Slipton: the path to the church
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Slipton: the path to the church
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 27 Jun 2012
The church of St John the Baptist is in the valley a little way to the east of the village. The field to the left of the fence is lower than the path - in the last two decades of the 19th century it was part of Lower Church Close Quarry, one of the many shallow ironstone pits worked by the Islip Iron Co. See Image], Image] and others for more about the quarries and the railway which served them. Image] is the view towards the village.
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