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Église Sainte-Barbe

La Sentinelle, Nord, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'église (cad. AH 248) et son annexe (cad. AH 247) , en totalité : classement par arrêté du 23 novembre 2009
Protection dates
2009/11/23 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 19e siècle
Dates
1825, 1851
Architect or builder
Castiau Paul (ingénieur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place du Capitaine-Nicod
Commune
La Sentinelle
Département
Nord
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
50.35065, 3.48394
Mérimée reference
PA59000144

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1788 map "The Catholic Netherlands." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La fosse de la Sentinelle fut ouverte en 1818. Grâce à l'activité minière, le hameau autrefois rural se peupla rapidement. Les premiers corons furent construits en 1826. L'activité de la fosse s'arrêta en 1830. Dès 1847 est étudiée la possibilité de transformer la fosse en église. Le puits est définitivement scellé en 1852. En 1853, une chapelle est élevée sur son emplacement, bénie en 1854. Des travaux d'agrandissement de la sacristie et pour l'installation des fonts baptismaux, d'une tribune pour les enfants de choeur et d'un tambour sont entrepris en 1872.

English translation

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The Sentinelle pit was opened in 1818. Thanks to mining activity, the formerly rural hamlet rapidly became populated. The first miners' terraced houses were constructed in 1826. The pit's activity ceased in 1830. From 1847 onwards the possibility of transforming the pit into a church was studied. The shaft was permanently sealed in 1852. In 1853, a chapel was erected on its site, blessed in 1854. Works for enlargement of the sacristy and for the installation of baptismal fonts, a gallery for the choir boys and a vestibule were undertaken in 1872.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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