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Notre Dame de France

Notre Dame de France is a French Catholic church in London's West End. It is located on Leicester Place just north of Leicester Square. History The origins of the church date back to the mid 1800s, however, the building itself is older. In 1861, Cardinal Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster, asked the Marist Fathers to establish a mission to support the large French community in the area, and placed Father Charles Faure in charge of the project. On 25 March 1865, Father Faure purchased a circular building off Leicester Square. It was known as Burford's Panorama and was an early form of visual entertainment in the West End, built as a tourist attraction in the early 1800s. Faure employed the services of French architect Louis-Auguste Boileau, an early promoter of cast iron architecture, to transform this building into a church. He retained the rotunda, hence the circular shape of the present building. Upon consecration in 1868, it was the first cast-iron church built in London. Second World War During the Battle of Britain in 1940, the church was badly damaged by bombing. The following year, it re-opened after extensive structural repairs overseen by Father Laurent. However, it still needed much work, and it was not until 1948 that repairs were completed under the supervision of the new Superior, Father Deguerry and with the support of French Ambassador Jean Chauvel, the French cultural attaché René Varin and the British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden. René Varin encouraged the creation of a sacred space that would honour France. In the period between 1953 and 1960, he approached eminent artists of the time to work on the decoration of the rebuilt church. The architect for the rebuilding of the church in 1953-55 was Hector Corfiato. Artwork Over the entrance is a bas relief carving of Our Lady of Mercy (1953) by Georges-Laurent Saupique. The tapestry behind the main altar is by Dom Robert, a Benedictine monk of the En-Calcat Abbey, on the theme of Paradise on earth, with references to the Creation and to Wisdom, the New Eve. The quotation is from the book of Proverbs. The Lady Chapel contains murals by Jean Cocteau (1960) depicting the Annunciation, Crucifixion and Assumption. The murals were restored in 2012. The wooden board that was painted by Cocteau was removed to reveal the mosaic of the Nativity (1954) by Boris Anrep on the altar; the Cocteau painting remains on display on an adjacent wall. There is a modern altarpiece showing 'The Flight of Holy Family into Egypt' by Timur D'Vatz (2016). Pipe organ The organ was built by August Gern in 1868. It was enlarged in 1938 by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd, dismantled during the 1940 blitz of London and rebuilt in 1955 by J.W. Walker & Sons. It was renovated in 1986 and modernised and refurbished by B.C. Shepherd & Son in 2010. Pastoral services The modern church provides pastoral services to the growing French community in London, and has developed a series of charitable and evangelizing initiatives with other local Catholic churches of the West End. See also French migration to the United Kingdom References
Église Notre-Dame-de-France

L’église Notre-Dame-de-France est une église catholique située à Londres, dans le quartier de Soho, proche de Leicester Square. Description Le bâtiment a la forme d'une rotonde, réalisée en fer par Louis-Auguste Boileau. C'est la première église de Londres faite de ce matériau. René Varin a fait appel pour la décoration à Jean Cocteau, qui y a réalisé une fresque dans la chapelle de la Vierge, entre le 3 et le 11 novembre 1959. Elle se compose de trois panneaux : L’Annonciation, La Crucifixion et L’Assomption. L'autel est décoré d'une mosaïque de Boris Anrep représentant la Nativité (1954). On y trouve aussi une statue de la Vierge, œuvre de Georges Saupique. Dans le chœur, au-dessus du maître-autel, se trouve une tapisserie d'Aubusson Notre-Dame de la Création, d'après le carton de Dom Robert, moine de l'abbaye d'En-Calcat. Historique Le cardinal Wiseman, archevêque de Westminster, choisit en 1861 les maristes pour fonder un centre religieux pour les Français de Londres. Le père Charles Faure achète en 1865 un bâtiment circulaire sur Leicester Square, le “Panorama” de Burford, attraction touristique depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle. L'église est inaugurée le 11 juin 1868. Deux bombes tombent sur l’église pendant la Bataille d’Angleterre. Elle est rouverte au culte en novembre 1941. L'église est reconstruite en 1953 par Hector Corfiato, et la première pierre, qui provient de la cathédrale de Chartres, posée par Maurice Schumann. Elle est inaugurée en 1955 par le cardinal Feltin. En 2015, l’église gère une des plus importantes aumôneries des Français à l’étranger. Notes et références Articles connexes Église protestante française de Londres Liens externes Sites officiels : www.ndfchurch.org/en et parish.rcdow.org.uk/frenchchurch Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail du catholicisme Portail de l’architecture chrétienne Portail de Londres Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
The Tea Clipper

The Tea Clipper was a Grade II listed public house at 19 Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW7. It was formerly called The Talbot and was built in the early/mid-19th century. The pub closed in 2014. In May 2012 the owner, Aldenberg Investments Ltd, had planning permission to turn it into a house refused by the City of Westminster. References
Chronicle Tower

The Chronicle Tower (aka Lexicon Tower) is a 36-storey 115m tall residential building in City Road, London, on the west side of the City Road Basin, part of the Regent's Canal. The closest underground station is Angel. The building includes 146 apartments and is close to the "Square Mile" (London financial city) and "Silicon Roundabout". The architects were Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Gallery References
New Cross Gate Depot

New Cross Gate Depot is a railway depot in New Cross, South East London. The depot is situated on the London Overground East London Line and is to the north of New Cross Gate station beside the Brighton Main Line. It replaced the smaller New Cross Depot that serviced the predecessor London Underground line. As of 2017, the depot's allocation consists of London Overground Class 378 EMUs. History London Underground East London Line Light maintenance and stabling took place at the smaller New Cross depot alongside the South Eastern Main Line on the New Cross branch of the East London line, with heavier work done at Neasden Depot on the Metropolitan line. Between 1985 and 1987, D78 stock operated the line before being replaced by A60 and A62 stock. This depot closed when the line was transferred from London Underground, and was subsequently demolished. 2009/10: Construction The current depot was constructed in 2009 to stable British Rail Class 378 stock for the new London Overground service. Unlike the LUL East London Line New Cross depot, this depot was constructed north of New Cross Gate and beside the Brighton Main Line. 2014/5: Capitalstar 378 conversion to five car units To cope with increased demand, the class 378 units which operate on the line were extended from four to five cars, requiring the depot to be extended by 20 metres (66 ft). References Sources Smith, Paul; Stuart, Philip (2010). Railway Depots. Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 9780711034822. OCLC 528397749. Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 9780947773076. OCLC 20420397.
Our Lady of the Angels, Nuneaton

The Roman Catholic Parish of Our Lady of the Angels is located in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. The parish is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham and a part of the Rugby Deanery. The current Parish Priest is Fr. Jimmy Lutwama. Working alongside the diocesan clergy are a group of Presentation Sisters. It is one of two parishes serving the town, the other being St. Anne's. Originally, it was the Parish Church for the whole of the town, until 1948 when the aforementioned Parish of St. Anne's was created out of it. Today the Parish of Our Lady of the Angels covers Nuneaton town centre and the surrounding areas of Caldecote, Weddington, St. Nicolas Park, Horeston Grange, Whitestone, Attleborough, Chilvers Coton and Stockingford. History St. Mary's Following the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, the culmination of Catholic emancipation in Great Britain, there were various missions to the Catholic population in the country; including the Nuneaton area. Whilst Mass would have been said first at Leather Mill Farm, Caldecote, then at a cottage in Bond Street, a permanent church was required for the burgeoning Catholic population. In 1837, a parcel of land was purchased in Coton Road, where the new church was to be built. St. Mary's was opened in 1838 (a year after the foundation stone was laid). The laity was first served by the Dominicans (until 1880) and then the Capuchin Fathers (until 1889). Our Lady of the Angels 1889 was another key moment in the history of the parish. After nine years, the Capuchin Fathers moved to Olton Friary, Solihull. At this point, the church came fully under the control of the then Diocese of Birmingham (it was not elevated to an Archdiocese until 1911) and the diocesan clergy. Concurrently, the name of the church was changed to Our Lady of the Angels. Parish Changes In 1949, the geographical size of the parish was altered, when St. Anne's Parish church was built, as a result of the growing Catholic population in the town. 1960, a new "Mass centre", St. Bernadette's was built in Stockingford (again to address the growing Catholic population in Nuneaton). However, 1994 saw a "change in circumstance" (including a reduction of the number of priests serving the parish) sadly saw this popular church close, with Mass provision reverting to the 'mother church' of the parish (ie. Our Lady's). Schools within the parish Our Lady and Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy (Primary) St Thomas More Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Nuneaton (Secondary & post 16 Both schools are a part of the Holy Spirit Catholic Multi Academy References External links Parish History Rugby Deanery Archived 24 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine Archdiocese of Birmingham Archdiocesan Parish Directory
Thorley Wash nature reserve

Thorley Wash or Thorley Flood Pound is a 17.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Thorley, south of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire. It was formerly a flood pound for the Stort Navigation, which was decommissioned in 2004 and converted to a more natural state. It was purchased by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust from the Environment Agency in 2011. Habitats include tall wash grassland, which is now rare, marsh and waterlogged grassland. It has a wide variety of plant species, including reed sweet-grass and meadowsweet. There are flowers such as fen bedstraw and early marsh orchid. Breeding birds include snipe and water rails. The site also has the endangered Desmoulin's whorl snail, which is in the Red Date Book, together with diverse dragonflies, damselflies, birds, bats, small mammals and reptiles. There are five wooden sculptures by Daniel Cordell, commissioned by the Wildlife Trust in 2012. The Stort Navigation forms the boundary between Hertfordshire and Essex, and the site is on the Hertfordshire bank, but access is by a bridge from the towpath on the eastern Essex side. Access is restricted to footpaths due to the dangerous deep silt on the site. References
St George's Church, Ticknall

St George's Church, Ticknall is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ticknall, Derbyshire. History The church was built in 1842 by the architect Henry Isaac Stevens to replace the old church dedicated to St Thomas Becket. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Hereford Rt Revd Thomas Musgrave on 6 October 1842. Parish status The church is in a joint parish with: St Michael with St Mary's Church, Melbourne St James' Church, Smisby St Michael's Church, Stanton by Bridge Organ The church contains a pipe organ by J.W. Walker dating from 1869. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. See also Listed buildings in Ticknall References
All Saints' Church, Ripley, Derbyshire

All Saints’ Church, Ripley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ripley, Derbyshire. History The church dates from 1821. It was built by the Butterley Company. The baptistry was added in 1921 and it was restored in 1951. Organ The church contains an organ by Robert Postill of York dating from 1846. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Organists Leslie B. Taylor Fred Morley 1927 - 1933 (formerly organist of St Luke's Church, Derby and afterwards organist of St Andrew's Church, Derby) Cyril M. Arthur 1933 - ???? See also Listed buildings in Ripley, Derbyshire References
Tottenham Cemetery

Tottenham Cemetery is a large burial ground in Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey, in north London, England. It was opened in 1858 by the Tottenham Burial Board to replace the churchyard of All Hallows' Church, Tottenham which had closed the previous year. The original five-acre site was not entirely consecrated, with two acres designated for non-Church of England burials. Chapels The cemetery contains two original chapels, one built for Anglican services and one for other denominations. The buildings were designed by the architect George Pritchett in an early Gothic style. They were constructed primarily of Kentish ragstone, but include Bath stone dressings. War graves The cemetery contains the Commonwealth war graves of 293 service personnel of World War I, most of whom are buried in a war graves plot on the western side of the cemetery, backed by a screen wall listing those buried in the plot and elsewhere in the cemetery whose graves could not be individually marked. Most of the 212 war graves from World War II are scattered in the cemetery but 30 of them lie in a small plot facing the World War I plot. Those whose graves could not be individually marked are listed on supplementary panels on the screen wall. Notable burials Robert Brett (1808–1874), an English surgeon and writer of devotional books, involved with the tractarian movement. John Eliot Howard (1807–1883), an English chemist of the nineteenth century, who conducted pioneering work with the development of quinine William Butterfield (1814–1900), a Gothic Revival architect (tomb now a listed monument) Thomas Bidgood (1858–1925), an English conductor, composer and arranger (buried in an unmarked grave) Alfred Edward Durrant VC ISM (1864–1933), an English recipient of the Victoria Cross Edward Henry "Ted" Willis, Baron Willis (1914–1992), a British playwright, novelist and screenwriter who was also politically active in support of the Labour Party Bernie Grant (1944–2000) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Tottenham, London, from 1987 to his death in 2000. Sources Fred Fisk The History of the Ancient Parish of Tottenham in the County of Middlesex, from early Druidical times, B.C. to A.D. 1923 (Tottenham, 1923), pp. 145–6, 340 Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, London Cemeteries: an Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer, 4th edition (The History Press, 2008) References External links Aerial view from 1935, from the English Heritage "Britain from Above" archive
Cmentarz Tottenham

Cmentarz Tottenham (ang. Tottenham Cemetery) – cmentarz zlokalizowany w Tottenham, w londyńskiej dzielnicy Haringey, w północnym Londynie. Historia Obiekt o powierzchni pięciu akrów został zbudowany na osuszonym terenie i otwarty w 1858 przez Radę Pogrzebową w Tottenham, aby zastąpić cmentarz kościoła Wszystkich Świętych w Tottenham, który został zamknięty w 1857. W grudniu 1857 poświęcono teren dla pochówków anglikańskich. Dwa akry (nie poświęcone) przeznaczono na pochówki osób zmarłych spoza Kościoła Anglikańskiego. Na cmentarzu znajdują się dwie kaplice. Jedna została zbudowana dla nabożeństw anglikańskich, a druga dla innych wyznań. Budynki zostały zaprojektowane przez architekta George'a Pritchetta w stylu neogotyckim. W 1876 zbudowano chatę ogrodnika, a cmentarz rozbudowano na wschód. Cmentarz został ponownie przedłużony na wschód i południowy zachód w latach 1881-1887 oraz na północ po 1913. Znajduje się tu staw z dwiema wyspami obsadzony wiśniowymi drzewami, który tworzy centralny punkt Ogrodu Pokoju. Część południowo-zachodnią otwarto w 1883 i połączono ze wschodnią częścią tunelem o kamiennym wykończeniu pod ulicą. W 1922 zbudowano pomnik wojenny według projektu sir Reginalda Blomfielda. Obiekty Cennym zabytkiem jest grób architekta Williama Butterfielda (1814–1900), zaprojektowany przez niego samego. Na cmentarzu znajdują się groby wojenne Wspólnoty Narodów: bezimienne i 293 imienne z I wojny światowej, z których większość stoi po zachodniej stronie cmentarza. Większość z 212 grobów wojennych z II wojny światowej jest rozproszonych po całym terenie, ale trzydzieści z nich położonych jest na małej działce naprzeciwko kwatery z I wojny światowej. Osoby, których groby nie mogły być indywidualnie oznaczone, są wymienione na dodatkowych tablicach umieszczonych na specjalnej ścianie. Na cmentarzu rośnie wiele starych drzew, w tym cedr z XIX wieku, dąb, drzewa iglaste i cisy. W części południowo-zachodniej rosną m.in. lipy. Przez cmentarz przepływa potok Mozela. Osoby pochowane Na cmentarzu pochowani są m.in.: Robert Brett, chirurg, John Eliot Howard, chemik, który prowadził pionierskie prace nad rozwojem chininy, William Butterfield, architekt, Thomas Bidgood, dyrygent i kompozytor, Alfred Edward Durrant, żołnierz. Otoczenie Z cmentarzem sąsiaduje Bruce Castle Park. Na wschód od nekropolii znajduje się stacja kolejowa White Hart Lane. Galeria Przypisy
St Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Bromley

St Mary the Virgin is a Gothic church in South London, built in the 12th century but with notable Gothic Revival modifications and additions in the mid-Victorian period to the designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott and his son John Oldrid Scott. It is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. In its present form, this church is a hall church with an aisled nave of three vessels of similar heights under three parallel roofs Location The Church is located in what is known as ‘Old Hayes’, a suburb of Bromley. The arrival of the railway from Charing Cross in the 1860s divided the village in two, the church being where historically the Village was first founded. History The church was established more than eight hundred years ago and underwent considerable alterations in the Victorian era. The north aisle was added in 1856 and the tower modified in 1861, with the south aisle and Organ transept following in 1879. The expansions were overseen and carried out by George Gilbert Scott and his son John Oldrid Scott and remained faithful to the barn-style architecture of the medieval period. Arches from the 13th century are still found along the north and south walls. It was during this time much of the medieval furnishings were removed, however the 15th century timber roof beams and a small lancet window in the west end of the nave survived. In 2005 a meeting room was erected to the rear of the Church and is used by many clubs and societies in the locality. St Mary's was the local Parish church for two British Prime Ministers, William Pitt the Elder and William Pitt the Younger, the latter of whom was christened here and are remembered by a wall memorial funded by Parliament. They lived opposite the church in a country house called Hayes Place, which was also the home of Everard Hambro. Sir Vicary Gibbs was also a Parishioner and is buried in the Churchyard: within the church is a monument detailing his life. The churchyard is also the final resting place of John Panis (where panis was the general term for an enslaved Native American), being brought over here as a slave, he died in 1763. References External links Official St Mary's Bromley website
One The Elephant

One The Elephant is a residential apartment development, in Elephant & Castle in the London Borough of Southwark, centred around a 37-storey 124m tall tower. At the base of the tower is an adjoining four-storey L-shaped pavilion containing apartments and commercial units. The development lies immediately adjacent to the Metropolitan Tabernacle and in close proximity to Elephant & Castle tube station. Planning consent was granted in 2012. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, visited the site as construction began in 2013. The development was completed in summer 2016. The development comprises 284 studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments with 254 in the tower and 30 in the attached four-storey pavilion. The building is located on the site of a council-owned leisure centre (that featured a swimming pool (closed for many years), a gym, squash courts and a sports hall). The building contains no affordable housing, with the developer Lendlease making a £3m payment in lieu towards the development of adjacent leisure facility, the Castle Centre. Including that payment, the sale of the land and proceeds from an overage deal, Southwark Council received £22m from the One The Elephant development which more than covered the £20m cost of the new leisure centre. Awards One The Elephant was awarded Best Residential High-rise Architecture London at the 2016 International Property Awards. The building was also shortlisted for the Best Residential High-rise Architecture UK award. See also Strata SE1 Highpoint (building) References