Chantry House, Heptonstall
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Chantry House, Heptonstall
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 25 Jun 2006
This was once four weaver's cottages. Part at least of the upper floor has been used as a charnel house where bones of the dead were stored after being removed from the churchyard to make room for new burials. No wonder that a ghost was seen during conversion and renovation work in 1960!
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Image Location
Latitude
53.74837
Longitude
-2.021192