East side of church on Chapel Lane, Farnley
Introduction
The photograph on this page of East side of church on Chapel Lane, Farnley by Oxana Maher as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
East side of church on Chapel Lane, Farnley
Image: © Oxana Maher Taken: 5 Mar 2021
There has been a church on this site for over 500 years. There is a plaque commemorating this on the gatepost. See Image and Image The original church of St Michael and All Angels was designed by John Carr in 1761. It was rebuilt in 1885, and the cupola from the original church relocated to the side of the churchyard. See Image The church now serves the Romanian Orthodox community, and is known as the Church of Saint Makarios the Great.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.785356
Longitude
-1.624781