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Key Image St Thomas The Martyr
The Haymarket
NE1 7PF Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: St Thomas the Martyr (Diocese of Newcastle, Archdeaconry of Northumberland, Newcastle)
Geogr. Coordinates: 54.97811° N, 1.61303° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1830
Architectural style: Gothic Revival
Description: Victorian church of the Gothic Revival, designed in the Early English style
Name derivation: After Thomas Becket
Organ
  • 1961 built by Harrison and Harrison, 4 manuals and pedal
History:
Late 12th cent.:   Predecessor building
1830:   Completion of the current church (startet 1827; architect John Dobson)
Important persons:
Architect:  Dobson, John (1787–1865, English architect in the neoclassical tradition)
Organ builder:  Harrison and Harrison Ltd (Organ builders in Durham, UK, established 1861 by Thomas Hugh Harrison)
Patron:  Becket, Thomas (1119–1170, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr)
Sources
St Thomas The Martyr: Web-Site der Kirche, http://sttomsnewcastle.org.uk/history/, retrieved 27/09/2017
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