The ruined St Michael's church in Bowthorpe - view east
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The ruined St Michael's church in Bowthorpe - view east
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 12 Sep 2010
After extensive refurbishment in the 1630s, St Michael's church had dilapidated only a century later. Its chancel roof was removed in 1792. The round church tower was in use as a chimney for a brick-lined oven or a corn dryer and the structure was used for housing pigs. All that remains today are the chancel walls which are adjoined by the Church Centre > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2062687 in the west and the garden of remembrance in the south. In the 1980s a skeleton was discovered sealed within the old oven.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.635481
Longitude
1.216684