The Halifax Altar
Below: The specially-made altar in use at the 1933 Anglo-Catholic Congress
High Mass in the grounds of Hickleton Hall, near Doncaster, the home of Lord
Halifax. After this service he gave it to Fr Patten as an outside altar for the
shrine grounds at Walsingham, where it was known as the Halifax Altar and
used until 2004. The altar pavilion was designed by Sir William Milner, an
architect and the chief benefactor of the Shrine.
Below: Lord Halifax escorted by his son, Lord Irwin, and Sir
Eric Maclagan (a Founding Guardian).
photographs from the Church Times 30 June 1933
