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==Places of worship== [[File:St Peters church Droitwich - geograph.org.uk - 189593.jpg|thumb|250px|St Peter's Church, Droitwich]] There are six churches in Droitwich including the [[Church of England|Anglican]] church of St Andrew's, a [[Norman architecture|Norman]] building where [[Richard of Chichester|St Richard]] was probably baptised.<ref name="StA">[http://www.droitwichparish.org.uk/about/andrew.html St Andrew's, Droitwich] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729234142/http://www.droitwichparish.org.uk/about/andrew.html |date=29 July 2009 }}. Retrieved 8 February 2010</ref> The church tower was demolished in the 1920s after becoming dangerous due to land [[subsidence]].<ref name="StA"/> [[Augustine of Canterbury|St. Augustine]]'s at [[Dodderhill]], completed in 1220 and rebuilt in the 18th century on a hill, was the site of a former [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] fort and a later [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Anglo-Saxon]] church.<ref>[http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Churches/StAugustineDodderhill/tabid/63/Default.aspx Dodderhill Parish Survey Project.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303072117/http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Churches/StAugustineDodderhill/tabid/63/Default.aspx |date=3 March 2012 }} Retrieved 8 February 2010</ref> St Peter's, built on the site of a former Saxon church, has parts, including the chancel, that date from Norman times, and has a memorial to [[Edward Winslow]], one of the [[Pilgrim Fathers]], who was born in the parish.<ref>[http://www.droitwichparish.org.uk/about/peter.html Droitwich Spa Parish, St Peter's] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728050924/http://www.droitwichparish.org.uk/about/peter.html |date=28 July 2009 }}, Retrieved 8 February 2010</ref> [[St Nicholas]] was built in [[Victorian times]] near the [[Droitwich Spa railway station|railway station]];<ref>[http://www.droitwichparish.org.uk/about/nicholas.html Droitwich Spa Parish, St Nicholas] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729234207/http://www.droitwichparish.org.uk/about/nicholas.html |date=29 July 2009 }} Retrieved 8 February 2010</ref> and the [[Roman Catholic]] [[The Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria|Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria]], on a building styled on the Roman [[basilica]] churches of [[Ravenna]] in Italy, has the feature of the interior walls being covered almost entirely of [[mosaic]] and marble designed by [[Gabriel Pippet]].<ref>[http://www.sacredheartdroitwich.org.uk/mosaics_introduction.htm Sacred Heart, Droitwich.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310185849/http://www.sacredheartdroitwich.org.uk/mosaics_introduction.htm |date=10 March 2007 }} Retrieved 8 February 2010</ref> There are also a number of other chapels including Methodist, Baptist and a vibrant [[Salvation Army]] hall. In 2019 the tired 1970s Emmanuel Church building at Chawson was demolished and was replaced with a new modern hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lspdevelopments.co.uk/news/2018/black-avenue-droitwich-acheives-practical-completion|title=LSP Developments|first=Burnthebook|last=Ltd|date=13 July 2021|website=LSP Developments}}</ref>
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