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| Topic Started: Tuesday, 10. July 2012, 20:20 (242 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Tuesday, 10. July 2012, 20:20 Post #1 |
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I went to Bala North Wales recently and was interested to read in the porch of the little Catholic Church there that it was opened in 1948 and was the first church outside Portugal to be dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. I was surprised to read this but on reflection cannot remember too many of the same name even today though I suppose there must be many. Anyone any idea what is the least common dedication for a Catholic church in Britain and Ireland? John |
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| Rose of York | Tuesday, 10. July 2012, 20:38 Post #2 |
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I think St Hedda's, Egton Bridge on the North York Moors would have a chance. It was built in 1860. Egton Bridge had so many recusants, Catholicism never died out there. Father Nicholas Postgate was reported for baptising a baby, and was hung, drawn and quartered in 1679 at the age of 82. Egton Bridge has the only pub in the country named after a local parish priest. The Postgate Arms is opposite the Church. http://www.docbrown.info/docspics/upperesk/uepage19.htm |
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| garfield | Tuesday, 10. July 2012, 21:45 Post #3 |
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There is a relic of Nicholas Postgate in the chapel at Oscott college. That is a lovely website with the photos on, made me want to go back to Yorkshire |
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| pete | Tuesday, 10. July 2012, 22:10 Post #4 |
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Lovely pictures Rose, Thank you |
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| Rose of York | Wednesday, 11. July 2012, 14:09 Post #5 |
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Thinking the most unusual church names would reflect local history I did some online research, and the first one I found was not named after a local saint. The church in the village of Bradshaw, near Bury in Lancashire, has an unusual dedication to the French saint, Maxentius. Records tell of a Norman knight from Poitou, living in this area and it is more than likely he built the Norman church and named it after the patron saint of his home town. |
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| Rose of York | Wednesday, 11. July 2012, 14:20 Post #6 |
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Cornwall has churches of Saints Neot, Ia, Petroc and Piran. In the same county the Church of England has churches dedicated to Saints Merteriana, Symphorian, Juliot, Julitta, Petroc, Marwenne, Olaf King & Martyr, St Gennys, Werburgh, and Winwaloe |
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| Derekap | Wednesday, 11. July 2012, 20:42 Post #7 |
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Rose. Lovely pictures of Egton Bridge, the church and district. I finished with pictures of York, York Station and Steam Locomotives. Brought back nostalgic memories! Thank you! The school holds an annual Goosebery Show about this time of the year with prizes for the best and the heaviest and/or largest. |
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| Deleted User | Wednesday, 11. July 2012, 23:09 Post #8 |
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Some great Cornish names there Rose thank you. I suppose some of the Welsh dedications might seem strange to outsiders eg St Cadoc, St Teilo from the old saints and those from the post- Reformation martyrs like St David Lewis. John |
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| Rose of York | Wednesday, 11. July 2012, 23:38 Post #9 |
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John you have really got me going, researching localism in the Catholic Church. In Aberystwyth there is a Church dedicated to the Welsh martyrs I found an interesting website about Welsh Catholic Martyrs http://www.welshmartyrs.co.uk/ They had a lot, for a country with such a low population. |
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| Deleted User | Thursday, 12. July 2012, 20:16 Post #10 |
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Yes Rose, i often visit the grave of David Lewis which strangely enough is in the graveyard surrounding the --rather i.mpressive--Church in Wales parish church in Usk. Hanged , drawn and quarterd and as you say high numbers of similar cases for a small country. I think the reason was that although in the 18th and 19th century Wales was an overwhelmingly non-conformist society, immediately post-Reformation it was one of the most doggedly Catholic enclaves in these islands outside Ireland. Especially true in the then Monmouthshire and I have investigated many a place along the Monnow river, for example, where Catholics met in secret. On a separate point, in my original post on this I mentioned the claim by our church up in North Wales to be the first church dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. Has anyone any knowledge of other churches with this dedication? John |
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| Derekap | Thursday, 12. July 2012, 20:34 Post #11 |
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John, In your search box write: Our Lady of Fatima Parishes in uk. Your should find reference to quite a few. |
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| Eileenanne | Thursday, 12. July 2012, 21:38 Post #12 |
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There was one in Glasgow until a few years ago when it was closed. It would not have been an early one, though, as I think it was only founded in the sixties or early seventies. Eileenanne Edited by Eileenanne, Thursday, 12. July 2012, 21:38.
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| Rose of York | Thursday, 12. July 2012, 22:00 Post #13 |
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This brings up the names of quite a few parishes of Our Lady of Fatima parish "our lady of fatima" site:.uk |
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| Anne-Marie | Saturday, 14. July 2012, 22:31 Post #14 |
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In Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, there is a Church of England church dedicated to 'King Charles the Martyr' (otherwise known as Charles I). Queen Victoria is known to have worshipped there. |
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| Deleted User | Saturday, 14. July 2012, 23:21 Post #15 |
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That is unusual Anne-Marie. Near here there is a Church in Wales parish Church St Basil's John |
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