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Title: Heptonstall Churches - ALC09018
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Title
Heptonstall Churches - ALC09018
Description
Heptonstall has two churches within one graveyard. Although not unique, there is another instance at Alvingham in Lincolnshire, this is unusual. At the centre of the village are the ruins of the Church of St Thomas à Becket built between 1256 and 1260. Later adaptations gave the Church two naves, two aisles and two chantry chapels as well as a tower. John Wesley, who preached there on more than one occasion, is reputed to have said that it was the ugliest church he knew. Following a great storm in 1847 the west face of the tower fell away. Some measure of repair took place and the church remained in use up to 1854 when the present church, St Thomas the Apostle, was completed at a cost of £7,000. The ruins of St Thomas à Becket are maintained and are open to the public. Open air services are occasionally conducted there.
Creator
Possibly Crossley Westerman
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
1910s
Rights
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
ALC09018.tif
Collection
Citation
Possibly Crossley Westerman, “Heptonstall Churches - ALC09018,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/18293.
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