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The St Martin's Belltower in Basildon Town Centre was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II [1] and is claimed to be "the world’s first and only glass bell tower". [2] Basildon Town Centre is a planned town centre developed during the creation of the town of Basildon, Essex, in the 1950s. The architect Sir Basil Spence worked on its design.
Burials had also been discovered in the churchyard of St Martin's dating to the 18th and 19th century. Records of families were used to identify the bodies. [citation needed] Four information panels providing information on the discoveries and history of the site are in the Bull Ring at St Martin's Square, Edgbaston Street, Park Street and High ...
Christ Child, also known as In the Beginning or the Millennium Sculpture, [1] is an outdoor sculpture by Michael "Mike" Chapman, located under the portico of St Martins-in-the-Fields at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom.
St. Francis Street Methodist Church founded. [6] Population: 12,672. [7] 1842 - United States Marine Hospital completed. [1] 1844 - Shaarai Shomayim congregation formed. [11] 1845 - Trinity Episcopal Church established. 1850 Mobile Evening News begins publication. [4] Population: 20,515. [7] Bienville Square (city park) established. 1852
The Church of St Martin is an ancient Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England, situated slightly beyond the city centre.It is recognised as the oldest church building in Britain still in use as a church, [2] and the oldest existing parish church in the English-speaking world, although Roman and Celtic churches had existed for centuries.
The first production at the St Martin's was the spectacular Edwardian musical comedy Houp La!, starring Gertie Millar, which opened on 23 November 1916. [1] [2] The producer was the impresario Charles B. Cochran, who took a 21-year lease on the new theatre. [3] Many famous British actors passed through the St Martin's.
600s – St. Hripsime Church, Echmiadzin, one of the world's oldest surviving churches, constructed. 500s – Hagia Sophia built in its present form. Oldest known surviving roof truss in Saint Catherine's Monastery. 495–504 – Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. [3] 470 – Basilica of St. Martin, Tours. [3]
The Salisbury was well known as a gay-friendly pub from Oscar Wilde's time up until the mid-1980s. [5] The 1961 British suspense film Victim, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms, includes scenes inside and outside The Salisbury and was the first English language film to use the word "homosexual".