is also an old orchard with a wildflower meadow, woodland, scrub, a moat and ponds. There is access from the Mowsbury Golf Course car park on Cleat Hill. References
Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen's Church, Westcliff-on-Sea

St Helen's Church (formally Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen's Church) is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Westcliff-on-Sea in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. It was founded in 1862 and built in 1867. Further extensions were made to the church from 1898 to 1903, designed by Alexander Scoles. It is situated on Milton Road near to the corner of St Helen's Road, next to St Bernard's High School. It is a Gothic Revival church, the first post-Reformation Catholic church to be built in Southend and a Grade II listed building. History Foundation In 1862, the Catholic mission in Southend was founded. It was served by a Fr John Moore. Mass was initially said in his house in Capel Terrace. The main benefactor of the church was Helen Tasker (1823–1888). She resided at Middleton Hall, Brentwood in Essex and was made a countess by Pope Pius IX in 1870. She was the daughter and inheritor of businessman Joseph Tasker, of the United Mexican Mining Association. Construction On 8 October 1868, Helen Tasker laid the foundation stone of the church. The architect was Thomas Goodman and the building firm was Wilkins & Son from Chatham. Goodman designed the church to be in the Gothic Revival style with inspiration from E. W. Pugin. The carvings in the church were done by Thomas Earp. Construction of the church cost £1,700. In October 1869, after the nave, chancel and sacristy were completed, the church was opened by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Manning. As the remainder of the church had not been built, temporary screens were erected to block the view of the rest of the construction being undertaken. In 1887, a presbytery was built, the architect was Leonard Stokes. Stokes went on to design a wing of the neighbouring convent, which later became St Bernard's High School. Benedict Williamson also designed an extension on to that convent. In 1895, a new high altar was installed. It was designed by Frederick Walters. From 1899 to 1900, the south aisle was added. From 1902 to 1903, the north aisle and sacristy were then enlarged. The architect for these extensions was Alexander Scoles. On 12 August 1919, the church was consecrated by the first Bishop of Brentwood, Bernard Ward. During World War II, the church lost many of its stained glass windows. From 1952 to 1953, these were replaced with windows made by Hardman & Co. Parish The church has four Sunday Masses: 6:00pm on Saturday in Polish and 9:30am, 11:15am and 6:00pm on Sunday. The current parish priest is Fr Alex Poblador RCJ (Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus) See also Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood References External links Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen's Parish site
Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Luton

Our Lady Help of Christians Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Luton, Bedfordshire. It was founded in 1845 and the present church was built in 1910. It is situated on the corner of Castle Street and Victoria Street, next to the A505 road, in the town centre. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style and is the first Roman Catholic church built in Luton after the Reformation. History Foundation In 1845, a mission was founded in the town by Fr S. Ward. In the 1880s, the mission was served from St Joseph's Church in Bedford, and served a congregation of 180 people. On 20 January 1884, the mission was dedicated to Mary Help of Christians and its first Mass was said by Fr Joseph A. O'Connor. Efforts were made to raise funds for a permanent church. Later, in the 1880s, a church made of iron was constructed. Construction In 1910, on the same site of the iron church, the present church was built. It was made to accommodate a congregation of 350 people. Parish The church has three Sunday Masses: 9:30am, 11:30am and 5:00pm. There is a Mass at 12:45pm every weekday. See also Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton References External links Our Lady Help of Christians Parish website
Our Lady Immaculate Church, Chelmsford

Our Lady Immaculate Church (formerly the Church of the Immaculate Conception) is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chelmsford, Essex, England. It was founded in 1845, opened in 1847 and designed by Joseph John Scoles. It is situated on New London Road, next to Our Lady Immaculate Primary School, close to the junction with Anchor Street, in the city centre. History Foundation In 1840, the site for the church was bought. It was purchased from Charles King, the father of the first mission priest to the area. In 1845, the mission to Catholic population in Chelmsford was founded. Construction In October 1847, the church was opened by the then Vicar Apostolic of the London District, Nicholas Wiseman. In 1850, he became Archbishop of Westminster and a cardinal. The church was originally dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The architect was Joseph John Scoles. The main benefactors of the church were Charles King and William Petre, 12th Baron Petre. It was Lord Petre who chose Scoles to design the church. The church was built in the Gothic Revival style by the builders, Messrs Curtis of Stratford. The Lady altar in the church was originally in Thorndon Hall, home of Lord Petre. The east window in the church was made in Newcastle upon Tyne by Thomas Dunn and inspired by a design of Augustus Pugin. Developments In 1973, the church was reordered and extended. A new altar was consecrated by the Bishop of Brentwood, Patrick Casey. In 1982, the church's dedication was changed the Immaculate Conception to Our Lady Immaculate. In 1985, the present organ was installed. It was brought from a United Reformed Church in Felsted. In 1988, the crucifix hanging over the altar in front of the nave was installed, it was designed by William Gordon. Parish From 2008 to 2022, the church was served by the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians or Norbertines, from St. Philip's Priory. They also served another parish, Holy Name Church in Chelmsford. Holy Name Church was built in 1965 and is on the corner of Lucas Avenue and Gloucester Avenue in the Moulsham Lodge area of Chelmsford. Holy Name Church has two Sunday Masses: 6:00pm on Saturday and 10:30am on Sunday. Our Lady Immaculate Church has three Sunday Masses: 9:00am, 12:00pm and 7:00pm. Interior See also Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood References External links Chelmsford Catholic Parishes site
Our Lady of Gillingham Church

Our Lady of Gillingham Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Gillingham, Kent, England. It was founded in 1888 and built in 1896. It is situated on the corner of Ingram Road and Railway Street, north of Gillingham Rail Depot in the centre of the town. It is a Gothic Revival church. A funeral service for three of the twenty four children killed in the Gillingham bus disaster was held here in 1951. History Foundation Before a Catholic mission was started in the city, local Catholics had to travel to St Michael the Archangel Church in Chatham. In 1888, a mission was started when Fr Thomas McMahon arrived in the town. The mission was supported by the local Arathoon family. In 1890, construction started on a small building that housed a school and church. It was funded by the Fauld family. It opened in 1893 and later became known as McMahon Hall. Construction On 12 May 1896, the present church was opened by the Archbishop of Southwark, Francis Bourne. In 1903, he became Archbishop of Westminster and cardinal in 1911. The architect is unknown. The high altar and reredos were crafted by a Belgian craftsperson and donated by Louis Brennan. Developments In 1902, the church was extended. In 1934, a new school building was built. It is now called Scott Hall. In 1972, new school buildings were built on Greenfield Road. This meant that only the junior school was left on the old site. In October 1988, more school buildings were built at the new site, and the junior school was moved there. Without a school there, some of the old buildings were demolished and a car park created. In 1990, the church was extended again, this time, with a narthex being added. Between 1999 and 2003, the two halls were refurbished. Parish The church has three Sunday Masses, they are at 6:30 pm on Saturday and 9:30 am and 11:30 am on Sunday. There are also Daily masses at 10 am, with two masses on Holy Days of obligation. See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark References External links Our Lady of Gillingham Church on Catholic Directory Our Lady of Gillingham on Archdiocese of Southwark
Park Wood, Bedford

Park Wood is a 5.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve located in the Brickhill area of Bedford. It is owned by Bedford Borough Council and managed by the council with the assistance of the Friends of Park Wood. The site has diverse habitats with mature trees, grassland, scrub and ponds. Flowers include bee and pyramidal orchids. An orchard has been planted with traditional fruit trees. There is access by a footpath from Brickhill Drive opposite Eagle Gardens. References
Ridlins Mire

Ridlins Mire is a 1.6-hectare (4.0-acre) nature reserve managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. This wetland site is a type of peat bog. It is the result of a spring, which has resulted in the growth of peat over many years into a domed structure called a rheotrophic hangmire. This is a rare habitat and unique in Hertfordshire. The dominant plants are tussock sedge and marsh marigold. There are birds such as long-tailed tits and great tits, and butterflies including large whites and small tortoiseshells. The site is unfenced on its border with Goddard End, but access is difficult as there is no formal entrance or footpaths. References
Sailmakers Shopping Centre

Sailmakers shopping centre (formerly known as Tower Ramparts) is a small multi-story shopping centre located in Ipswich, England. It was opened to the public in November 1986. It is currently owned and operated by LaSalle Investment Management, who purchased the centre in 2011. Transformation In July 2014, LaSalle Investment Management and Ipswich Borough Council announced to the public the plans for a £4 million transformation of the shopping centre. It was further announced that Barnes Construction Group would be the contractors for the transformation. The shopping centre reopened in late November 2015 under the new identity of Sailmakers Shopping Centre. References External links Official website
Sands Bank

Sands Bank is an 11.1 hectares (27 acres) Local Nature Reserve in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. It is owned by West Wycombe Estates and managed by Wycombe District Council. The site is a mixture of woodland, scrub and grassland on a south facing chalk slope. Some of the beech woodland dates back 400 years, and there is younger cherry, holly, yew and ash. Ground plants include wood spurge and goldilocks buttercup, and there are mammals such as roe deer and hazel dormice. There is a wide variety of fungi. There is access from Heathfield Road. References
St Bede's Church, Rotherham

St Bede's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The Gothic Revival style church, designed by Weightman and Hadfield, is situated on the corner of Station Road and St Bede's Road in Masbrough near the town centre. Built from 1841 to 1842, it was opened eight years before the Restoration of the English hierarchy in 1850. History Foundation The church was built on a piece of land donated to the local Catholic congregation by Benjamin Badger. In 1842, in The London and Dublin Orthodox Journal, he was reported as saying, "Although a member of the Church of England, you know from long acquaintance that I am no bigot. As therefore you mention the great want of a place of worship for the poor Catholics of this place and their inability to purchase land ... I will give you 1,000 yards of the front land you think so eligible, and worth to me from £300 to £400, to present to your friends on condition that the chapel erected thereon be a respectable building so as not to deteriorate the land adjoining." Construction On 29 July 1841, the foundation stone was laid by Benjamin Badger. The architects were Matthew Ellison Hadfield and John Grey Weightman. They also designed St Bede's Church in Widnes and Church of St Mary of the Assumption in Burnley. On 5 October 1842, it was opened and dedicated by the Apostolic Vicar of the Yorkshire District, John Briggs. In the 1930s, a choir loft was added to the church. Parish Also in the parish of St Bede's is Forty Martyrs Church in Kimberworth, Rotherham. St Bede's Church has three Sunday Masses: 9:30am, 11:15am (in Polish) and 6:15pm. Forty Martyrs Church has a Sunday Mass at 5:00pm on Saturday afternoon. References External links St Bede's Parish site