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Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Littlemore

The Church of St Mary and St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church in Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire. The church is a grade II* listed building. The church was founded by John Henry Newman, later Cardinal Newman of the Roman Catholic Church, and it became a centre of Anglo-Catholicism. History The church was built from 1835 to 1836 by H. J. Underwood for John Henry Newman (later Cardinal Newman of the Roman Catholic Church). The foundation stone was laid in 1835 by Jemima, mother of Newman, and the church was consecrated on 22 September 1836. In 1848, the chancel and tower were added by Joseph Clarke. The church had originally been built as a chapel of ease in the parish of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. In 1847, Littlemore became its own parish and the chapel was renamed the Church of St Mary and St Nicholas. A new east window was added to the church in approximately 1900. The stained glass had been designed by Louis Davis and was in memory of Vernon Green, a former vicar. The American poet Louise Imogen Guiney gave a crucifix sculpture to the church to mark the centenary of Cardinal Newman's birth in 1901. On 18 July 1963, the church was designated a grade II* listed building. Present day The parish of Littlemore is in the Archdeaconry of Oxford of the Diocese of Oxford. Notable clergy John Rouse Bloxam, curate from 1837 to 1840 Sarah Coakley, honorary curate from 2000 to 2007 William John Copeland, curate from 1840 to 184? Helen-Ann Hartley, later Bishop of Waikato, and then Bishop of Ripon, curate from 2007 to 2012 Teresa Morgan, professor at Oxford University, non-stipendiary minister (NSM) from 2002 to present John Muddiman, NSM from 1997 to 2012 Isaac Williams, curate in 1836 List of vicars The incumbent of the parish is the vicar. The following have been vicar, or otherwise stated, of the parish: 1836–1845: John Henry Newman 1847–1848: C. L. Cornish 1848–1851: C. Walters 1851–1870: George W. Huntingford; perpetual curate (1851–1864) 1872–1896: Vernon T. Green 1897–1908: H. Irvine 1908–1930: George Champion 1931–1951: Buckwell 1951–1964: Martin Young 1964–1971: Valentine Fletcher 1972–1978: Raymond Crouch; priest-in-charge 1978–1996: David Nicholls; priest-in-charge (1978–1986) 1997–2006: Bernhard Schünemann; priest-in-charge 2006–present: Margreet Armitstead; priest-in-charge Gallery References External links Church website A Church Near You entry
St Michael's Church, Highgate

St Michael's Church or Church of St Michael, commonly referred to as St Michael's Highgate, is an Anglican parish church in Highgate, North London and a Grade II* listed building. It is the highest elevated church in London. History There are records dating back to the twelfth century of a small hermitage chapel at the top of Highgate Hill. It closed in 1539 during the dissolution of monasteries and was acquired by Sir Roger Cholmeley, who used the site for his new school with permission from Elizabeth I in 1565. A brick school chapel was built from 1576, which would serve as a parish church for Highgate residents for 250 years. An adjoining burial ground was consecrated for interments in 1617, and a preacher was appointed in 1637. By the early 19th-century, the Highgate School chapel was in need of repairs and expansion to accommodate the growing local population. In 1822, a bill was put before Parliament to allow school governors to demolish and replace the chapel, but after years of fierce opposition and legal challenges, the bill was struck down by the Court of Chancery in 1826: the church would have to be built on a different site. On the site of the derelict Ashhurst House (demolished 1830) with support from the school governors, St Michael's Church was built over eleven months, designed in the Neo-Gothic style by Lewis Vulliamy at the relatively inexpensive cost of £8,171. It went unused for ninth months due to a peculiar legal issue regarding its location on land from the Parish of St Pancras. After an act of Parliament resolved the issue, the church was officially consecrated on 8 November 1832. The Parish of St Michael was established in 1834. The original organ was installed in 1842, and the pulpit in 1848. Choir practices began in 1865. The old burial ground remained in use by St Michael's, but was closed to new interments in 1857 barring special applications. The church underwent renovations and extensions in 1880 by George Edmund Street and 1903 by Temple Moore. It was damaged by a bomb in 1944. Restoration on the building began in 1946, and it received its Grade II* listed status on 29 June 1954. Evie Hone contributed to the church's new stained glass windows. Notable features The church stands on the periphery of Highgate Cemetery. The spire forms a landmark skyline with Witanhurst, which can be viewed from Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill in particular. Edmund Grindal and Sir Roger Cholmeley's coats of arms are carved into the West door's corbels. Some bricks and other remains of Ashurst House are still visible. Beneath the church is a 17th-century wine cellar. In 2018, the burial site of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his family was uncovered. The poet has a plaque. Gallery References External links
Church of St Peter, Holton-le-Clay

The Church of St Peter is the Grade II* listed Anglican parish church for the village of Holton-le-Clay in Lincolnshire. It is dedicated to St Peter and consists of chancel, nave, and an embattled tower with three bells. It is built of coursed and squared ironstone and limestone rubble with red and brown brick with plain grey concrete tiled roofs. St Peter's forms part of a united benefice with the churches of St. Nicholas in North Cotes and St. Peter and St. Paul in Tetney. The square unbuttressed tower, chancel and nave arch are of Saxon or of very early Norman date of the 11th-century. The tower arch also dates from the 11th-century and is tall and narrow with a rounded head. In the west wall can be seen traces of a blocked door with a rounded head and in the blocking a 13th-century lancet window. The nave is partly built of massive square stones and in the north wall can be seen a blocked 16th-century four-centred arched doorway and a 14th-century three light window with ogee heads to the lights. The upper part of the chancel and the east wall of the nave were replaced with red brick during the restoration of 1850. The east window three lights and the double chamfered chancel arch are 19th-century. imposts. The south reveal is a reused piece of 10th-century sculpture with two panels of interlace. In the east wall of the nave can be found a piscina, probably reset in the 19th-century with a reset 13th-century cusped head. On the altar rail can be found a small carved mouse, the trademark of Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson. The church underwent rebuilding in the 13th, 14th and 16th-centuries and was repaired and partly rebuilt in 1850 by William Hay, and restored and repaired in 1868. Cox noted that it was "nearly rebuilt in brick in 1850, but the tower is one of the many Lincolnshire instances of late Saxon architecture", and in 1964 Pevsner described it as "A rough and, at the time of writing, neglected church", with an 11th-century tower and west window, Decorated bell-openings, a Norman 12th-century tub font with cable moulding around its rim and a panel of chevrons. The church has a 1636 Paten cover. Within the churchyard to the south east of the south door are the remains of a 14th-century standing stone cross. All that remains is the stone ashlar socket base, now partly buried, and the limestone shaft. The cross is a Grade II scheduled monument. Near to the remains of the standing cross can be found the village war memorial, paid for by public subscription and unveiled in 1919. This is a marble square pillar standing on a concrete base. Featured at the top of the pillar is a decorative marble urn which is half-covered with marble carved to resemble flowing cloth. On the pillar in lead lettering are the names of the six men of the village who died during World War I. Names of the four locals who died in World War II were added after that conflict. References External links St Peter's Church Lincolnshire Parish Councils website St Peter's Church: A Church Near You, Church of England website
3, The Grove, Highgate

3, The Grove, Highgate, in the London Borough of Camden, is a 17th-century house built by William Blake. In the 19th century it was home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge; in the 20th, the novelist J. B. Priestley; and in the 21st, the model Kate Moss. It is a Grade II* listed building. History In the 17th century, Highgate was a hamlet to the north of London situated in the midst of the extensive Middlesex estate of the Bishops of London. Nos. 1–6, The Grove, Highgate were built in around 1688 by a City of London merchant, William Blake. Constructed in the gardens of a large mansion called Dorchester House, the speculative development was intended by Blake to fund a charity school he had established in the main building. In 1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, moved to the Highgate home of his doctor, James Gillman, seeking treatment for his addiction to opium. In 1823 the Gillmans moved to No. 3, The Grove, installing Coleridge in a suite of rooms on the top floor. He remained there until his death in 1834; writing, revising and republishing earlier works such as Kubla Khan, receiving visitors and becoming lauded as "the Sage of Highgate". In 1931 the house was bought by J. B. Priestley, using the profits from his novels, which had brought literary and worldly success since the publication of The Good Companions in 1929. He engaged Seely & Paget to reconstruct the house and the landscape architects Mawson's to redesign the garden. In the 21st century, No.3 was home to the model, Kate Moss. Moss sold the house in 2022. Architecture and description Bridget Cherry, in her 2002 revised London 4: North edition of the Pevsner Buildings of England series, describes Nos. 1–6, The Grove, as "the finest group in Highgate". The row was originally built as three pairs of semi-detached houses, of two storeys with dormers above. Most have been greatly altered since. No. 3 is now of three storeys, with a basement and a slate roof. The construction material is red brick. No. 3 is a Grade II* listed building, the listing including the low wall which fronts the house, and its wrought iron railings and lamp. Notes References Sources Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London 4: North. The Buildings Of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09653-8. OCLC 846526006.
Cloth Hill

Cloth Hill is a 17th-century house on The Mount in Hampstead, north London, England. Built around 1694 as two houses, it was later combined into a single residence. It is believed to be the second-oldest house in Hampstead after Fenton House. William Beech, a Quaker cloth merchant, lived there shortly after its completion, and Voltaire visited Beech's son-in-law, Andrew Pitt, at the property in 1728. The house was divided again in 1801. In the late 19th century one half was occupied by The Mount School, while the other was the home of publisher Edward Bell. The entrance gate is depicted in Ford Madox Brown's 1865 painting Work, where a sign advertises the property as a "genteel family residence". The central block dates from 1694, with the northern wing dating from the early 17th century. The 1998 London North volume of the Pevsner Architectural Guides describes Cloth Hill as a "fine mansion". It has been listed at Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England since August 1950. In 1993 it was offered for sale for under £1 million, and in 2025 it was marketed for £18 million by Savills and Marcus Parfitt. Writing in Country Life, Carla Passino noted that the property's value had risen more than ninefold beyond what would ordinarily be expected from inflation. The house had only three owners in the 140 years preceding 2025. See also Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden References
St Margaret's Church, Bucknall

St Margaret's Church, Bucknall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the village of Bucknall, Lincolnshire, England. History and description St Margaret's has been described as "partly 13th century with traces of Norman and the external features mainly Victorian." The church was originally built in the 13th century. The two arcades of four bays are of this time, while the font was installed in 1646. The church saw extensive restorations to the main building and tower between 1884 and 1912. It remains an active place of worship: as of April 2024 there were two regular monthly services and occasional other services. Bucknall is one of five Anglican parishes in the Woodhall Spa Group of Churches, in the Deanery of Horncastle. The group serves the rural villages of Woodhall Spa and Kirkstead, Stixwould and Woodhall, Horsington, Langton, and Bucknall. Historic England gave the church Grade II* listed status in 1966. Nicholas Antram, in his revised Lincolnshire volume in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, revised and reissued in 2002, notes that the church's exterior is almost entirely the work of James Fowler in his Victorian restoration, but that the interior contains more original work. References Sources Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; Antram, Nicholas (2002). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300096200. OCLC 49298889. External links Official website Photographic record from the archive of the Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology Monument record MLI40068 - St Margaret's Church and Cross Base, Bucknall at Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer
40 Well Walk

40 Well Walk is a Grade II* listed house in Hampstead, London. It was completed in the early 19th century and is an example of Georgian Architecture. The house is known as being one of many residences of painter John Constable in Hampstead. John Constable John Constable first moved to Hampstead in 1819, he would move between various lodgings including Albion Cottage, 2 Lower Terrace and Stamford Lodge. He would move into 40 Well Walk in 1827 and remain there until his death in 1837. Many of Constable's best known works were painted in Hampstead and a number of them during his time as a resident of Well Walk. References
St Helen's Church, Lincoln

St Helen's Church, Lincoln is a grade II* listed church in Boultham Park in the Boultham suburb of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the oldest churches in Lincoln as it was built in the 13th century. After a period of being abandoned, it was restored to use by C. Hodgson Fowler for use as a place of worship and it has since been active. It was grade II* listed in October 1953. The church is combined with the nearby Holy Cross Church (a brick-built church seating 200, whose foundation stone was laid in 1939) to form the "Congregation of Holy Cross and St Helen's", whose regular services are held in Holy Cross. St Helen's, which seats 60, is used for small weddings and other special events. Part of the church's listing entry describes it as having: "FITTINGS include a good square baluster shaped font, C18, inscribed "Boultham Church", and a desk with reused C18 fleur-de-lys ends. C19 fittings include octagonal oak skeleton pulpit, traceried stalls, wrought-iron altar rail and plain octagonal font. MEMORIALS include 2 tablets, mid C19, and 3 brasses c1900, all to the Ellison family of Boultham Hall. Brass war memorial tablet, 1919." - "Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 526". The Friends of the Church of St Helen's, Boultham is a registered charity established in 2003, formed to "maintain the structure of St Helens Church Boultham Lincoln, and the church yard". In the churchyard stands a memorial to soldiers killed in the Crimean War. The granite memorial is dated circa 1851 and is thought to be a coping stone. Part of the inscription reads "Brought from Sevastopol . . . ". References
Hannington Hall

Hannington Hall is a Grade II* listed country house in the village of Hannington, Wiltshire, England. The house was built in 1653 by the Freke family, who had bought the estate in 1605, and possibly incorporates parts of a previous parsonage. The east front is of two and a half storeys in five bays, made of rubble with ashlar dressings. An orangery was added in 1836 and a service wing in 1863. An inscription below the front parapet celebrates the brotherly love of Raufe and William Freke, the sons of Sir Thomas Freke, the original owner. The house has twenty rooms and stands in 340 acres of pasture and woodland. Associated buildings such as the stable block, a well house, an ice house, and the street wall and gate piers are all Grade II listed structures. The Hall passed down in the Freke family via Thomas Freke (1660–1721) MP, his Socinian writer brother William Freke, and the Hussey-Freke family. During the Second World War it was occupied by the female Auxiliary Units' Special Duties Section, known as the "Secret Sweeties", under the command of Senior Commander Beatrice Temple, which was to form part of the British resistance movement in the event of a German invasion. GWR Hall class locomotive No 5930 was named after the hall. References External links Flickr photos of the house
Wittering Airfield

Wittering Airfield es una localidad situada en la autoridad unitaria de Peterborough, en el condado de Cambridgeshire, Inglaterra (Reino Unido), con una población estimada a mediados de 2016 de 2853 habitantes.​ Se encuentra ubicada al noroeste de la región Este de Inglaterra, cerca de la frontera con la región de Midlands del Este. Referencias Enlaces externos Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Wittering Airfield.
RAF Wittering

RAF Wittering est une base aérienne de la Royal Air Force située à proximité de Stamford, dans le Lincolnshire, mais construite à cheval sur la limite entre le Cambridgeshire et le Northamptonshire, en Angleterre. Créée en 1916, la base est agrandie après la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour recevoir les bombardiers de la force de dissuasion nucléaire britannique. Elle est également de 1968 à 2010 l’une des principales bases de Harrier. Notes et références Annexes Liens Site officiel Portail de la Royal Air Force
RAF Wittering

A Brit Királyi Légierő (RAF) Wittering légitámaszpontja ad otthont a RAF A4-nek, illetve a 3-as és 6-os számú repülő légi iskolának (kiképző alakulatok). Az "A4 Force" feladata az angol hadsereg műszaki és logisztikai támogatása a légi műveletek fenntartásához bárhol, ahol éppen szükség van erre. További információk A támaszpont hivatalos honlapja A repülőtér aktuális időjárása a NOAA/NWS-től
RAF Wittering

RAF Wittering (Wittering Airport) är en flygplats i Storbritannien. Den ligger i kommunen City of Peterborough i riksdelen England, i den sydöstra delen av landet, 120 km norr om huvudstaden London. Wittering ligger 83 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Wittering är huvudsakligen platt. Wittering ligger uppe på en höjd. Närmaste större samhälle är Peterborough, 16,0 km öster om Wittering. Trakten runt Wittering består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Kommentarer Källor Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör RAF Wittering.
St Benedict's Church, Lincoln

St Benedict's Church, Lincoln is an ancient church in Lincoln, England which is mentioned in 1107 and before the English Civil War was the Lincoln civic church. It was extensively destroyed in the Civil War, and was only partially restored. The tower was re-built imitating the other late Anglo-Saxon towers in Lincoln. All that survives is the present nave, which was the chancel of the former church and the chapel to the north built by Robert Tattershall in 1378. The church's bell known as Old Kate, was cast in 1585 and paid for by the Lincoln barber surgeons company. The church was closed in 1931 and demolition was proposed. However, following a public outcry, the church was saved as the result of an appeal and renovation work undertaken. It was the headquarters of the Lincoln Diocese Mothers' Union but closed in 2018. In June 2020 it became the base for Lincoln Street Pastors [1] who go out on Saturday and Friday nights to listen, help and care for all those out in the City of Lincoln during the night time economy hours. In April 2022 Unicorn Tree Books moved in to become the Bookshop in St Benedict's when they had to relocate from Lincoln Central Market due to its closure. Parish of St Benedict The parish was one of the smaller parishes in Lincoln. In the general re-organisation of the Lincoln parishes which took place in 1553, part of the parish of St John's was amalgamated with St Benedict's parish. On Padley's large scale map of 1842, the parish is shown as extending from the Brayford Pool on the west to Sincil Street on the east. It included the length of the High Street from just north of the River Witham and the High Bridge to the Cornhill to the south. Furnishings in the church These include a late 17th-century octagonal panelled oak pulpit and an 18th-century eggcup font with swags and square stem. A royal coat of arms of 1734, was repainted in 1819, with the churchwardens' names. A brass with weepers, 1687, scrolled cartouche with arms and cherubs, 1739, and a memorial to the noted Lincoln architect William Adams Nicholson of 1853. Gallery See also: Churches in Lincoln St Peter at Gowts St Martin's Church, Lincoln St Mary le Wigford St Peter at Arches Church, Lincoln References Literature Antram N. (revised), Pevsner N. & Harris J., (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press. pg 496
St John the Baptist's Church, Ermine, Lincoln

St John the Baptist is a Church of England parish church on the Ermine Estate in the city of Lincoln, England. Designed by Sam Scorer and consecrated in 1963, it is a Grade II* listed building. History The Ermine Estate is a large council estate 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Lincoln city centre. The estate was built mostly 1952–1958 as a response to post-war housing shortages. The church is on Sudbrooke Drive in Ermine East. The original temporary Anglican church and combined community centre were the first public buildings opened on the estate in 1956. Construction and consecration Construction of a new, permanent church started in April 1962, with the main construction finished by December 1962, costing £26,500. The architect was Sam Scorer of D. Clarke Hall, Scorer & Bright (now Scorer Hawkins Architects) in Lincoln. It was built by W and J Simons (Lincoln) Ltd. It was planned as a "tent of meeting" rather than a "static temple", and was described in the Church Times in 1963 as "Britain's most modern church". The vicar who commissioned it, the Revd John Hodgkinson, wrote "the emphasis was very much on church as people rather than a building". The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln on 6 October 1963. In 1995, it became a Grade II* listed building. Description The church's roof is a hyperbolic paraboloid rising from two points on the ground to north and south. The roof structure is of concrete, covered with aluminium. The building has a hexagonal floor plan and concrete walls. The east wall is dominated by abstract stained glass designed by Keith New, who helped design the windows of Coventry Cathedral. The altar, font and pulpit, by Scorer, are of cast concrete. The altar is raised on four steps in a circular sanctuary area to the eastern side of the hexagon. The font is placed in the central aisle, in front of the altar. See also Kresge Auditorium References External links Scorer Hawkins Architects "St John Ermine: liturgical innovation and community" Information as to how St John the Baptist came to be designed "Yesterday’s Church of Tomorrow; St. John the Baptist, Ermine Estate" by Karolina Szynalska Literature Antram N. (revised), Pevsner N. & Harris J., (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press.