St Thomas Becket Church, Chapel-en-le-Frith
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St Thomas Becket Church, Chapel-en-le-Frith
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 16 Sep 2016
There has been a church on this site since 1225 when the woodcutters of the Royal Forest of the Peak decided to build a chapel in a clearing in the forest. Parts of the church's foundations, the lower sections of its walls and the piscine probably date from the original building, but the rest of the church is mainly 14th century. A Saxon cross in the churchyard indicates that there may have been a church here prior to the foresters' chapel. The south porch, south aisle and tower were rebuilt in 1733. The chancel was rebuilt and alterations made in 1893. http://derbyshirechurches.org/church/chapel-en-le-frith-st-thomas-becket
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Image Location
Latitude
53.324272
Longitude
-1.915136