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  2. St Mary's Convent, Handsworth - Wikipedia

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    In July 1847, St Mary's Church was opened and consecrated by Bishop William Wareing. After St Francis of Assisi Church was built opposite the convent in 1894, St Mary's Church became the convent chapel. [2] However, St Mary's Church was destroyed during World War II and not rebuilt. The site of the church is now occupied by St Francis Catholic ...

  3. Sainte-Marie among the Hurons - Wikipedia

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    Sainte-Marie among the Hurons was established in 1639 by French Jesuits, Fathers Jérôme Lalemant and Jean de Brébeuf in the land of the Wendat. The fortified missionary settlement acted as a centre and base of operations for Jesuit missionaries on the outskirts of what is now Midland, Ontario as they worked amongst the Huron.

  4. Lady's Well - Wikipedia

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    Lady's Well or Our Lady's Well is a common name in the United Kingdom and Ireland for a holy well, usually dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Examples include: Lady's Well, Auchmannoch; Dundalk § Places of interest; Effin § Wells; Gwladys's well in Tredegar; Hermitage, Dorset; Holystone, Northumberland; Honiley § History; Ladywell Fields ...

  5. Handsworth, West Midlands - Wikipedia

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    Carl Palmer (born 1950) drummer and percussionist. with bands including The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Asia. George Ramsay (1855–1926), Secretary/Manager of Aston Villa in the most successful period of the club's history. Buried at St Mary's Church; Tommy Roberts, professional footballer

  6. Lady Well - Wikipedia

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    Also known as 'Our Lady's Well', Glasgow's Ladywell is an artesian spring noted on early city maps and can be reliably assumed to predate the city. It lay just outside the city wall and Drygate Port in medieval times and will have refreshed Romans traveling the old Carntyne Highway east-west between forts along the Antonine Wall .

  7. St Mary's Church, Fernyhalgh - Wikipedia

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    St Mary's is an active church in the diocese of Lancaster. Mass is said in the church and in Ladyewell House, and the house is open for visitors during the week, all at advertised times. [11] Pilgrimages to the church and house frequently take place. [9] [12] The school has been converted into use as a nursery and a parish centre. [7]

  8. County Westmeath - Wikipedia

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    County Westmeath (/ w ɛ s t ˈ m iː ð /; Irish: Contae na hIarmhí or simply An Iarmhí) is a county in Ireland.It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region.

  9. St Mary's Church, Handsworth - Wikipedia

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    14th-century corbel inside St. Mary's. In its long history, St Mary's has undergone successive and opinionated reconstruction, especially in 1820 and 1870. As a Staffordshire country church placed at the convergence of several cross country tracks, St Mary's became a significant part of the largest industrial city in Britain. 1904 Ordnance ...