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St Bridget's Church, Brigham

St Bridget's Church is in the village of Brigham, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. History The church dates from the later part of the 11th century, with additions and alterations in the 12th and 13th centuries. The south aisle was re-built in the about 1323 as a chantry for the rector, Thomas de Burgh. Restoration of the church was carried out between 1864 and 1876 by William Butterfield; this included adding the east window and the south windows of the chancel, and the saddleback roof on the tower. The timber roofs of the nave and chancel also date from this restoration. Fletcher Christian, leader of the Mutiny on the Bounty, was baptised in the church on the day of his birth in 1764. Architecture Exterior St Bridget's is constructed in calciferous sandstone ashlar, and has a green slate roof. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave with a south aisle and south porch, and a two-bay chancel with a north vestry. At the west end is a three-storey tower with a saddleback roof, and at the ends of the gables are cross finials. The church contains elements of Norman, Gothic and Gothic Revival architecture. The Norman features include a blocked doorway in the north wall, and the arcade between the nave and the south aisle. The ground floor of the tower is tunnel-vaulted. Medieval cross slabs have been incorporated in the north wall and in the blocked west door. Interior Both the nave and the chancel have painted timber roofs. The south aisle contains a piscina, a sedilia, and a recess for the tomb of Thomas de Burgh, who died in 1348. In the church are pieces of carved stone; these include an Anglo-Danish cross-socket, and fragments dating from the pre-Norman period. The east window contains stained glass depicting the Ascension, designed by Alexander Gibbs, and is a memorial to Rev John Wordsworth, son of William Wordsworth, who was vicar of the church for 40 years. On each side of the east window are niches for statues. There is more glass by Gibbs in other windows, dating from 1865, and glass elsewhere by Cox & Buckley and Sons, from 1870. The font dates either from the 13th century or possibly from the 17th century. The two-manual organ was built in 1895 by W. Hill and Son of London. External features In the churchyard is a red sandstone sundial dated 1684. It has a square shaft, the head is weathered and the gnomon is missing. The sundial is a Grade II listed structure. The churchyard also contains many carved gravestones from the 17th to the 19th centuries, and the table tomb of Fletcher Christian's father Charles. See also Grade I listed churches in Cumbria Listed buildings in Brigham, Cumbria References
St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge

St Bridget's Church is on the north side of the A595 road in the village of Calder Bridge, near Beckermet, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History William Sowerby was ordained in 1826 becoming curate to St. Bridgets until about 1837, when he responded to an appeal by Bishop Broughton and travelled to Australia becoming the first Anglican clergyman at Goulburn. The current St Bridget's church was built between 1840 and 1842 to a design by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. It was paid for by Thomas Irwin of Calder Abbey. The church was opened for worship in May 1842, and consecrated on 24 June 1844 by Rt Revd John Bird Sumner, Bishop of Chester. Its cost was under £1,900 (equivalent to £190,000 in 2025). Architecture The church is constructed in local red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its plan is cruciform, with a west tower, a three-bay nave, long transepts, and a short chancel, with a north vestry, and a south organ loft. The windows are lancets and around the church are buttresses. In the tower are louvred bell-openings, a corbelled parapet and pinnacles. There are clock faces on three sides of the top stage of the tower. The Pre-Raphaelite stained glass, made by Powell's and dated 1879, was designed by H. E. Wooldridge and H. J. Burrow. The memorials in the north transept include one to Thomas Irwin and his wife. See also Listed buildings in St. Bridget Beckermet List of architectural works by Edmund Sharpe References External links Visit Cumbria
St Bridget's Church, Morvah

St Bridget's Church, Morvah is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro located in Morvah, Cornwall, UK. It was licensed for divine service by the Bishop of Exeter on 22 September 1400. The tower is the only remaining medieval part of the church. The nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1828. The church was added to the National Heritage List for England in 1954 at grade II, the lowest of three grades for listed buildings. St Bridget The medieval church, is believed to be dedicated to the Swedish St Bridget, who was canonised in 1391. Research by the Penwith History Group has found that the earliest reference to Bridget ″of Sweden″ is an April 1928 article in The Cornishman newspaper by Canon Jennings, the vicar of Madron with Morvah and repeated by Walter Frere, the Bishop of Truro on the centenary of the rebuilding of the church in August 1928. A chapel of St Bridget, probably at Morvah, was mentioned in 1390, a year before St Bridget of Sweden (died 1371) was canonised. There is a pattern of churches along the coast being dedicated to Irish saints and it is likely that the St Bridget at Morvah refers to an Irish saint. One such saint is Brigid of Kildare who died in 525 and named after a pagan Irish goddess who seemed to be an important figure in the Celtic church. Further evidence for an Irish connection was the feast of Lughnasa (now Lammas), an Irish pagan festival held on the first Sunday in August until the mid 1800s. The then vicar described it as an event attended ″by disorderly persons of every description″. The dedication is sometimes given as St Morwetha. Morvah was in early times a chapelry dependent on Madron. The name Morvah means "marsh"; in the 14th century St Morwetha, perhaps a fictional saint, is mentioned. An alternative meaning could be sea from the Cornish mor. The tower contains three bells, one from 1799 and two from 1828. References
St Catherine's Catholic High School

St Catherine's Catholic High School was a Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The school was named after Catherine of Siena. It was an 11 to 18 comprehensive school, with a post 16 curriculum delivered jointly with its neighbouring secondary school, Holy Trinity Church of England Senior School (now Trinity Academy, Halifax). It was awarded 'Technology College' status in 2005. In 2012 the school was placed in special measures. History Opening in August 1957 as the St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Secondary School in Holmfield. It was formally opened by the Bishop of Leeds on 14 December 1957. The first headmaster being Jim O"Reilly. The school later became known as Halifax Catholic High School in 1971. Its last name change was in 2000, when it was renamed St Catherine's Catholic High School. The school then closed in August 2013. With the last assembly held at St Catherine's in July 2013. The students were merged with Trinity Academy Halifax in September 2013. The CBBC show Hank Zipzer was filmed on the old school premises, with the school entrance sign replaced with 'Westbrook Academy', though since 2016 the school has been transformed into 'Ackley Bridge College' for the Channel 4 school-based drama Ackley Bridge. In 2025, Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council approved an application from the Diocese of Leeds for the school site to be demolished following extensive vandalism to the buildings. References
Chapel of St Catherine (Abbotsbury)

Die Chapel of St Catherine ist eine profanierte Kapelle bei Abbotsbury in Dorset in Großbritannien. Das Gotteshaus befindet sich in weithin sichtbarer Lage auf eine Anhöhe oberhalb der Jurassic Coast in Obhut von English Heritage und ist seit dem Jahr 1956 als Kulturdenkmal der Kategorie Grade I eingestuft. Geschichte Die Kapelle auf der Erhebung des sogenannten Chapel Hill befindet sich westlich der Abtei Abbotsbury und lag außerhalb des Abteigeländes. Im späten 14. Jahrhundert wurde die Kapelle St Catherine auf dem Gipfel dieses Hügels errichtet. Die Kapelle wurde entweder von Abt Henry de Thorpe oder Abt William Cerne in Auftrag gegeben. Sie ist aus lokalem Gestein mit stark verstärkten Mauern und einem steinernen spitzbogigen Tonnengewölbe erbaut worden. Der Zugang zum Erdgeschoss erfolgte über zwei Vorhallen. Ein Treppenturm an der nordwestlichen Ecke ermöglichte den Zugang zum ersten Stock. Das Steintonnengewölbe des Langhauses wird von profilierten Gesimsen getragen und durch profilierte Rippen in acht Hauptjoche unterteilt. Die Sockel sind mit Blattwerk, zwei Figuren, einem Tier und einem Männerkopf verziert. Die Ostwand besitzt vier Bildkonsolen, die das Gewölbe tragen. An der Südwand befindet sich eine Piscina mit einem Abfluss in Blattform. Das große Ostfenster besteht aus drei Fünfpassfenstern mit vertikalem Maßwerk in einem zweipassigen Bogen. Die zweiten Joche in den Nord- und Südwänden haben jeweils ein zweiteiliges Fenster, beide restauriert und erneuert. Die Kapelle wurde im Zuge der Reformation im Jahr 1539 profaniert und nicht mehr für Gottesdienste genutzt. Das Gotteshaus wurde jedoch weiterhin instand gehalten und bildete eine bekannte Landmarke der Region, das auch von der Küste aus sichtbar war. Im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert wurden Dachreparaturen durchgeführt. In den 1980er Jahren wurde das Dach erneuert und dabei 1983 durch ein Dach aus Clipsham-Steinplatten ersetzt. Die Kapelle und das Feldsystem sowie die Steinbrüche bei Chapel Hill sind als eine geschützte archäologische Stätte als Scheduled Monument eingestuft. Einzelnachweise Weblinks
St Catherine's Church, Boot

St Catherine's Church is in the village of Boot in the English county of Cumbria. It is the Anglican parish church for Eskdale, and is in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of Irton, St Paul, Muncaster, St Michael, and St John, Waberthwaite. The church stands by the side of the River Esk, some 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the south of the centre of the village. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History A church has been on the site since the 6th century. Local legend says that a 7th-century hermit lived near the church and established a holy well on Arment Hill; the same well is still used to draw water for baptisms. The present church was founded around 1125 by William de Meschines of Egremont Castle. The font is 14th- century and is carved with the symbol of a St Catherine's Wheel. The east window is also from the 14th century. The present church dates from the 14th century, with later alterations and additions. It was restored in 1881 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin. They reseated the church, increasing its accommodation to 126, and added a vestry, at a cost of £750 (equivalent to £79,000 in 2025). In the churchyard is a gravestone commemorating Thomas Dobson (died 1910), who was master of the Eskdale and Ennerdale Foxhounds for 53 years. Known as the "Huntsman's Grave", the stone is carved with Dobson's huntsman's horn and two projecting heads, one of a fox and one of a hunting dog. Architecture Exterior St Catherine's is constructed in random rubble. It has a slate roof with a stone ridge. The church has a simple plan, consisting of a single cell in four bays, and a south porch. At the west end is a gabled double bellcote, and there is a cross on the apex of the east end. The side windows are mainly 19th-century replacements of earlier windows, and are mullioned. The east window has three lights and contains Decorated-style tracery. Interior Inside the church is an octagonal font; its bowl has low-relief carving on each face. On the south wall of the church is a benefactors' board dated 1798. All the stained glass dates from between 1889 and 1896. The glass in the east and west windows is by Gibbs and Company, and that on the north and south sides is by A. Savell and Company. The glass in the east window depicts Saint Catherine, the Good Shepherd, and Saint Cecilia. Windows on the south side of the church depict the Annunciation, and on the north side the Last Supper. One of the bells in the bellcote was cast in 1445. See also Listed buildings in Eskdale, Cumbria List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin References
St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley

St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley, also known as St Catherine's Church, Birtles, stands in an isolated position in Birtles Lane, near to Birtles Hall, in the civil parish of Over Alderley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It was originally a private chapel for the Hibbert family and is now a parish church. It is unusual in that its tower is octagonal. It contains furnishings and stained glass from Germany and the Netherlands. The church is listed in England's Thousand Best Churches. It is an active Anglican church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Knutsford. Its benefice has been combined with that of St Philip & St James, Alderley Edge since 2022. History St Catherine's was built as a private chapel by Thomas Hibbert of Birtles Hall in 1840. It became the parish church of Birtles and Over Alderley in 1890. Architecture Exterior The church is built in red brick with buff sandstone dressings. It has a Kerridge stone-slate roof with a stone ridge. At its southwest corner is an octagonal tower. The plan of the body of the church consists of a five-bay nave, a short chancel, a south porch, and a baptistry in a corresponding position on the north side. The tower has three stages with stone bands at each stage, single-light windows, and is surmounted by an openwork stone lattice balustrade with plain pinnacles. Interior The stained glass and furnishings were collected by the Hibbert family from Germany and the Netherlands. The stained glass came from the Netherlands and dates from the late 16th and early 17th centuries, The furnishings include a pulpit dated 1686 containing carved panels including one of the Annunciation on the front, and of images including dolphins, putti, and lions on the back, a manorial pew made from 17th-century carved Flemish oak, and a medieval eagle lectern, which may be the earliest of English origin in the county. There is a second lectern, carved by Mrs Hibbert in about 1894. The reredos is decorated with panels, lion masks, and flowers. The two large brass chandeliers are copies of chandeliers in Milan Cathedral. The tower contains eight bells giving a full octave. The bells were donated in 1895 by the three Hibbert sisters. The stained glass consists of "an expertly mixed assemblage", with dates ranging from 1541 to 1628. The internal walls were formerly covered in frescoes by Colonel Hugh Robert Hibbert, son of Thomas, who also built an organ for the chapel. The organ was replaced in 1909 by Peter Conacher of Huddersfield. Improvements and renovations were carried out in 1949, 1951 and 1983. The frescoes were painted over in 1950. In 1999 two etched glass memorials to Major Hugh and Mrs Susan Hibbert by Simon Whistler were installed. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire East Listed buildings in Over Alderley References External links Medieval stained glass details from CVMA
St Catherine's Church, Preston-next-Faversham

St Catherine's Church, Preston-next-Faversham is an Anglican church in the Preston area of the town of Faversham in Kent, England. Sir John Betjeman in the Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches described St Catherine's as "high and distinguished among the railways and breweries". The church in its current form originates from the Norman period, though there was extensive restoration work in the 1860s. It was designated as a Grade II* listed building in 1950. References External links Media related to St Catherine's Church, Preston next Faversham at Wikimedia Commons St Catherine's Church on the Faversham website – archived in 2011 Official website – archived in 2018
St Catherine's School, Twickenham

St Catherine's School is a Catholic private school for girls in Twickenham, London. The school is next to the River Thames and about two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) from both Strawberry Hill and Twickenham railway stations. History Founded in a large house near Twickenham Green, St Catherine's then moved to Orford Lodge (now demolished) and in 1919 to Pope's Villa, on the site of Alexander Pope's original villa. By 1961 it was recognised by the Ministry of Education as a grammar school. In 1948 the school bought a house on Cross Deep known as The Lawn, where it is currently located. Up until 1991 the school was home to a number of Sisters who were also members of the staff. They moved out and the school became a charitable trust managed by lay persons in 1992. It is the only independent Roman Catholic girls' school in the Richmond area and is within the Archdiocese of Westminster. It remains a Roman Catholic foundation but takes students of all religious affiliations. It has a preparatory school (entry typically at three-years-old) and a senior school (entry at eleven-years-old). Notable former pupils Annie Nightingale (1940-2024) - radio and television broadcaster Bonnie Langford (b. 1964) - actress Patsy Kensit (b. 1968) - actress Olivia Hallinan (b. 1986) - actress See also List of schools in Twickenham References External links School Website Profile on the Independent Schools Council website Profile on MyDaughter OFSTED entry for St Catherine's School 2011 ISI Inspection Reports
St Chad's Chapel, Tushingham

St Chad's Chapel (often referred to as Old St Chad's) is an isolated church in the scattered community of Tushingham in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, Cheshire, England. The only approach to the chapel is on footpaths across fields from the A41 road. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. History Deeds dated 1349 refer to a chapel on this site which was a chapel of ease to St Oswald's Church, Malpas. A document dated 1621 refers to it as Chadwick Chapel, although by 1636 another document called it Chad Chapel. It was rebuilt in 1689–91 and has been little changed since. The principal financial donations for the chapel were from John Dod, a London mercer who had been born in Tushingham. The chapel is now referred to as Old Chad because its functions have been replaced by St Chad's Church built in 1863 on the A41 road. The church is still concsecrated and monthly Sunday evening services are still held, weather permitting, in the chapel during the summer, most notably a Rushbearing Service in August. Architecture Exterior The chapel is built in brown brick with a grey slate roof. Its plan consists of a tower at the west end with an external staircase leading to an internal west gallery. The body of the chapel is in three bays without aisles; it is furnished as a nave and a chancel. A vestry projects south from the west bay of the nave. The tower is small with a pyramid-roof. It has a west door with a loophole above it, a plain band at the belfry floor level, paired camber-headed bell-openings and a weathercock. Interior The roof is unusual in that the sections between the principal beams are filled with carvings making a star-like pattern. All the chapel furnishings are made from Cheshire oak. The holy table dates from the 17th century, and on each side of it are panelled family box pews. On the wall above the south pew are three marble memorials to the Vernon and Murhall families, and above the north pew is a marble memorial to the Stephens family. Above the two east windows is the royal coat of arms of George III. A low screen divides the chancel from the nave. The seating in the nave consists of plain seats and backs without any decoration. At the west end is a gallery which is reached by the external staircase. The font is Jacobean in style, and the pulpit is a three-decker. External features Adjacent to the church is a small building containing a horse-drawn hearse. It is built of brown brick with a pyramidal roof of grey slates and is dated 1822. The hearse-house is a Grade II listed building. See also Grade I listed churches in Cheshire Listed buildings in Tushingham cum Grindley References
St Chad's Church, Far Headingley

St Chad's Church, Far Headingley is the parish church of Far Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The church is Grade II* listed in Gothic Revival style. The dedication is to Chad of Mercia, who was bishop of York and died in AD 672. It is set back from the busy Otley Road, with a cricket field and the parish war memorial (Grade II listed) nearer the road. History The church was built in 1868, on land given by the Beckett family of Kirkstall Grange who paid £10,000 towards it. The architects were Edmund Beckett Denison and W. H. Crossland. The spire is 186 feet (57 m) high. In 1909-11 St Chad's Church was modified, removing the octagonal apse and replacing it with a rectangular chancel and adding a Lady chapel and an organ chamber to the sides. The organ by Harrison & Harrison of Durham was built to fit into the new space. It was rebuilt in 1988 with electric power and refurbished in 2011 when the interior of the church was reordered. The Creation window above the altar was designed and made by M. E. Aldrich Rope in 1922. In 2002 the Lady Chapel was renamed the Chapel of St Oswald, when St Oswald's church in Meanwood closed. A glass partition was installed. St Chad's won an "Eco-congregation" award, and in November 2007 the church won the Church Times national award for biodiversity in recognition of its wildlife-friendly churchyard. St Chad's Home for Girls St Chad's Home for Girls was opened by the Church of England Central Home for Waifs and Strays in January 1889 at Glebe House, Hollin Lane, Far Headingley. A new home in Far Headingley for the girls was opened in December 1894 and a church service at St Chad's was conducted by the Bishop of Richmond to celebrate the event. Use in television The church has been used on multiple occasions by Yorkshire Television as a filming location including for Fat Friends and At Home with the Braithwaites. See also Listed buildings in Leeds (Weetwood Ward) References External links Media related to St Chad's Church, Far Headingley at Wikimedia Commons Church website Historic England. "Grade II* listed (1375301)". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. "War memorial, Grade II listed (1375302)". National Heritage List for England.