Tyne and Wear HER(7402): Birtley, RC Church of St. Joseph and Presbytery
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Description
"Opened by 1843 to replace the Birtley RC Mission which had been in operation since the seventeenth century. A school and other facilities were later added for the Catholic population {1}. This Dobson-designed church followed from a Catholic Benedictine mission of 1696, which had moved to Birtley in 1746. A Chapel was then registered in 1791 after the Catholic Relief Act came into force, but this became too small to accommodate the influx of Catholic Irish to the area and so this church was built. Designed in the Early English style, it is constructed of large coursed sandstone blocks with carved details......" -
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Further information
Link: http://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/7402
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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