On 9 June 1876
The first Roman Catholic primary school opens on the Dorpsstraat, opposite the Roman Catholic church.
Provenance This comes from the series J.J. Roovers set down up to 1970. The wording here is this site’s own. View the source
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H. Nicolaaskerk
- 1862 In 1862
- 1865 In 1865
- 1867 On 19 August 1867
- 1886 In 1886
- 1940–1945 Between 1940 and 1945
- 1965 In 1965
- 2011 On 1 April 2011
- 2026 In 2026
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In 1965
The new Roman Catholic infant school Nieuwe Oogst opens on the Dorpsstraat, opposite the Roman Catholic church. For a hundred years the manse of the Netherlands Reformed congregation stood on that site.
In the year 1306
By this date a small Roman Catholic church already stands on the Kerkstraat (Church Street).
In the year 1559
A new Roman Catholic church goes up on the Kerkstraat, replacing the small one already there. The old church was dedicated to St Anne; the new one took St Nicholas as its patron.
In the year 1640
By this date a general village school is already standing beside the Reformed church on the Kerkstraat.
In the year 1830
A new general village school opens beside the Reformed church on the Kerkstraat.
The schoolmaster’s house. Whether it housed the master of the school in the entry beside this, the source does not say — the house still stands. View larger → In 1862
A number of Nieuwveen Catholics petition the bishop of Haarlem to be allowed to continue as a parish of their own. Until then they went to church in Zevenhoven.