The Churches of Britain and Ireland

St. Peter Port, Guernsey

St. Peter Port on Wikipedia.
 

Eldad Elim Church on Union Street. This was originally a Congregational Church, according to the church website history page. © Janet Gimber (2019). Link.

Holy Trinity on Trinity Square. Another view. Both © Janet Gimber (2019). The church website history page dates it to 1789.

St. Andrew in the Grange (Church of Scotland), on The Grange. © Janet Gimber (2019). Link. Its History Page explains why the Church of Scotland is present on the island, and dates the present church to 1897.

The former St. Barnabas on Cornet Street. Built circa 1874, it closed in 1932, and was subsequently used as a soup kitchen, museum, storage, and latterly as the Island's Archives. Another view. Both © Janet Gimber (2019). 

St. Joseph and St. Mary (R.C., 1851), a Pugin church on On La Couperderie. Another view. Both © Janet Gimber (2019). The church website history page mentions a predecessor on Burnt Lane, which, although closed at the opening of St. Joseph, re-opened again in 1860 as Notre Dame Du Rosaire, serving the French-speaking community. Photos can be seen here.

Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church on North Clifton is dated to 1899 by a date-stone above the door. © Janet Gimber (2019). Link.

Town Church on Church Square. From an old postcard in Graeme Harvey's Collection. Another view, and two of the interior - 1, 2. All © Janet Gimber (2019). Link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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