Birmingham Oratory
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The Birmingham Oratory is a Roman Catholic religious community of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, located in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. The community was founded in 1849 by John Henry Newman as
Birmingham Oratory Front
The nave of the Oratory church
The altar of the Oratory church
The dome of the Oratory church
The Oratory School
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The Oratory School is an HMC co-educational private Catholic boarding and day school for pupils aged 11–18 located in Woodcote, 6 miles north-west of Reading, England. Founded in 1859 by John Henry Ne
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…services which use the music of Palestrina, William Byrd, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Haydn, Mozart, as well as modern composers. Newman also founded the Oratory School there in 1859, as a Catholic alternative to Eton College. It relocated to near Reading in 1922. In 1887 two priests of the Oratory took over an existing…
The Oratory School, main building geograph.org.uk 1005597
The Oratory School aerial view
The playing fields