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Katolickie sanktuarium maryjne w Walsingham

Katolickie Sanktuarium Matki Bożej z Walsingham (ang.: The National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham (Roman Catholic Church)), zwane też Angielskim Nazaretem, jest jednym z wielu katolickich sanktuariów maryjnych w Wielkiej Brytanii. Historia W 1061 r. w Walsingham (hrabstwo Norfolk, Anglia) szlachcianka Richeldis de Faverches była świadkiem trzech objawień Matki Bożej, która nakazała jej zbudować w Walsingham replikę domu z Nazaretu, w którym miało miejsce Zwiastowanie. Jednocześnie Maria Panna miała obiecać, że ktokolwiek uda się z pielgrzymką do tego miejsca z prośbą, „nigdy nie odejdzie nie wysłuchany”. W 1153 r. wokół domu maryjnego zbudowano opactwo augustianów. Kult maryjny koncentrował się na „Świętym Domu”, zawierającym „cudowną” figurę Maryi z Dzieciątkiem. Walsingham stało się jednym z najbardziej popularnych miejsc pielgrzymkowych w Europie: pielgrzymowali tutaj m.in. królowie Henryk III, Edward I (11 razy), Edward II, Edward III, Ryszard II, Edward IV, Henryk VI i Henryk VIII. Obecny budynek sanktuarium został zbudowany jako kaplica w 1340 r., zwana potocznie „Kaplicą Klapków” (Slipper Chapel). Ta dziwna nazwa pochodzi od dawnej funkcji tej kaplicy. Została ona zbudowana w Houghton St Giles, około 1 mili od Walsingham. W tym miejscu dawni pielgrzymi zdejmowali buty, aby ostatnią „świętą milę” do sanktuarium przejść bosymi stopami. Erazm z Rotterdamu odwiedził Walsingham w 1513 r. i był pod wrażeniem przepychu i niesłychanego bogactwa Sanktuarium, które było wówczas najważniejszym ośrodkiem kultu maryjnego w Anglii. W 1538 r. król Henryk VIII, na skutek zerwania z katolicyzmem, nakazał zamknięcie opactwa w Walsingham, Święty Dom został spalony, a figura Maryi zabrana do Londynu i tam zniszczona. Resztki zabudowań opactwa były następnie wykorzystywane do celów świeckich. W 1896 r. panna Charlotte Boyd kupiła „Kaplicę Klapków” i zaczęła jej odbudowę. Figura Maryi z Dzieciątkiem została odtworzona w Oberammergau na podstawie zachowanej pieczęci opactwa. Pierwsza msza od czasów reformacji miała miejsce w kaplicy w święto Wniebowzięcia NMP 15 sierpnia 1934 r., a kilka dni później kardynał Francis Bourne poprowadził pielgrzymkę 10 tysięcy wiernych do kaplicy i ogłosił powstanie Narodowego Sanktuarium Matki Bożej w Walsingham. W pobliskim kościele St. Mary w 1922 r. powstało anglikańskie sanktuarium maryjne w Walsingham. Przypisy
Sloane Square Hotel

The Sloane Square Hotel is located on the north side of Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Nearby notable buildings include the Royal Court Theatre, the department store Peter Jones and the Sloane Square Underground station. History The building has been a hotel for over a century, ever since the rebuilding of the northern side of Sloane Square during the 1890s. In 1900 the lease for the site was taken by George Bernard and Amos Ballard, who completed the building and opened it as the Royal Court Hotel. By 1919, the running of the hotel had been taken over by the hotelier Auguste Wild. In 2005 the hotel was bought by the hotelier John Tham, former managing director of the Cliveden hotel, and renamed the Sloane Square hotel. It was completely renovated in 2006. Following the bombing of Sloane Square Underground station in 1940, the hotel was used as staging post for treating casualties. In early 1960, the hotel was temporary home to Peter Llewelyn Davies, a leading figure in London's publishing industry and the inspiration for J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, while en route to Gibraltar. On 5 April 1960, Davies left the bar of the hotel and threw himself under a train at the nearby underground station, making "front-page news around the world". During the 1960s, the hotel was part of the Swinging London phenomenon, which encompassed fashion, music, art and other forms of popular culture. Early in February 1962, The Beatles stayed in the hotel for several weeks, and in the following year they used the building as a venue for a photographic session on 10 February 1963. The hotel also played host to the first meeting between Paul McCartney and his future girlfriend Jane Asher, when McCartney was interviewed by the Radio Times on 18 April 1963. See also Hotels in London Sloane Street King's Road Cadogan Estates References External links sloanesquare.com sloanesquarehotel.co.uk british-history.ac.uk
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College

Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College is a co-educational secondary academy in Chalvey, Slough, Berkshire for students aged 11–19, with a sixth form of around 83 students studying for A levels. Since the May 2011 Ofsted report, the school has been described as "outstanding". (The previous report in 2008 described the school as "a good school with some outstanding aspects.") Since opening, the school has operated in a series of wooden and temporary buildings. Most of the site was destroyed in a fire in 1973 and the school rebuilt over the next 20 years. A further rebuilding project was started in the summer of 2006 and was scheduled to be completed in October 2008 at a cost of £10 million. This includes a twenty four classroom teaching block, sports facilities, school hall, sixth form centre, science labs, students support centre, administration offices, restaurant and performing arts areas. References
Smeeth Road railway station

Smeeth Road was a railway station serving the villages of Emneth Hungate, Marshland St James and St John Fen's End, all east of Wisbech in Norfolk, England. The station was opened in 1848 as an extension of the East Anglian Railway's line from Magdalen Road station (now known as Watlington) to Wisbech East. The station's location, like that of the neighbouring Middle Drove station, was fairly rural and the line eventually closed in 1968, Smeeth Road's station building survived closure and has since been converted into a private residence. The old signal box which sat adjacent to the station remained intact until it was dismantled in 2005 and replaced with a private home. The new signal box retains some original features and designs of the old one. The old platform to the station which is largely intact marks the boundary line between both the station and the signal box. The old goods shed which sat behind the station was converted into 6 flats (St James Court). This also retains some of the original features including part of the original platform. In the early 1960s the stationmaster was Ralph Pleasence, brother of the English actor Donald Pleasence. References
Smestow Academy

Smestow Academy (formerly Smestow School), also known as simply Smestow (pronounced "smest-oh") is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Castlecroft area of Wolverhampton, England. History The school was founded in 1964 under the authority of Staffordshire County Council. Originally it was known as Tettenhall Number 2 with the number 1 school becoming Regis (now St Regis Church of England Academy). It is named after the River Smestow, to which it is very close, although the school grounds are actually bordered by the Finchfield Brook and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. It was incorporated within Wolverhampton by the boundary changes accompanying local government reform in 1974, which brought Castlecroft and Tettenhall into Wolverhampton. The school became a specialist Sports college, and was presented with ARTSMARK (alongside the previously awarded SPORTSMARK) in 2004 for outstanding success in Drama & the Arts. Smestow has a wide variety of sporting facilities including a gymnasium, swimming pool, PE hall, four separate changing rooms, a fitness suite/gym, a small dance/aerobics area (also used for drama room) a set of tennis courts and two large playing fields as well as the new sports hall. In February 2014 the school converted to academy status, and became part of the University of Wolverhampton Multi-Academy Trust. In January 2023 Smestow School was rebrokered, and was renamed Smestow Academy. In January 2015 a new Sixth Form Study Centre and library opened to promote and support students studying at Smestow. Notable former pupils Suzi Perry, English television presenter, columnist and model Sam Winnall a professional footballer currently at Scunthorpe United FC Andy Tennant, European Track Champion Cyclist for Great Britain (2006) Satnam Rana, BBC Midlands Today television presenter Rob Manuel, Web Media Producer Lisa Potts GM, former nursery teacher who defended her class from a violent attack Sam Andrew Gumbley, better known by his stage name S-X, is a British record producer, singer and songwriter References External links Smestow Academy Official Site
Smith Square

Smith Square is a square in Westminster, London, 250 metres south-southwest of the Palace of Westminster. Most of its garden interior is filled by St John's, Smith Square, a Baroque surplus church, the inside of which has been converted to a concert hall. Most adjoining buildings (thus sharing its address) are offices, with the focus on organisations lobbying or serving the government. In the mid-20th century, the square hosted the headquarters of the two largest parties of British politics, and it now hosts much of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Local Government Association. It has a pedestrian or mixed approach to the four sides and another approach to the north. History The square was named after the Smith family: a family of bankers originally from Nottingham on whose land it was developed in the early eighteenth century. Its building up was arranged by Sir James Smith around 1726. №s 1 to 9, forming the north side, survive from this phase. Buildings Sir John Smith, who was Conservative M.P. for Cities of London and Westminster from 1965 to 1970, lived at № 1. The campaigning journalist William Thomas Stead lived at № 5 from 1904 until his death on board the Titanic in 1912. Another famous resident was Rab Butler, the Conservative Deputy Prime Minister. № 17 - Nobel House - cross-corner block built in 1928, for newly-formed Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). ICI leased it to the government in 1987, and it is currently headquarters for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Sharing the western part of the south side is Transport House which from 1928 to 1980 head-quartered the Labour Party then the TGWU until the 1990s. It is now the headquarters of the Local Government Association and is known as Local Government House. №s 32-34 served as Conservative Central Office, the Conservative Party's headquarters between 1958 and 2003. It stood empty until 2007 when it was sold for £30.5m to Harcourt Developments who planned to redevelop it as flats before the 2008 credit crunch hit. It is now "Europe House". № 36 - Mulberry House - designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and constructed in 1911 for Reginald McKenna, a senior politician who later became chairman of the Midland Bank. It was later bought by Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett who, in conjunction with his wife, Gwen, commissioned an elaborate interior re-decoration by the architect Darcy Braddell. The result has been described as "one of the most important Art Deco interiors in London." It gained notoriety for the sculpture "Scandal", designed by Charles Sargeant Jagger which is now housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Grade II listed building went up for sale of £25 million in 2015. See also List of eponymous roads in London Imperial Chemical House Lord North Street – one of two northern approaches to Great Peter Street Victoria Tower Gardens – the eastern approach References External links Media related to Smith Square at Wikimedia Commons
Smokejack Clay Pit

Smokejack Clay Pit is a 56-hectare (140-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Cranleigh in Surrey. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. This site exposes Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Weald Clay Group, which have been studied since 1983. Fossils of six orders of insects have been recorded and an unusual level of details has been preserved. It is the best Weald Clay reptile site, with crocodile teeth, coprolites and part of an Iguanodon. The holotype specimen of the fish eating theropod dinosaur, Baryonyx walkeri was discovered on the site in January 1983. Ewhurst Brickworks The ruins of Ewhurst Brickworks exist near the Smokejack Clay Pit, of which clay was extracted for the Ewhurst Brickworcks as early as the 1940s under A. Hone & Sons Ltd. The surviving ruins date back to the 1960s and were previously known as the Smokejack Brickworks, which closed down during the 1980s. The brickwork company moved to a new building in 2017 or 2018 which is 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Walliswood. References
Carrière d'argile de Smokejack

La carrière d'argile de Smokejack est un site d'intérêt scientifique particulier d’environ 56 hectares, situé à l’est de Cranleigh dans le comté de Surrey, en Angleterre. Il s’agit d’un site de la Geological Conservation Review (en). Géologie et paléontologie Le site expose des roches du Crétacé inférieur appartenant à la formation de Weald Clay. Les fossiles y sont étudiés depuis 1983 où des insectes de six ordres différents, avec un niveau de conservation particulièrement détaillé, furent découverts. C’est également l’un des meilleurs sites dans la Weald Clay pour des restes de reptiles : des dents de crocodiles, des coprolithes et une partie d’un Iguanodon ont été retrouvés. De plus, c’est sur ce site que le spécimen holotype du dinosaure théropode piscivore Baryonyx walkeri a été découvert en janvier 1983. Briqueterie d’Ewhurst Non loin de la carrière d’argile de Smokejack se trouvent les ruines de la briqueterie d’Ewhurst qui datent des années 1960. L’argile fut extraite dès les années 1940 par la société A. Hone & Sons Ltd. Cette briqueterie a fermé dans les années 1980, tandis que la société de briques s’est relocalisée vers un nouveau bâtiment, construit en 2017 ou 2018, situé à environ 1 km au sud de Walliswood. Notes et références (en) Site officiel SSSI – Smokejack Clay Pit (en) Carte du site (en) Geological Conservation Review – Smokejack (paléoentomologie) (en) Strudwick, Matt (6 juillet 2017). « Surrey dinosaur: Look back 33 years when plumber unearthed new species of dinosaur in Ockley ». Surrey Live. Voir aussi Formation de Weald Clay Baryonyx Liens externes Ressource relative à la géographie : Site d'intérêt scientifique particulier Portail de l’Angleterre Portail de la géologie Portail de la paléontologie
Snelshall Priory

Snelshall Priory was a Benedictine priory in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom, built around 1200. The priory was founded after Sybil d'Aungerville granted land at Tattenhoe to Lavendon Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery of 'White canons' who most likely started a cell at Snelshall. This did not thrive and was abandoned about 1207. About 1219, the founder's son brought in Benedictine monks, increased the endowment and the new monastery began again. However Snelshall Priory paid 1 mark a year to Lavendon until 1232, at which point the Bishop of Lincoln decided that Snelshall owned its own lands and chapel. The priory accumulated various land through gifts, but even with all these grants, in 1321 when Henry Burghersh visited, it was so poor that "the monks scarcely had the necessities of life and had to beg even for these". Yet the priory remained until the mid-sixteenth century. In 1529, Bishop Longford found "irregularities" among the two or three monks that remained, and as a result all women, married and unmarried, were barred from the precinct of the priory. Only two women, both over 48 years old and of "unexceptional character", were retained as servants. In 1535, there remained three monks, two priests (of which one was a novice), the prior's parents with "all their goods" and eight servants. The house was in ruin, and later that year the priory was suppressed and turned over to The Crown. The house was possibly rebuilt around 1540, possibly by Sir John Fortescue. Much of the priory's land went to the Longueville family. It is not known when the house was demolished. The stones were recycled to build the nearby St Giles's Church, Tattenhoe. See also Bradwell Abbey External links Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Snelshall', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 1 (1905), pp. 352-353. (Victoria History of the Counties of England). References
Sneyd Comprehensive School

Sneyd Comprehensive School was a secondary school located in Bloxwich, West Midlands, England. The building of the school started in 1978, to serve the western part of the town and the northern part of Willenhall, with students moving into the School at the start of the new academic year in September 1979. The school was situated on Vernon Way in the shadow of the M6 motorway, and is just over the border from Willenhall. Sneyd Reservoir is adjacent to the former school site. The Sneyd School Choir performed at the Royal Albert Hall, at an event called 'The Magic of Music', organised by the Opal Foundation. They were one of two school choirs to win that night, and have won the opportunity to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Choir Olympics in Graz, Austria The school entered special measures in 2005, but managed to get out of these by 2006. In 2009, it was the joint lowest ranking secondary school in the Walsall borough with 27% of students achieving five or more GCSEs at grade C or above. Notable former pupils Lee Naylor, footballer who began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers and last played for Derby County F.C. Closure The school was closed in August 2011 due to continuously falling behind in exam results and Ofsted reports. However a new specialist engineering university technical college (UTC) was established on the former school site straight after the closure. The Black Country UTC was a joint run project between Walsall College and Wolverhampton University which closed in August 2015. There was no automatic transfer of pupils from old to the new school. References
Snowdome

The Snowdome is an indoor ski slope just off the A5 road in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. It opened in May 1994 and was the first full-sized recreational indoor ski slope in the UK. Facilities The slope is 170 metres (560 ft) long by 30 metres (98 ft) wide with an incline of around 1:7. There are also two serial 'travelator' lifts for access back to the top, and two rope-tows. The Snowdome has a learner slope underneath the main slope. The main slope also holds regular 'ramp nights' in which several objects are added, including a gas pipe, mini rail and a quarter pipe. There is also one ice rink and one ice track - the UK’s only - which circles the real Snow Fun Park and the ice rink with a number of other things. The complex also contains a 25 metres (82 ft) swimming pool and gym—formerly known as Peaks Leisure Centre, but now owned and managed by the Snowdome as 'Snowdome Swim' and 'Snowdome Fitness' respectively. There is also a bar (Aspen's Bar and Kitchen), a shop Ellis Brigham, and a coffee shop on site. Hotel Construction work started in early 2009 for Sawley Cross properties to build a 120-bed, £7M hotel on land adjacent to the snowdome. The Holiday Inn Hotel opened in late November 2009. In August 2024, the hotel was damaged as part of the 2024 United Kingdom riots. Windows were smashed and three Molotov cocktails were thrown. One police officer and three police dogs were injured. Incidents On 24 September 2021, a twelve-year-old boy died at the Snowdome after a collision with a member of staff at a tobogganing party. In September 2024, the operating company, Snowdome Limited, pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations during a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive at Telford Magistrates’ Court. In February 2025, the company was fined £100,000. References External links Official website
Snuff Mills

Snuff Mills is a park in the Stapleton area of north Bristol, also known as Whitwood Mill. There are pleasant walks along the steep wooded banks of the River Frome, for example to Oldbury Court. The park was purchased in 1926 by the Corporation of Bristol as "a pleasure walk for citizens of Bristol" and restored in the 1980s by the Fishponds Local History Society. The park's name originates from one of the millers. His nickname was 'Snuffy Jack' because his smock was always covered in snuff. The park includes an old quarry and a stone mill. The old mill within the park was used for cutting and crushing stone from the many quarries along the Frome Valley during the late 19th century. It contains a waterwheel, egg-ended boiler in its setting and the remains of a vertical steam engine. Despite the name, tobacco snuff was never ground in this mill. Today, Snuff Mills is still a popular site for locals and visitors who come to enjoy the tranquility and natural surroundings. This stretch of the River Frome is also home to some of Bristol's otters. References Gallery
Soar Valley College

Soar Valley College is an 11–16 coeducational secondary school located in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. It was designated a Maths and Computing specialist college in September 2004. As part of the Building Schools for the Future initiative, the old building was demolished in 2009 and turned into playing fields, and a new building was built on the previous playing fields at a cost of approximately £21.5 million. The school hosted the Special Olympics netball games in 2009 on their newly built netball courts, known as the "Soar Valley Netball Centre" on the other side of the campus from the new building. It became co-educational in 2016 and has one acre of land. The school has a lanyard system with different colours to show the different years. Previously a community school administered by Leicester City Council, in June 2023 Soar Valley College converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Aspire Learning Partnership. Notable former pupils Parminder Nagra, actress Shivani Raja, politician Rakhee Thakrar, actress References External links Official website
Social Science Library

The Bodleian Social Science Library, Oxford (SSL) is the main teaching social sciences lending library at the University of Oxford, England. The library supports taught programmes for both undergraduates and postgraduates, and houses a dedicated research collection part of which contains legal deposit material out-housed from the Bodleian Library. The Social Science Library uses the Library of Congress classification scheme. The library is located in the Manor Road Building on Manor Road, Oxford. The Manor Road Building was designed by Foster & Partners. History The Social Science Library officially opened 1 October 2004, following a period in which subject collections housed within smaller units were amalgamated into a central library site. The institution was preceded by the Social Studies Libraries; a grouping of three separate libraries: Politics, International Relations, and Sociology Library (PIRS) Economics Library (formerly the Institute of Economics and Statistics (IES) until 1999) Social Policy and Social Work Library (SPSW) These three libraries were the first to be combined, at the site of the existing Economics Library, between 2002 and 2003. Further integration followed with the Criminology Library and Socio-Legal Studies Library moving to the site in 2004. The collections housed at the International Development Centre (IDS) at Queen Elizabeth House joined the Social Science Library after its launch, in the summer of 2005. Material from the Slavonic and East European collections, previously kept within the Bodleian Library Slavonic reading room, also moved into the library later that year. In March 2010 the Social Science Library was renamed the Bodleian Social Science Library. This was as result of the Oxford University Library Services - of which the Social Science Library was a part - changing its name to the Bodleian Libraries. Subject coverage Subject coverage includes: Criminology Economics International Development Politics and International Relations Russian and East European Studies Social Anthropology Social Policy and Social Work Socio-Legal Studies Sociology References External links Social Science Library website