{"id":13,"date":"2012-07-10T11:46:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T11:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiehanrahandesign.com\/christchurch\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-07-09T10:01:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T10:01:36","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/triskelartscentre.ie\/christchurch\/christchurch-history\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
915-922<\/strong><\/td>\nViking settlers establish trading community on what is now South Main Street<\/p>\n

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c. 1050<\/strong><\/td>\nFoundation of Christchurch by Hiberno-Norse. First church in the city of Cork<\/p>\n

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1081<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch mentioned in\u00a0Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland<\/em><\/p>\n

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1177<\/strong><\/td>\nAnglo-Normans take the city of Cork<\/p>\n

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1185<\/strong><\/td>\nPossible date of construction of Anglo-Norman Christchurch<\/p>\n

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1199<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch listed among possessions of diocese of Cork by Pope Innocent III<\/p>\n

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1291<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch rated in the taxation of Pope Nicholas at 15 Marks<\/p>\n

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1306<\/strong><\/td>\nEvidence of oldest bequest to Christchurch made by John Wynchedon<\/p>\n

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1382<\/strong><\/td>\nEvidence of Christchurch under royal patronage during reign of Richard II<\/p>\n

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c. 1450<\/strong><\/td>\nLandgable Roll refers to Lady Chapel in Christchurch<\/p>\n

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1482<\/strong><\/td>\nPhilip Goold founds Chantry College on Christchurch Lane<\/p>\n

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1497<\/strong><\/td>\nPerkin Warbeck arrives in Cork. Legend of his coronation as King Richard IV \u00a0 in\u00a0Christchurch by Irish opponents of Henry VII<\/p>\n

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1545<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch marked on earliest surviving map of Cork \u2013 \u2018The Tower of London\u2019 map<\/p>\n

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1548<\/strong><\/td>\nChantry College dissolved<\/p>\n

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1555<\/strong><\/td>\nPossible date for carving of \u2018Modest Man\u2019 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1575<\/strong><\/td>\nElizabeth I grants lands, tenements and tithes to the value of \u00a320 to pay for the maintenance of Christchurch<\/p>\n

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pre-1582<\/strong><\/td>\nChapel dedicated to St James in Christchurch<\/p>\n

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1587<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch clearly marked on medieval map,\u00a0Pacata Hibernia<\/em><\/p>\n

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1594<\/strong><\/td>\nEdmund Spenser marries Elizabeth Boyle in Christchurch<\/p>\n

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1601<\/strong><\/td>\nHardiman Map depicts Christchurch with a nave, north and south aisles and a square tower at the west end<\/p>\n

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1621<\/strong><\/td>\nTwo bells cast for Christchurch. One inscribed with the name of \u2018Andrew Skiddie, Mayor of Cork.\u2019 Bell missing since 1931<\/p>\n

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1643-68<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch Parish Register & Records. Earliest published records of burials in Cork<\/p>\n

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1644<\/strong><\/td>\nIrish and Catholic population expelled from Cork city, including Old Catholic merchant classes, for conspiring rebellion. Cork put under military governance by Cromwell until 1656<\/p>\n

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1647<\/strong><\/td>\nSoldiers killed in battle of Knockninoss between the forces of Lord Inchiquin and Lord Taafe interred at Christchurch<\/p>\n

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1649<\/strong><\/td>\nCromwell spends Christmas in Cork. Legend that Christchurch was used as stables and bells taken down to make cannons<\/p>\n

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1655<\/strong><\/td>\nCromwell grants new Municipal Charter to the Protestants of the city of Cork. John Hodder elected mayor<\/p>\n

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1690<\/strong><\/td>\nSiege of Cork. Christchurch sustains damage. Protestants held captive in church released. Catholics in turn imprisoned<\/p>\n

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1691<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch steeple contains \u2018City Clock\u2019<\/p>\n

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1716\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nAnglo-Norman Christchurch demolished<\/p>\n

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1718<\/strong><\/td>\nStone for the new Church put in place. John Coltsman is architect<\/p>\n

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1719<\/strong><\/td>\nParliamentary Coal Act. Taxes put on imported coal to rebuild Christchurch<\/p>\n

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1726<\/strong><\/td>\nJohn Coltsman rebuild of Christchurch complete. \u00a3480 deficit. Coal Tax renewed<\/p>\n

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1747<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch steeple continues to sink in marshy foundations. Deemed a public menace. Orders in place to take it down, though work not fully undertaken<\/p>\n

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1750<\/strong><\/td>\nMayor and Corporation Gallery erected on northern wall. Now non-existent<\/p>\n

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1787<\/strong><\/td>\nA choir established in Christchurch by voluntary subscription to counter falling numbers and revenue<\/p>\n

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1810<\/strong><\/td>\nAnother 100ft of Christchurch tower removed due to subsidence<\/p>\n

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1815<\/strong><\/td>\n\u2018Modest Man\u2019 slab found in crypt<\/p>\n

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1823<\/strong><\/td>\nArchitects deem Christchurch dangerous and close it<\/p>\n

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1825<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch committee petitions parliament for funding of renovation<\/p>\n

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1827<\/strong><\/td>\nTenders put out for Christchurch renovations. George Richard Pain wins contract for \u00a37000<\/p>\n

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1828<\/strong><\/td>\nPain remodels Christchurch interior<\/p>\n

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1829<\/strong><\/td>\nPain renovations complete. Records suggest every memorial was displaced and many destroyed during renovations<\/p>\n

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c.1830<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch vaults and crypt no longer flood at high tide<\/p>\n

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1831<\/strong><\/td>\nSoup houses set up by Christchurch Committee to safeguard against cholera<\/p>\n

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1840<\/strong><\/td>\nMunicipal Corporations Act. Marks the end of Protestant domination of Cork Corporation after nearly two centuries<\/p>\n

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1863<\/strong><\/td>\nHuman heart found enclosed in lead cyst in crypt. Now part of PittRiversMuseum collection, University of Oxford<\/p>\n

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1878<\/strong><\/td>\nRenovations under W. H. Hill. Apse built. TC Lewis organ installed<\/p>\n

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1879<\/strong><\/td>\nPulpit and stained glass windows installed in apse<\/p>\n

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1885<\/strong><\/td>\nApse begins to subside<\/p>\n

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1891<\/strong><\/td>\nOak reredos panelling for the chancel put in place<\/p>\n

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1919<\/strong><\/td>\n\u2018Boys Brigade\u2019 window erected in memory of parish casualties in World War I<\/p>\n

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1937<\/strong><\/td>\nApse repaired and reinforced<\/p>\n

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1974-77<\/strong><\/td>\nExtensive archaeological excavation of Christchurch Lane by D C Twohig<\/p>\n

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1975<\/strong><\/td>\nArchaeological excavations locate fragmentary remains of Chantry College<\/p>\n

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1978\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nChristchurch deconsecrated<\/p>\n

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1979<\/strong><\/td>\nCork Corporation purchase Christchurch. Cork Archives Institute opens<\/p>\n

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1997<\/strong><\/td>\nArchaeological excavations of Tuckey Street reveal 11th<\/sup>\u00a0century Hiberno-Norse\u00a0structure and evidence of earliest settlement on the south island<\/p>\n

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2005<\/strong><\/td>\nCork City and County Archives move to Blackpool<\/p>\n

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2008<\/strong><\/td>\nRefurbishment of Christchurch project initiated<\/p>\n

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2009<\/strong><\/td>\nPre-refurbishment works. Archaeological excavation \u2013 crypt and graveyard<\/p>\n

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2011<\/strong><\/td>\nRenovations of Christchurch and integration into Triskel complete<\/p>\n

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April 2011<\/b><\/td>\nChristchurch reopens to the public<\/p>\n

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