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St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Horwich

St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School and Sports College is a voluntary aided comprehensive school located in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is under trusteeship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford and is maintained by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. On 2 June 2020, the school was formally admitted as a member to the worldwide UNESCO Associated Schools Network. The school offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. Admissions As of 2023 the school had 1005 pupils within the age range of 11-16. The school is in the trusteeship of the Diocese of Salford, established in 1963. Headteachers 1963–1975: John Yates 1975–1991: G. Eric Hester 1991–1995: Gerard Boyle 1995–2013: Leo Conley 2013–2017: Richard Woods 2017–present: Tony McCabe School performance and inspections As of 2023, the school's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in 2022, with a judgement of Requires Improvement. In 2025 this was upgraded to Good. Buildings A new £3,000,000 wing of the school was opened during the summer term of 2020. This created the capacity for a further 10 classrooms, 2 ICT rooms, a large library and drama studio. Welfare On 4 June 2020, St Joseph's was awarded the Teach Well School Gold Award from the Teach Well Alliance in recognition of the work it undertook to take care of the physical and mental wellbeing of its staff and students during the coronavirus pandemic. Notable former pupils Lewis Alessandra, professional footballer who has played for several EFL sides Vernon Kay, British TV presenter Monty Lord, World memory champion (5 Guinness World Records) and bestselling author Phil Clarke, Great Britain Rugby league captain and Sky Sports commentator Peter Anglesea, Sale Sharks rugby union former captain and head coach Sean Long, former rugby league footballer, most notable for playing for St. Helens Jordan Flores, professional footballer who has played in England, Sweden and Ireland Adam Senior, footballer who plays as a defender for Bolton Wanderers Peter Morrison, footballer and then an agent following retirement References External links Official website EduBase Joey's Thrive channel Joey's Thrive Skill
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Leigh

St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. History After the Reformation when the Church of England left the Catholic Church several recussant families in Leigh kept the 'Old Faith'. Mass was heard in secret at Bedford Hall, Hopecarr and Hall House. Ambrose Barlow carried out priestly duties in the parish while living at Morleys Hall in Astley. Father John Penketh, the first Jesuit priest in Bedford in 1678 was imprisoned in Lancaster. John Shaw built the old chapel from which Chapel Street is named in 1778. One of his successors, Father John Reeve who served from 1828 until 1840, built the school. The brick-built chapel was replaced by St Joseph's Church which opened on 3 May 1855. Father John Middlehurst raised funds for construction of the nave, chancel and tower base and his successor, Father James Fanning completed the tower in 1878. Among the priests to serve the parish was the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins who arrived in 1879. Architecture The church was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Joseph Hansom and built in 1855 in hammer-dressed stone with a slate roof with fishscale bands. In plan it has a wide nave, polygonal chancel, chapels on the north and south sides, a sacristy, south porch and west tower. Exterior The north and south elevations have nine bays on a projecting plinth separated by buttresses and three-light windows with Geometrical tracery. The chancel has two and three-light windows. The three-stage tower has angled buttresses with an octagonal stair turret in one corner. Above the arched west door at the second stage is a statue and niche. The third stage has four lancet windows and above them two-light belfry openings below the gables. The gable roof has a statue finial flanked by pinnacles. Interior Nikolaus Pevsner describes the interior as "startling". It is a very wide "preaching box" with an apsidal chancel. Its hammerbeam roof failed and slender cast iron columns with palm capitals were installed with iron arches and braces above them creating an arcade. See also List of churches in Greater Manchester Listed buildings in Leigh, Greater Manchester References Notes Bibliography Lunn, John (1958), History of Leigh, Leigh Borough Council Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sharples, Joseph (2006), The Buildings of England. Lancashire: Liverpool and the southwest, New Haven: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
St Jude's Church, Tilstone Fearnall

St Jude's Church is on Nantwich Road (the A51) in Tilstone Fearnall, in the civil parish of Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Malpas, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with that of St Boniface, Bunbury. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It stands opposite the end of the drive leading to Tilstone Lodge. History The church was built in 1836, and designed by George Latham of Nantwich. It was paid for by Admiral John Tollemache (formerly Halliday), who had earlier built Tilstone Lodge. Architecture St Jude's is constructed in yellow sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its plan is rectangular and consists of a nave and chancel in one cell with no division between them, a vestry attached to the east end of the chancel, and a bellcote on the gable at the west end. Above the bellcote is a canopy decorated with crockets. The west front contains a double door, above which is a triple lancet window with a circular window over it. At the corners are square turrets which become octagonal as they rise, and each is surmounted by a spire. On each side of the church are five pairs of lancet windows, each pair being separated by a buttress. Above the vestry at the east end is another triple lancet window, over which is a cricketed gable. Inside the church is a west gallery. The reredos is carved with figures in low relief. There is a memorial to Admiral Tollemache, who died in 1837, and to his wife, who died in 1846. Stained glass dates from 1987. In the west gallery is a two-manual organ built by Peter Conacher and Company in 1914, and overhauled by the same company in 1965. External features The churchyard contains the war graves of two soldiers of World War II. See also Listed buildings in Tilstone Fearnall References
St Julie's Catholic High School

St Julie's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls aged 11–18 located in Woolton, Liverpool. History The school is the amalgamation of several different institutions, most established by the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, founded by Saint Julie Billiart. The sisters were called to Liverpool in 1851 at the behest of Fr. James Nugent to help educate the poor families in the area. The sisters opened a fee-paying school at Woolton Hall in 1950. This school later became a voluntary aided Grammar School and then merged with Notre Dame Mount Pleasant High School in 1970 to form Notre Dame Woolton. In 1983, Notre Dame Woolton merged with La Sagesse, a school of the Daughters of Wisdom on Aigburth Road in Aigburth, and adopted its current name. In 2014, there were plans to move the school to a site on Beaconsfield Road adjacent to St. Francis Xavier's College, but a revised plan was subsequently implemented to build largely on the existing site. The footprint of the new building required the use of some land from the adjacent field, which was exchanged for a much larger area of privately held historic woodland. This woodland is now accessible to all, increasing the size of Woolton Woods parkland for the benefit and enjoyment of Wooltonians. Teaching began in the new building in September 2017, and it was officially opened by Mayor Joe Anderson in September 2018. Notable alumnae Katherine Rose Morley (b. 1989) - actress Chelcee Grimes (b. 1992) - singer, songwriter, television presenter, and footballer Fulham F.C. Women Jodie Comer (b. 1993) - actress, Emmy awards Katarina Johnson-Thompson (b. 1993) - world champion athlete and Olympic Medallist Notre Dame Mount Pleasant High School Judy Bennett (b. 1943) - actress, known for playing Shula in The Archers since 1971 La Sagesse Convent Rita Tushingham (b. 1942) - actress, known for A Taste of Honey (film) See also List of schools in Liverpool References
Church of St Just (St Just in Penwith)

Die Church of St Just ist eine anglikanische Pfarrkirche der Church of England in St Just in Penwith, einer kleinen Ortschaft nördlich von Land’s End in Cornwall. Die Kirche ist seit 1950 als Kulturdenkmal der Kategorie Grade II eingestuft. Geschichte Die Kirche St Just trägt das Patrozinium des keltische Heiligen Justus der Märtyrer („Justus the Martyr“), über dessen Lebensbeschreibung sonst nichts bekannt ist. In der Kirche befindet sich als Ausstattung der sogenannte Selus Stone, der in das 5. Jahrhundert datiert und als der Grabstein des heiligen Selevan angesehen wird, der der Bruder von St. Justus gewesen sein soll. Die heutige gotische Kirche St Just wurde im 15. Jahrhundert aus regelmäßig behauenen Granitblöcken errichtet, Teile des Gotteshauses sollen auf das 14. Jahrhundert zurückgehen. Der gerade geschlossene Chorraum der dreischiffigen Kirche ragt im Osten über das nördliche sowie das südliche Seitenschiff heraus. Alle drei Schiffe haben jeweils ein eigenes Dach. Der Kirche vorgesetzt ein dreigeschossiger Westturm ohne Strebepfeiler sowie ein Südvorbau mit Zinnen und Fialen. Im Innenraum finden sich nördliche und südliche Arkadenreihen mit je sechs Jochen, ausgestattet mit Kalksteinsäulen und Kapitellen. Die Fenster der Seitenschiffe sind in der Gotik des Perpendicular Style ausgeführt. An der Nordwand des Seitenschiffs haben sich zwei stark restaurierte Wandmalereien aus dem 15. Jahrhundert erhalten, weitere Malereien wurden bei einer tiefgreifenden Restaurierung von 1866 zerstört, sodass heute das unbehauene Bruchsteinmauerwerk freiliegt. Im Nordschiff befindet sich der Selus-Stein mit der Inschrift „SELUS IC IAC IT“, der nahe des St Helen’s Oratory am Cape Cornwall gefunden wurde. In die Nordwand der Kirche ist zudem ein Kreuzschaft eingelassen. Einzelnachweise Weblinks
St Just in Penwith Parish Church

St Just in Penwith Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, UK. History The church is dedicated to St Just; in 1478 William of Worcester reported that the church enshrined the relics of Saint Justus the Martyr. Just, Justin or Yestin was a son of St Geraint. The church of St Just is medieval. There are no remains of the early medieval church and only part of the chancel remains from the church built in 1334 which was dedicated on 13 July 1336 by the Bishop of Exeter, John Grandisson. The current building dates from the 15th-century. In 1355 the church was given to Glasney College by Sir John de Beaupre together with the church lands of Lafrowda. Medieval chapels in the parish included a chapel of St Helen at Cape Cornwall and a chapel of St Michael on Chapel Carn Brea. Description The church is large and built of regular granite blocks. Both the body of the church and the tower are of the 15th-century and the tower is of three stages. The aisles are built to the same design with alternating windows of two different patterns. The arcades have limestone piers. The font is modern but has been described as 14th-century in date. Two medieval wall paintings remain but they are both heavily restored; one portrays St George and the other a warning to breakers of the Sabbath. Antiquities The Selus Stone is thought to date from the late 5th or early 6th-centuries. It bears the Latin inscription Selus Ic Iacet (Selus lies here). This is thought to refer to Salomon of Cornwall, otherwise known as Saint Selevan. Arthur Langdon (1896) recorded the existence of seven stone crosses in the parish of St Just in Penwith, including two in the vicarage garden and two at Kenidjack. Another cross has been built into the church wall; there are also crosses at Leswidden and Nanquidno. There is a Cornish cross in the vicarage garden of Pendeen. Memorial A memorial window to Owen Boyle, the 18-year-old lighthouse keeper who lost his life at the Longships Lighthouse on 25 October 1877, was installed in April 1879. Owen, who was overwhelmed by a wave and swept into the sea, was the fifth death since the lighthouse was completed in 1873. The glass was manufactured by Messrs Eardly and Powell of Dublin. Gallery References External links "St Just-in-Penwith Parish Church, St Just-in-Penwith - Cornwall Diocese of Truro". A Church Near You. Retrieved 22 January 2017. Penwith Pigrims
St Katharine's Church, Knockholt

St Katharine's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Knockholt and the Sevenoaks deanery. St Katharine's and St Margaret's came together in 1983 as a United Benefice under one parish priest. The pattern of services reflects the fact that it is two parishes working closely together. The church has been designated a Grade B listed building by English Heritage. History and architecture The church, and the emergence of Knockholt as an independent parish, can be dated from a document of 1350, rediscovered in Reigate library in 1849. It records how Ralph Scot of Chelsfield bought land in Ocolte and moved to his newly built hall there in the times of Henry III, before 1272. Ralph Scot and his people ‘wandering to Chevening and elsewhere in all directions from their Parish Church of Orpington, and because through the distance of the place from the said Parish Church many perils of souls befell’ petitioned for a new church. Under the leadership of Ralph Scot, Harvey Goldsmith and others a chapel was built in a clearing in the woodlands 'out of their own goods'. A house for a chaplain, tithe barn, and glebe land for his support, were provided to be possessed in perpetual alms. The rector of Orpington objected to his loss of dignity and income, and appealed to Rome. Such appeals abroad on anything which could be considered ecclesiastical matters were a constant source of trouble and expense for many centuries. In spite of this, the building was consecrated and dedicated to St Katharine the Virgin on 9 May 1281. The rector of Orpington had the right of choosing the chaplain, who became a 'perpetual curate', with the same rights as a rector. Much of the original building probably still exists in the simple rectangular walls, with no separate chancel. In a map of 1596 a spire was indicated, and a squat tower and broached steeple is shown in a drawing of 1801. In 1840 the steeple was replaced by a clock tower. If the early drawing is accurate the present tower is further west than the original, where a porch was shown, although there are no obvious traces of the change to be seen now. If this occurred it could have been during repairs after a fire in 1858, or in 1863. A significant enlargement was made when the north aisle was added in 1881. In March 1944, during the Blitz, a bomb fell on the church's rectory, severely damaging the building and killing the unfortunate rector, Charles Hobley. There is a memorial tablet to him in the church. In 1998 glass screens were put in so that an area at the west end of this aisle could be used separately. See also List of places of worship in Sevenoaks District St Margaret's Church, Halstead References External links Church history by Professor David Smithers A Church Near You
Royal Foundation of St Katharine

Die Royal Foundation of St Katharine ist eine Stiftung in London. Sie geht auf eine Widmung von Königin Matilda aus dem Jahr 1146 zurück und befindet sich seitdem unter der Schirmherrschaft der englischen Königinnen. Heute residiert sie in der Butcher Row im Londoner Eastend an der Stelle der ehemaligen St James’s Church. Die Royal Foundation ist weiterhin eine anglikanische Gemeinschaft, deren Mitglieder sich um Seelsorge und Sozialarbeit kümmern. Auf den Ländereien der Stiftung, die unmittelbar östlich der Grenze der City of London lagen, siedelten sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte mehrere tausend Menschen im Precinct of St Katharine an. Für den Bau der St Katharine Docks im Jahr 1825 mussten Bewohner und Krankenhaus das Gelände räumen. Während die meisten Bewohner keinerlei Entschädigung erhielten, und der Stiftung war es möglich, neue Gebäude im Regent’s Park zu errichten. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg kehrte die Stiftung wieder ins Eastend zurück. Literatur Royal Foundation of St Katharine in: Ben Weinreb, Christopher Hibbert: The London Encyclopedia, Julia Keay, John Keay, 3rd, Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5, S. 720 Frederic Simcox Lea: The royal hospital and collegiate church of Saint Katharine near the Tower in its relation to the east of London., London 1878 John Nichols and Son: Account of the Royal Hospital and Collegiate Church of Saint Katharine, Near the Tower of London, 1824 Hospitals: St Katharine by the Tower', A History of the County of London: Volume 1: London within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark (1909), pp. 525–530 Weblinks Website der Foundation Liste der Dokumente zum Krankenhaus im Londoner Stadtarchiv (PDF; 0,2 MB)
St Laurence's Church, Morecambe

St Laurence's Church stands at the corner of Chapel Street and Edward Street in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant church, formerly an Anglican parish church. Its benefice has been united with that of Holy Trinity, Morecambe. The former church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History The church was built between 1876 and 1878, and was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin. Its estimated cost was £8,600 (equivalent to £890,000 in 2025), and it was planned that it should accommodate 610 people. A northwest tower and spire were also planned, but never built. In 1882 an alabaster pulpit, designed by the same architects, was installed in the church, and in 1899 the successors in the practice, Austin and Paley, added stalls. The church was declared redundant on 1 July 1981, and on 16 February 2011 a deed was granted for its conversion for office or shopping use. Architecture St Laurence's is constructed in sandstone rubble, and has red tile roofs. Its architectural style is Decorated. The plan consists of a nave and chancel, both with clerestories, north and south aisles, a south porch, a north porch that was intended to be the base for the tower that was never built, a south chapel, and a north vestry. The west front contains two three-light windows containing reticulated tracery. Along both sides, the four clerestory windows of the nave have two lights, and the two clerestory windows of the chancel have three lights. The chapel has two gables, each of which contains a flat-headed two-light window. The east window has five lights, beneath which are flushwork panels of sandstone infilled with rubble. Inside the church are four-bay arcades carried on octagonal piers. Both the nave and chancel have waggon roofs. The internal furnishings have been removed. Appraisal The church was designated as a Grade II listed building on 6 April 1979. Grade II is the lowest of the three gradings given by English Heritage, and is granted to buildings that "are nationally important and of special interest". The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considers that this was the best church in Morecambe to have been designed by Paley and Austin. See also Listed buildings in Morecambe List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin References Citations Sources
St Laurence’s Church (Ludlow)

Die anglikanische St Laurence’s Church in der westenglischen Stadt Ludlow in der Grafschaft (county) Shropshire in den Welsh Marches trägt das Patrozinium des hl. Laurentius von Rom; sie ist als Grade-I-Bauwerk eingestuft und gehört zum Major Churches Network. Lage Die etwa 10.000 Einwohner zählende Stadt Ludlow liegt ca. 250 km nordwestlich von London bzw. ca. 65 km westlich von Birmingham nahe der Grenze zu Wales in einer Höhe von ca. 100 m. Der ca. 41 m hohe Vierungsturm der St James Church dominiert das Stadtzentrum. Geschichte Der Ort Ludlow wurde von den Normannen gegen Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts gegründet; die bereits kurz darauf erbaute Kirche wurde im ausgehenden 12. Jahrhundert in größeren Dimensionen neu gebaut. Durch die Verarbeitung und den Handel mit Wolle wohlhabend geworden, leistete sich die Stadtgemeinde im 15. Jahrhundert einen Neubau ihres Gotteshauses in den damals aktuellen Formen des Decorated- und des Perpendicular Style. Im Jahr 1832 wurde das Chorfenster erneuert; weitere Instandhaltungsmaßnahmen folgten. Architektur Der Kirchenbau ist dreischiffig und basilikal gestaltet; der Vierungsturm ist als Laternenturm ausgebildet. Alle Decken sind in Zimmermannsarbeit aus Holz gefertigt, wobei diejenige im Chor besonders reich gestaltet ist. Ausstattung Wichtigster Teil der Kirchenausstattung ist die Altarrückwand (reredos) aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Ungefähr 400 Jahre älter ist jedoch das Chorgestühl (choir stalls) mit 28 reich verzierten Miserikordien. Mehrere Grabmäler sind über die Kirche verteilt. Das Chorfenster enthält einen Bilderzyklus zum Leben und zum Martyrium des hl. Laurentius. Literatur David Lloyd, Margaret Clark und Chris Potter: St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow. The parish church and people, 1199–2009. Logaston Press 2010, ISBN 978-1-906663-40-7 Weblinks St Laurence’s Church – Fotos + Infos (englisch)
St Laurence's Church, Reading

St Laurence's Church is a Church of England mission and former parish church in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated alongside the site of Reading Abbey, formerly bounded by the main Compter Gate to the south and the Hospitium of St John to the north. What was once the private chapel of the latter institution still remains in the north aisle. The church is a Grade I listed building. History St Laurence's was one of the three original parish churches, along with St Mary's and St Giles', serving the medieval borough of Reading. It was built to serve the people of the eastern part of the town. Its location next to the Abbey stimulated trade in that part of the town and St Laurence's soon became surrounded by a large market place which included a pillory and stocks. The church dates from the Norman period but underwent major rebuildings in 1196, in the 15th century and in 1867. The building is of flint with ashlar quoins. The principal feature of the church is a three-stage tower, built in 1458, which closes the vista to the north of Reading's old Market Place. The interior of the church contains several interesting items, including a memorial to John Blagrave, the 16th-century English mathematician, and a 1522 font used for the christening of Archbishop Laud. In 1619, a six-arched loggia known as Blagrave's Piazza was erected along the south wall in 1619. It had a small lockup under the furthest arch. On 10 February 1943 the church was damaged by a bombing raid that killed 41 people. The damage can still be seen today. Present In the 1970s, a declining congregation meant that the parish of St Laurence was merged with that of St Mary's. Numbers continued to decline, and at the end of the 20th century it was decided to seek a new role for the church. The interior of the church was reorganised and a modern mezzanine floor inserted to one side of the nave. Today it serves as a mission church with a mandate to encourage the faith amongst young people. Gallery References External links Media related to St Laurence's Church, Reading at Wikimedia Commons Official website