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St Lawrence Parish is located in the Huntington section of Shelton and, with over 3,000 registered families, is one of the largest parishes in the Diocese. The modern church was constructed shortly after the parish was formed in 1955. The architect was J. Gerald Phelan. A recent renovation doubled the size of the church and added a parish center.
The parish was united with that of St Nicholas after that church was destroyed in the Siege of York. St Lawrence was also severely damaged, but was rebuilt at the Restoration, and silver and furniture from c. 1669 remain. [5] Sir John Vanbrugh married Henrietta Maria Yarburgh here on a snowy day in 1719. [6]
St Lawrence Parish is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is one of the four small parishes in the Sydney city area. Unlike the other three parishes, St Lawrence was not named after a New Testament saint but after St Lawrence, the second Bishop of Canterbury ...
Anglo-Catholics venerate Lawrence, who is the patron of many Anglican parish churches, including 228 in England. [21] [22] A major church in Sydney, Australia, in the former civil parish of St Laurence, is known as "Christ Church St Laurence". The Anglican charitable society, Brotherhood of St Laurence also bears his name. [citation needed]
The parish Church of Saint Lawrence is built largely of pink or grey Lias limestone combined with other local limestones and sandstones. The church was struck by lightning in 1791 which caused cracks to open in the tower which was then reinforced with iron bands.
The church was built on one of the highest hilltops in Cincinnati. The mother parish was St. Michael's in Lower Price Hill. St Lawrence Church was organized at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary in 1868 under the direction of Rev. J. M. Bonner. A tract of land was purchased and a building erected which was dedicated June 12, 1870.
Lydeard St Lawrence or St Lawrence Lydiard is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Taunton. The village has a population of 506. [ 1 ] The parish includes the hamlets of Westowe , Hoccombe and Pyleigh , with its 16th century manor house.
St Lawrence is a parish in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England on the Dengie peninsula.The village of St Lawrence Bay, which takes its name from the parish, is situated on the south shore of the Blackwater Estuary, 4 miles (6.5 km) from Southminster and is also known by local residents as “Stone”.