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| − | St Thomas' Mount is a small hillock situated eight miles south-west of [[Madras (City)|Madras]]. From 1774 it was the headquarters of the [[Madras Artillery]] | + | {{Locations_Infobox |
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| + | |coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.99506,80.19955&z=13&t=h&hl=en 12.99506°N, 80.19955°E] | ||
| + | |altitude=11 m (34 ft) | ||
| + | |presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_Mount St. Thomas Mount] | ||
| + | |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu] | ||
| + | |country=India | ||
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| + | '''St Thomas' Mount''' is a small hillock situated eight miles south-west of [[Madras (City)|Madras]]. From 1774 it was the headquarters of the [[Madras Artillery]]. See also [[Little Mount]]. | ||
==Fibis resources== | ==Fibis resources== | ||
| − | *FIBIS database: [http:// | + | *FIBIS database: [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=123&s_id=127 St. Thomas’ Mount Portuguese Mission Church: Transcription of Baptism Registers 1751 – 1880] |
*"The Headquarters of the Madras Artillery at Saint Thomas’s Mount" by Peter Bailey [[FIBIS Journals|''FIBIS Journal Number 10 (Autumn 2003)'']]. FIBIS members may read this article online. | *"The Headquarters of the Madras Artillery at Saint Thomas’s Mount" by Peter Bailey [[FIBIS Journals|''FIBIS Journal Number 10 (Autumn 2003)'']]. FIBIS members may read this article online. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_Mount St. Thomas Mount] Wikipedia | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_Mount St. Thomas Mount] Wikipedia (retrieved 8 May 2016) |
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*[http://www.mountwesleychurch.org/?pgid=history-of-the-church The CSI Wesley English Church at the foot of St. Thomas Mount (once known as the Wesleyan Chapel)] | *[http://www.mountwesleychurch.org/?pgid=history-of-the-church The CSI Wesley English Church at the foot of St. Thomas Mount (once known as the Wesleyan Chapel)] | ||
| + | *Church of Our Lady of Expectations also known as the Church of our Lady of the Mount, or Mount St Thomas Church | ||
| + | **[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071216/spectrum/main6.htm "Images from the past"] by Hector Choksi December 16, 2007 tribuneindia.com | ||
| + | **[http://praguerevue.com/ViewArticle?articleId=3579 "If Stones Could Speak"] by Vishwas R. Gaitonde 09 January 2014 praguerevue.com. On the summit of the hill stands a church that is a hybrid of Armenian and Portuguese architecture | ||
| + | *[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/view-from-a-few-floors-above/article3649258.ece "View from a few floors above"] by Sudhish Kamath July 17, 2012 Chennai ''The Hindu'' | ||
| + | *[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Man-who-mapped-India-sits-forgotten-under-tree/articleshow/20512569.cms "Man who mapped India sits forgotten under tree"] by M T Saju June 10, 2013 ''Times of India''. William Lambton, a British soldier and geographer launched his work for the Great Trigonometrical Survey on top of St Thomas Mount. | ||
| + | *[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-S.htm#St%20Thomas%20Mount RAF St Thomas Mount] rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014) | ||
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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_393.gif "Saint Thomas’s Mount"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21'', page 387. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_393.gif "Saint Thomas’s Mount"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21'', page 387. | ||
| + | *St Thomas’ Mount in 1798-1799 is briefly mentioned on [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CTVSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA99 page 99] and [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CTVSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA112 page 112] ''A Voyage To India'' by Rev James Cordiner 1820 Google Books . | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA42 St. Thomas’s Mount] page 42 The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847 Google Books The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast" | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA42 St. Thomas’s Mount] page 42 The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847 Google Books The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast" | ||
| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/278/mode/2up St. Thomas’, St. Thomas’ Mount], page 279, ''The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras: Volume 2 : 1805 to 1835'' by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org | + | *[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/406/mode/2up St. Thomas’ Mount] page 407 ''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 |
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/278/mode/2up St. Thomas’, St. Thomas’ Mount], page 279, ''The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras: Volume 2 : 1805 to 1835'' by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org | ||
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]] [[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]] [[Category:Locations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:19, 20 December 2020
| St Thomas' Mount | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 12.99506°N, 80.19955°E |
| Altitude: | 11 m (34 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | St. Thomas Mount |
| State/Province: | Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
St Thomas' Mount is a small hillock situated eight miles south-west of Madras. From 1774 it was the headquarters of the Madras Artillery. See also Little Mount.
Fibis resources
- FIBIS database: St. Thomas’ Mount Portuguese Mission Church: Transcription of Baptism Registers 1751 – 1880
- "The Headquarters of the Madras Artillery at Saint Thomas’s Mount" by Peter Bailey FIBIS Journal Number 10 (Autumn 2003). FIBIS members may read this article online.
External links
- St. Thomas Mount Wikipedia (retrieved 8 May 2016)
- The CSI Wesley English Church at the foot of St. Thomas Mount (once known as the Wesleyan Chapel)
- Church of Our Lady of Expectations also known as the Church of our Lady of the Mount, or Mount St Thomas Church
- "Images from the past" by Hector Choksi December 16, 2007 tribuneindia.com
- "If Stones Could Speak" by Vishwas R. Gaitonde 09 January 2014 praguerevue.com. On the summit of the hill stands a church that is a hybrid of Armenian and Portuguese architecture
- "View from a few floors above" by Sudhish Kamath July 17, 2012 Chennai The Hindu
- "Man who mapped India sits forgotten under tree" by M T Saju June 10, 2013 Times of India. William Lambton, a British soldier and geographer launched his work for the Great Trigonometrical Survey on top of St Thomas Mount.
- RAF St Thomas Mount rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014)
Historical books online
- "Saint Thomas’s Mount" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 387.
- St Thomas’ Mount in 1798-1799 is briefly mentioned on page 99 and page 112 A Voyage To India by Rev James Cordiner 1820 Google Books .
- St. Thomas’s Mount page 42 The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847 Google Books The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast"
- St. Thomas’ Mount page 407 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
- St. Thomas’, St. Thomas’ Mount, page 279, The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras: Volume 2 : 1805 to 1835 by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
