St Osmund's Church is a

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, Wiltshire, England. It was built from 1847 to 1848 and designed by

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in the

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. It is located on Exeter Street next to

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in the city centre. It is a

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History

Foundation

After the

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the Catholic community in

celebrated

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in a house on Cathedral Close owned by

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. In the early 1800s, the Arundells left the area. In 1811, a former inn, the World's End Inn on St Martin's Lane, was bought so that a small chapel could be built there.

Construction

In the 1840s the chapel was too small to accommodate the increasing Catholic population of the city.

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, the first Catholic mayor of Salisbury, bought the site of the current church and presbytery. He commissioned

to design the church. In 1835, Pugin had converted to Catholicism in nearby

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. On 8 April 1847, the foundation stone was laid by Bishop William Ullathorne the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District. On 6 September 1848, the church was

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Developments

In 1850, stained glass by Hardman & Co. was installed in the church. In the 1890s, the church was extended by

Edward Doran Webb Edward Doran Webb (1864–1931) was a British church architecture, ecclesiastical architect. Based in Wiltshire, he worked on several churches including at St Osmund's Church, Salisbury, Salisbury, Finchley, Holy Rood Church, Swindon, Swindon an ...

. In the 1980s, the walls in the

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were repainted according to the original Pugin design. In 1982, stained glass was installed. They show the England and Welsh martyrs.

Parish

St Osmund's Church is in the same

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as Holy Redeemer Church near the Bishopdown area of Salisbury and is in partnership with the parish of St Gregory and the English Martyrs Church on St Gregory's Avenue to the west of Salisbury. St Osmund's Church has four Sunday Masses at 9:00am, 11:00am, and 18:00am, with an

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Mass at 12:15pm. Holy Redeemer Church has a Sunday Mass at 18:00pm on Saturday and St Gregory's Church has a Sunday Mass at 9:00am.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Osmund's Church, Salisbury

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