The Churches of Britain and Ireland
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Reading, Berkshire Abu Bakr Masjid Trust on Oxford Road, under construction. SU 698 735. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain. Bridge Hall on Oxford Road - is this a former church? Another view. SU 703 734. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi. The former Broad Street United Reformed Chapel, originally the Independent Chapel, dating from 1707, though the frontage is from 1892. Now a bookshop. SU 714 734. © Nick Hopton. Link. Central Jamme Mosque (aka Bangladesh Association Greater Reading), on Waylen Street. SU 709 733. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain. Link. Emmanuel Methodist Church on Oxford Road. SU 695 736. © Mehmood Naqshbandi. Greyfriars Church. © Graeme Harvey. Holy Trinity (on Oxford Road), undergoing renovation. Another view. SU 707 734. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi. Link. Minster Church of St. Mary the Virgin. © Graeme Harvey. Link. Our Lady of Peace and Blessed Dominic Berberi (R.C.). © Graeme Harvey. Park Church (U.R.C.). © Graeme Harvey. Link. St. Giles on Southampton Street. Another view. Some walls remain from the C13, with a Perpendicular tower, the rest mostly of 1875. SU 716 729. Both © Nick Hopton. St. Laurence. © Graeme Harvey. Link. St. Mary (Episcopalian) on Castle Street originally dates from 1798. Interior view. No e-mails about the "ghost" please - it's a result of a slow exposure and a cleaning lady!! Both SU 713 732. © Nick Hopton. Link. St. Paul on Whitley Wood Lane, dating from the 1930's. Ian advises that the church is reputedly a "pre-fab", made in London, and originally destined for abroad. Another view. Both © Ian Miller St. Saviour (Elim Pentecostal) on Berkeley Avenue. © Colleen Thatcher.
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17 March 2009
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