Church of St John the Baptist, Shiphay
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Church of St John the Baptist, Shiphay
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 3 Mar 2016
"The older part of the church was built of local red sandstone in the late 1800's by William Kitson, and opened in 1928" http://www.tdoa.co.uk/Organs/090221stjohnthebaptistshiphay.htm . But it had opened as a chapel/school in 1896, and was updated and extended in 1956 http://www.stjohnshiphay.org.uk/about-history.html .
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Image Location
Latitude
50.480459
Longitude
-3.560889