The building of St Nicholas Owen Roman Catholic Church in Kettering Road was started towards the end of 1970, completed in the summer of 1971 and was opened on 2 March 1972. (Click the first button below for the press report on the opening.) It had been four...
Saint Nicholas Owen
Article from local newspaper transcribed and presented by Margaret CraddockSaint Nicholas Owen was a Jesuit lay brother and martyr. He was born of an Oxfordshire recusant family and was trained in early life as a carpenter and builder. This enabled him to construct...
New Catholic Church Opens
Article from local newspaper 8th January 1972 transcribed and presented by Margaret CraddockThe Vicar General, Mgr Frank Diamond leading the processionat the opening of the churchA fresh chapter was written into a town’s history books last night with the opening of a...