St John's Church at Smithy Hill
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St John's Church at Smithy Hill
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 6 Apr 2007
It is not clear which of the surrounding hamlets this isolated church belongs to! It is simply signed as St John's Church at the junction of Hodge Lane with the B5017 at Birch Cross. Later addition - April 2008: Further information now indicates that this church is St.John's, Marchington Woodlands. It was built in 1858 at the instigation of the owner of the adjacent Smallwood Manor because of the distance to either of the nearest existing churches. After the Manor became a school, the church served effectively for many decades as the school chapel until a new school chapel was built. The parish is now closely linked to the parish of Marchington itself.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.864584
Longitude
-1.838644