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St Lawrence's Church, Broughton

St Lawrence's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Broughton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands on the eastern periphery of Milton Keynes, between the A4146 and (former) A5130 roads. It is listed at Grade I because of its "remarkable series" of medieval wall paintings. History The church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. It was restored in the 19th century, when the chancel was rebuilt. In 1849 a series of medieval wall paintings were discovered that had been covered in plaster for 300 years. These were restored in the 1930s by Professor Tristram. The church was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 August 1987. Architecture Exterior St Lawrence's is constructed in stone, and has lead roofs with plain parapets. Its plan consists of a nave without aisles, a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages with diagonal buttresses and an embattled parapet. On the south side of the church are three three-light windows. To the west of the porch is a 14th-century window with reticulated tracery, and to the east of the porch are two Perpendicular windows. On the north side of the church is a staircase to the rood loft. Interior The wall paintings in the nave date from about 1400. On the south wall is a depiction of Saint George and the dragon: Saint George lost his head in the 15th century when the ceiling was lowered. On the north wall there are a doom painting and a Pietà; these are designed as a warning against swearing. There are also paintings of Saint Helena and Saint Eligius. The pulpit dates from the late 17th or early 18th century. The memorials include a series of black marble stones under the altar, fragments of brasses from the 14th and 15th centuries, and a 17th-century wall monument. The stained glass in the east and south windows of the chancel by Kempe dates from 1894, and that in a south window in the nave dating from 1864 is by A. Gibbs. There is a ring of four bells, but these are no longer ringable. The oldest two were cast in about 1470 by William Chamberlain; the others were cast in 1622 by James Keene, and in 1655 by Anthony Chandler. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England References External links Photographs of the wall paintings
St Lawrence's Church, Denton

St Lawrence's Church is a timber-framed church on Town Lane in Denton, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (grid reference SJ92639506). It is one of only 29 surviving timber-framed churches and chapels in England. The chapelry of Denton was established in 1531 with the construction of a chapel of ease, then Roman Catholic, within the Diocese of Lichfield and dedicated to St James. The church was rededicated to St Lawrence in 1839 and became a parish church in 1854. In 1872 it was expanded and remodelled by J. Medland Taylor and Henry Taylor. The building contains 16th-century stained glass and was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1967. It was restored between 1993 and 2003, funded by Tameside Council, and further restoration began in 2009. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester Listed buildings in Denton, Greater Manchester List of churches in Greater Manchester References External links Official website
St Lawrence's Church, St Lawrence

St Lawrence's Church, St Lawrence is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Lawrence, Isle of Wight. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History The church was built in 1878 to a design by Sir George Gilbert Scott. and consists of a nave, chancel, north aisle, porch and western turret with eight bells, cast in 1935. The church's font was taken from old St Lawrence's Church. The church's stained glass were produced by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris and Ford Madox Brown. Organ A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References
St Lawrence Church, Morden

St Lawrence Church is the Church of England parish church for Morden in the London Borough of Merton. The building is Grade I listed, and located on London Road, at the highest point of Morden, overlooking Morden Park. Morden Parish consists of four churches in total, the other three are Emmanuel (Stonecot Hill), St Martin's (Lower Morden) and St George's (Central Road, Morden). Building History St Lawrence Church was built in 1636. It is probable that it replaced an earlier building. The nearby Merton Abbey was closed by Henry VIII as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the estate sold. Edward Whitchurch and Lionel Dutchet purchased it, but left for Europe when Queen Mary came to the throne. The site then came into the ownership of the Garth family. Exterior The building is designed in Gothic style and features stone dressings and a red tiled, steeply pitched roof. The exterior is mainly of red brick. The church features an aisleless, 4-bay nave which has pointed, two-light windows. The nave continues into the short chancel. There is a square, 3 stage west tower and a projecting south west porch with a pointed arched and moulded doorway, later restored in 1887. The north vestry was added in 1805. There is a 'Y' tracery, cusped four-light east window with later perpendicular tracery. Interior The interior walls of St Lawrence are plastered and whitewashed. There are exposed tie beams and king posts under the circular shaped roof. The west gallery was added in 1792. There is an original stained and painted glass window to the east which features a design of Moses and Aaron, and various wall monuments. The interior features an inlaid timber pulpit, which originates from 1720 and has sounding-board over it for amplification. The tower houses three bells which, owing to restrictions placed by Historic England in order to preserve the frame, can only be tolled. Activities There are services every Sunday at 9:00am, 10:30am, and 6:30pm. The 10:30am service has children's activities - the children join in the first part of the service before leaving for Sunday Club. Leadership and staff Revd David Heath-Whyte - Team Rector The Rt Revd Precious Omuku — honorary curate. Omuku is an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Southwark, having been consecrated bishop in South Sudan on 3 January 2016. References External links St Lawrence Church Team Parish of Morden
St Lawrence Church, Winchester

St Lawrence Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Winchester. History The church is just off the High Street, in Winchester, England. It is probably of Norman origin, and is said to have been the chapel of William the Conqueror's palace (built 1069–70, destroyed 1141) with a tower added in the 15th century. The church is now almost wholly surrounded by adjacent buildings. It is recorded as being restored in 1475–7, in 1672 (the present roof dates from this restoration), 1847–8, 1881, and 1979–80. St Lawrence Church is a Grade II listed building. Organ The church contains a two manual pipe organ dating from 1882 by Jones and Son of Fulham which was almost completely replaced by George Osmond in 1966. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Rectors The parish of St Lawrence was combined in 1904 with the parish of St Maurice (church demolished in 1957) and in 1973 with the parish of St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate whose church is now a chapel of ease in the parish of St Lawrence with St Swithun, which is in a united benefice with the parish of St Bartholomew, Hyde since 2010. References Pevsner, N. Hampshire: Winchester & the North (2010) ISBN 978-0-300-12084-4 (with Michael Bullen, John Crook and Rodney Hubbuck) (Buildings of England series) Church of St Lawrence, Winchester in British Listed Buildings
Saint Prince Lazar Serbian Orthodox Church (Birmingham)

Saint Prince Lazar Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Српска православна црква Српска православна црква Светог кнеза Лазара, romanized: Srpska pravoslavna crkva Svetog kneza Lazara), also known as Lazarica (Лазарица) is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Bournville, Birmingham, England. It is under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Britain and Ireland of the Serbian Orthodox Church and is dedicated to Lazar of Serbia. History Serbs have been associated with Bournville since Dame Elizabeth Cadbury sponsored thirteen Serbian refugee children of World War I. Church was built for political refugees from Yugoslavia after World War II, with the support of the exiled Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia. Architecture Built in traditional 14th-century Byzantine form by Serbian architect Dragomir Tadić and Bournville Village Trust, it is a replica of a church in Serbia using the same materials from sacred places of worship. Completed in 1968, it is of brick and stone with three sets of bronze doors and a candelabrum from Serbia. It has no seats, which is usual for Orthodox churches. Moreover, the interior has a full scheme of traditional Byzantine decoration. The dome contains the image of Christ Pantocrator, and the hemi-dome of the apse contains that of the Virgin Mary. At the bottom of the walls are the warrior saints, above these are patriarchs and priestly saints, and at the top are the apostles and scenes from the twelve major Christian feasts. These murals are painted fresco, meaning that the paint was applied meticulously to wet walls. The cultural centre is a Grade C locally listed building. Gallery See also Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Britain and Ireland Serbs in the United Kingdom References Further reading Birmingham Buildings, The Architectural Story of a Midland City, Bryan Little, 1971, ISBN 0-7153-5295-4 Images of England - Bournville and Weoley Castle, Martin Hampson, 2001, ISBN 0-7524-2443-2 External links Official website A reportage about the church
Црква Светог кнеза Лазара у Бирмингему

Црква Светог кнеза Лазара (енгл. Church of the Holy Prince Lazar), позната као Спомен-црква изгнаних Срба у Великој Британији (енгл. Memorial church of exiled Serbs in the UK) или једноставно Лазарица (енгл. Lazarica), црква је Епархије британско-скандинавске Српске православне цркве. Налази се у Коб Лаејну у Борнвилу, селу у Бирмингему у Уједињеном Краљевству. Цркву су изградили припадници 4. пука Српког добровољачког корпуса. Југославије послије Другог свјетског рата за своје потребе, уз подршку породице Кадбери. Срби имају везе са Борнвилом још од Првог свјетског рата, када је Елизабет Кадбери била спонзор за тринаесторо српске дјеце избјеглица. Црква је изграђена у моравском стилу из 14. вијека, према плану архитекте др Драгомира Тадића уз помоћ С. Ј. Клевера из Bournville Village Trust, материјал за изградњу донијет је из Србије. Душан Михајловић је фрескописао цркву, а фреске су вијерне копије најпознатијих фресака у Србији. Црква је освећена 1968. године. Галерија Унутрашњост Спољашњост Парохијски дом Види још Срби у Уједињеном Краљевству Црква Успења Пресвете Богородице у Осијеку Референце Додатна литература Little, Bryan D. G. (1971). Birmingham buildings: the architectural story of a Midland city. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5295-4. Hanson, Martin (2001). Bournville and Weoley Castle (на језику: енглески). History Press Limited. ISBN 978-0-7524-2443-9. Спољашње везе Hill, David (11. 9. 2017). „Serbian Orthodox Church Of The Holy Prince Lazar Bournville Birmingham UK”. YouTube. Приступљено 27. 9. 2024.
Helige knez Lazars kyrka, Birmingham

Helige knez Lazars kyrka (engelska: Church of Saint Prince Lazar; serbisk kyrilliska: Црква Светог кнеза Лазара; latinska: Crkva Svetog kneza Lazara) är en serbisk-ortodox kyrkobyggnad, belägen i staden Birmingham i centrala England i Storbritannien. Kyrkan är helgad åt den serbiske helgonförklarade fursten (knez) och adelsmannen Helige Lazar Hrebeljanović. Den tillhör det Serbisk-ortodoxa eparkiet i Storbritannien och Irland (eparki är Östortodoxa kyrkans motsvarighet till stift). Historik Bakgrund Mellan åren 1947 och 1948 rekryterades många serber I utlandet för att utföra arbeten i industrier i Storbritannien. Över 10 000 serber kom till landet och bodde på härbärgen. Eftersom någon östortodox kyrka inte fanns vid detta tillfälle hölls gudstjänster i anglikanska kyrkor. När bristen på arbetskraft lättade, fick serberna möjlighet att hitta andra arbeten. Därför flyttade många till större städer, som exempelvis Birmingham. Kapell År 1954 köptes en bostad på Middleton Hall Road i Cotteridge i Birmingham, för att präst Radovan Miljković skulle ha ett boende. Senare byggdes ett litet kapell och det invigdes år 1959. Byggandet I och med att församlingens medlemmar ökade, bestämdes det att köpa marken som kyrkan nu står på, men som tidigare var ett skogsområde. Området ägdes av familjen Cadbury och som erbjöd marken. Grundstenen till kyrkan lades år 1965. Den mest drivande kraften bakom uppbyggandet var präst Milenko Zebić och hans byggarbetare. Zebić prästvigdes år 1958 och ersatte Miljković, som hade flyttat till USA. Under byggandet var kyrkan under beskydd av prins Tomislav av Jugoslavien och hans gemål, prinsessa Margarita av Baden. Senare anslöt sig också kronprins Alexander II. Till slut invigdes kyrkan 1968, där ungefär 6000 personer deltog. Kyrkan Al seccomålningarna på kyrkans interiör målades av den serbiske konstnären Dušan Mihajlović. Målningarna är kopior av freskerna som finns i klostren Gračanica, Visoki Dečani, och patriarkatet i Peć. Bilder Se även Östortodoxa kyrkan i Storbritannien Källor Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Helige knez Lazars kyrka, Birmingham.
St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham

St Leonard's Catholic School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form. It is in Durham, County Durham, England. History The school takes its name from St Leonard as in medieval times there was a chapel and hospital dedicated to St Leonard in this part of Durham. The school was opened in 1936 in a former coalmine-owner's house 'Mount Beulah', latterly known as Springwell Hall. The school was established as St Leonard's Catholic Central School in Springwell Hall, which had been acquired in 1935 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. During the era of the tripartite system, the school became a secondary modern and turned comprehensive in 1970 when the system was abolished by the LEA. The sixth form was opened that same year. Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Durham County Council, in November 2016 St Leonard's Catholic School converted to academy status. The school is now a part of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust. Sunday Times Award - 2026 School of the Year In December 2025 the school was awarded all three Sunday Times Parent Power Awards for the Northeast, these being: School of the Year, Comprehensive School of the Year and School of the Year for Academic Excellence. New Building In April 2026 the school moved into a new building, part of a £71 million new building project. Ofsted judgements The school was judged Outstanding in all 5 areas of the Ofsted Framework in 2024. Previously the school had been judged Good by Ofsted in 2019. Headteachers William Kavanagh 1970-1988 Sean O’Keeffe 1988-2006 Simon Campbell 2006-2019 Chris Hammill 2019-Pressent Source: Sport The school has a rowing club, the St Leonard's School Boat Club. Notable former pupils Stephen Cantwell (born 1996), cricketer Elliot Embleton, footballer Paddy and Martin McAloon, founders of the pop group Prefab Sprout Jessica Eddie, Olympic medal-winning rower Sources External links St Leonard's School website School history BBC: League tables
St Leonard's Church, Apethorpe

St Leonard's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Peterborough. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage. History The church at Apethorpe dates mostly from the 14th or 15th century, although there may have been an earlier structure on the site. A chapel and tower were added in the 17th century and the tower was restored in the 19th century. The church was designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage on 23 May 1967. The Grade I listing is for buildings "of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important". Architecture Exterior The church is constructed of coursed limestone with ashlar dressings; the roofs are lead. Its plan consists of a nave with north and south aisles, chancel, a west tower, a chapel to the south and a south porch. The tower is of three stages, without buttresses. It has a battlemented parapet and is topped with an octagonal spire. The north and south aisles, are both of three bays; both the aisles and the south chapel are supported by two-stage buttresses between each window. Interior and fittings The nave has a three-bay arcade with double-chamfered arches. There is an arch to the tower, which is chamfered and moulded. The chancel contains a carved corbel and the pulpit and baptismal font, which date from the 18th century. The south chapel contains a large marble monument to Sir Anthony Mildmay (d. 1617) and his wife Lady Grace Mildmay (d. 1620), an effigy to Sir Richard Dalton (d. 1442) and a 19th-century marble monument to John Arthur Fane, the infant son of Lord Burghersh. Churchyard The churchyard contains a c. 14th century limestone ashlar cross and an 18th-century limestone ashlar chest tomb, both of which have been given a Grade II listing by English Heritage. References Footnotes Sources Further reading
St Leonard's Church, Balderstone

St Leonard's Church is in the village of Balderstone, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History St Leonard's was founded as a chapel of ease to the parish church in Blackburn during the reign of Henry VII; the usual date given is 1504. The fabric of the building deteriorated until in 1852 it was decided to replace it with a new church. Construction of this started during that year, and the present church was consecrated in 1854. It was designed by the Preston architect R. B. Rampling. The tower and spire were added in 1906–07 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley. Architecture The church is constructed in sandstone rubble with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, and a chancel at a lower level with a north organ chamber and a projection to the south. There is a polygonal baptistry at the west end, and a slim tower and spire at the west end of the north side of the nave. The baptistry has three windows, and above this is a three-light west window with a pointed head. The nave is divided into bays by buttresses, each bay containing a two-light window containing Geometric tracery. Projecting from the roof, on each side, are two timber dormer windows. The tower has diagonal buttresses, and contains a doorway with a pointed arch. The bell openings have two lights, and are louvred. The tower is surmounted by a parapet and a recessed spire. The east window has five lights under a pointed head, and contains Geometric tracery. Inside the church is an open timber roof. The two-manual pipe organ was made in 1872 by Henry Willis, and restored in 1974 by N. P. Mander. External features In the churchyard, to the south of the church is a sandstone sundial dating possibly from the early 19th century, and re-erected at the beginning of the 20th century. It has an octagonal sandstone base with five limestone columns and a circular sandstone top containing a brass gnomon. The sundial is listed at Grade II. The churchyard also contains the war graves of six World War I soldiers. See also Listed buildings in Balderstone, Lancashire List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1895–1914) References External links Media related to St Leonard's church, Balderstone at Wikimedia Commons
St Leonard's Church, Berwick St Leonard

St Leonard's Church in Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 22 June 1973, and was vested in the Trust on 9 June 1976. The manor was held in the 12th century by Shaftesbury Abbey's manor of Tisbury. At that time there was no right of burial at Berwick, and bodies were taken to Tisbury. The right of advowson was later held by a variety of individuals, and there was a dispute over the right between John Benett and John Maclntyre, an East India Company general during the early 19th century. The small church was built of flint and limestone, in the 12th century. The three bay nave is 33 feet 6 inches (10.21 m) by 16 feet 4 inches (4.98 m), while the chancel is just 18 feet 9 inches (5.72 m) long and 13 feet 3 inches (4.04 m) wide. The entrance is beneath the small two-stage south tower which was added in the 14th century, and is supported by diagonal buttresses. The tower holds two bells dating from 1725 and 1766. The church roof is tiled in a fish-scale pattern. Monuments inside the church include those to George Howe, who died in 1647, and his six children. The cylindrical stone font with a brass cover, the lintel over the blocked north doorway, and a sculptured relief of the Lamb of God over the inside of the south doorway date from the Norman era. By the 19th century the fabric of the building was decaying, and it was rebuilt in 1860 with little change to its external appearance, at the expense of Alfred Morrison of Fonthill Gifford. The church was closed in 1966. Parish St Catherine's Church at Sedgehill, some six miles distant, was a chapelry of Berwick from the 14th century until 1914, when Sedgehill was made a separate parish. In 1916 the rectory was united with the adjacent rectory of Fonthill Bishop although the two parishes remained distinct until 1966. Today the parish of Fonthill Bishop with Berwick St. Leonard falls within the area of the Nadder Valley team ministry, a grouping of sixteen rural churches. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England References
St Leonard's Church, Frankley

St Leonard's Church, Frankley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Frankley, Worcestershire. History The church dates from the 15th century. It was altered around 1751 when the wooden tower was rebuilt in stone, restored in 1873 and there were other alterations and additions 1931 – 1932 by Bateman. There was another restoration in 1947 following a fire. The tower main arch has a hood mould with head stops depicting King George V and Queen Mary. The building is constructed from sandstone in a red and grey colour, until 1965 the tower contained two bells. A new church hall was constructed in 2005. Organ The organ dates from 1884 by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd. It was modified by Walter James Bird and Son in 1933. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References