Bishop Hannington Memorial Church
Bishop Hannington Memorial Church is an Anglican church in the West Blatchington area of Hove, in the English city of Brighton and Hove. Built in 1938 and 1939, it commemorates James Hannington, first Bishop of East Equatorial Africa, who was murdered in Uganda in 1885 on the orders of Mwanga II of Buganda while engaged in missionary work.Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: grade II listed church in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bishop Hannington Church” and “Bishop Hannington Church, West Blatchington”
- Address: Hove
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Blatchington Windmill and Hounsom Memorial United Reformed Church.
West Blatchington Windmill
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Blatchington Windmill is a Grade II* listed smock mill at West Blatchington, Brighton and Hove, in the historic county of Sussex, England which has been restored and is open to the public. West Blatchington Windmill is situated 1,500 feet north of Bishop Hannington Memorial Church.
Hounsom Memorial United Reformed Church
Church
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
The Hounsom Memorial Church is a United Reformed place of worship in Hove in the English city of Brighton and Hove. One of six churches of that denomination in the city, it was built in 1938 for the Congregational Church, which became part of the United Reformed Church in 1972. Hounsom Memorial United Reformed Church is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Bishop Hannington Memorial Church.
St Peter’s Church, West Blatchington
Church
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in the West Blatchington area of Hove, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. Although it has 11th- and 12th-century origins, the church was rebuilt from a ruined state in the late 19th century and extended substantially in the 1960s, and little trace remains of the ancient building. St Peter’s Church, West Blatchington is situated 1,700 feet north of Bishop Hannington Memorial Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hangleton and Aldrington.
Hangleton
Suburb
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Hangleton is a suburb of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the Borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: its parish church was founded in the 11th century and retains 12th-century fabric; the medieval manor house is Hove's oldest secular building.
Aldrington
Suburb
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.
Aldrington is an area in the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. It was formerly a civil parish. For centuries it was meadow land along the English Channel stretching west from the old village of Hove to the old mouth of the River Adur, and it is now a prosperous residential area integrated within Hove.
West Blatchington
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Blatchington is an area of Hove in the city of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. The area grew rapidly during the inter-war period, but unlike nearby Hangleton, it had more infrastructure which were; St Peter's Church, a working farm, a windmill and an industrial area grouped around the Goldstone Pumping Station and its workers' cottages.
Bishop Hannington Memorial Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.84276° or 50° 50′ 34″ northLongitude
-0.18704° or 0° 11′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C2XRRV7+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 239329157OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q4917579
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