About the Site
Welcome to our site celebrating the life and work of Brian Torode, a man who was much loved, and is greatly missed, following his unexpected short illness and subsequent death in … Continue reading
Let’s have your memories!
Brian’s former friends and colleagues are invited to leave comments about their memories of him. If you wish to, please also email any photographs or video that we can include on … Continue reading
Eulogy
This is the text of the Eulogy given by Brian’s great friend, Richard Barton, at Brian’s funeral on Wednesday 19th March 2014 at St Stephen’s Church, Tivoli, Cheltenham Banjour, (banzhoor) … Continue reading
Blackfriars Junior School, Llanarth Court
Hugh Allen, author of ‘New Llanthony Abbey – Father Ignatius’s Abbey at Capel-y-ffin,’ has produced an article which tells the story of Blackfriars Junior School at Llanarth Court in Monmouthshire. … Continue reading
John Ashton Beer – Ashton Beer Collection
Please press on the link below to read more about this fascinating collection of Cotswolds Arts and Crafts Furniture which is currently seeking a more permanent home:
Exploring Woodchester Priory with Jane Bethell
Three fascinating stories from Woodchester Priory with thanks to the archivist, Jane Bethell:
Cheltenham Catholic Apostolic Church
Background: The Catholic Apostolic Church ‘This millennialist denomination, notable for its liturgy and aristocratic tone, derived from meetings held from 1826 at Albury Park, the Surrey home of the London … Continue reading
The Berkeley Family and the Roman Catholic Church
To download this article by Richard Barton, entitled ‘The Berkeley Family and the Roman Catholic Church,’ please press the link below: See also ‘The Catholics of Overbury’ by Richard Barton:
St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Stonehouse – its prehistory
To download Richard Barton’s essay, ‘St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Stonehouse – its prehistory,’ please press the link below:
The Reverend Jerome Mathew D.D.
To download Richard Barton’s essay entitled, ‘The Reverend Jerome Mathew D.D. – His Background and his Roman Catholic Years,’ please press the link below:
Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Prestbury
In August 1895 the house known as ‘Wayside’ in Mill Lane, Prestbury, was purchased with the object of establishing a Catholic mission in the village which would be served from … Continue reading
A Lost Church by Scoles – Our Lady of Lourdes, Wroughton
To download this essay by Richard Barton entitled, ‘A Lost Church by Scoles – Our Lady of Lourdes, Wroughton,’ please press the link below:
