AI & ChatGPT searches , social queries for PRIEST HOLE
Search references for PRIEST HOLE. Phrases containing PRIEST HOLE
See searches and references containing PRIEST HOLE!
Search references for PRIEST HOLE. Phrases containing PRIEST HOLE
See searches and references containing PRIEST HOLE!PRIEST HOLE
Hiding place for Catholic priests in England or Wales
A priest hole is a hiding place for a priest built in England or Wales during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law. Following the accession
Priest_hole
English nursery rhyme
suggested[according to whom?] that this rhyme refers to priest holes—hiding places for itinerant Catholic priests during the persecutions under King Henry VIII
Goosey_Goosey_Gander
English Catholic martyr
the principal builder of priest holes during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England. Owen built many priest holes in the buildings of English
Nicholas_Owen_(Jesuit)
Grade I listed building in Shropshire, UK
wing in the west. It was Grade I listed in January 1952. There is a priest hole. Several outbuildings, walls, and garden features at Pitchford are also
Pitchford_Hall
Building in Boscobel, Shropshire, England
itself served as a secret place for the shelter of Catholic priests, with at least one priest-hole. This secret purpose of the house was to play a key part
Boscobel_House
Religious nonconformism in Britain, 16th–19th centuries
of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation Nonconformism Papist Priest hole Catholic (term) Catholic Church in Ireland Recusancy in Ireland Magee
Recusancy
Historic house museum in Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom
and the house contains a priest hole, although unlikely to be the work of Nicholas Owen. These were hiding places for priests constructed during the period
Coughton_Court
Listed building in York, England
Flemish bond; the two upper levels are rendered. The building contains a priest-hole fireplace. On the ground floor is a shrine to St Margaret Clitherow,
35_The_Shambles
English Jesuit priest
1640) was an English Jesuit superior and Roman Catholic priest. He constructed priest holes in the north of England. Richard was born in Fryton, Yorkshire
Richard_Holtby
Moated manor house near Warwick, England
Catholic priests, who were under threat of a death sentence if discovered, and made special arrangements to hide and protect them. Several priest holes were
Baddesley_Clinton
Stately home in Hindlip
the Babington Plot and the Gunpowder Plot, where it hid four people in priest holes. It was Humphrey Littleton who told the authorities that Edward Oldcorne
Hindlip_Hall
Concealed space in a building or object
rooms were created in British castles to hide Catholic priests; these were referred to as priest holes. During the prohibition era, there were several examples
Hidden_compartment
Archdeacon of Barnstaple
Hole, MA (1710–1791) Vicar of Bishops Nympton was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 16 March 1745 to 26 October 1791. Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Hole,
William_Hole_(priest)
Grade I listed house in Lancashire, England
wing. In the twentieth century a hidden chamber, possibly used as a priest hole in the sixteenth century, was discovered above the great hall. A carved
Rufford_Old_Hall
Street in York, England
opposite side of the street from the shrine at number 35, which has a priest-hole fireplace. These are also listed. 37–38 Shambles are late 15th century
The_Shambles
Topics referred to by the same term
vehicle Priest (manhwa), a Korean Weird West comic Priest (TV series), a 2018 South Korean television series Priest hole, a hiding place for a priest built
Priest_(disambiguation)
Supernatural investigation radio and television series
supernatural encounters. 70 10 The Priest Hole 30 December 2025 Renovations on an Elizabethan house reveal a priest hole and increasingly disturbing apparitions
Uncanny_(franchise)
1974 Poirot short story collection by Agatha Christie
Hastings travel to Waverly Court, where they learn of the existence of a priest hole near the room in which Johnnie was last seen. After examining its floor
Poirot's_Early_Cases
Sir Rowland Hill's Tudor headquarters in, Shropshire, England
house contains several notable features, including a basement chapel, a priest hole, and hidden bookcases.[citation needed] These elements have led to speculation
Soulton_Hall
English Jesuit priest
Gerard wrote of many escapes from the law and of occasions when he hid in priest holes, which could often be as small as 1 meter tall and half a meter wide
John_Gerard_(Jesuit)
Job in England during Penal Times
with an armed company and searched the house until they discovered the priest hole where Campion and two associates were hiding. They[who?] used a number
Priest_hunter
Country house in Northamptonshire
Mordaunt (1568–1610) is known to have concealed priests at Drayton, with the house retaining one priest hole, and was heavily suspected of involvement in
Drayton_House
Castle in Cumbria, England
George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle The castle has a well-preserved priest hole. Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, is said to have invented the
Naworth_Castle
English Catholic historian (1936–2022)
2022) was an English Catholic historian who became a leading expert on priest holes and on Harvington Hall. Hodgetts was born in Birmingham on 29 March 1936
Michael_Hodgetts
1915 Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
in his clothes to confuse his enemies. He then hid himself in the old priest hole at Birlstone. The main narrative pauses to explain Douglas' past in America
The_Valley_of_Fear
1912 novel by Robert Hugh Benson
and she urges him to hide in the priest hole. Mr. Audrey arrives with men to search the house for a rumoured priest. Marjorie faints before she can inform
Come_Rack!_Come_Rope!
2012 James Bond film by Sam Mendes
with more men and heavy weapons, so Bond sends M and Kincade through a priest hole to hide in a nearby chapel and rigs propane tanks to explode. As the
Skyfall
Building in Kirby Knowle, North Yorkshire, England
York Castle. A small mural closet space at Kirby Knowle was shown as priest hole in the 19th-century. The "New Building" or "New Bigging" of Kirby Knowle
Kirby_Knowle_Castle
Moated country house in Oxborough, England
were rebuilt. A stable block was also added. The hall is known for its priest hole, constructed by Nicholas Owen. The Catholic Bedingfelds constructed the
Oxburgh_Hall
Stately home in Worcestershire, England
illegal for a Catholic priest to set foot in England, which prompted Humphrey to construct numerous priest holes (or "priest hides") in the Hall for
Harvington_Hall
Pub in Presteigne, Powys, Wales
Resident's Lounge, which turned out to be a Priest Hole. Behind one of the panels was the diary of a Catholic Priest who had been hiding there for two years
Radnorshire_Arms
Hidden routes used for stealthy travel
it during the Sack of Rome, in 1527. Catholic priests, in Britain, used hidden rooms called priest holes to escape Protestant persecution, starting from
Secret_passage
English priest, author, and horticulturalist
Samuel Reynolds Hole (5 December 1819 – 27 August 1904), commonly refderred to as S. Reynolds Hole, was an English Anglican priest, author and horticulturalist
Samuel_Hole
Torture device
decade earlier. The Catholic martyr Nicholas Owen, a noted builder of priest holes, died under torture on the rack in the Tower of London in 1606. Guy Fawkes
Rack_(torture)
Country house in Southern England
looking for priests, hidden in tiny secret rooms. In 1599, during the second raid on Ufton, Sir Francis Knollys discovered at least one priest hole containing
Ufton_Court
County town of Cavan, Ireland
allegedly concealed inside a priest hole, but from whence O'Hurley covertly travelled to and from Cavan to visit with some fellow priests whom he had known while
Cavan
Flight of Charles II from England in 1651
Parliamentary troops arrived at the Hall Charles was hurriedly hidden in a priest hole, secreted behind the wall of a bedroom. The troops accused Whitgrave
Escape_of_Charles_II
Manor House in Sawston
of priest holes in the building by Nicholas Owen, allowing the Huddleston family to continue their practice of the Catholic faith. The priest's hole at
Sawston_Hall
Grade II listed pub in York, England
between two bedrooms, linked to the chimney, which has been described as a priest hole. Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Red Lion, Merchantgate. "HISTORIC
The_Red_Lion,_York
Shelves hiding entrance to a secret room
Books portal Murphy bed Public bookcase Secret passage Slide Away Bed Priest hole "Frequently Asked Questions About Murphy Door". www.murphydoor.com. Murphy
Sliding_bookcase
English Catholic and recusant
other treason to be here". The fugitives hid in carefully concealed priest holes in the long gallery behind panelling (the gallery at Hindlip went around
Mary_Habington
2017 British historical drama
Robert Catesby, and Anne Vaux, Father Daniel Smith purposely reveals his priest hole to Sir William Wade, acting for Secretary of State Robert Cecil, 1st
Gunpowder_(TV_series)
cop, a similar practice within the police corps Priest hole Robert Todd Carroll (21 October 2015). "priest shuffling". The Skeptic's Dictionary. Retrieved
Parish transfers of abusive Catholic priests
Parish_transfers_of_abusive_Catholic_priests
2012 television film
all pretense, Hester and Ameerah chase Emily, who hides in a secret priest’s hole. Finding Emily, Ameerah smothers her to unconsciousness with a pillow
The_Making_of_a_Lady
Village in Warwickshire, England
Southam (5.5 miles to the southeast). It has a 16th-century pub with a priest hole. The local school is the Radford Semele Church of England School. This
Radford_Semele
Book by Eleanor Hibbert
Together, they go to the house Chapel and look for a priest-hole, a secret room in which a priest would hide from the Queen's men. When they find it, Celestine
Mistress_of_Mellyn
while preparing to say Mass at nearby Woodend, but managed to hide in a priest hole and later escape and return to Woodcock Hall. His father sent him away
John_Woodcock_(martyr)
Non-Anglican protestant Christianity in Wales
Monastic houses Places of worship in Cardiff Topics Archbishop of Wales Priest hole List of Welsh saints Plygain Christianity Britain Yearly Meeting Baptist
Nonconformity_in_Wales
House in Ugthorpe, North Yorkshire, England
Mulgrave Castle. The family were Catholics, and there is a possible priest hole in a chimney in an outbuilding, which may have been used by Nicholas
Ugthorpe_Old_Hall
1605 failed attempt to kill King James I of England
hiding for so long, Garnet, accompanied by Oldcorne, emerged from his priest hole the next day. By coincidence, on the same day that Garnet was found,
Gunpowder_Plot
English noblewoman and recusant
Binczewski, Jennifer (May 2020). "Power in vulnerability: widows and priest holes in the early modern English Catholic community". British Catholic History
Dorothy_Lawson_(recusant)
Historic building in Buckinghamshire, England
most of the time. It includes a medieval well, a dungeon and a reputed priest hole. Twenty-three individual-cut brick chimneys distinguish the house and
Chenies_Manor_House
Grade I listed Tudor manor house in Speke, Merseyside, England
Norrises were Roman Catholics so the house incorporated a priest hole and a special observation hole built into a chimney in a bedroom to allow the occupant
Speke_Hall
Building in Moulton, North Yorkshire, England
below. The kitchen has a large fireplace and chimney, with a possible priest hole. There is a 17th-century staircase with barleytwist balusters, above
Moulton_Manor
Heraldic badge of Richard II of England
wealth of exposed beams, original Tudor period plasterwork and even a priest hole. For years, students of English literature were mystified by a couple
White_Hart
Country house in North Yorkshire, England
forces were totally routed, making his escape to Ripley and hiding in a priest hole while Oliver Cromwell billeted himself there for the night, held at gunpoint
Ripley_Castle
1930 short story collection by Agatha Christie
locked room would be just another bullet hole in the wall like those created by past duels, and there is a priest hole to hide the person just seen entering
The_Mysterious_Mr_Quin
Country house in Thrumpton, Nottinghamshire, England
medieval kitchen, a double cube reception room, baronial hall, and a priest hole. It also hosts a collection of portraits, furniture and needlework, as
Thrumpton_Hall
English saint and martyr (1556–1586)
the location of the priest hole. Margaret was arrested and called before the York assizes for the crime of harbouring Catholic priests. She refused to plead
Margaret_Clitherow
English Catholic priest (1608–1698)
questioned Whitgrave, while the King and Huddleston were hiding in the priest-hole. The troops were persuaded that Whitgrave had not fought at Worcester
John_Huddleston
Historic country house in Brough with St Giles, North Yorkshire, England
around the two front windows including reeded columns. There is also a priest-hole on this level. The second floor has fragments of plaster wall friezes
Brough_Hall
Monastic houses Places of worship in Cardiff Topics Archbishop of Wales Priest hole List of Welsh saints Plygain Christianity Britain Yearly Meeting Baptist
Irreligion_in_Wales
Moated manor in Hampshire, England
1846), p. 57. Michael Hodgetts & Paul Hodgetts, Secret Hiding Places: Priest Holes: An Incredible True Story of Faith and Ingenuity (Pear Branch Press,
Warblington_Castle
Building in Lawkland, North Yorkshire, England
chapel on the second floor, with a chimney flue rearranged to resemble a priest hole. Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings
Lawkland_Hall
House in Llangybi, Monmouthshire
part of Jane Seymour's wedding dowry. The inn is often said to have a priest hole, and to have been the headquarters of Oliver Cromwell during his campaigning
White_Hart_Inn,_Llangybi
Christological doctrine attributed to Arius
the 4th century. It involved most church members—from simple believers, priests, and monks to bishops, emperors, and members of Rome's imperial family
Arianism
Moated tower house in the village of Dacre
into smaller rooms. The renovations in the 1960s uncovered a possible priest hole behind the fireplace in the Room of the Three Kings, 7 feet (2.1 m) by
Dacre_Castle
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
(see Ingilby Baronets), the 28th generation. The castle, which has a priest hole, is open for public tours. The landscaped castle grounds and ornamental
Ripley,_North_Yorkshire
Village in Norfolk, England
twentieth centuries. The hall has a good example of a sixteenth-century priest hole, and was the site of a council convened by King Charles I during the
Fordham,_Norfolk
15th-century manor house in Worcestershire, England
was said by the resident priest. The main section of the hole has another door which leads to a small room where the priest would not have wanted to suffer
Huddington_Court
Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England
a Victorian castle folly and wooded areas. Features inside include a priest hole and a large inglenook fireplace. Village residents formed a consumer
Melmerby,_Cumbria
Historic house and museum in Featherstone, Staffordshire, England
Huddleston cleaned and bandaged the King's feet. Charles was hidden in the priest-hole on the afternoon of 8 September while a confrontation between Whitgreave
Moseley_Old_Hall
Country house in Gretton, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Guide". Michael Hodgetts & Paul Hodgetts, Secret Hiding Places: Priest Holes: An Incredible True Story of Faith and Ingenuity (Pear Branch Press,
Kirby_Hall
equalling to a percentage of 6.7% Catholics. The three dioceses have 172 priests and 34 permanent deacons, 75 male religious and 267 female religious, and
Christianity_in_Wales
Village in Hertfordshire, England
was also found to have a hidden room in the roof, suggesting it was a priest hole and an Elizabethan painted room in the next door cottage. In 1827 the
Piccotts_End
Monastic houses Places of worship in Cardiff Topics Archbishop of Wales Priest hole List of Welsh saints Plygain Christianity Britain Yearly Meeting Baptist
Islam_in_Wales
Inside the house is another mullioned window, moulded beams, and a priest hole. II* Hurst Hall Cottage 53°28′03″N 2°30′04″W / 53.4675°N 2.5011°W
Listed buildings in Culcheth and Glazebury
Listed_buildings_in_Culcheth_and_Glazebury
1976 novel by Mary Stewart
a way it's a sort of secret inside a secret – it goes down from the Priest's Hole into the wine-cellars'. Notably, no use is made of these Gothic secret
Touch_Not_the_Cat
Country house in Essex, England
number of Catholic priests at Ingatestone, among them was St. John Payne, who was executed in 1582. The hall contains two priest holes that were used for
Ingatestone_Hall
Historic castle in Kent, England
used a room in the east tower as their private chapel. There is still a priest hole in the lodge of the gatehouse, a sign of the persecution that Catholics
Allington_Castle
English cricketer (1719–?)
Catholics and, in the seventeenth century, Jacobites; they even had a priest hole in the manor house. Richard Newland Sr was a churchwarden, a position
Adam_Newland
English Catholic priest
HathiTrust. Michael Hodgetts & Paul Hodgetts, Secret Hiding Places: Priest Holes: An Incredible True Story of Faith and Ingenuity (Pear Branch Press,
Richard_Broughton_(priest)
Historic site in West Midlands, England
1780. When restoration work was carried out more recently[when?], a priest hole was discovered in what is now the Oak Room restaurant.[citation needed]
Nailcote_Hall
Christian sect
A priest or bishop in a state of mortal sin could continue to administer valid sacraments. The Donatists believed that a repentant apostate priest could
Donatism
importance to the Allies. They manage to escape the Nazis through a priest hole within the castle. After returning to the present day, the team learns
List_of_Timeless_characters
Listed building in Greater Manchester, England
walls were rendered in the 20th century. The hall is reputed to have two priest holes. Listed buildings in Tyldesley Notes Farrer, William; Brownbill, J (1907)
Garrett_Hall
Early Christian dualistic theology
Jesuits Xavier Thomas More Monastery dissolution Wars Mass rocks and priest holes Guadalupe Jansenists Molinists Neo-Scholasticism Teresa Modernism Independent
Marcionism
Castle in Angus, Scotland
the functions of a Hall. There is a 'priest hole' in what was originally the laird's bedroom. Not so much for priests, one suspects, as for young ladies
Hatton_Castle,_Angus
Christians in Wales identified as Catholic. The two dioceses have 172 priests and 34 permanent deacons, 75 male religious and 267 female religious, and
Religion_in_Wales
Grade I listed building in York, England
the North transept is a square space which may once have served as a Priest hole. The altar dates from 1969 but uses scrolled legs featuring winged cherub
Bar_Convent
Church in Derbyshire, England
part of the nave were completed. A west front was added in 1958. An old priest hole, running from the church to the nearby Infant’s School, then on to the
All Saints' Church, Matlock Bank
All_Saints'_Church,_Matlock_Bank
Church in Barbados
Jesuits Xavier Thomas More Monastery dissolution Wars Mass rocks and priest holes Guadalupe Jansenists Molinists Neo-Scholasticism Teresa Modernism Independent
St. John's Parish Church, Barbados
St._John's_Parish_Church,_Barbados
Monastic houses Places of worship in Cardiff Topics Archbishop of Wales Priest hole List of Welsh saints Plygain Christianity Britain Yearly Meeting Baptist
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales
Evangelical_Presbyterian_Church_in_England_and_Wales
Battle of Bloody Marsh 7 July British victory over Spain. Battle of Gully Hole Creek 18 July Decline of the Mughal Empire First Battle of Katwa 17 Sep Marathas
List_of_battles_1601–1800
English Roman Catholic layman and martyr
and fled to Ixhill Lodge in Oakley, Buckinghamshire where he hid in a priest hole, after some days he went to Oxford and was again arrested, at the Catherine
Thomas_Belson
English recusant and woman soldier
As Oliver Cromwell approached the estate, her brother hid in a secret priest hole. When Cromwell arrived at the house, he was initially denied entry by
Jane_Ingleby
Monastery in North Yorkshire, England
mansion built in 1602 by a recusant family, the Stanfords. It contained a priest hole, and a public Catholic chapel fitted out in the early 18th century and
Stanbrook_Abbey
American Baptist minister (1727–1804)
Jesuits Xavier Thomas More Monastery dissolution Wars Mass rocks and priest holes Guadalupe Jansenists Molinists Neo-Scholasticism Teresa Modernism Independent
John_Gano
View that Jesus' body was illusory
Jesuits Xavier Thomas More Monastery dissolution Wars Mass rocks and priest holes Guadalupe Jansenists Molinists Neo-Scholasticism Teresa Modernism Independent
Docetism
Tree in which King Charles II hid in 1651
the king. Later Charles spent the night hiding in one of Boscobel's priest holes. He was then moved from Boscobel to Moseley Old Hall, another Catholic
Royal_Oak
PRIEST HOLE
PRIEST HOLE
PRIEST HOLE
PRIEST HOLE
PRIEST HOLE
PRIEST HOLE
PRIEST HOLE
PRIEST HOLE
PRIEST HOLE