Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley

The Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony is a Roman Catholic church in , a town and borough in , England. The town's first permanent place of Roman Catholic worship was founded in 1861 next to a friary whose members, from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, had been invited to the area by a wealthy local family of Catholic converts.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony” and “Saint Francis and Saint Anthony’s”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crawley railway station and St John the Baptist’s Church, Crawley.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town of in , England. It is 30 miles 49 chains down the line from , measured via Redhill. is situated 550 feet southeast of Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley.

Church
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St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglican church in , , . It is the parish church of Crawley, and is the oldest building in the town centre, dating from the 1250—although many alterations have been made since, and only one wall remains of the ancient building. is situated 400 feet northwest of Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley.

College
is a further education college in , , England. It forms the Crawley campus of the Chichester College Group, one of the largest providers of further education in the south-east of England. is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Green and Southgate.

Village
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
is one of the 14 residential neighbourhoods in , a town and borough in , England. Crawley was planned and laid out as a New Town after the Second World War, based on the principle of self-contained neighbourhoods surrounding a town centre of civic and commercial buildings.

Village
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is one of the 14 residential neighbourhoods in , a town and borough in , England. Crawley was planned and laid out as a New Town after the Second World War, based on the principle of self-contained neighbourhoods surrounding a town centre of civic and commercial buildings.

Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.
is one of the 14 residential neighbourhoods in , a town and borough in , England. Crawley was planned and laid out as a New Town after the Second World War, based on the principle of self-contained neighbourhoods surrounding a town centre of civic and commercial buildings.

Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley

Latitude
51.11332° or 51° 6′ 48″ north
Longitude
-0.18775° or 0° 11′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C3X4R76+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157913685
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q5503372
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Ukrainian—“Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Saint John the Baptist and The Martletts.

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