St. Luke's Church, Tittensor
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St. Luke's Church, Tittensor
Image: © Brian Deegan Taken: 23 Feb 2020
The land was given by the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland in the mid 19th century and the foundation stone was laid by Duchess Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Leveson-Gower,_Duchess_of_Sutherland on the 18th June 1880. The Prince of Wales, who was later to become King Edward VII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII was Present. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selwyn_(bishop_of_Lichfield) on the 27th December 1881. Some of the stone work used to build the church came from the Tittensor family manor house that was demolished in 1834. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tittensor
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Image Location
Latitude
52.94086
Longitude
-2.189679