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The present church is built
The present church is built
St John sub Castro 1840
The old church was demolished in 1839, and the present church built in 1840.
4 THE VICTORIAN CHURCH
THE END OF THE OLD ST JOHN’S At the end of the eighteenth century the church stood in an isolated position near the ...
Faculty to enable the Rector (P G Crofts) to take down the old church in 1839
(NB A Faculty is the church’s equivalent of Planning Permission. It is issued by the legal department of the Diocese of ...
Medieval Font from the old church
The medieval font from the old church was brought into the present church when it was built in 1840. At that ...
Memorials from the old church
When the old church was demolished in 1839, some of the memorials were saved and built into the fabric of ...
The new St John's Church is built, 1840
Construction of the new church started in 1839, and the following is from a local newspaper dated June 1839: The new ...
The old St John's Church is demolished, 1839
By 1839, and following the development of St John Street (1718-1800), Sun Street (1800-1824) and Abinger Place (1812-1830s), the population ...
St John's Church
Map of St John Sub Castro area
History of St John's Church
The ancient church
The present church is built
From Victorian times to 2014
A time of major change
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1700s (1 page)
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1830s (11 pages)
1840s (20 pages)
1850s (12 pages)
1860s (13 pages)
1870s (15 pages)
1880s (15 pages)
1890s (17 pages)
1900s (44 pages)
1910s (83 pages)
1920s (31 pages)
1930s (21 pages)
1940s (77 pages)
1950s (24 pages)
1960s (55 pages)
1970s (62 pages)
1980s (4 pages)
1990s (3 pages)
2000s (3 pages)
2010s (42 pages)
2020s (1 page)
