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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/2343526806/in/album-72157604093674232/ Photograph: Holy Trinity [Anglican<nowiki>]</nowiki> Cathedral – Rangoon] DBHKer on flickr.com. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/78989877@N02/15386792926/in/album-72157648233014982/ Another view] go-myanmar.com on flickr.com.
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*Holy Trinity  
*[http://cityguide.com.mm/listing/yangon-siyin-baptist-church/ Photograph: Yangon Siyin Baptist Church, previously St Philip’s Church] cityguide.com.mm. St Philip’s Church of England was established in 1887<ref>[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/113/mode/1up Page 87]  ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University</ref>
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*Yangon Siyin Baptist Church, previously St Philip’s Church
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/2330657045/in/album-72157604093674232/  Photograph: Methodist English Church – Rangoon] DBHKer on flickr.com
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*Methodist English Church
*[http://yangonarchitecture.tumblr.com/post/99574255853/pictured-above-is-yangons-telugu-methodist  Photograph: Telugu Methodist Church] consecrated in 1880 as the Methodist Episcopal Church, whose American missionaries came to Burma in 1879. Yangon Architecture. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/2810118097/in/album-72157604093674232/ Another photograph] DBHKer on flickr.com
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*Telugu Methodist Church
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/3812885515/in/album-72157604093674232/ Photograph: Presbyterian Church - Rangoon – 1928], known as the "Scots Kirk". The Presbyterian Church was established in Rangoon in 1873. This red brick church replaced an earlier church built in 1875. DBHKer on flickr.com
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*Presbyterian Church - Rangoon known as the "Scots Kirk".  
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/78989877@N02/15386806146/in/album-72157648233014982/ Photograph: St Mary's [Roman Catholic<nowiki>]</nowiki> Cathedral, Yangon], the largest church in Myanmar; the exterior is red brick, while the interior features an unusual mix of red, green and white. It was designed by Dutch architect Jos Cuypers and was completed in 1899. go-myanmar.com on flickr.com
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*St Mary's (Roman Catholic)
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/78989877@N02/15223083299 Photograph: St. John Catholic Church, Yangon] flickr.com. [http://yangonarchitecture.tumblr.com/post/96614864243/on-mawgundaik-lane-at-the-corner-of-shwedagon  Photograph: St. John’s Catholic Church] Yangon Architecture. This appears to be the church called [http://www.yangonarchdiocese.org/archdiocese-of-yangon/parishes-yangon-zone/st-johns-catholic-church-cantonement/ St John’s Catholic Church (Cantonement)], rather than [http://www.yangonarchdiocese.org/archdiocese-of-yangon/parishes-yangon-zone/st-johns-catholic-church/ St. John’s Catholic Church], built 1900 in Bo Sun Pet Street
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*St. John’s Catholic Church
*[http://www.yangonarchdiocese.org/parishes-maubin-zone/st-theresas-catholic-church/ St. Theresa’s Catholic Church], built 1934 yangonarchdiocese.org. Three photographs: [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=123947703&postcount=58 1], [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=123947704&postcount=59 2], [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=123947712&postcount=60 3] skyscrapercity.com
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*St. Theresa’s Catholic Church
  
 
==Cemeteries==
 
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*[http://www.yangonarchdiocese.org Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon]. Retrieved 28 October 2014
 
*[http://www.yangonarchdiocese.org Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon]. Retrieved 28 October 2014
 
*[http://www.academia.edu/7978600/Rangoon_as_a_foreign_city_on_Burmese_soil_1852-1942 "Rangoon as a Modern City : The Impact of British Colonialism in British India"] by Simon Duncan. Southeast Asia Seminar. Catching Up Southeast Asian New Body: States, Markets and Public Spheres. September 26-28th, 2013 Phuket, Thailand. Main Organizer CSEAS, Kyoto University.
 
*[http://www.academia.edu/7978600/Rangoon_as_a_foreign_city_on_Burmese_soil_1852-1942 "Rangoon as a Modern City : The Impact of British Colonialism in British India"] by Simon Duncan. Southeast Asia Seminar. Catching Up Southeast Asian New Body: States, Markets and Public Spheres. September 26-28th, 2013 Phuket, Thailand. Main Organizer CSEAS, Kyoto University.
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/sets/72157604093674232 Photgrpahs of Rangoon including churces] DBHKer on flickr.com.
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*[http://cityguide.com.mm/listing/yangon-siyin-baptist-church/ Photograph: Yangon Siyin Baptist Church, previously St Philip’s Church] cityguide.com.mm. St Philip’s Church of England was established in 1887<ref>[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/113/mode/1up Page 87]  ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University</ref>
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/78989877@N02/15386806146/in/album-72157648233014982/ Photograph: St Mary's [Roman Catholic<nowiki>]</nowiki> Cathedral, Yangon], the largest church in Myanmar; the exterior is red brick, while the interior features an unusual mix of red, green and white. It was designed by Dutch architect Jos Cuypers and was completed in 1899. go-myanmar.com on flickr.com
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**[http://www.yangonarchdiocese.org/parishes-maubin-zone/st-theresas-catholic-church/ St. Theresa’s Catholic Church], built 1934 yangonarchdiocese.org. Three photographs: [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=123947703&postcount=58 1], [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=123947704&postcount=59 2], [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=123947712&postcount=60 3] skyscrapercity.com
  
 
===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===

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Rangoon
Rangoon - Strand Road.jpg
Presidency: Bengal Presidency
Coordinates: 16.868878°N 96.236255°E
Altitude: 26m (85 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Yangon
State/Province: Yangon Division
Country: Burma
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places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Rangoon]



Rangoon, in what was formerly known as Lower Burma, was the capital of British Burma from 1885 and a separate district in Pegu Division during the British period. It was also the headquarters of Hanthawaddy District.

History

Rangoon came under British rule in the 1850s and was transformed into a busy commercial port. It became the capital of British Burma after Upper Burma was captured in the 3rd Burma War, making overland access from the rest of British India possible.

Military history

There was a cantonment at Rangoon. C 1927 a new cantonment was built at Mingaladon, twelve miles to the north of Rangoon, although some regiments remained in Rangoon. During the Second World War, Mingaladon was the location of an RAF base, which is now the Rangoon international airport.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Yangon
Variants: Rangoon

Maps

Churches

  • Holy Trinity
  • Yangon Siyin Baptist Church, previously St Philip’s Church
  • Methodist English Church
  • Telugu Methodist Church
  • Presbyterian Church - Rangoon known as the "Scots Kirk".
  • St Mary's (Roman Catholic)
  • St. John’s Catholic Church
  • St. Theresa’s Catholic Church

Cemeteries

External links

Churches

Historical books online

  • "Rangoon" page 435 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
  • "Rangoon" page 145 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897 “South East Asia Visions” Cornell University with
  • Scenes in Burma: An Album of 125 Views c 1900-1910? Archive.org. Contains many photographs of Rangoon, including churches.
  • Rangoon Diocesan Association: Quarterly Paper Church of England. 48 quarterly issues from 1897 to 1908. SOAS Digital Library. London University.The issue for June 1898 listed Clergy and English Missionaries throughout Burma. If the link is not permanent Search using keyword Rangoon.

References

  1. WW2Talk Forum thread Father and Uncle in Indian Army-how to research? which includes a section of a map showing the location of the cemetery, the latter only viewable by logged in members of WW2Talk Forum) (retrieved 27 May 2014)
  2. Page 87 Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University