Heritage Open Days 2016

 

Heritage Open Days 2016 will be taking place between September 8-11. Catholic sites open to the public include:

 

South West

Lulworth Castle & Park, Wareham, Dorset

St Edmund’s Church, Calne, Wiltshire

St Peter’s Church, Devizes, Wiltshire

St Peter’s Church, Gloucester

Meet the Marian Franciscan’s of St Mary’s, Gosport, Hampshire

Eyre Chapel, Bath, Somerset

 

South East

Notre Dame High School, Norwich, Norfolk

St Edmund’s Church, Bury St Edmund’s, Suffolk

St James Church, Reading, Berkshire

St Columba’s Church, Chesham, Buckinghamshire

St James the Less & St Helen’s Church, Colchester

St Joseph & the English Martyrs Church, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire

St Joseph’s Church, Dorking, Surrey

St Raphael’s Church, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

 

East Midlands

St Mary on the Sea Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire

 

West Midlands

Coughton Court, Alcester, Warwickshire

Polish Catholic Mission, Leamington Spa. Warwickshire

St Peter’s Church, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Princethorpe Benedictine College, Rugby, Warwickshire

St Anne’s Church, Wappenbury, Warwickshire

St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham

Birmingham Oratory

Ss Peter & Paul Church, Wolverhampton

Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire

St Joseph’s Church, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Sacred Heart Church, Tunstall, Staffordshire

 

North West

St Werburg’s Church, Chester, Cheshire

St Ann’s Church, Ashton under Lyne

St Chad’s Church, The Manchester Oratory, Cheetham Hill, Manchester

St Wulstan’s Church & School, Fleetwood, Lancashire

St Clare’s Church, Sefton Park, Liverpool

Ss Peter & Paul Church, New Brighton, Merseyside

Holy Apostles & Martyrs Church, Wallasey, Merseyside

 

North East

St Cuthbert’s Church, Old Elvet, Co Durham

Ushaw College, Co Durham

St Hilda’s Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire

St Ninian’s Church, Baxtergate, Whitby, North Yorkshire

Biddlestone RC Chapel, Netherton, Northumberland

St Cuthbert’s Church, Bradford, Yorkshire

Middleton Calvary, Illey, West Yorkshire

St Hilda’s Church, Leeds

St Saviours Church, Leeds

St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract

St Columba’s Church, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear

 

 

 

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Visit to Caversham, Thursday 22nd September 2016 — English Catholic History Association

10.30 Arrival and tea, coffee and biscuits or homemade cake 11.00 Talk Aspects of Pilgrimage by Lindsay Mullaney, followed by questions 12.15 Mass 13.00 Lunch (bring your own sandwiches; tea and coffee provided). There will be an opportunity to look round the Church and the Shrine 14.00 Talk Medieval Pilgrimage to Reading by John Mullaney, […]

via Visit to Caversham, Thursday 22nd September 2016 — English Catholic History Association

St Nicholas Owen: Priest-hole Maker by Tony Reynolds — English Catholic History Association

St Nicholas Owen was arguably one of the most fearless and courageous of the Catholic martyrs of the Reformation. He learnt joinery as a trade and put his skills to use in fashioning the most ingenious priest-holes in England during penal times. Finally he was caught and tortured, giving nothing away to his tormentors. He […]

via St Nicholas Owen: Priest-hole Maker by Tony Reynolds — English Catholic History Association

St Mary’s Along the Thames: exhibition at Cricklade, 10-11 September 2016 — English Catholic History Association

St Mary’s Catholic Church in Cricklade is presenting an exhibition of photos, posters, maps and copies of historic and archaeological documents entitled “St Mary’s along the Thames“ – on the national Heritage Open Days weekend: Saturday 10 September, 10am – 4pm and Sunday 11 September 11am – 4pm. The displays tell us about the 100+ sites […]

via St Mary’s Along the Thames: exhibition at Cricklade, 10-11 September 2016 — English Catholic History Association