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High Cross is the name given to the crossroads of the Roman roads of Watling Street (now the A5) and Fosse Way on the border between Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England.A naturally strategic high point, High Cross was "the central cross roads" of Anglo-Saxon and Roman Britain. [1]
New York, New York: Self-identifies as an Episcopal church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition . [114] Eastward facing celebration, chanted minor propers in Latin, asperges, incense, bells, and three sacred ministers at Sunday masses. [115] NRHP-listed in 1999, [116] Church of Saint Mary the Virgin (Times Square, New York) New York, New York Self ...
Leicestershire districts and boroughs This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. There are 233 civil parishes. Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes. The districts of Leicester and Oadby and Wigston (Oadby and Wigston) are entirely unparished. Coalville, Hinckley, Loughborough, Market Harborough and Melton Mowbray are ...
Parish church Location Tradition AEO Refs St Aidan's Church, St Oswald Road, New Parks, Leicester LE3 6RJ: Leicester, Leicestershire Anglo-Catholic Yes (Bishop of Richborough) [95] Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester: Leicester, Leicestershire Traditional Catholic Yes (Bishop of Richborough) [96] [97] St Nicholas' Church, Leicester
Dominican priory established in 1882, re-establishing Dominican presence in Leicester, which had existed from 1247 to 1538. The Dominicans then established local parish churches of the area. The priory church was rebuilt during 1929-58. [3] Immaculate Conception 54 New Street, Oadby
In the Domesday Book it is recorded that Leicester had six churches, and it is assumed that All Saints was one of these. In 1143 it was given to Leicester Abbey. [3] The church was enlarged in about 1300 when aisles were added. During the following century the tower and the nave were raised and new aisle roofs were built. [1]
[6] On 23 July 2007, the Leicester Mercury reported that the latest name change had been the result of a year-long dispute [7] with a local coven of witches, who pointed out that "High Cross Quarter" is the name of a high point or major sabbat in the wiccan calendar, and registered five [8] internet domain names relating to the name. Hammerson ...
The road joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at Venonis south of Leicester, and joined Ermine Street at Lincoln.. The Antonine Itinerary (a 2nd-century Roman register of roads) includes the section between High Cross and Lincoln, and lists intermediate points at Verometo (Willoughby on the Wolds), Margiduno (Castle Hill near Bingham), Ad Pontem and ...