The Church of St John the Baptist, Stanground
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The Church of St John the Baptist, Stanground
Image: © Dave Hitchborne Taken: 22 Jun 2004
Lightning struck the spire during a storm on the 24th March 1895, damaging the top six feet. The tip was rebuilt of Honnington stone at a cost of £100/19s/0d, but it did not resist the atmospheric pollution and darkened giving the locally well known ‘black cap’.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.562024
Longitude
-0.231468