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St Mary's Old Church, St Mary's

St Mary's Old Church, St Mary's is a parish church in the Church of England located in Old Town on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, United Kingdom. History The Anglican church of St Mary was built at Old Town, Isles of Scilly during the 12th century, perhaps around 1130. Re-building was carried out between 1660 and 1667 including the addition of the south aisle, and a west end gallery for soldiers from the Garrison. Further improvements were made in 1743 when the east end was rebuilt. By the nineteenth century, it was derelict and under the orders of Augustus Smith, Lord Proprietor of the Islands, it was restored and re-opened on 17 November 1890. Churchyard The churchyard of Old Town church serves as the principal cemetery for the island of St Mary's. Over the centuries countless members of the old Scilly families have been buried here, as have been the crews of numerous ships lost near the Isles. Among them are Sir John Narborough and his brother James, the sons of Rear Admiral Sir John Narborough, who both died in the sinking of HMS Association in 1707. Also buried here is Ann Cargill (1760–1784), an 18th-century opera diva and celebrated beauty of her time. She died when her ship sank off the Western Rocks and was first buried on Rosevear, before eventually being interred at Old Town Church. Harold Wilson, Lord Wilson of Rievaulx KG OBE FRS PC, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976, is buried in the churchyard. Wilson had begun holidaying in the Scillies in the 1950s, building Lowenva a holiday home for his family, and spent much of his retirement on the island. The ashes of his wife, Mary, were interred in the grave in 2018. The churchyard has been enlarged and redesigned several times. Today it is divided into several sections with the oldest surrounding the church itself. This part of the cemetery features a monument to Augustus Smith (1804–1872) as well as mass graves of passengers drowned in the sinking of SS Schiller (1875). During the 19th century, terraces were cut into the hillside to make room for more burials. The churchyard contains the grave of MP Ray Gunter (1909–1977), Minister of Labour under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The grave of Lieutenant Roy Graham (1924–2007), who led the 1967 naval diving expedition that discovered the wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's flagship HMS Association, can be found in one of the newer sections of the cemetery. Parish structure St Mary's Old Church is within the United Benefice of the Isles of Scilly parishes, comprising All Saints' Church, Bryher St Agnes' Church, St Agnes St Martin's Church, St Martin's St Mary's Church, St Mary's St Nicholas's Church, Tresco Sources Nikolaus Pevsner (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. (The Buildings of England). Penguin; p. 209 References
St Mary's Perivale

St Mary's is a 12th- or 13th-century English re-used church building in the London suburb of Perivale. During its religious lifetime, it was dedicated to St Mary, and was the smallest of Anglican churches in the dissolved county of Middlesex, excluding the City of London. It became separated from almost all of its parish's population by the development and heavy traffic on the A40 trunk road, and in 1972, the parish was dissolved and church disbanded. It was adopted by a charitable organisation formed from the local community, the Friends of St Mary, and functions as an arts centre, holding local exhibitions and performances of classical music. The church is built of rag-stone and flint. Its tower is clad in white weatherboarding. It contains a chime of three bells, all cast in 1949 as a World War II memorial for the war dead of the community and small parish as a whole. The church was Grade I listed in 1950. See also Elthorne Hundred: its parishes map showing the extent of Perivale before it was redistributed among similar old and more modern parishes. References External links Web site for the church
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Clapham

St Mary's Church, Clapham, officially Our Immaculate Lady of Victories, is a Grade II*-listed Roman Catholic church on Clapham Park Road in Clapham, South London, England run by the London province of the Redemptorist Congregation within the Archdiocese of Southwark. The church is located on the corner of Clapham Common, near Clapham Common tube station. The current Bishop of Hallam, Ralph Heskett, was parish priest at St Mary's between 1999 and 2008. The current parish priest of St Mary's is Fr Caspar Mukabva CSsR. Church building Founded by Bishop (later Cardinal) Nicholas Wiseman, the foundation stone of the current church of St Mary's was laid in 1849. Designed in a Gothic Revival style by William Wardell, with fittings by John Francis Bentley, the building was completed during 1851 and blessed by Cardinal Wiseman on 14 May 1851. On 8 February 1979 the church was listed on the National Heritage List for England. The church is joined to the adjacent Redemptorist monastery which is also a grade II* listed building. See also St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School References External links Media related to St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Clapham at Wikimedia Commons Official website of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Clapham Official website of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clapham Official website of Archdiocese of Southwark
St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Lugwardine

St. Mary's Roman Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school in the village of Lugwardine in Herefordshire, England which takes children of ages 11 to 16, ranked by Ofsted as Herefordshire's best state school based on GCSE results from the last 10 years. It is also a centre of excellence for English and the arts, having won the national student debating championship many times in recent years. The current headteacher is Mr. Wetson. In 2011 the school celebrated its 150th anniversary. Celebrations started on the week commencing 27 June, culminating in a major outdoor Mass attended by its three Roman Catholic feeder schools in Herefordshire (St Joseph's RC Primary School in Ross-on-Wye, Our Lady's Catholic Primary School and St Francis Xavier's RC Primary School in Hereford) on 2 July with additional public events. In 2021 the school was at the centre of controversy surrounding the teaching of sex and relationship education. On 20 April 2021, the school was inspected by Ofsted because Her Majesty's Chief Inspector "was concerned about pupils' personal development, and the effectiveness of leadership and management (including governance) at the school". The inspection was conducted due to "concerns that the school's current RSE programme encourages misogynistic and discriminatory attitudes". The formal inspection report letter of 14 May 2021 highlighted further priorities for improvement. References
St Mary's School, Cambridge

St Mary's School, Cambridge, England, is a private school run in the Catholic tradition, offering day and boarding provision for girls aged three to eighteen. The school occupies three sites within walking distance of each other, and Cambridge city centre, close to the University Botanic Gardens, with sports facilities a short distance away on Long Road and a Boathouse for rowing on the River Cam. History St Mary's School, Cambridge, was founded 1898 by the Sisters of Mary Ward and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who had also founded a school of the same name in Ascot, Berkshire 13 years earlier. The sisters started out with two day girls and two day boarders. In 1904 the swelling numbers necessitated a change of venue and 'The Elms' on Bateman Street was purchased for £6,000. The house had a tradition that was very much in keeping with Mary Ward's vision. It had previously belonged to Benjamin Hall Kennedy, former Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University. As the school continued to grow, other premises were added. Paston House was purchased in 1909. The Junior School was part of St Mary's School, Cambridge, until it closed in 1987, when it reopened as St Catherine's Prep School and was governed by a group of parents who became the board of directors. In 2007 St Catherine's became St Mary's School, Cambridge's junior section. Both schools are governed by a single board. Houses The school has four houses: Boarding The school offers a full, weekly or flexi boarding programme for years 5 to upper sixth (ages 9 to 18). Approximately 20% of senior school pupils board. In 2016 the school purchased a new dedicated boarding house on Brooklands Avenue, Mary Ward House, to replace the two buildings previously used: Bateman House for sixth formers and 'The Elms' for girls from years 7–11. Alumnae Former pupils are known as Pastonians, named after Paston House. Emerald O'Hanrahan, actress Maisie Ward, writer and publisher References External links School Website Profile on the ISC website 2010 ISI Inspection Report (Senior School) Ofsted Social Care Inspection Reports ISI Inspection Reports
St Mary's School, Eccleston

St Mary's School is on the west side of Eaton Road in the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is still in use today, now known as Eccleston C-of-E Primary School. History The school was built in 1878 for the 1st Duke of Westminster and designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. It continues to be in use as a Church of England primary school. Architecture The architectural style is described by Douglas' biographer, Edward Hubbard, as being Gothic, although in the citation in The National Heritage List for England it is described as being as Tudor. It is constructed in red sandstone with a red tile roof and its plan is a 'T'-shape. The school is attached to the former schoolmaster's house, also designed by Douglas, and also a Grade II* listed building. Attached to the other end of the school is an octagonal turret with a belfry and a steeple. The gables have stone coping and shaped finials. At the apex of the front gable is a niche containing the statue of a figure wearing a crown, teaching a child. The windows are mullioned; some of them are arched, while others are straight-headed. There are two arched doorways; the doors have elaborate wrought iron hinges. Critique Douglas designed schools for other estate villages, including Aldford, Dodleston and Waverton. Like Eccleston School, Waverton School is built in close proximity to the schoolmaster's house. In each case the buildings are contrasted, the house being partly half-timbered while the school is constructed entirely in stone. Hubbard considers that these two schools "are outstanding among Douglas' village schools, and though both are attractive, Eccleston is the more delightful of the two". Similarly the authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that Eccleston is the best of Douglas' estate schools. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester Listed buildings in Eccleston, Cheshire List of non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas References
St Mary's and All Saints Church, Boxley

St Mary's and All Saints is a parish church in Boxley, Kent begun in the 13th century and with additions in the 14th and 15th centuries. The church was restored in the 1870s. It is a Grade I listed building. Building Structure The church is constructed with uncoursed local rag-stone and flint walls and plain tiled roofs. The nave is flanked by aisles on each side and the chancel has a vestry on the south side. The tower at the west end of the nave has a narthex on its west side, being the remains of an earlier church. The tower is formed in three stages with buttressed corners and a battlemented parapet. A stair turret is attached to the north-east corner and belfry windows are located on the top floor on each side. The narthex has a half-hipped roof with a restored three-lighted perpendicular gothic window set left of centre on the west face above the entrance door. Smaller two-lighted windows are positioned at low level in the north and south walls. The north and south aisles feature variously sized and detailed two-lighted decorated gothic windows on their flank and end walls. The centre bay of the south aisle is occupied by the south porch. The windows in the chancel and the vestry on its south side are 19th-century. Interior The interior of the narthex features remains of Norman arcading and a common rafter roof. The doorways through the east and west walls of the tower are perpendicular with the one on the west having carvings of a bishop and a king in the moulding over. The north and south sides of the nave are divided from the aisles on each side with early 13th-century arcades of three bays on short circular piers. The chancel arch is early perpendicular. The roofs of the nave is early 15th-century with moulded crown post trusses. The scissor braced roofs to the aisles are 13th-century. The chancel roof is thought to be 19th-century. The east ends of each aisle contain a piscina. The font is 19th-century on an early 15th-century base. Bells There is a ring of six bells (tenor 10 long cwt 3 qr 10 lb; 1,214 lb or 551 kg in F sharp) hung in the English style for full circle ringing. Notable people James Craigie Robertson was curate here in the 1840s before he went on to be religious historian and a canon at Canterbury Cathedral. His daughter Emily Innes was born here in 1846. Memorials and monuments The church contains memorials to Sir Henry Wiat of Allington Castle (d. 1537, erected 1702), Richard Tomynn (d. 1576), George and Elizabeth Charlton (d. 1707 and d. 1750), Hannah Champneys (d. 1748), William Champneys (d. 1760) and Frances Champneys (d. 1800). The lychgate constructed in 1875 is listed separately as a Grade II listed structure. The churchyard contains a large number of Grade II listed monuments and headstones. See also Boxley Abbey Boxley Abbey Barn Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone References
St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam

St Mary's and St Michael's Church is in the village of Burleydam in the civil parish of Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Cheshire, England. The church is some 1.5 miles (2 km) to the southeast of Combermere Abbey. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is combined with those of St Michael, Baddiley, and St Margaret, Wrenbury. History The church was built in 1769 at the expense of the Cottons of Combermere Abbey. This church was cruciform in shape and in 1886 two further transepts, a chancel, a new west wall, a northwestern porch and a bellcote were added. The church was noted by Dr Johnson on his visit to Combermere on 24 July 1774. He describes the church as "neat and plain" with "handsome" communion plate. Architecture Exterior The church is built in brick with a slate roof. The west aspect has pilaster buttresses on each side on top of which are conical caps and ball finials. In the centre are three arched windows above which is a stone cornice and a gable containing a circular clock face with a stone surround. At the apex of the gable is a cross. At the date of listing, there was a timber bellcote on the ridge behind the cross, with a lead roof and a weather-cock on the summit; the bellcote became unsafe and was removed in 1992. The north aspect has a porch to the right with a round arch to the door above which is a carving of Saint George slaying the dragon. To the left are the transept and chancel with arched windows. The south aspect is similar but without a porch. The east aspect has a triple round-headed window and pilaster buttresses similar to those on the west aspect. Interior In the church is a monument to Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere who died in 1865. It consists of a bust under a Gothic arch. The stained glass in the east window is by Kempe and is dated 1908. The two-manual organ was built by Peter Conacher of Huddersfield. The gates and railings of the church were relocated from the former personal chapel of the Salusbury Family at Lleweni Hall after Stapleton Cotton inherited the estate following the passing of his ultimate heir, Sir John Salusbury, father of Hester Piozzi in 1769. External features The cast iron railings, piers and gates at the entry to the churchyard date from the early 18th century are listed Grade II. They were brought from Llewenny and were also noted by Dr Johnson, who describes them as "of great elegance." See also Listed buildings in Dodcott cum Wilkesley References
St Mary’s Church (Hadleigh)

Die Saint Mary’s Church ist eine Pfarrkirche (Parish Church) der Church of England in der Kleinstadt Hadleigh in der Grafschaft (county) Suffolk im Osten Englands. Sie untersteht dem Patrozinium der Gottesmutter Maria. Der als Grade-I-Baudenkmal eingestufte Kirchenbau gehört zum Major Churches Network. Die Kirche wurde um das Jahr 1750 von Thomas Gainsborough gemalt. Lage Die Kleinstadt Hadleigh liegt etwa 125 km (Fahrtstrecke) nordöstlich von London bzw. 15 km westlich der Großstadt Ipswich in einer Höhe von 21 m. Die Kirche liegt – umgeben von einem alten Friedhof – inmitten des Ortes. Geschichte Die Kirche entstand im 13./14. Jahrhundert, wurde aber bereits im 15. Jahrhundert mit neuen Fenstern im Stil der Zeit (Perpendicular Style) versehen. Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts geschah eine umfassende Restaurierung. Architektur Die – mit Ausnahme der Fenster- und Portallaibungen sowie der Innenraumgestaltung – zur Gänze aus von der Küste herbeigeschafften unbehauenen Feuersteinknollen in Sichtbauweise errichtete Kirche ist dreischiffig und basilikal angelegt; auf ein Querhaus wurde verzichtet. Der Chorschluss ist flach, wie auch die Holzdecken der drei Schiffe. Die Kirchturmspitze ist die einzig größere in ganz England mit einer bleibedeckten Zimmermannskonstruktion. Ausstattung Ein spätmittelalterliches Taufbecken mit Ausbesserungen des späten 19. Jahrhunderts ist erhalten. Die Fensterverglasung stammt aus dem 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Sonstiges Neben der Westfassade steht ein im 19. Jahrhundert im Tudorstil erbautes Torhaus, in dem sich auch die Wohnung des Dekans befand. Literatur Roy Tricker: St Mary’s Church Hadleigh. Its History and Treasures. Official Church Guidebook 2011 Weblinks Saint Mary’s Church, Hadleigh – Fotos + Infos (englisch) Einzelnachweise
St Mary's Church, Hadleigh

St Mary's is an Anglican church in Hadleigh, Suffolk. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and the archdeaconry of Ipswich. Its earliest parts date from medieval times; it is a Grade I listed building. History and architecture The church has a late 13th-century or early 14th-century tower and 14th-century aisles. The church was almost wholly reworked in the 15th century, when the arcades were rebuilt, and the clerestory, south porch and northeast vestry added. At this time also the whole building, except for the tower, was re-fenestrated. In the 19th century and early 20th century the church was extensively restored. The church is constructed of flint rubble with stone dressings and has leaded roofs and spire. It has an aisled nave and chancel, a western tower, a two-storey south porch and a north vestry. On 26 April 1950 the church was designated a Grade I listed building. Its listing by Historic England records the principal reasons for designation as its size, the quality of its late-medieval architecture and its interior. It has been described as "a stunning wool church". In the first half of the 15th century, the wealth of the town arose from wool cloth and the church was one of the first wool churches to be rebuilt in that period. Setting St Mary's churchyard is the site of the town's "most spectacular buildings". The church sits roughly at the centre, and the boundary is delineated by Church Walk. Directly opposite the church's west end stands Deanery Tower. Contemporaneous with the reconstruction of the church, the tower dates from the late 15th century and was built by William Pykenham, Archdeacon of Suffolk and rector at Hadleigh. Pykenham intended the tower as a self-sufficient gatehouse to the parsonage which stood closer to the river. It is constructed in red brick. James Bettley and Nikolaus Pevsner, in their Suffolk: West volume in the Buildings of England series, draw parallels with the gatehouse at Oxburgh Hall. Deanery Tower is a Grade I listed building. The Guildhall or Market Hall stands to the south of the church, across from the graveyard. A timber-framed building of two and three storeys, it dates from the middle of the 15th century. It also has a Grade I listing. The Deanery abuts Deanery Tower and dates from the early 19th century, although the style is Tudor in emulation of the tower. It is a Grade II* listed building. Gallery Footnotes References Sources Bettley, James; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2015). Suffolk: West. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-19655-9. Tracy, Charles (2007). "Master William Pykenham, LL.D (c. 1425-97) Scholar, Churchman, Lawyer and Gatehouse Builder" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. XLI Part 3. Further reading Mortlock, D. M, (2009), The Guide to Suffolk Churches, pp. 217–21 External links Church website
St Mary, Woodbridge Road

St Mary's, often called St Mary Woodbridge Road, is a Catholic church in Ipswich which has the largest congregation in the town and the second largest congregation in Suffolk. Its parish hall is the site of the first post reformation Catholic church in Ipswich, St Antony. It is part of the Diocese of East Anglia. History St Mary's was founded by a French priest, Abbé Louis Pierre Simon, when he escaped from the threat of the French Revolution and settled in Ipswich to teach. He was offered lodgings by a Catholic woman, Miss Margaret Wood, who later became his friend. Due to the prevalence of the revolution, Catholics found it hard to profess their faith in public at the time. Père Simon was able to gather the local Catholics into one community through his faithful pastoral work. When the French wars were over, Père Simon decided to devote his life to working for the community in Ipswich. He bought a house in Albion Hill (now known as Woodbridge Road), which is presently used as a convent for nuns. Despite objections from the townspeople, Père Simon was able to add a small chapel dedicated to St Anthony. The chapel was consecrated on 1 August 1827 by the Vicar Apostolic Dr Thomas Walsh, and was attended by a number of individuals. It was soon found to be small, so the structure was enlarged to the northern and southern area, opening directly to Woodbridge Road. The new nave is 76 feet long. Dr. Walsh blessed the extended chapel on 10 October 1838, which was dedicated to Mary. Père Simon and Margaret Wood are both remembered by their plaques in the parish hall, which was the church they founded. References