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St Mark is the last to survive of the three ‘Million' or Church Commissioner's churches built in Leeds. With the aid of the First Parliamentary Grant to the Commissioners for New Churches, following the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Parliament approved £1 million to build churches in industrial areas to tackle the perceived threat of civil unrest caused by the mass migration from the countryside into the rapidly expanding towns.

St Mark's Hadlow Down was consecrated in 1836, and rebuilt just before the First World War. It is a sandstone building with a shingled spire. The Baptistry in the north west alcove contains the original font dating from 1833. There is a hanging rood in the chancel arch which was carved in Oberammergau and presented to the church in 1913 by Revd B Spink.

St. Mark's Basilica, with the Campanile and St. Mark's Square, is the main architectural site of Venice. The current basilica, built on an old church also dedicated to St. Mark, dates back to the 11th century. Throughout the period of the Republic of Venice, the church belonged to the Doge's Palace. It was not until 1807 that St. Mark officially became a cathedral.

St Markus-Kirche is located in Reinheim, a village in the Saarland close to the French border.

St Martin's church is a 'very remarkable building. The windows glowing with gemstone colours' according to architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner. It is famous as the only church designed by preRaphaelite architect Philip Webb.

St Martin's was built c1200. It was altered in 1850 and 1864 with only the tower and other Perpendicular work left untouched. It has a square 14th century tower with gargoyles and battlements and a large porch where the Roses of York and Lancaster show it as a Henry VII addition.

St Martin's: a community of prayer and welcome in the name of Jesus Christ since before 597AD. The oldest church in continuous use in the English speaking world. Part Roman, part Saxon. It was here that St Augustine set up his mission when he arrived from Rome to convert the English.

Situated at the highest point within the village, enables you to get the most fantastic views of the Lincolnshire Wolds, the Viking Way and the rolling countryside. The church contains unusual and ancient Poppy Head pew ends, which are thought to be of monastic origins.

In 1542 Henry VIII rebuilt the church already on this site to keep plague victims from being carried through his palace grounds. At the time, this was an isolated spot 'in the fields'.

St Martin's church was completed in 1863 and was designed by George Bodley. The beauty of the church is famous in the area and features excellent examples of preRaphaelite stained glass.