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
Dom Edmund Ceolfrid Trehearne O.S.B. – ‘Martyr of Charity’
Dom Edmund Ceolfrid Trehearne O. S. B. – ‘Martyr of Charity’ Some years ago a member of the old Cheltenham Catholic Family of Rotundo gave me a photograph of Father … Continue reading
Ursulines in Cheltenham – some postcards
During the year 1907 a community of Ursuline Sisters from Angers was driven out of France as a result of the anti-clerical legislation which had closed many Catholic schools run … Continue reading
St Gregory’s Cheltenham – David Burke remembers…
David Burke has kindly allowed me to reproduce these fascinating articles: From ‘Days gone by in Cheltenham’ – Memories of David Burke I. Christmas 1945 During the war there was … Continue reading
Daughters of the Cross in Cheltenham
Daughters of the Cross in Cheltenham 1863-1873 by Richard Barton (1987) During the 1850’s education for wealthy middle class girls experienced a revolution in Cheltenham as a result … Continue reading
St Gregory’s Cheltenham – Photographs
St Gregory’s Cheltenham in Photographs More photographs from the collection of Richard Barton and the Late Brian Torode may be added in due course… 1908 Dom Robert … Continue reading
Dean Close’s fight against ‘Romanism’
Brian Torode – Lecture Notes for his illustrated talk on Dean Close and the Roman Catholics of Cheltenham Cheltenham had had a Roman Catholic presence certainly since the end of … Continue reading
Pio Cianchettini
PIO LEWIS FREDERICK CIANCHETTINI (1799-1851) OF CHELTENHAM by Richard Barton (1993) Glancing through copies of “The Cheltenham Looker-On” in the Cheltenham Public Library recently, I came upon a sad little … Continue reading
Caffieri Family
The Caffieri Family of Cheltenham by Richard Barton (1993) St Gregory’s Church, Cheltenham, contains a fine series of nineteenth century stained glass windows inserted by John Hardman of Birmingham between … Continue reading
William Welstead
WILLIAM WELSTEAD K. S. G. (1847-1929) OF CHELTENHAM by Richard Barton (1992) When I first became interested in the history of Saint Gregory’s Parish, Cheltenham, various older parishioners were … Continue reading
