Blue Plaque: Church of St Lawrence
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Blue Plaque: Church of St Lawrence
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 18 Jan 2016
One of two blue plaques Image at St Lawrence's. This one reads: TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE Built early Sixteenth Century and originally dedicated to St James until the discovery in the mid-nineteenth century of a stained glass window to St Lawrence. Affectionately known as 'Th'Owd Peg' because its framework was fastened together with wooden pegs. Resting place of John Angier, the famous Puritan divine and of Colonel Robert Duckenfield, Tameside's Civil War hero.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.452156
Longitude
-2.112145