St Mary's Church, Moseley, Birmingham
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St Mary's Church, Moseley, Birmingham
Image: © J Taylor Taken: 22 Sep 2008
The picture was taken while standing in the doorway of the La Patisserie Cafe, St. Mary's Row. Moseley. In 2005, St. Mary's Church celebrated its six hundredth anniversary. In 1405, Pope Innocent VII gave permission for a chapel of ease, as the nearest church was at Kings Norton and the journey difficult. Stone for the building of a tower was later given by Elizabeth of York. Often such a chapel of ease is deliberately built as such, being more accessible to some parishioners than the main church. Such a chapel may exist, for example, when a parish covers several dispersed villages or hamlets. In such a case the parish church will be in the main settlement, with one or more chapels of ease in the subordinate village(s) and/or hamlet(s).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.446439
Longitude
-1.886961