Church of St Michael the Archangel, Halam
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Church of St Michael the Archangel, Halam
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 31 May 2019
St. Michael's is a Norman church dating from about 1100. It has a chancel, nave, tower, south aisle and a north porch. The legend in the village is that the church was built with stone from Bolsover and Sherwood Forest that was intended for the building of the much larger church, Southwell Minster, just two miles further along the road. The story goes that the carts carrying the stone would rest at the bottom of the steep hill out of Halam before attempting the climb up to Southwell, and while the carters were taking "refreshments" at the local ale house, Halam villagers 'relieved' the carts of enough stone to build their own church.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.082258
Longitude
-0.989416