St Thomas of Canterbury Church Ruins, Westley

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St Thomas of Canterbury Church Ruins, Westley

Image: © Stuart Shepherd Taken: 14 Aug 2008

At the end of Old Church Lane, Westley. The tower of this former church collapsed in 1744. John Harris in his book Moving Rooms tells us that from 1828 until their auction in 1850, 62 pieces of carving from the demolished church at Westley, Suffolk, were displayed at premises at 43 Waterloo Bridge Road by antiquarian architect-enthusiast Lewis Nockells Cottingham as part of a collection of salvages and exemplars

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