December 30th, 2011

church ruins



church ruins
Church

Image by david_pics
Heptonstall’s original church was named after St Thomas a Becket, founded circa 1260 and was altered and added to over several centuries. It was damaged by a gale in 1847 (and is now only a shell), so a new church, St Thomas the Apostle, was built in the same churchyard. This suffered a lighting strike in 1875.

The old church ruin is now carefully maintained and occasionally open air services are conducted there.

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3 Responses to “church ruins”

  1. NomadicNana, on December 30th, 2011 at 9:03 pm Said:

    Fascinating history and photo. It is lovely that we can travel the world while sitting here in our desk chairs.

  2. barry_432, on December 30th, 2011 at 10:01 pm Said:

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  3. yoel_tw, on December 30th, 2011 at 10:52 pm Said:

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