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Besses URC
Imposing Victorian United Reformed Church at junction of Bury Old & New Roads. For details, see http://www.nwsynod.org.uk/district/churchdetails/2L10
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 26 Jan 2009
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Bury Old Road, Whitefield
Looking north towards the town of Bury, along Bury Old Road.
Image: © Tricia Neal
Taken: 17 Dec 2013
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Besses o'th' Barn United Reformed Church
Evening sun is making the windows brighter than one might expect.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 9 Sep 2010
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Where Bury New Road and Bury Old Road meet
These roads, the A56 and A665, have come separately from Manchester and now meet on the southern edge of Whitefield.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 9 Sep 2010
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Besses o' th' Barn Church
Besses United Reformed Church is designated as a Grade II building by Historic England (List Entry Number: 1309378 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1309378 ). It is situated between Bury New Road and Bury Old Road in the Besses o' th' Barn area of Whitefield
Originally known as Besses Congregational Church, the church was built between 1863 and 1865, to serve the Congregational denomination of nonconformist Christians. At that time, the population of Besses o' th' Barn was approximately 8000. The building is a bicentenary memorial erected to commemorate the secession from the established Church of England in 1662. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Alfred Waterhouse.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 15 Jun 2020
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Conway Avenue
Looking along Conway Avenue, Whitefield and looking at the rear elevation of flats on Barn Street which make quite a contrast with these highly characteristic houses.
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins
Taken: 22 Oct 2016
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Metrolink. Besses o'th' Barn
A Metrolink tram travelling towards Whitefield after leaving Besses o'th' Barn station.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 27 Mar 2010
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Beehive Inn. 98 Bury New Road
Image: © Robert Wade
Taken: 24 Apr 2007
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Apartments - Whitefield
Image: © Anthony Parkes
Taken: 13 Jun 2011
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Queueing traffic on the A56
The traffic is waiting on Bury New Road at the traffic lights for Barn Street, which introduces northbound traffic from Bury Old Road.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 9 Sep 2010
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