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St. Margaret's Church (other)
St. Margaret's Church is often used to mean St Margaret's, Westminster, which forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Westminster, Greater London. It may also refer to: Australia *St. Margaret's Uniting Church, Hackett, Australian Capital Territory Barbados *St. Margaret's Church, Barbados Hong Kong * St. Margaret's Church, Hong Kong Italy *Church of Saint Margaret, Brugherio Malta *Church of St Margaret, Sannat *Santa Margerita Chapel, St Margaret's Chapel, San Gwann Norway *St. Margaret's Church, Oslo Romania *St. Margaret's Church, Mediaș United Kingdom *St Margaret's Church, Abbotsley, Cambridgeshire *St Margaret of Scotland, Aberdeen, Aberdeen *St Margaret's Church, Aberlour, Moray *St. Margaret's Church, Aspley, Nottingham *St Margaret's Church, Barking, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham *Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby, Leicestershire *St Margaret's Church, Bucknall *St Margaret's Church, Burnham Norton, Norfolk *St Margaret's Church, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Margaret's, Westminster
The Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey is in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England. It is dedicated to Margaret the Virgin, Margaret of Antioch, and forms part of a single World Heritage Site with the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey. History and description The church was founded in the twelfth century by Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monks, so that local people who lived in the area around the Abbey could worship separately at their own simpler parish church, and historically it was within the hundred of Ossulstone in the county of Middlesex. In 1914, in a preface to ''Memorials of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster'', a former Rector of St Margaret's, Hensley Henson, reported a mediaeval tradition that the church was as old as Westminster Abbey, owing its origins to the same royal saint, and that "The two churches, conventual and parochial, have stood side by side for more than eight centuries – not, of course, the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |