Church yard and lych gate, Chorlton Green
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Church yard and lych gate, Chorlton Green
Image: © Phil Champion Taken: 26 Dec 2004
The original parish church of St Clement stood here until its demolition in 1940. A new church had been built some distance away in the 1860s, to accommodate Chorltons rising population. The move to the new site was resisted by many parishioners, including banker William Cunliffe Brooks who paid for the construction of the unique lych-gate, a well known Chorlton landmark. Today the old church yard is a public garden, and convenient cut through between Chorlton Green and the Bowling Green pub.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.437039
Longitude
-2.28446