FWRe: Liverpool pro-Cathedral

[Samuel M. Austin]

This is from Giles

Aye

Sam


>
> From: "jimhedgcock" <jameshedgcock at h...>
>Subject: Re: Liverpool pro-Cathedral
>
>--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, David Bryant <david at b...>
>wrote:
> >>
> > http://www.crosswinds.net/~marlerjc/stpc.html
> >
> > It has some not-very-good pictures, of the interior and exterior.
> >
> > This link is inaccurate in that St. Peter's Church was not erected
>as the Cathedral Church. The diocese was only created in 1880. St.
>Peter's was Liverpool Parish Church, the title passing to Our Lady
>and St. Nicholas Pier Head after the deconsecration of St. Peter's
>Church.
>
>
>- I haven't had a chance to follow this link, but Jim is (of course) right 
>that St Peter's was not built as a Cathedral. From memory, however, the 
>title of Parish Church did not 'pass' to OLSN when St Peter's was 
>deconsecrated. For much of the 19th century, OLSN and St Peter's were co 
>parish churches, and this status only finished by act of Parliament when 
>there was enough of the Cathedral available to function, thus putting St 
>Peter's out of a job.
>
>Prior to the Parish of Liverpool having two Parish Churches, it had 2 
>(clerical) rectors at once - this finishing in 183-something (again, I 
>think by act of Parliament). The ecclesiastical history of Liverpool would 
>really deserve study: given the large RC population, the anglican parochial 
>system never really seems to have got off the ground. But I fear I am 
>drifitng too far from this list's brief - and I know I have drifted too far 
>from my certain knowledge! I look forward to Jim, Sam et al putting me 
>right.
>
>Cheers
>
>Giles Blundell
>Liverpool
>
>
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>Message: 19
> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:31:47 -0000
> From: "combineharvestersam" <combineharvestersam at h...>
>Subject: Re: Liverpool Cathedral Bells
>
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>From: "Giles Blundell" <grblundell at a...>
>To: combineharvestersam at h...
>Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:38:23 +0000 GMT
>
>Hi Sam
>
>Is there any chance of you forwarding the following to bell historians? For 
>some reason, yahoo objects to the source address my palmtop uses instead of 
>believing that I am really sending from aol.
>
>Thanks
>
>Giles
>

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