Besses o' th' Barn Church
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Besses o' th' Barn Church
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 15 Jun 2020
Besses United Reformed Church is designated as a Grade II building by Historic England (List Entry Number: 1309378 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1309378 ). It is situated between Bury New Road and Bury Old Road in the Besses o' th' Barn area of Whitefield Originally known as Besses Congregational Church, the church was built between 1863 and 1865, to serve the Congregational denomination of nonconformist Christians. At that time, the population of Besses o' th' Barn was approximately 8000. The building is a bicentenary memorial erected to commemorate the secession from the established Church of England in 1662. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Alfred Waterhouse.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.54273
Longitude
-2.289997