Plymouth, Devon - St. Andrews Church - Astor (stained glass) window - postcard
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 180707529
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 865
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1599)
- Barcode : None
- Start : Mon 13 May 2019 15:58:10 (EDT)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
Checks/Cheques
Shipping Calculator
More Listings from This Seller view all
Seller's Description
- Postcard
- Picture / Image: St. Andrews Church, Plymouth - The Astor Window at the west of the church representing the Instruments of the Passion
- Publisher: the church
- Postally used: no
- Stamp: n/a
- Postmark(s): n/a
- Sent to: n/a
- Notes / condition:
Please ask if you need any other information and I will do the best I can to answer.
------------------------------------------------
Postage and packing charge should be showing for your location (contact if not sure).
UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal order
I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.
----------------------------------------------
Plymouth (ˈplɪməθ/) is a city on the south coast of Devon, England, about 37 miles (60 km) southwest of Exeter and 190 miles (310 km) west-south-west of London, between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west where they join Plymouth Sound to form the boundary with Cornwall.
Plymouth's early history extends to the Bronze Age, when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten. This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton founded in the ninth century, now called Plymouth. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers departed Plymouth for the New Worldand established Plymouth Colony – the second English settlement in what is now the United States of America. During the English Civil War the town was held by the Parliamentarians and was besieged between 1642 and 1646.
Throughout the Industrial Revolution, Plymouth grew as a commercial shipping port, handling imports and passengers from the Americas, and exporting local minerals (tin, copper, lime, china clay and arsenic) while the neighbouring town of Devonport became a strategic Royal Naval shipbuilding and dockyard town. In 1914 three neighbouring independent towns, viz., the county borough of Plymouth, the county borough of Devonport, and the urban district of East Stonehouse were merged to form a single County Borough. The combined town took the name of Plymouth which, in 1928, achieved city status. The city's naval importance later led to its targeting and partial destruction during World War II, an act known as the Plymouth Blitz. After the war the city centre was completely rebuilt and subsequent expansion led to the incorporation of Plympton and Plymstock along with other outlying suburbs in 1967.
The city is home to 262,700 (mid-2015 est.) people, making it the 30th-most populous built-up area in the United Kingdom and the second-largest city in the South West, after Bristol. It is governed locally by Plymouth City Council and is represented nationally by three MPs. Plymouth's economy remains strongly influenced by shipbuilding and seafaring including ferry links to Brittany (Roscoff and St Malo) and Spain (Santander), but has tended toward a service-based economy since the 1990s. It has the largest operational naval base in Western Europe – HMNB Devonport and is home to Plymouth University.
Plymouth has about 150 churches and its Roman Catholic cathedral (1858) is in Stonehouse.[131][132] The city's oldest church is Plymouth Minster, also known as St Andrew's Church, (Anglican) located at the top of Royal Parade—it is the largest parish church in Devon and has been a site of gathering since AD 800.[131] The city also includes five Baptist churches, over twenty Methodist chapels, and thirteen Roman Catholic churches.[133] In 1831 the first Brethren assembly in England, a movement of conservative non-denominational Evangelical Christians, was established in the city, so that Brethren are often called Plymouth Brethren, although the movement did not begin locally.[134]
Plymouth has the first known reference to Jews in the South West from Sir Francis Drake's voyages in 1577 to 1580, as his log mentioned "Moses the Jew" – a man from Plymouth.[131] The Plymouth Synagogue is a Listed Grade II* building, built in 1762 and is the oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in the English speaking world.[135] There are also places of worship for Islam, Bahá'í, Buddhism, Unitarianism, Chinese beliefs and Humanism.[136]
58.1% of the population described themselves in the 2011 census return as being at least nominally Christian and 0.8% as Muslim with all other religions represented by less than 0.5% each. The portion of people without a religion is 32.9%; above the national average of 24.7%. 7.1% did not state their religious belief.[137] Since the 2001 Census, the number of Christians and Jews has decreased (-16% and -7% respectively), while all other religions have increased and non-religious people have almost doubled in number.[138]
Listing Information
Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
Listing ID# | 180707529 |
Start Time | Mon 13 May 2019 15:58:10 (EDT) |
Close Time | Run Until Sold |
Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
Item Condition | Used |
Bids | 0 |
Views | 865 |
Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
Quantity | 1 |
Location | United Kingdom |
Auto Extend | No |