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St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray
St Mary is the parish church of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The large medieval church, described as "one of the finest parish churches in Leicestershire", suffered from a poor Victorian restoration, and was left in a poor state of repair and deemed "unfit for purpose". By late 2017, work was completed to make the church more accessible and safe, which included a new floor and underfloor heating, a lighting and sound system and a rebuild of the historic organ; the reordering cost an approximate £2 million. Features St Mary's Church is the largest and "stateliest" parish church in Leicestershire, with visible remains dating mainly from the 13th-15th centuries. The stonework in the lowest section of the tower, which has Norman windows, dates from 1170, although there were certainly one or more Anglo-Saxon churches on this site before the Norman one. It is built on a plan more usual for cathedrals and the tower dominates the town, and is a rare example of a parish church with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. The English church renounced papal authority in 1534 when Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII failed to secure a papal annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI of England, Edward VI's regents, before a brief Second Statute of Repeal, restoration of papal authority under Mary I of England, Queen Mary I and Philip II of Spain, King Philip. The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both English Reformation, Reformed and Catholicity, Catholic. In the earlier phase of the Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Framland
Framland was a hundred in north-east Leicestershire, England, roughly corresponding to today's borough of Melton. It was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as one of Leicestershire's four wapentakes. The name remains in use as a deanery of the Diocese of Leicester in the Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai .... The original meeting place of the hundred was at Great Framland.Sam Turner, Aspects of the development of public assembly in the Danelaw'' References External links Ancient subdivisions of Leicestershire {{Leicestershire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bryan Hesford
Dr. (Michael) Bryan Hesford (19 July 1930 - 19 March 1996) was an organist and composer based in England. Life He was born on 19 July 1930 in Eccles, Lancashire. He studied organ under Marcel Dupré and Max Drischner. Appointments *Assistant organist of Newcastle Cathedral 1959 - 1960 *Organist of Wymondham Abbey 1960 - 1963 *Organist of Brecon Cathedral 1963International Who's Who in Music and Musicians Directory. David Cummings. 2000 - 1966 *Organist of St. Margaret's Priory and Parish Church, King's Lynn 1966 - ???? *Organist of St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray 1973 - 1978 *Organist of the Church of St John the Baptist, Frome 1986 *Organist of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church The Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas is a medieval church building in Galway, Ireland. It is a collegiate church and the parish church of St. Nicholas Church of Ireland parish, which covers Galway city. It was founded in 1320 and dedicated to ... Galway 1986 - 1995 Compositions He has compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakefield Cathedral
Wakefield Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, is a co-equal Anglican cathedral with Bradford and Ripon Cathedrals, in the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds. Originally the parish church, it has Anglo Saxon origins and, after enlargement and rebuilding, has the tallest spire in Yorkshire. Its spire is the tallest structure in the City of Wakefield. The cathedral was designated a Grade I listed building on 14 July 1953. History The cathedral, situated in the centre of Wakefield on a hill on Kirkgate, is built on the site of a Saxon church, evidence of which was uncovered in 1900 when extensions to the east end were made. A church in Wakefield is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086. In 1090 William II gave the church and land in Wakefield to Lewes Priory in Sussex and shortly after that a Norman church was built. The Norman church was rebuilt in 1329, and apart from the tower and spire, was again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Sargent
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets Russes, the Huddersfield Choral Society, the Royal Choral Society, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Sargent was held in high esteem by choirs and instrumental soloists, but because of his high standards and a statement that he made in a 1936 interview disputing musicians' rights to tenure, his relationship with orchestral players was often uneasy. Despite this, he was co-founder of the London Philharmonic, was the first conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic as a full-time ensemble, and played an important part in saving the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from disbandment in the 1960s. As chief conductor of London's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Groves & Son
Henry Groves & Son is an organ builder in England.Pipes and Actions. Some Organ Builders in the Midlands and Beyond. Laurence Elvin, 1995. Company The company was established in 1957 by Alvin Henry Groves. He had learned his trade in the company of Henry Willis & Sons. In 1969 he acquired the Nottingham based company of E. Wragg & Son. Alvin Henry Groves retired in 1991, and the business was taken over by his grandson, Jonathan Wallace. In 1994 Henry Groves acquired the Johnson Organ Company. Work New organs have included: * St. Michael's Church, Linby 2005 * All Saints' Church, Wingerworth 2006 *St. Edmund's Church, Mansfield Woodhouse 2008 *St Giles' Church, Balderton 2010 The company has restored many organs in the East Midlands area including *Nottingham Cathedral 1995 *The Priory, Deeping St James 2012 *All Saints' Church, Matlock 2004 * St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Shelford 2004 * Holy Trinity Church, Rolleston 2008 *St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne 2011 *St Mary's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Groves
Samuel Groves (c. 1817 – 20 October 1858) was a British organ builder based in London. Family He was born in Cerne Abbas, Dorset He married Elizabeth (c. 1807 – 21 March 1853) He married Emma Barrows Lockington in 1854. Career He was apprenticed to Gray and Davison for 10 years, and then set up his own business around 1849 with John Mitchell. They had works at 8 Great Marlborough Street, London, and 7 St Ann’s Street, Manchester. His partnership with John Mitchell ended in 1851. Shortly afterwards his factory on Little Marlborough Street was destroyed by fire. The last business premises was 38 Euston Road, London. He applied for several patents, including improvements in pneumatic apparatus for pumping or forcing air. and improvements in organs. He died on 20 October 1858 at the Raven Hotel, St Helen’s in the county of Lancaster. On his death, the organ being installed at Vicar Lane Chapel in Coventry was completed by two of his apprentices, Charles Lloyd and Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary, Melton Mowbray, Leics - East End - Geograph
ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy and theology by St. Thomas Aquinas * St or St., abbreviation of "State", especially in the name of a college or university Businesses and organizations Transportation * Germania (airline) (IATA airline designator ST) * Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, abbreviated as State Transport * Sound Transit, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington state, US * Springfield Terminal Railway (Vermont) (railroad reporting mark ST) * Suffolk County Transit, or Suffolk Transit, the bus system serving Suffolk County, New York Other businesses and organizations * Statstjänstemannaförbundet, or Swedish Union of Civil Servants, a trade union * The Secret Team, an alleged covert alliance between the CIA and American indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Jenkin
Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, (7 September 1926 – 20 December 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government. Life and career Jenkin was born in September 1926 and educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Clifton College in Bristol and Jesus College, Cambridge. He became a barrister, called by the Middle Temple in 1952, and company director. He was a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council from 1960 to 1963. The following year, Jenkin became the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wanstead and Woodford. From 1965, he served as an Opposition spokesman on economic and trade affairs. He was a member of the Bow Group from 1951. In January 1974, he became Minister for Energy just weeks before the Conservatives fell from office, and participated in many ways in the government of Margaret Thatcher. He served as Secretary of State for Social Services from 1979 to 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Paul Blakeney
Richard Paul Blakeney (1820–1884) was an Irish-born religious writer and cleric. He was well known as a vigorous champion of evangelical doctrines in the Church of England, and was the author of a large number of controversial books and tracts, which attained a wide circulation. Life Blakeney was descended from an old Norfolk family, which had moved to Ireland before his birth. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,"Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). George Dames Burtchaell / Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 73: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 where he graduated B.A. in 1842, taking high honours in theology. In 1852 he proceeded LL.B. and LL.D. Meanwhile he became curate of St Paul's Church, George Street, Nottingham in 1843, vicar of Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire, in 1844, vicar of Christ Church, Claughton, Birkenhead, in January 1852, vicar of Bridlington in 1874, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morris Colles
William Morris Colles (23 November 1855 – 11 October 1926, Slindon) was an English literary agent, the founder and managing director of The Authors' Syndicate, Ltd. William Morris Colles was the son of Rev. William Morris Colles, Vicar of Melton Mowbray. He was educated at Oakham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1877. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1880, married Fanny Elizabeth Bird the same year,Obituary: Mr W. M. Colles, ''The Times'', 14 October 1926, p.16 and practised on the Midland Circuit. Colles worked as a leader-writer for the '' Standard'' under W. H. Mudford. He founded the Authors' Syndicate in 1890. He was a Member of the Council of the Society of Authors, and of the Copyright Association. The library of UCLA holds correspondence with him from writers including James Barrie, Arnold Bennett, E. F. Benson, Ford Madox Ford, Rider Haggard, and Somerset Maugham. Correspondence held at the University of Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
