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St Lawrence's, Denton
A modern building in the grounds of St Lawrence's church which is used for meetings and social events.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Jan 2016
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St. Lawrence's Church, Denton
Image: © habiloid
Taken: 9 Sep 2018
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Denton, St Lawrence's Church
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 3 Jun 2011
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Entrance to St Lawrence's
The entrance from Market Street. The path is made up of flattened gravestones. Most are so worn as to be barely readable.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Jan 2016
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St Lawrence's church
Viewed from Market Street.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Jan 2016
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Royal coat of arms
Painting on the south wall of the nave in Denton St. Lawrence.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 8 Sep 2016
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Memorial to Richard Gresswell
On the south wall of the nave is a memorial to Richard Gresswell:
IN MEMORY OF
THE REVEREND
RICHARD GRESWELL, BD.
FELLOW OF WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD.
WHO FELL ASLEEP AT OXFORD
ON HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY, FRIDAY JULY 22ND 1881
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE RECTOR
AND WARDENS OF DENTON OLD CHURCH,
IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION OF MANY SERVICES
RENDERED TO THIS PARISH AND VILLAGE GENERALLY.
CHIEFLY THROUGH HIS INSTRUMENTALITY,
THE RECTORY HOUSE AND NATIONAL SCHOOLS WERE BUILT
AND THIS CHURCH REPAIRED, AND ITS ENLARGEMENT
IN 1871 HE COTRIBUTED LIBERALLY.
BORN IN DENTON JULY 22ND 1800, AND EDUCATED BY
HIS FATHER,FOR 63 YEARS THE CLERGYMAN OF
THIS CHURCH,HE WENT TO OXFORD AND ATTAINED
A DOUBLE FIRST CLASS, AND A FELLOWSHIP AT
WORCESTER COLLEGE,AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS
OF WHAT MAY BE ACHIEVED,
BY DILIGENCE AND INDUSTRY,
CHARLES JAMES BOWEN, M.A. RECTOR
JOHN BENTLEY WARDENS,
JOHN TAYLOR
JOSEPH HORSFIELD SIDESMEN
PETER ROTHWELL
1881.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 8 Sep 2016
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St Lawrence's: Charity
Stained glass in St Lawrence's.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 8 Sep 2016
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Memorial to William Cooke
On the south wall of the nave is a memorial to William Cooke:
In Loving Memory of
WILLIAM COOKE,
WHO AFTER A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS
BORNE WITH MUCH PATIENCE
ENTERED INTO REST ON NOVEMBER 6TH 1909
IN HIS 56TH YEAR.
FROM HIS CHILDHOOD A CONSTANT ATTENDANT, HE WAS FOR
SEVEN YEARS A SIDESMAN AND A WARDEN OF THIS CHURCH
TO WHICH HE WAS GREATLY ATTACHED. HE WAS ALSO A REGULAR
AND ATTENTIVE SCHOLAR, AND, FOR OVER 30 YEARS AN
EARNEST AND CONSISTENT TEACHER IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
A DEVOTED SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND AND FATHER; A TRUE
FRIEND AND A WILLING AND LIBERAL CONTRIBUTOR TO
RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK. HE HAS LEFT MANY
TO MOURN HIS LOSS.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS
BEREAVED WIFE AND SONS
"Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord --- Yea, saith the Spirit, for they
rest from their labours, and there
works do follow them" REVELATIONS XIV.13.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 8 Sep 2016
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Stained glass in St Lawrence's
Stained glass window in the south wall of the nave.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 8 Sep 2016
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