A collection of photographs and images of Churches, Places of Worship and Church-related architecture and heritage

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St Mary’s Parish Church, Aldridge, Walsall, England.

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St Mary’s Parish Church, Aldridge, Walsall, England.

St Mary’s, Compton Dando, Somerset

St Mary’s, Compton Dando, Somerset

CHURCH OF ST. MARY, BENTWORTH. 5 by adriangeephotography on Flickr.
St Mary, Mirfield by Tim Green aka atoach on Flickr.
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St Mary and St Finnan’s Catholic Church, Glenfinnan

The church was consecrated in 1873. Designed by E Welby Pugin in the Gothic style, the church enjoys an elevated and commanding position overlooking Loch Shiel with a spectacular view of the loch and surrounding hills. The church is a memorial chapel to the MacDonalds of Glenaladale, the family with whom Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed prior to the raising of the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan in August 1745. The church contains memorial stones to the Prince and to members of the MacDonald family. Located in the village, 15 miles west of Fort William on A830 to Mallaig. 

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St Mary and St Finnan’s Catholic Church, Glenfinnan

The church was consecrated in 1873. Designed by E Welby Pugin in the Gothic style, the church enjoys an elevated and commanding position overlooking Loch Shiel with a spectacular view of the loch and surrounding hills. The church is a memorial chapel to the MacDonalds of Glenaladale, the family with whom Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed prior to the raising of the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan in August 1745. The church contains memorial stones to the Prince and to members of the MacDonald family. Located in the village, 15 miles west of Fort William on A830 to Mallaig. 

St Mary, Whitby

St Mary, Whitby

St Mary the Virgin, Henbury

St Mary the Virgin, Henbury

Malton, St Leonard with St Mary
Founded in the 12th Century as a Chapel of Ease to the Gilbertine Priory at Old Malton.  This Church was transferred by way of Ecumenical gesture of goodwill from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church in 1971.

Malton, St Leonard with St Mary

Founded in the 12th Century as a Chapel of Ease to the Gilbertine Priory at Old Malton.  This Church was transferred by way of Ecumenical gesture of goodwill from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church in 1971.

Ellerton, St Mary & St Lawrence

Ellerton, St Mary & St Lawrence

St Mary, Lead
From Wikipedia:
St Mary’s Chapel, Lead, is a redundant Anglican chapel standing in an isolated position in fields some 0.75 miles (1.2 km) to the west of the village of Saxton, North Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Churches Conservation Trust,[1] and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. The chapel stands close to the site of the battle of Towton of 1461, which was part of the Wars of the Roses. In the 1930s it was saved from neglect by a local group of ramblers, and is known locally as the Ramblers’ Church.
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St Mary, Lead

From Wikipedia:

St Mary’s Chapel, Lead, is a redundant Anglican chapel standing in an isolated position in fields some 0.75 miles (1.2 km) to the west of the village of SaxtonNorth Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Churches Conservation Trust,[1] and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. The chapel stands close to the site of the battle of Towton of 1461, which was part of the Wars of the Roses. In the 1930s it was saved from neglect by a local group of ramblers, and is known locally as the Ramblers’ Church.

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Marton-in-the-Forest, St Mary

Marton-in-the-Forest, St Mary

Tissington, St Mary

Tissington, St Mary

Kettlewell, St Mary

Kettlewell, St Mary

Masham, St Mary the Virgin

Masham, St Mary the Virgin

Strensall, St Mary the Virgin

Strensall, St Mary the Virgin