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Reading Minster, or the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, is the oldest ecclesiastical foundation in the town of Reading, Berkshire, England.Although eclipsed in importance by the later Reading Abbey, Reading Minster regained its status after the destruction of the Abbey and is now an Anglican parish church.
The Church of England has designated additional minsters in the 20th and 21st centuries, by adding an honorific title to existing parish churches. These have included Dewsbury (1994), Sunderland Minster (1998), Preston (2003), Rotherham (2004), [12] Stoke (2005), and Newport (2008). St Andrew's Church, Plymouth became a minster church in late ...
It is located in the town centre of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire, and is a few yards from the similarly named, but much older Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin. In 1798, there was a disagreement between the Bishop and the congregation of St Giles' Church in nearby Southampton Street. Many of the congregation left and founded a ...
St Mary's Church and Butts are where the town of Reading originally grew from. [1] To the south, St Mary's Butts reaches a cross-roads, where it meets Gun Street (the western continuation of Minster Street) to the east, Castle Street to the west, and Bridge Street to the south.
Reading Minster (the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin) is Reading's oldest ecclesiastical foundation, known to have been founded by the 9th century and possibly earlier. [208] Although eclipsed in importance by the later abbey, Reading Minster has regained its importance since the destruction of the abbey.
Roman Catholic churches in Reading, Berkshire (3 P) Pages in category "Churches in Reading, Berkshire" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
passed to Reading 1270 Sonning Minster Saxon minster held by Bishop of Ramsbury/Sherborne 10th/11th century sometimes considered joint see with Ramsbury, Wiltshire; current parochial church dating to 9th century, largely rebuilt 1852–3; restored 1870–90 Hundredal Minster [32
Reading Minster; S. St Laurence's Church, Reading This page was last edited on 19 July 2016, at 16:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...