The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Charles Cross One of the last Gothic churches to be built before the style disappeared, Charles Cross Church is now a well-known landmark, standing in the centre of the Charles Cross roundabout as a monument to theContinue reading “Charles Cross and St Luke’s”
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Colonel/Professor Krystyn Lach-Szyrma
Stoke Damerel Parish Church Our final article from Tony Barnard of Stoke Damerel Parish Church. Check out his earlier articles for more profiles and insights into the Church and its history. Today’s articles were all adapted from editions of the Church’s magazine, the latest editions of which are available on their website (under Church Magazine)Continue reading “Colonel/Professor Krystyn Lach-Szyrma”
The East Chancel Window at Stoke Damerel Parish Church
(Dedicated to Elizabeth Jane Cawthra) Stoke Damerel Parish Church Stoke Damerel Church isn’t dedicated to any particular saint although the three who are regularly associated with it are St. Mary, St. Andrew and St. Luke. Representations of the first two of these can be seen in the East Window, which is located above the highContinue reading “The East Chancel Window at Stoke Damerel Parish Church”
Adverts in Stoke Damerel Parish Magazine
Stoke Damerel Parish Church Our second article by Tony Barnard of Stoke Damerel Parish Church. The church at Stoke Damerel issued its first monthly magazine in January 1878. In modern times each magazine carries between eight and a dozen advertisements for local businesses, services, or charities, no paid-for advertisements appeared in that publication, or anyContinue reading “Adverts in Stoke Damerel Parish Magazine”
Reverend Edward Blackett
Stoke Damerel Parish Church This is the first of four articles based on the parish magazine entries of Tony Barnard of Stoke Damerel Parish Church, looking at people and events that have made the Church what it is today. The Reverend Doctor Edward Bridges Blackett was Rector of Stoke Damerel Parish Church for 38 years,Continue reading “Reverend Edward Blackett”
St Werburgh’s Church at Wembury
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitte St Werburgh’s Church in Wembury must have one of the most picturesque locations in the UK. Positioned on the cliff top above Wembury Beach, it’s surrounded by land belonging to the National Trust with views over the YealmContinue reading “St Werburgh’s Church at Wembury”
The Minster Church of St Andrew
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter The story of St. Andrew’s dates back to the 700s when ‘a party of Christian colonisers sailed into Sutton Harbour, set their farm a short distance upstream and built their church on a ridge to the westContinue reading “The Minster Church of St Andrew”
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