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Anglican church to hold the three-hour devotion on Good Friday (in 1864) and one of the first to celebrate a Harvest Festival. Mackonochie also openly
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to serve the mixed-use zone, notable for jewel-setting and for law firms. It has been Grade II* listed since 1951. This land is commonly – other than mainly to state
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The high poverty shown in blue plus in pink, those generally of adequate means, on the outskirts (of this, the central zone) in about 1889. Click for broader map and to enable varied magnification.
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entitled 'Jesus being Raised from the Dead' – the same artist had produced the church's current set of
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and played by the composer himself. The church was burned out during the
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Martyr of Ritualism: Father Mackonochie of St. Alban’s
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