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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Notes on St. Martin's church and parish

Notes on St. Martin's church and parish

T H Baker

Paperback

Religion General British HistoryArchitecture History

ISBN10: 9353606748
ISBN13: 9789353606749
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In the quiet stones of St Martin's, centuries of ordinary lives still resonate. This parish remembers its dead. Notes on St. Martin's Church and Parish is T. H. Baker's meticulous church history book devoted to one English community and its enduring house of worship. Written from within the world it describes, it stands as a classic parish history study and local history monograph, tracing how faith, place, and people intertwine around the parish church. Baker gathers notes on the fabric and setting of St Martin's, on its services and customs, and on the men and women whose names survive in clergy and parish records, illuminating the texture of Anglican parish life in nineteenth-century Britain. For readers of English ecclesiastical history, students of parish church architecture, and anyone drawn to the history of St Martin's, this volume opens a sharply focused window onto a Victorian England church and its 19th century parish. It is a valuable resource for local historians and a rewarding reference for genealogists seeking to anchor family stories in the everyday life of a specific place. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, it speaks both to curious general readers and to serious collectors of historic church and parish studies.

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