Morecambe Parish Church
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Morecambe Parish Church
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 1 Apr 2022
The full name of the parish is Holy Trinity, Poulton-le-Sands with St Laurence, Morecambe. The original church was built as a chapel of ease of St Mary's, Lancaster in 1745 on land bequeathed for the purpose in the will of Francis Bowes, the village blacksmith, who died in 1742. This was before the creation of the town of Morecambe from three former villages; this building was in Poulton-le-Sands. By the early 1800s the chapel was too small for the growing population. It was rebuilt in 1840–41 to a design by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. The foundation stone was laid on 16 June 1840, and the new church was consecrated on 15 June 1841 by the Bishop of Chester. It is Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207210?section=official-list-entry
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Image Location
Latitude
54.074536
Longitude
-2.857628