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Strand Church (other)
Strand Church may refer to: *Strand Church (Nord-Aurdal), a church in Nord-Aurdal municipality in Innlandet county, Norway *Strand Church (Rogaland), a church in Strand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway *Strand Church (Stor-Elvdal), a church in Stor-Elvdal municipality in Innlandet county, Norway See also

*St Mary le Strand, a church in London, England *Stranda Church, a church in Sunnmøre, Norway *Stranda Church (Leksvik), a church in Trøndelag, Norway {{dab, geo ...
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Strand Church (Nord-Aurdal)
Strand Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Synnstrond. It is the church for the Svenes parish which is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a Churches in Norway#Floor plan, cruciform design in 1735 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect and then it was disassembled, moved, and rebuilt in 1860. The church seats about 230 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1307, but the church was not built that year. The first church was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. This church was built on the Svenes farm, about northwest of the present church site. This church was known as ''Svenes Church''. Not much is known about that building. During the 1500s, the old stave church had a fire and burned, but it was rebuilt soon afterwards. I ...
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Strand Church (Rogaland)
Strand Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Strand Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tau. It is the church for the Strand parish which is part of the Ryfylke prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1874 using designs by the architect Fritz von der Lippe. The church seats about 284 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1280, but the church was not new that year. The church was probably a stave church, possibly from the 12th century. In 1626, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed building on roughly the same location. The new church was not fully completed until 1635. In 1814, this church served as an election church (). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Ass ...
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Strand Church (Stor-Elvdal)
Strand Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Strand. It is the church for the Strand parish which is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a rectangular design in 1863 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 300 people. History The people of Strand had long desired their own local church due to the more than long journey to the Stor-Elvdal Church where they had historically gone to church. Approval was finally granted in the early 1860s. Jacob Wilhelm Nordan was hired to design the new church. Construction began in April 1863 and it progressed through the summer and fall. The church is rectangular in design with the nave and choir in the same room. There's a small sacristy on the east end and a church porch with tower on the west end. The new church ...
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St Mary Le Strand
St Mary le Strand is a Church of England church at the eastern end of the Strand, London, Strand in the City of Westminster, London. It lies within the Deanery of Westminster (St Margaret) within the Diocese of London. The church stands on what was until recently a traffic island to the north of Somerset House, King's College London's Strand campus, and south of Bush House, London, Bush House (formerly the headquarters of the BBC World Service and now also part of King's College London). Although earlier churches preceded it, the present foundation was part of an extensive new church building effort in the early 1700s ("Queen Anne Churches"). It is the official church of the Women's Royal Naval Service, and has a book of remembrance for members who have died in service. The nearest tube station is Temple tube station, Temple, with the now-closed Aldwych tube station, Aldwych station nearly opposite the church. It is known as one of the two 'Island Churches', the other being St Cl ...
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Stranda Church
Stranda Church or Sløgstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stranda, along the western shore of the Storfjorden. It is the church for the Stranda parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1838 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 260 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432 when it was mentioned in Aslak Bolt's cadastre, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Stranda was a wooden stave church, located on the same site as the present-day church. The church may have been first constructed in the 13th century. Originally, the church was built in a long church design, but at some point in the 1500s or 1600s, the church was enlarged by adding timber-framed transepts to the north and sout ...
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