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All Saints' Church, Cheltenham

The interior is described by Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel as "a splendid example of ... complete Gothic self-assurance with Victorian Punch".

All Saints' Church, Harewood

All Saints' Church, Harewood is a 15th-century redundant church standing in the park of Harewood House, the seat of the Earls of Harewood, near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England.

All Saints' Church, Hawton

Sadly the glorious stonemasonry suffered at the hands of Oliver Cromwell's men.

All Saints' Church, King's Heath

This was replaced in 1892 by an organ by Flight and Robson from St. John's Church, Blackheath, London.

All Saints' Church, Misterton

The east window of the Holy Cross chapel was designed by John Piper and made by his glassmaker, Patrick Reyntiens.

All Saints' Church, Monkwearmouth

A parish of All Saints was formed in 1844 when it became clear that there was no longer enough room in the only parish church for Monkwearmouth (St Peter's), and a church for the new parish was completed and consecrated in 1849.

All Saints' Church, Ryde

Music sung ranges from Tallis and Byrd to more modern composers - communion settings by Kenneth Leighton and Grayston Ives and anthems by Malcolm Archer, Colin Mawby, Alan Ridout and Paul Edwards.

All Saints' Church, Wigan

The stained glass includes fragments in the north window dating from the 15th century, that were reassembled in 1956–57 under the direction of Eric Milner-White.

All Saints' Church, Winthorpe

Those members include: William Farnworth Handley, John Handley Esq., his wife Martha Story Handley, his son John Handley Esq., and Benjamin Handley Esq.

All Saints' Church, Wittenberg

Tilman Riemenschneider, Jacopo de' Barbari and Albrecht Dürer contributed to the construction of the castle and then the church.

Alonzo S. Church

Alonzo S. Church (April 9, 1793 – May 18, 1862) was the sixth president of the University of Georgia, U.S.A. (UGA) in Athens.

Amon Wilds

Amon Wilds died at the age of 71 on 12 September 1833 and is buried in the churchyard at St Nicholas' Church, Brighton.

Benjamin F. Church

He went first to Chicago, Illinois, and then in the fall of 1835 went north to the new settlements that would become Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Boy bishop

Such ceremonies are now also found at Westminster Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, and a number of parish churches throughout England, including All Saints' Church, Northampton, Claines, Worcestershire, and also St Christopher's Parish Church, Bournemouth, (early 1950s), where the Boy Bishop was installed on St Christopher's Day, (July 25), and 'reigned' for one year, preaching and 'presiding' at youth events.

Charles Eugène de Croÿ

On demand of his creditors, his body, which rested at St. Nicholas' Church, was not buried for more than 190 years, and, when mummified, was exhibited as a curiosity.

Charles' Church, Tallinn

Charles Church (Estonian: Kaarli kirik) is a Lutheran church in Tallinn, Estonia, built 1862-1870 to plans by Otto Pius Hippius.

In 1670, during the time of Swedish rule, the Swedish King Charles XI commissioned the construction of a church on the site, for the use of the Estonian and Finnish population of Tallinn (as opposed to the Baltic German population).

Don Dubbins

Child actor Stephen Talbot delivers a compelling role as Ab Martin, Cantwell's prize pupil who at the end of the episode recites to his dying teacher part of Patrick Henry's 1775 address at St. Johns' Church.

Douglas Lawrence

Raymond Douglas Lawrence OAM (born 1943) is an Australian organist who is Director of Music at the Scots' Church, Melbourne and Teacher of the Organ at the University of Melbourne.

Ethel Anderson

She was asked by the rector of St James' Church, Sydney to help decorate the Children's Chapel and designed a mural scheme for it which was executed by the group in 1929.

Fred Beir

Child actor Stephen Talbot of Leave It to Beaver delivers a compelling role as Ab Martin, Cantwell's prize pupil who at the end of the episode recites to his dying teacher part of Patrick Henry's famous address of 1775 at St. Johns' Church.

Friedrich Schorlemmer

In 1978, he became a lecturer at the Protestant Preachers' Seminary in Wittenberg and also a preacher at All Saints' Church (Schlosskirche, "Castle Church") there, which is closely associated with Martin Luther and his 95 Theses.

Gott ist mein König, BWV 71

From 1707 to 1708, Bach was the organist of one of Mühlhausen's principal churches, Divi Blasii church (dedicated to St Blaise also called Blaise the Divine), where he composed some of his earliest surviving cantatas.

John Fountayne

He is buried in St James' Church, High Melton, the parish church of his family estate in South Yorkshire, a building in which he erected several substantial family memorials and installed much of the church's stained glass.

John Peter Pruden

John Peter Pruden, christened on May 31, 1778 at All Saints Parish Church in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, was an early pioneer of Canada which at the time was known as Rupert's Land.

Langthwaite

It is home to a pub ('The Red Lion'), a shop and an unusual commissioners' church of 1817, which was one of many then built with money provided by Parliament in an attempt to counteract atheism and free thinking after the French Revolution.

Mariners' Church

The completion of the Erie Canal increased shipping traffic in the area, and the seamen, Anderson felt, were in need of spiritual support and care.

The church is referenced in Gordon Lightfoot's song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald with the lyrics "In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed in the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral. The church bell chimed 'til it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald."

Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

On October 12, 1794, Reverend Robert Blackwell announced that the congregation was received in full fellowship in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Ormside bowl

The bowl was found buried in 1823 in what is now St James' Churchyard in Great Ormside and donated to the Yorkshire Museum.

Peter Toon

There was a private family funeral in California followed by a public memorial service organised by the Prayer Book Society of the USA at All Saints' Church, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania on July 24, 2009.

Sanctuary Knocker

Examples of Sanctuary Knockers can be found on Durham Cathedral, the St. Nicholas church in Gloucester and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Shelford Priory

The priory controlled the churchies of Gedling, Burton Joyce, North Muskham, Saxondale and Shelford in Nottinghamshire; Elvaston church and Ockbrook chapel, in Derbyshire; Rauceby and Westborough church and half of Dorrington church in Lincolnshire.

St Denys' Church, Sleaford

In 1796 a new peal of 8 bells were cast by Thomas Osborn of Downham, Norfolk.

St John and All Saints' Church, Easingwold

St John and All Saints' Church, Easingwold is in the town of Easingwold.

St Nicholas' Church, Brockley

St Nicholas' Church in Brockley, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century, and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.

St Nicholas' Church, Gayton

In September 2013, James Meade, son of equestrian champion Richard Meade, and Lady Laura Marsham, daughter of Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney, who lives in nearby Gayton Hall, got married in this church.

St Nicolas' Church, Abingdon

The earliest documentary evidence of this church's existence is in a ruling about tithes in 1177 by Pope Alexander III.

St Thomas' Church, Belfast

: For other churches with the same or similar name, please see St. Thomas' Church.

St. James' Church, Kolkata

The project for building the new church and school had the full support and backing of Archdeacon Pratt, a keen educationist, who, with his influence, was able to acquire the garden house of Mr. Coates together with its spacious grounds for the purpose.

St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh

Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh is an Episcopal church located at the juncture of Bethlehem Pike, Skippack Pike, and Church Road in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Victor of Marseilles

His life and martyrdom are celebrated in the scenes depicted in the High Altar of the St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn.

William Adams Nicholson

Many other churches were restored under his supervision, including St. Peter at Gowts' Church, Lincoln, not quite complete at his death.


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