AIR-RAID DAMAGE SURVEY

Eight Dioceses Report Destruction : One Unharmed
From a C.H. Reporter
Following on the surveys already published of air-raid damage in the dioceses of Southwark and Salford, we are now able to give brief particulars compiled for the four Archdioceses of Westminster, Birmingham, Cardiff and Liverpool, as well as for the dioceses of Brentwood, Clifton, Leeds, Middlesbrough and Nottingham, all of them comprising areas which have received the concentrated attention of enemy bombers.
As it is not permissible to give details of recent damage, the list consequently ends at damage done up to the end of 1940, but we may add that destruction to church property in the interim period in the mentioned dioceses has not been serious.
Westminster
Six churches have been destroyed: Ealing Priory (part of nave has recently been reopened for service) ; Our Lady and St. George, Enfield ; St. Bonifacc's German Church; Our Lady of Victories, Kensington; SS. Mary and Joseph, Poplar; St. Edmund's, Whitton.
Five churches are badly damaged : the Holy Name, Bow Common; St. Mary's, Chelsea; the French church at Leicester Square; SS. Anselm and Cecilia, Kingsway (side-chapel destroyed, but nave is now reopened for service) ; St. Anne's, Underwood Street.
A further 21 churches have also been damaged to a lesser degree, and also five elementary schools.
Two convents have been destroyed, that of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, at Enfield, and of the Faithful Cornpanions, at Poplar, while 10 more have suffered severe damage, These are: Sisters of Charity, Bow Common , Dominican Convent, Bushey ; Adoration Reparatrice, Chelsea ; Soeurs de Misericords, Hammersmith Faithful Companions, Isleworth ; Sainte Union des Sacred Coeurs, Kentish Town; St. Edward's, St. John's Wood ; Little Sisters of the Poor, Stoke Newington; Sisters of Charity, Wapping; Sisters of Charity, Willesden Green.
Convents that have suffered lesser damage number seven. while two presbyteries, those at Kentish Town and Poplar, have had severe damage done to them. Five others have been slightly damaged. Among other notable buildings that have been badly damaged in the archdiocese are the Mission House at Brondesbury Park, and the Rescue Homes of the Crusade of Rescue.
Birmingham
Results of the famous Coventry raid amount, as is already known, to the total destruction of the presbytery, parish hall and club at St. Osburg's ; what is left of the church will have to be pulled down. Of the school only the walls remain. At St. Mary's, the schools are damaged beyond repair, and the old convent beside them is a heap of ruins, No windows and few slates are left in church or presbytery. Part of the newlybuilt extension of All Souls' Church was destroyed, and there is further damage to schools and presbytery, slight damage having been also caused to the churches of St. Elizabeth and the Sacred Heart.
In Birmingham itself, the Cathedral of St. Chad has lost much stained-glass and many slates, while the hall was destroyed and damage was caused to Bishop's House and to the school. Holy Family: presbytery destroyed and church damaged ; Rosary church': school, church and presbytery damaged, the structure of the tower being in danger ; St. Anne's : serious damage to church and to presbytery ; English Martyrs: presbytery badly damaged and school half destroyed : St. Vincent's: damage to school and presbytery; St. Augustine's: damage to schools; St. Hubert's: serious damage to church, presbytery and school. Many other churches in the Birmingham area received minor damage.
Liverpool
Very seriously damaged churches are Everson. Our Lady Immaculate, and Fairfield. St. Sebastian's.
Those less seriously damaged are St. Francis Xavier's; Anfield, All Saints', and St. Joseph's. There are 10 others slightly dam aged. • Two convents have been severely damaged, that of the Poor Clares at Wavertree, and that of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion at Ashfield. Slight damage was suffered by 10 other convents.
One school, that of St. Joseph's, is completely destroyed, and three slightly damaged.
As regards presbyteries, two are destroyed, that attached to,the pro-Cathedral and that at Litherland, and three others slightly damaged. The sacristy roof of the Cathedral Buildings Chapel at Brownjow Hill was pierced by a bomb, other bombs fell in the cemeteries of Ford and Yew Tree, on three occasions bombs fell in the grounds of Archbishop's House, and twice in those of the residence of the Auxiliary Bishop, Mgr. Dobson.
Cardiff
St. Joseph's School, Neath, and St. Vincent's Hostel for Boys, Cardiff, have been severely damaged, while slight damage has been suffered by St. Winefride's Convent, Swansea, St. Joseph's Church, Swansea, St. Peter's, Landore, and by the school, as well as church of St. David, Swansea.
Brentwood
Considerable damage has been done to the churches of St. Margaret, Canning Town, and St. George, Walthamstow, and minor damage to 15 others. The presbyteries at Canning Town and Barkingside have been destroyed, and that at Tilbury has also been damaged. Three others have been damaged, but to a slight degree, and as regards convents, St. Elizabeth's, Walthamstow, has been destroyed, and considerable damage done to the Ursuline Convent at Brentwood, the S. Union Convent at Grays, and to the St. Michael's Convent and Children's Hospital, Clacton-on-Sea. Eight others, including the famous Convent of the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre at New Hall, Chelmsford, have suffered slightly.
Considerable damage has been caused to four schools, including the senior school at Walthamstow, and lesser damage to others. Two parish halls have also suffered slight damage
Clifton
The church, hall and presbytery of St. Teresa, Fitton. Bristol, were twice hit and very much damaged, while a great part of the building of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for Aged People, at Cotham, was completely burnt.
The new schools and gymnasium belonging to the Sisters of Mercy at Wcstbury-onTrym, were damaged, and the greater part of the buildings of the Good Shepherd Convent is damaged, one portion being wiped out. Two other churches and one elementary school have had slight damage done to them.
Leeds
Windows were smashed and the roof damaged by blast at St. Patrick's, Leeds, and a H.E. bomb pierced the roof of St. Peter's, Bradford. This church is now once more in use.
Considerable damage was done to church property during the recent attack at Sheffield.
Middlesbrough
In this diocese no church, presbytery school or convent is reported to have suffered through the raids.
Nottingham
So far the famous Padley Chapel appears to be the most important victim of air raids, where the roof was damaged, probably by blast.
A church, a school and a presbytery have suffered slightly.