Thank you, Michele and Mike, for your emails about when Our Lady, Star of the Sea Catholic Church was founded at Staithes. Yes, I have been to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Bishop Thornton many times, most recently in May when I was in England. Thank you also for the website, which I will follow up on. Sincerely, Patricia Boddy Tharp> From: michele.harrison@ntlworld.com> To: eng-north-yorks@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:46:45 +0100> Subject: Re: [ENG-NORTH-YORKS] Hinderwell near Whitby; SPENCE> > Hi Patricia,> The following information is taken from Genuki-> 'The Catholic Church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin under the title of> "Our Lady, Star of the Sea," is a neat Gothic edifice, erected from the> designs of Mr. M. Carr, architect, Middlesbrough. The need of a chapel had> long been felt by the Catholics of the village and neighbourhood, and at the> request of the Right Rev. Dr. Lacey, the Rev. Father Sullivan undertook the> very laborious task of establishing the mission. The foundation stone was> laid on the 31st July, 1884, and the church was publicly opened on the 2nd> of June, 1886. The altar is pitchpine, very chastely carved and highly> polished. Above the west door is a statue of the Blessed Virgin holding up> the hands of the Divine Child to bless, and a representation of a boat rowed> by two angels'.> It would seem therefore that this church did not exist at the time you are> looking. I think that the closest Catholic church to Hinderwell then would> be Ugthorpe, but other listers may know better.> You may find something useful in "Hearts of Oak", a study of the Recusancy> in the Moorlands of NorthEast Yorkshire 1569 to 1840.> http://ca.geocities.com/patriciablackburn2004/HeartsOfOak/coverpage.html> Also, are you aware that there was a Catholic church at Bishop Thornton -> St. Joseph.> HTH,> Michele> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia Tharp" <p_tharp@hotmail.com>> To: <eng-north-yorks@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:34 PM> Subject: [ENG-NORTH-YORKS] Hinderwell near Whitby; SPENCE> > > >> > Greetings!> >> > Does anyone know if a book has been written about the history of> Hinderwell near Whitby?> >> > The family that I am interested in was Roman Catholic and lived there in> the late 1830s and 1840s.> >> > Was The Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea in Staithes in existence then?> If not, does anyone know the nearest Catholic church to Hinderwell during> that time period?> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-NORTH-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message