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St John's Lock

St John's Lock, below the town of Lechlade, Gloucestershire, is the furthest upstream lock on the River Thames in England. The name of the lock derives from a priory that was established nearby in 1250, but which no longer exists. The lock was built of stone in 1790 by the Thames Navigation Commission. The main weir is downstream, just below St John's Bridge, where the River Cole and the River Leach join the Thames on opposite banks. A statue of Old Father Thames by Raffaelle Monti is outside the lock house. The statue was commissioned in 1854 for The Crystal Palace's grounds, was later moved to the traditional source of the Thames at Thames Head, and then in 1974 relocated to St John's Lock. The statue is Grade II listed. History The need for a pound lock here arose from the opening of the Thames and Severn Canal upstream in November 1789. It was built by J. Nock in 1790, and in its early days complaints were made of tolls being evaded by bullying bargemen. The first lock house was built in 1830, the lock-keeper being required to give up residence at the Trout Inn in accordance with Commission's rule that lock-keepers should not be publicans. The lock was reported to be in a poor state by 1857 and in 1867 was repaired. In 1905 the lock was rebuilt and a new lock-keeper's bungalow built on the other side of the lock. Access to the lock The lock can be reached easily from St John's Bridge which is about a mile out of Lechlade on the A417 road. Reach above the lock The river winds for three quarters of a mile to Lechlade, where it passes under Halfpenny Bridge (or Ha'penny Bridge), which is so named because it was once a toll bridge. Half a mile after Lechlade there is a connection to the former Thames and Severn Canal, which linked the Thames to the River Severn via the Stroudwater Navigation and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. The Thames and Severn Canal is the subject of a restoration plan, and so navigation beyond Lechlade may one day be possible again. The River Coln also joins the Thames at the canal junction, where there is sufficient room to wind a 70 ft narrowboat with care. There are no more locks upstream on the River Thames, with Lechlade normally considered to be the end of the navigable river, but there is a right of navigation as far as Cricklade, and small craft may be able to travel for a further three miles beyond Lechlade when there is plenty of water. The Thames Path follows the remaining towpath along the southern bank past Lechlade to Inglesham, extending as far as the connection with the now disused Thames and Severn Canal, one and a half miles upstream. See also Locks on the River Thames References
St John's Lodge, London

St John's Lodge is a Grade II* heritage-listed private residence located in Regent's Park, in the City of Westminster, London, England. Since 1994 it has been owned by the royal family of Brunei Darussalam and is the London home of Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei. St John's Lodge is located on the Inner Circle of Regent's Park, which until 1965 was in the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone and is now part of the City of Westminster. History St John's Lodge was the first villa to be built in Regent's Park in 1812 and was designed for Charles Augustus Tulk by architect John Raffield. The Royal Parks service described St John's Lodge and The Holme as the only two villas remaining from John Nash's original conception of Regent's Park, which would have included a royal palace. Other owners of the lodge have included Lord Wellesley, Sir Isaac Goldsmid, and John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute. The residence was occupied by the University of London's Institute of Archaeology from 1937 to 1959, and by the history and classics departments of Bedford College from 1959 to 1983. The adjoining gardens have been open to the public since 1928. St John's Lodge was bought in 1987 by the development company Messila House for £9 million who doubled it in size to 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) before being sold in 1994 to the royal family of Brunei Darussalam for £40 million, making it the most expensive private house in the UK. See also References Bibliography Stourton, James (2012). Great Houses of London. London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-3366-9. OCLC 814522913.
St John's Lodge

St John's Lodge est une résidence privée classée au patrimoine de catégorie II *, située à Regent's Park, dans la Cité de Westminster, à Londres, en Angleterre. Depuis 1994, il appartient à la famille royale du Brunei Darussalam et est la résidence londonienne du prince Jefri Bolkiah du Brunei. St John's Lodge est situé dans le cercle intérieur de Regent's Park, qui jusqu'en 1965 était situé dans le quartier métropolitain de St Marylebone et fait maintenant partie de la Cité de Westminster. Histoire Le St John's Lodge est la première villa construite à Regents Park en 1812 et a été conçue pour Charles Augustus Tulk par l'architecte John Raffield. Les services des parcs royaux décrivirent St John's Lodge et The Holme comme les deux seules villas de la conception originale de John Nash de Regents Park qui aurait comporté un palais royal. Lord Wellesley, Sir Isaac Goldsmid et John Crichton-Stuart, 3e marquis de Bute, sont également au nombre des autres propriétaires du pavillon. La résidence a été occupée par l'Institut d'archéologie de l'Université de Londres de 1937 à 1959 et par les départements d'histoire et de lettres classiques du Bedford College de 1959 à 1983. Les jardins adjacents sont ouverts au public depuis 1928 . St John's Lodge a été acheté en 1987 par la société de développement Messila House pour 9 millions de livres, qui a doublé sa superficie (pour atteindre 3 300 m2), avant d'être vendu en 1994 à la famille royale du Brunei Darussalam pour 40 millions de livres, ce qui en fait la maison privée la plus chère du Royaume-Uni. Articles connexes The Holme Références Bibliographie James Stourton, Great Houses of London, Londres, Frances Lincoln, 2012, 352 p., Hardback (ISBN 978-0-7112-3366-9, lire en ligne) Portail de Londres Portail du néo-classicisme Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
St John's Marlborough

St John's Marlborough (formerly St John's School and Community College) is a mixed secondary school with academy status in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, for students aged 11 to 18. The school opened in 1975 and is in the south of the town. As of November 2023 it has 1,728 pupils. History The school was formed in 1975 as a new comprehensive school, taking over the buildings and many of the staff of the recently closed Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School and the Marlborough Secondary Modern School on Chopping Knife Lane. The grammar school had been founded in 1550. The school's Savernake building was the former secondary modern school. In 1998 the school was awarded its first specialism in Technology and in 2005 its second in Languages. After the rebuilding of the school on a new site at Granham Hill, the buildings of two former schools were demolished in 2010. The school converted to academy status in September 2012. It is run by the Excalibur Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust which includes locally several primary schools and John O'Gaunt School, Hungerford. Buildings Having taken over the buildings of the former grammar and secondary modern schools, in its early years the school operated on two separate sites. Building work for a new school started in June 2008, at an estimated cost of £26.5 million. Footballer Stuart Pearce officiated a turf cutting ceremony at the site in May 2008. The new building was brought into use in late 2009 and was officially opened by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in 2010. The new building was designed by Re-Format, formerly Format Milton Architects. The single-site project had been many years in the planning due to delays obtaining planning permission for the development of the other site, and complaints from local residents. Notable alumni Aaron Hicklin – editor of Out magazine Lauren Child – children's author and illustrator Rhys Thornbury – skeleton athlete Phil Hammond – physician, journalist, broadcaster, comedian and commentator References External links Official website Excalibur Academies Trust
St John's Roman Catholic School, Essex

St John's RC School is a Roman Catholic special school located in Essex, England. The school is located south of Chigwell in the Epping Forest District of Essex, but is closer to Woodford Green in the London Borough of Redbridge. The school educates pupils aged 5 to 19 years old who have moderate to severe learning difficulties, including communication difficulties and autism. According to Ofsted the school has 99 students on roll. The school is not to be confused with either of the two other secondary schools in Essex also called St Johns: St John's School (an independent school), Billericay Epping St John's School, Epping References External links St John's RC School official website
St John's Rectory, Chester

St John's Rectory is at 3 Vicar's Lane, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History This was originally built in about 1750 as the rectory for St John's Church, which stands on the other side of Vicar's Lane. It continued to have this function until 1957. It was then used by the Grosvenor Club, following which it contains offices. Architecture The rectory is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and it has a grey slate roof. It stands on a painted stone plinth, and at the corners are rusticated quoins. It has three storeys and its front is symmetrical in five bays. Between the ground and first floors are stone bands. Above the top floor windows is a modillion cornice, and a coped brick parapet. The entrance door in the central bay has a Gibbs surround with a pulvinated frieze and a pediment. In the other bays on the ground floor and all the bays in the middle floor contain twelve-pane sash windows, and in the top floor the sash windows have nine panes. All the windows have rusticated wedge lintels with projecting keystones. Inside the building is a six-flight open-well staircase with three column-on-vase balusters on each step. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester References
St John's School and College

St John’s School and College is a mixed special school located in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. The school educates pupils ages 2 to 19 from all over the Borough of Bedford. History In October 2009, Bedford Borough Council launched a consultation on the future of special education provision in the borough. The consultation included options to move St John’s School to an educational campus in Biddenham. Another proposal involved merging St John's School with Grange School and Ridgeway School to create one special school for the whole of the Borough of Bedford. In January 2010, Bedford Borough Council confirmed its intention to move St John’s School in the next few years to a new campus on the site of Biddenham Upper School in Biddenham. However, 1 September 2011, the school officially gained academy status, meaning that Bedford Borough Council no longer have control over the school. The planned move of the school is not due to proceed. Academics The school is for pupils between the ages of 2 and 19 years of age, whose special educational needs fall predominantly within the category of Severe Learning Difficulties, although other physical or behavioural difficulties may also be present. St John’s School is currently organised into two departments: The Primary Department for pupils aged 2 – 11 The Secondary Department for pupils aged 11 – 19 Facilities for pupils at the school include an indoor heated hydrotherapy swimming pool which includes a jacuzzi, changing rooms, toilets and shower areas. There also is an interactive light and sound room and 2 'rumpus rooms' to provide pupils with additional sensory experiences. References External links St John’s School homepage
St John Bosco Arts College

St John Bosco Arts College is a Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school for girls in Croxteth, Liverpool. Admissions The school caters for girls between Year 7 to Year 11, which after this year, in Year 12 and 13, the school allows boys to enter into the sixth form. The school has a total of 1006 students, counting the sixth-formers, 35% of the girls between Year 7 to Year 11 receive free school meals. History Grammar school The school was a girls' grammar school, the Mary Help of Christians Convent, from the mid-1960s. The neighbouring boys' grammar school was the De la Salle Grammar School, which is now Dixons Croxteth Academy. Other girls' Catholic grammar schools in Liverpool were Convent of Mercy Girls High School, Notre Dame High School for Girls and La Sagesse Girls High School. Of the nine grammar schools that survived until the mid-1980s in Liverpool, most were Catholic due to their voluntary-aided status. Comprehensive The school became a catholic comprehensive in 1983. The Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco are also known as the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. It was known as the St John Bosco High School until September 2004 when it became an Arts College. In March 2013 the college became a National Teaching School. New build In September 2014 a new state of the art school was opened with a new grey and pink school uniform for all students. Academic performance The school gets excellent results at GCSE which were above the national average in 2014 with 100% 5 A-C grades at GCSE and 61% including English and Mathematics. Notable former pupils Mary Help of Christians R.C. High School Fiona Jones (nee Hamilton) (1957-2007) - Labour MP from 1997 to 2001 for Newark Shelagh Fogarty (b. 1966) - radio and television presenter, BBC Radio 5 Live Jane McGoldrick - television producer St John Bosco High School Coleen Rooney (b. 1986) - English television presenter, columnist and celebrity product endorser Lauren McQueen (b. 1996) - English Actress References External links School website Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco EduBase New Home for St John Bosco from Liverpool Echo
St John’s, Horsleydown

St John Horsleydown war eine anglikanische Kirche im Londoner Stadtteil Horsleydown in Bermondsey, gelegen an der heutigen Tower Bridge Road. Erbaut wurde die Kirche 1727 bis 1733, wie gleichzeitig auch St Luke’s, Old Street, gemeinschaftlich durch die Architekten John James und Nicholas Hawksmoor als letztes Bauwerk im Rahmen des 1711 vom britischen Parlament verabschiedeten Kirchenbauprogramms für Fünfzig Neue Kirchen. Die im Innern als Emporenhalle ausgebaute Kirche, die aus Kostengründen im Außenbau äußerst schlicht gehalten sein sollte, war als einfacher Baukubus mit vorspringenden Eckrisaliten für die Emporenzugänge erbaut, wobei lediglich die Hauptfenster der Langseiten mittels eines Palladiomotiv ausgezeichnet waren. Demgegenüber stellte ihr von Hawksmoor entworfener Turm, dessen Helm in Form einer sich verjüngenden ionischen Säule gestaltet ist, ein ungewöhnliches architektonisches wie städtebauliches Element dar. Die Kirche wurde während eines Luftangriffs am 20. September 1940 soweit zerstört, dass nur die Umfassungsmauern und der Turm aufrecht standen. Ein 1956 gefasster Plan zum Wiederaufbau wurde 1968 aufgegeben und die Kirche 1974 zugunsten eines Gebäudes der Londoner Stadtmission bis auf geringe Reste beseitigt. Literatur Kerry Downes: Hawksmoor. Thames & Hudson, London 1970, S. 190. ISBN 0-500-20096-3 Weblinks
St John Horsleydown

St John Horsleydown was the Anglican parish church of Horsleydown in Bermondsey, South London. Built for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James in 1726–1733, it was noted for its distinctive spire in the form of a tapering column. The church The church built between June 1727 and 1733 in Fair Street (beside the road now known as Tower Bridge Road, just south of the junction with Tooley Street), as one of the last churches built for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches. The new parish was created from part of that of Southwark St Olave. The design was by Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James, the two surveyors to the commission. In May 1727 they had been asked to draw up plans for a church costing, including its enclosure and parsonage, no more than £10,000, much less than Hawksmoor's previous churches. Like St Luke Old Street, the other collaboration between the two men, which was built at the same time, the main body of the church was simple in plan, with an aisled nave. The most distinctive feature of the church was its unusual spire, This was in the form of a tapering column, and was topped by a weather vane depicting a comet. The "silly but lovable spire" was considered a landmark of south London by Nikolaus Pevsner. He described the church as "a stately building, all stone faced, the W front severely bare, without a portico, the N side symmetrical with two outer slightly projecting bays and a central big Venetian window." The church had a peal of ten bells cast in 1783/4. War damage and reduction to chapel of ease Parts of the church remained in use after it was severely damaged by a bomb on 20 September 1940 during the Blitz. In 1952 only the west, north and east walls were standing. In 1947 the parish was merged with neighbouring St Olave's, (the church there having been demolished) so that the parish and church became known as Southwark, St Olave and St John. In 1956 there was a further amalgamation with the parish of St Magdalen Bermondsey, with the church becoming a chapel of ease in the new parish of Bermondsey St Mary Magdalen with St Olave and St John. In the same year a rebuilding scheme for the church was approved, but never carried out. The last baptism was held in the church in 1960. In 1964 a further amalgamation of parishes saw St Olave and St John's included in the parish of St Mary Magdalen with St Olave, St John and St Luke, Bermondsey. Closure and demolition In 1968 the church was closed, and the 1956 rebuilding scheme rescinded. The London City Mission bought the site from the Church Commissioners in 1974 for £37,811. Burials in the church's crypt were removed to Brookwood Cemetery and the Mission opened its Nasmith House there in 1975, though the church's plinth may still be seen from the churchyard (surviving up to 10 ft in places). The shell of the church serves as the backdrop for part of the promo film for Manfred Mann's 1969 single 'Ragamuffin Man'. Notes and references External links http://www.lcm.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?id=77802 History (LCM site) http://www.stmarysbermondsey.org.uk/History2.htm St Mary Magdalen site
St John Payne Catholic School

Saint John Payne Catholic School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided school in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Established in 1959, the school serves the mid Essex deanery in the Diocese of Brentwood. The school holds strong ties with the Catholic Church, while upholding a prevalent Catholic ethos within school life. School history Blessed John Payne Roman Catholic School was opened in 1959 in the original building now called the Bosco Building after St John Bosco. Later the school was expanded with the addition of a second building, now called the Merici building. It became known as St John Payne Roman Catholic School after Pope Paul VI canonized John Payne, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales on 25 October 1970. In 1977 the former Chelmsford Technical High School building was acquired by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood and this is now known as the Aquinas building. In 2018, the school's Sixth Form building was opened, and named after St Anne Line. It was officially opened by The Rt. Rev. Dr. Alan Williams in October 2018. These four buildings and the Sports Hall provide the teaching areas in the school which sit in 25 acres of grounds. The Columbus School and College are close neighbours and students from St John Payne often are involved with liaison and support activities. The current headteacher is Thomas Coen, who was appointed in 2018. The school's motto is Avita Pro Fide which means Zeal for the Faith. House system Upon admission to St John Payne, all pupils are assigned to one of six houses, each named after a religious order. Each house is led by two house captains. Augustinians Benedictines Carmelites Dominicans Franciscans Servites Students occasionally compete in their respective houses in inter-house sports competitions. Notable people Former student Sam Ryder (2000–2007), British singer who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 References External links St. John Payne's RC Schools official website
St John Zachary

St John Zachary (meaning "St John, son of Zechariah", i.e. John the Baptist) was a church, first mentioned in official records in 1181, within the City of London, England, on the north side of Gresham Street, Aldersgate. Its vicar from 25 May 1424 to an unknown date was William Byngham, the founder of England's first teacher training college. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt, with its parish being united with that of St Anne and St Agnes by section 55 of the Rebuilding of London Act 1670 (22 Cha. 2. c. 11) – an arrangement that lasted until the 20th century. Its site is now a garden, first made by the fire watchers in 1941. Partial records survive at IGI. Interment The church was the guild church of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, who were a powerful guild in the City of London with at least two mayors buried here, Sir Drugo Barentyn (died 1415) and Sir Nicholas Twyford (died 1390). In film The 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher, used the churchyard as a filming location. Notes
St John and All Saints' Church, Easingwold

St John and All Saints' Church is in the town of Easingwold. North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Easingwold, the archdeaconry of York, and the diocese of York. Its benefice is united with that of St Mary, Raskelf. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History The present church dates mainly from the 15th century, although it contains possible remains of older fabric and a re-set 12th-century doorway. In 1853 the church was restored, and a porch was added, by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley in memory of his father who had been the vicar of the church between 1812 and 1839. A further restoration was carried out in 1858 by the same architect. In April 1913 the daughter of the vicar Rev Halsall Segar, Maud, married Eric Scorer. His daughter had sons architect Sam Scorer and meteorologist Richard S. Scorer. Architecture Exterior The church is constructed in ashlar. The roof of the chancel is slate; the roofs elsewhere are covered in lead. The plan of the church consists of a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a three-bay chancel, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages, with angle buttresses and an embattled parapet. It originally had an open west porch, but this has been blocked and a door and a window have been inserted. The windows on the sides of the nave and chancel have two lights with panel tracery, and are flat-headed. The east window has three lights with Decorated tracery. The re-set 12th-century doorway is in the north wall of the nave. Interior Inside the church the arcades are supported by octagonal piers. The church contains a monument dated 1713 with Ionic pilasters, a broken pediment and a hatchment. The two-manual organ was made in 1903 by Abbott and Smith of Leeds, and was restored in 1990 by Principal Pipe Organs. There is a ring of eight bells. The oldest and heaviest five bells date from 1788 and were cast by Robert Dalton, one bell dates from 1887 and is by John Warner & Sons, and the latest and lightest two bells were cast in 1950 by Gillett & Johnston. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Easingwold List of works by Sharpe and Paley References Citations Sources