Church of St James, Longton
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Church of St James, Longton
Image: © John Simons Taken: 3 Mar 2024
The Church of St James the less, taken from the lower end of Webberley Lane. The Church is by T Johnson, and built 1832-1834. Pevsner reports that the E window is by Capronnier 1874, and that there is a monument by Baily, which he describes as, "The usual kneeling, mourning female by an urn, but unusually well done". The building on the left foreground was a Church School, built later than the Church, which housed 100 children on weekdays, studying, the "National Curriculum", and 200 children for Sunday School, it now houses a biomass plant.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.985349
Longitude
-2.129101