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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lincolnshire,England,UK,centre,summer,tower,historic,Gate,square,town,LN2,2,gateway,Castle,castle square,church,of,the,minster,St Marys Cathedral,cathedrals,Anglican,bishop,Early,Gothic,style,Remigius de Fécamp,Remigius,grade I,listed,building,architecture,street,tourist,attraction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNA0WK - Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Construction commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the High Middle Ages. Like many of the medieval cathedrals of England, it was built in the Early Gothic style.
Some historians claim it became the tallest building in the world upon the completion of its 160 metres (525 ft) high central spire in 1311, although this is disputed. If so, it was the first building to hold that title after the Great Pyramid of Giza, and held it for 238 years until the spire collapsed in 1548, and was not rebuilt. Had the central spire remained intact, Lincoln Cathedral would have remained the world's tallest structure until the completion of the Washington Monument in 1884. For hundreds of years the cathedral held one of the four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta, now securely displayed in Lincoln Castle. The cathedral is the fourth largest in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft), after Liverpool, St Paul's and York Minster. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars
the Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: I have always held ... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have
When Lincoln Cathedral was first built, William the Conqueror granted the parish of Welton to Remigius in order to endow six prebends which provided income to support six canons attached to the cathedral. These were subsequently confirmed by William II and Henry I
2 Exchequer Gate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, LN2 1PZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNA0Y2 - Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Construction commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the High Middle Ages. Like many of the medieval cathedrals of England, it was built in the Early Gothic style.
Some historians claim it became the tallest building in the world upon the completion of its 160 metres (525 ft) high central spire in 1311, although this is disputed. If so, it was the first building to hold that title after the Great Pyramid of Giza, and held it for 238 years until the spire collapsed in 1548, and was not rebuilt. Had the central spire remained intact, Lincoln Cathedral would have remained the world's tallest structure until the completion of the Washington Monument in 1884. For hundreds of years the cathedral held one of the four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta, now securely displayed in Lincoln Castle. The cathedral is the fourth largest in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft), after Liverpool, St Paul's and York Minster. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars
the Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: I have always held ... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have
When Lincoln Cathedral was first built, William the Conqueror granted the parish of Welton to Remigius in order to endow six prebends which provided income to support six canons attached to the cathedral. These were subsequently confirmed by William II and Henry I
2 Exchequer Gate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, LN2 1PZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNA0Y4 - Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Construction commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the High Middle Ages. Like many of the medieval cathedrals of England, it was built in the Early Gothic style.
Some historians claim it became the tallest building in the world upon the completion of its 160 metres (525 ft) high central spire in 1311, although this is disputed. If so, it was the first building to hold that title after the Great Pyramid of Giza, and held it for 238 years until the spire collapsed in 1548, and was not rebuilt. Had the central spire remained intact, Lincoln Cathedral would have remained the world's tallest structure until the completion of the Washington Monument in 1884. For hundreds of years the cathedral held one of the four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta, now securely displayed in Lincoln Castle. The cathedral is the fourth largest in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft), after Liverpool, St Paul's and York Minster. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars
the Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: I have always held ... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have
When Lincoln Cathedral was first built, William the Conqueror granted the parish of Welton to Remigius in order to endow six prebends which provided income to support six canons attached to the cathedral. These were subsequently confirmed by William II and Henry I
2 Exchequer Gate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, LN2 1PZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHEJ14 - Moody black and white photograph of the final resting place of American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath Hughes in the churchyard extension beside St Thomas's Church at Heptonstall, near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. The weathered stone headstone records her name and the years 1932 to 1963, together with the epitaph: Even amidst fierce flames, the golden lotus can be planted.
The gravestone stands among dense winter vegetation, wilted flowers and low plants, with neighbouring memorials leaning at different angles across the uneven burial ground. Bare trees and the dark outline of the church tower rise behind the graves beneath a heavy, cloudy sky. The wide-angle viewpoint and selective monochrome treatment create a sombre, atmospheric image reflecting themes of mortality, remembrance, literary tragedy and enduring creative influence.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath became one of the most widely studied poets of the twentieth century. Her writing is closely associated with confessional poetry and explores identity, relationships, psychological distress, motherhood, death and personal transformation. Her best-known works include the novel The Bell Jar and poetry collections including The Colossus and the posthumously published Ariel.
Plath married English poet Ted Hughes and visited his family in the Calder Valley area. Following her death in London in 1963, she was buried at Heptonstall, where her grave has become an international destination for readers, writers, academics and literary tourists. Visitors frequently leave flowers, pens, notes and other small tributes beside the headstone.
The golden lotus inscription provides a powerful image of endurance, renewal and beauty emerging from suffering. It has become inseparable from the public memory of Plath and the continuing interpretation of her life and work.
The photograph is suitable for editorial features concerning Sylvia Plath, American literature, women writers, poetry heritage, literary p
12,Becketts Cl, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England, UK, HX7 7LJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG6110 - The present building, the oldest in the town, was built in the twelfth century, replacing an earlier Anglo-Saxon church. Two medieval chapels are integrated into the present building. Its core is made from the local sandstone, Bargate stone from the nearby Greensand Ridge, which is found close to the town. Also found around the church is the old Lammas, or 'common', land.
A church has stood on this site since at least the mid-ninth century. It features several carved stones, which are dated between 820 and 840. A few Anglo Saxon remnants survive in the present structure, which was largely rebuilt in the twelfth century. In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded that Ranulf Flambard, justiciar of William Rufus, held Godalming church.
The lammas, or common land, complemented a substantial glebe, the funds from which allowed for a grand and spacious structure to be built.
First built during the Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods, the structure has been proven in ecclesiastical records to have been a redevelopment of an Anglo-Saxon church
The Church has a fine set of bells hung for the traditional English-style of bell-ringing. The tenor weighs just over a tonne and weighs in at 1221 kg.
In 2017, all of the bells were recast, with the tenor weighing two hundredweight more than previously (now weighing 24 hundredweight, 0 quarters and 4 pounds, or 1221 kg). The restoration and recasting were carried out by John Taylor & Co, now Britain's largest church-bell firm
Borough Rd, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 2AG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NJXBTW - St Cross Church is in the village of Appleton Thorn, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. Its benefice is combined with that of St Matthew's Church, Stretton.
History
The church was built in 1886 to a design by Edmund Kirby at the expense of Rowland Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall.
Architecture
It is built in red sandstone with a red tile roof, in Decorated style. Its plan is cruciform with a two-stage tower over the crossing. It has a three-window nave without aisles, a one-window chancel, an oak-framed north porch on a sandstone plinth, and a baptistry projecting from the west end. Above the baptistry is a rose window. The stained glass in the east window is by Harcourt M. Doyle, dated 1970, and that in the rose window is by Celtic Studios of Swansea, dated 1986. The organ was built in 1906 at a cost of £220 (equivalent to £30,000 in 2021), by E. Wadsworth.
External features
The churchyard contains six war graves of British service personnel, three from World War I and three from World War II
St Cross Church, Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FCP - The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title minster is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title
the word Metropolitical in the formal name refers to the Archbishop of York's role as the Metropolitan bishop of the Province of York. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.
The minster was completed in 1472 after several centuries of building. It is devoted to Saint Peter, and has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic quire and east end and Early English North and South transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters window, each lancet being over 53 feet (16.3 m) high. The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.
Deangate, York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 7HH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FDE - The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title minster is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title
the word Metropolitical in the formal name refers to the Archbishop of York's role as the Metropolitan bishop of the Province of York. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.
The minster was completed in 1472 after several centuries of building. It is devoted to Saint Peter, and has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic quire and east end and Early English North and South transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters window, each lancet being over 53 feet (16.3 m) high. The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.
Deangate, York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 7HH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GBKH - The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Wolverhampton is the main church of the city, and is the natural centre of the conurbation, a most beautiful Medieval creation made in the typical reddish stone of the area.
The history of the Church goes back far beyond that, to the 8th Century, when Wulfere, King of Mercia converted to Christianity and had various monasteries and churches built in his great territories, including, it is thought, in Wolverhampton. Later in the 10th Century Wulfruna, widow of Athelme, Earl of Northampton and relative of Ethelred II, re-endowed the Church, providing it with lands to maintain a monastery, dean and secular canons, hence a Collegiate Church (as opposed to a Cathedral or church under the control of a bishop). William the Conqueror gave it to his new Bishop of Worcester, and after many changes of ownership in later years, the canons again gained freedoms and privileges. By the 14th Century, the Church was somewhat dilapidated, and in the 15th Century it was converted into a chancel for a new, larger church which was built on the site: while the old chancel is long gone, it is the 15th-16th Century Church we largely see today
Thomas Lane, and Katherine Lane, 1582, a second chest tomb, surely one of the sights of Wolverhampton, with recumbent figures of the deceased lying in stately pomp on top, and a line of carved figures in high relief on the long side, and three coats of arms on the exposed short side, all in brownish alabaster. The two principal figures lying on top are richly dressed, with large ruffs at their necks, smaller ones at their wrists, and wearing rings on their fingers. Thomas Lane is in armour, decorated with scrolls and repeating designs. As with the Leveson monument, the features are rather flattened. He has carefully carved, short wavy hair, and a rather plainer beard. Katherine Lane has a banded hairstyle, and an embroidered skirt. Each has their arms across their breasts and their hands in prayer.
Lich Gate, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 1TY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3K5Y6 - Taken on 26 Sep 2022, this carefully framed image documents St Marys church, Kirkgate, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 9BL. The thumbnail shows the church in its setting, with stonework, tower, graveyard or interior detail giving buyers a sense of parish architecture, local faith history and village or town identity. Tadcaster is a long-established Yorkshire brewing town on the River Wharfe, and its streets still carry the visual imprint of beer production, coaching routes, stone buildings, flood risk and local trade.
St Mary's is part of Tadcaster's parish and conservation-area story, where church fabric, memorial windows, graveyards and townscape all carry evidence of local families, faith and civic memory. For stock photography use, the value is in the precise subject: St Marys church, Kirkgate, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 9BL. It can support articles and publications about parish church history, stained glass research, religious art, genealogy, local families, Anglican heritage, memorial inscriptions, church tourism, architectural detail, conservation, as well as more specific searches using church, St Marys, St mary, Tadcaster, parish church, Anglican, Saint Mary, tower, graveyard, Kirkgate, Yorkshire, LS24 9BL, LS24, Christian, the Virgin, cemetery, graves, clocktower. The composition also gives space for tighter crops, captions, web thumbnails, report illustrations and social media use, while the Alamy reference 2K3K5Y6 and the row caption help connect the image to a real place rather than a vague concept. The picture can be used by writers covering heritage, conservation, planning, tourism, retail, transport, public services, nostalgia, local identity, architectural survival, industrial change and the way familiar objects or buildings continue to carry meaning in modern Britain.
Kirkgate, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 9BL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3J76T - History of St Thomas's Stockton Heath
On the south wall between two windows is a three quarter length tiled figure of St Thomas, the patron saint of our church. Known sometimes as ˜Doubting Thomas', the fact that most people know about him is that he asked to see proof of Jesus' death and resurrection. He was later a missionary, spreading the Christian message to many parts of the world including India. He is regarded by Indian Christians as the patron saint of India and is also the patron saint of architects, builders and stonemasons. Thomas was martyred at Myalapore, Chennai “ the spear in his hand in the picture is a symbol of his martyrdom.
London road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 6HJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK6A - St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents. There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291. The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854“55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel. The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel. The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard. Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. It is listed at Grade II*
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK6C - St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents. There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291. The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854“55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel. The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel. The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard. Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. It is listed at Grade II*
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK6F - St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents. There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291. The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854“55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel. The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel. The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard. Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. It is listed at Grade II*
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK6G - St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents. There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291. The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854“55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel. The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel. The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard. Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. It is listed at Grade II*
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK6J - St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents. There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291. The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854“55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel. The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel. The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard. Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. It is listed at Grade II*
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK6K - St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents. There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291. The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854“55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel. The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel. The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard. Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. It is listed at Grade II*
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRH8 - . This location-specific image from Marple Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Gravestone in Charlesworth St John The Evangelist - Joshua Yarwood of Gamesley, departed this life 30th November 1868,aged 26 years. A broader reading of the photograph includes period detail, adaptive reuse, everyday life, heritage worship space, parish church heritage, period architecture, liturgical art, sacred architecture, changing streetscape, public realm, community identity, place-making, devotional artwork, and local character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, cultural heritage and how places of worship combine active faith use with heritage and tourism. The modern context includes continuing discussion of construction costs, housing pressure and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. As a dated visual record of Marple Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects ecclesiastical craftsmanship, ecclesiastical art, documentary photography, heritage-led regeneration, built heritage, mixed-use redevelopment, sacred decoration, and architectural character. Details involving Gravestone, Joshua, departed, Charlesworth, and years make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Marple Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear.
Marple Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KDGG - Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon“McCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected:
Penny Lane was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story.
Lennon's original lyrics for In My Life had included a reference to Penny Lane. Soon after the Beatles recorded In My Life in October 1965, McCartney mentioned to an interviewer that he wanted to write a song about Penny Lane. A year later, he was spurred to write the song once presented with Lennon's Strawberry Fields Forever. McCartney also cited Dylan Thomas's nostalgic poem Fern Hill as an inspiration for Penny Lane. Lennon co-wrote the lyrics with McCartney. He recalled in a 1970 interview: The bank was there, and that was where the trams sheds were and people waiting and the inspector stood there, the fire engines were down there. It was reliving childhood
Penny Lane, Moseley Hill, South Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRFFB7 - Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie presented the library, built on land provided by the Corporation, to the Borough of Blackpool.
Then Mayor of Blackpool, Councillor WH Broadhead, opened it on 26 October 1911.
Cullen, Lochhead and Brown were the architects who designed it.
Queen St, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 1PX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRFFBX - . This authentic period view of 2 Springfield Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1QL in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Baptist Tabernacle Church, 2 Springfield Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1QL. Further facets of the scene include public realm, period detail, mixed-use redevelopment, urban fabric, parish church heritage, everyday life, architectural character, Christian iconography, local character, changing land use, archival record, public-realm investment, social history, and sacred decoration. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial viability and housing pressure, not least because of the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Today's relevance is strengthened by church maintenance, historic fabric and the continuing question of the role of parish churches in local identity and genealogy. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around 2 Springfield Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1QL before replacement signage alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are faith heritage, documentary photography, changing streetscape, community identity, place-making, ecclesiastical art, urban regeneration, and civic architecture. The combination of Tabernacle, Lancashire, Baptist, Blackpool, and Church anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 2 Springfield Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1QL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene captures a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
2 Springfield Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP2RPY - St James' Church is in the village of Audlem in south Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The church dates from the late 13th century with additions in the 19th century. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is combined with those of St John, Doddington, and St Chad, Wybunbury. The church stands in an elevated position in the centre of the village.
History
The church is not recorded in the Domesday Book and it is thought that the first building on the site was given by Thomas de Aldelim to the priory of St Thomas at Stafford in the reign of Edward I. After the dissolution of the monasteries the advowson was granted to the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. The church dates from the late 13th and early 14th centuries. In 1855“56 there were additions and alterations by Lynam and Rickman
The church stands on a small mound in the centre of the village. It is built of red sandstone ashlar with a lead roof.[1] Its plan consists of a six-bay nave with an embattled clerestory, a tower at the northwest corner of the nave, a north aisle with a chapel at its east end, a narrower south aisle, a chancel and a south porch.
The church is approached through the south porch by 26 steps arranged in a semicircle. The south wall contains a former priest's doorway which has been walled up and its steps removed. The tower has on its west face a two-light window, above which is a pair of windows and above these is a circular clock. The belfry windows have two lights and are louvred. The top is embattled with pinnacles at the four corners
A529, Audlem, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP2RWW - St James' Church is in the village of Audlem in south Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The church dates from the late 13th century with additions in the 19th century. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is combined with those of St John, Doddington, and St Chad, Wybunbury. The church stands in an elevated position in the centre of the village.
History
The church is not recorded in the Domesday Book and it is thought that the first building on the site was given by Thomas de Aldelim to the priory of St Thomas at Stafford in the reign of Edward I. After the dissolution of the monasteries the advowson was granted to the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. The church dates from the late 13th and early 14th centuries. In 1855“56 there were additions and alterations by Lynam and Rickman
The church stands on a small mound in the centre of the village. It is built of red sandstone ashlar with a lead roof.[1] Its plan consists of a six-bay nave with an embattled clerestory, a tower at the northwest corner of the nave, a north aisle with a chapel at its east end, a narrower south aisle, a chancel and a south porch.
The church is approached through the south porch by 26 steps arranged in a semicircle. The south wall contains a former priest's doorway which has been walled up and its steps removed. The tower has on its west face a two-light window, above which is a pair of windows and above these is a circular clock. The belfry windows have two lights and are louvred. The top is embattled with pinnacles at the four corners
A529, Audlem, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0KA7 - John Charles Ryle (10 May 1816 “ 10 June 1900) was an English evangelical Anglican bishop. He was the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool.
He was the eldest son of John Ryle, private banker, of Park House, Macclesfield, M.P. for Macclesfield 1833“7, and Susanna, daughter of Charles Hurt of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He was born at Macclesfield on 10 May 1816.
He was educated at Eton and the University of Oxford, where his career was unusually distinguished. He was Fell exhibitioner at Christ Church, from which foundation he matriculated on 15 May 1834. He was Craven scholar in 1836, graduated B.A. in 1838, having been placed in the first-class in literæ humaniores in the preceding year, and proceeded M.A. in 1871. He was created D.D. by diploma on 4 May 1880.
Ryle left the university with the intention of standing for parliament on the first opportunity, but was unable to do so because of his father's bankruptcy. He took holy orders (1841“42) and became curate at Exbury, Hampshire. In 1843, he was preferred to the rectory of St Thomas, Winchester, which he exchanged in the following year for that of Helmingham, Suffolk. The latter living he retained until 1861, when he resigned it for the vicarage of Stradbroke in the same county. The restoration of Stradbroke church was due to his initiative. In 1869, he was made rural dean of Hoxne, and in 1872 honorary canon of Norwich. He was select preacher at Cambridge in 1873 and the following year, and at Oxford from 1874 to 1876, and in 1879 and the following year. In 1880, he was designated dean of Salisbury, and at once, 19 April, advanced to the newly created see of Liverpool, which he ably administered until his death at Lowestoft on 10 June 1900. He is buried at All Saints Church, Childwall, Liverpool
Market Place, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK, SK10 1DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN6B7W - St John the Evangelist's Church is in Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It was built as a private estate church towards the end of the 19th century but is now an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building
The church was built in 1882“83 for the brewer Sir Gilbert Greenall of Walton Hall. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, the cost of its construction being £17,500 (equivalent to £1,880,000 in 2021)
The church is built in red snecked sandstone with Westmorland green slate roofs. Its plan is cruciform with a three-bay nave, north and south transepts, a two-bay chancel, a south vestry, and a south porch. The tower is in four stages with chequerwork in its third stage, a recessed octagonal spire and an octagonal north west stair turret. The porch consists of an oak frame on a 6 feet (2 m) sandstone plinth. The church is in Decorated style
The church was listed at Grade II* on 23 December 1983. Grade II* is the middle of the three gradings designated by English Heritage, and is given to particularly important buildings of more than special interest. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as a glorious estate church, exquisitely detailed and composed, and consider that the tower is one of Austin's best
Walton village, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN6B87 - St John the Evangelist's Church is in Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It was built as a private estate church towards the end of the 19th century but is now an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building
The church was built in 1882“83 for the brewer Sir Gilbert Greenall of Walton Hall. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, the cost of its construction being £17,500 (equivalent to £1,880,000 in 2021)
The church is built in red snecked sandstone with Westmorland green slate roofs. Its plan is cruciform with a three-bay nave, north and south transepts, a two-bay chancel, a south vestry, and a south porch. The tower is in four stages with chequerwork in its third stage, a recessed octagonal spire and an octagonal north west stair turret. The porch consists of an oak frame on a 6 feet (2 m) sandstone plinth. The church is in Decorated style
The church was listed at Grade II* on 23 December 1983. Grade II* is the middle of the three gradings designated by English Heritage, and is given to particularly important buildings of more than special interest. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as a glorious estate church, exquisitely detailed and composed, and consider that the tower is one of Austin's best
Walton village, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN6B8B - St John the Evangelist's Church is in Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It was built as a private estate church towards the end of the 19th century but is now an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building
The church was built in 1882“83 for the brewer Sir Gilbert Greenall of Walton Hall. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, the cost of its construction being £17,500 (equivalent to £1,880,000 in 2021)
The church is built in red snecked sandstone with Westmorland green slate roofs. Its plan is cruciform with a three-bay nave, north and south transepts, a two-bay chancel, a south vestry, and a south porch. The tower is in four stages with chequerwork in its third stage, a recessed octagonal spire and an octagonal north west stair turret. The porch consists of an oak frame on a 6 feet (2 m) sandstone plinth. The church is in Decorated style
The church was listed at Grade II* on 23 December 1983. Grade II* is the middle of the three gradings designated by English Heritage, and is given to particularly important buildings of more than special interest. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as a glorious estate church, exquisitely detailed and composed, and consider that the tower is one of Austin's best
Walton village, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9P26 - . Recorded at Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The photograph centres on Eastcombe Baptist Church, Dr Crouch's Road Eastcombe Nr, Stroud , Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EA. The locality and subject together evoke mortality symbolism, local character, place identity, changing land use, social history, epitaph, ecclesiastical decoration, historical comparison, sacred space, Christian iconography, church conservation, cathedral interior, graveyard heritage, and memorial stone. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, accessibility and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with historic inscriptions, local history and the value of memorials for genealogy and local history. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB, details that may look very different after different community use. The location also brings in before-and-after reference, commemorative text, regional identity, period detail, historic glazing, community memory, faith heritage, and visual archive. Elements such as Crouch's, Eastcombe, Gloucestershire, Stroud, and Church add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs when considered against later change at Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB.
Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5T8 - . An identifiable period record of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is St Lawrence Parish church, The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP. The wider scene also brings together Christian iconography, regional identity, local character, visual archive, archival record, changing land use, religious heritage, contemporary social history, local history, faith heritage, place identity, documentary photography, public realm, and religious artwork. Current relevance extends to faith communities and heritage conservation, particularly through how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. As a dated visual record of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with church conservation, ecclesiastical decoration, everyday life, period detail, cathedral interior, medieval church setting, ecclesiastical art, and sacred architecture. Elements such as Parish, Shambles, Stroud, Lawrence, and church add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is faith communities and how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage within the specific setting of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP. The frame retains part of the area's social history for later comparison.
The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5TB - . This authentic period view of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is St Lawrence Parish church, The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP. Further facets of the scene include religious artwork, contemporary social history, medieval church setting, stained-glass craftsmanship, everyday life, church conservation, Christian iconography, ecclesiastical art, regional identity, visual archive, heritage worship space, ecclesiastical decoration, cathedral interior, and public realm. For current editorial use, cultural heritage and visitor tourism provide additional context, especially through the conservation challenge of fragile historic glass and stonework. As a dated visual record of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes changing streetscape, place identity, faith heritage, community identity, period detail, archival record, historic glazing, and local character. Details involving Lawrence, Shambles, Stroud, Parish, and Gloucestershire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes cultural heritage and the role of cathedrals as cultural landmarks beyond their congregations within the real-world context of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP. Image 2JMD5TB also remains a dated record of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP.
The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AAK - . Made at Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. At the centre of the view is Book of Mormon, Prince Of Wales Theatre, at dusk, Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS. The locality and subject together evoke Westminster landmark, place identity, documentary photography, urban tourism, heritage tourism, iconic London transport, London visitor economy, Thames city view, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, historic London streetscape, capital landmark imagery, city branding, and local history. Current relevance extends to tourism and urban mobility, particularly through how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS, details that may look very different after different community use. Further associations within the scene are regional identity, changing streetscape, period detail, historical comparison, changing land use, community identity, local character, and visual archive. Elements such as Theatre, Wales, Prince, Coventry, and Mormon add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate tourism and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the specific setting of Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS. The frame retains part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference. The scene captures details of everyday use for later comparison.
Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0MBAH - Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdom's most notable religious buildings and a burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Since the coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066, all coronations of English and British monarchs have occurred in Westminster Abbey. Sixteen royal weddings have occurred at the abbey since 1100
The church was originally part of a Catholic Benedictine abbey, which was dissolved in 1539. It then served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Westminster until 1550, then as a second cathedral of the Diocese of London until 1556. The abbey was restored to the Benedictines by Mary I in 1556, then in 1559 made a royal peculiar”a church responsible directly to the sovereign”by Elizabeth I.
The abbey's two western towers were built between 1722 and 1745 by Nicholas Hawksmoor, constructed from Portland stone to an early example of a Gothic Revival design. Purbeck marble was used for the walls and the floors,
Further rebuilding and restoration occurred in the 19th century under Sir George Gilbert Scott. A narthex (a portico or entrance hall) for the west front was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the mid-20th century but was not built
On 11 June 1914, a bomb planted by suffragettes of the Women's Social and Political Union exploded inside the abbey
On 17 September 2010, Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to set foot in the abbey, and on 29 April 2011, the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place.
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries were created in the medieval triforium. This is a display area for the abbey's treasures in the galleries high up around the nave. A new Gothic access tower with lift was designed by the abbey architect and Surveyor of the Fabric, Ptolemy Dean.
Westminster Abbey London, England, UK, SW1P 3PA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,UK,BL1,Lancashire,the,building,clock,St Andrew,&,St George URC Church,church,historic,blue,sky,skies,churches,reform,Christian,Christians,Church,of,God,Saint Georges,rd,road,history,heritage,buildings,window,towering,religious,religion,services
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRRW - . Recorded at St Georges Rd, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2BS in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is RCCG, the Reformed Christian Church of God, St Georges Rd, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2BS. The wider scene also brings together devotional artwork, sacred architecture, horological collecting, ecclesiastical craftsmanship, before-and-after reference, watchmaking heritage, public realm, historic church fabric, archival record, ecclesiastical art, mid-century timepiece, local history, manual-wind movement, and watch dial typography. The wider contemporary story combines faith communities, heritage conservation and how sacred art preserves religious, artistic and community history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with vintage design, manufacturing heritage and the renewed appeal of repairable mechanical watches. Future viewers can use this scene from St Georges Rd, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2BS to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with changing land use, place identity, mechanical movement, documentary photography, changing streetscape, regional identity, period watch design, and historical comparison. References to Lancashire, Reformed, Georges, Christian, and Church give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within St Georges Rd, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2BS, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is faith communities and how places of worship combine active faith use with heritage and tourism when considered against later change at St Georges Rd, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2BS.
St Georges Rd, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2BS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKR7X - William Brittain Roberts' gravestone restored - more at https://freemasonrymatters.co.uk/index.php/william-brittain-roberts-gravestone-restored/
9th December 2017
In October 2016, Vic Charlesworth, Curator of the Warrington Masonic Museum, became aware of the existence of a Mason's grave in the cemetery at St Thomas Church, Stockton Heath, Warrington. Vic visited the grave and discovered that the memorial and gravestones were in a very poor condition
Vic asked Caroline Crook, Archivist at Warrington Masonic Museum, to research the history of William Brittain Roberts, the Mason buried in that grave, and she discovered that William was born in London, worked in Liverpool for a time, where his son was born, and then became head brewer for Greenall Whitley, living in Stockton Heath at Wilderspool House.
At the time of his death in 1909, William lived at Bleak House in Lymm, a village neighbouring Warrington. His only son, Victor George, a medical student, married May Houghton in 1914. Victor was killed in action, in the First World War, in 1918. They had no children and therefore no direct descendants. William's wife, Hilda Marian Roberts, passed away in 1936.
William was initiated into Royal Victoria Lodge No 1013 in Liverpool, on 6 February 1884, resigning in 1890. He later joined Merchants' Lodge No 241, Liverpool, (1886-92 and 1905-07), Lodge of Lights No 148, Warrington, (1887-1909) and Lathom Lodge No 2229, Southport, (1904-1909). In 1903 William was a founder member and the first senior warden of Lodge of Friendship No 2963.
Vic applied to the West Lancashire Freemasons' Charity Communities Grants Committee requesting funding to enable William's memorial and gravestone to be renovated and a grant was made earlier this year. The restoration work has now been completed and is, once again, a fitting tribute to a loyal Mason.
William's memorial is very close to the main entrance to St Thomas's Church
St Thomas church, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ514 - . An identifiable period record of Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Appleton Thorn Bawming of the Thorn in the village, next to St Cross parish church. Ribbons tied to the tree & surrounding fence, Warrington, WA4 4RT. The image also relates to street-level documentary, architectural character, archival record, community life, urban change, social history, urban social history, historic townscape, everyday street life, built heritage, social landscape, conservation interest, traditional structure, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local identity, planning control and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. For current editorial use, footfall and street safety provide additional context, especially through the relationship between public space and local social life. As a dated visual record of Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include changing streetscape, local history, historic streetscape, documentary photography, public realm, visual archive, place identity, and heritage asset. Details involving fence, Bawming, church, village, and surrounding make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ51X - . Photographed at Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Appleton Thorn Bawming of the Thorn in the village, next to St Cross parish church. Ribbons tied to the tree & surrounding fence, Warrington, WA4 4RT. The wider scene also brings together period detail, local identity, changing streetscape, public realm, historic townscape, social history, contemporary city life, historical comparison, pedestrian environment, street-level documentary, architectural detailing, visual archive, townscape record, and local character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into heritage conservation and planning control, not least because of the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by regeneration, commercial change and the continuing question of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. Further associations within the scene are community life, traditional structure, contemporary social history, urban change, everyday street life, historic frontage, changing land use, and conservation interest. The combination of surrounding, fence, Ribbons, Cross, and village anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JDJ51X.
Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JB87A1 - St Oswald's Church, is in the village of Winwick, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the deanery of Winwick.
History
A church at Winwick is recorded in the Domesday Book. The earliest parts of the present church are the bases of the north arcade which date from the early 13th century, and the walls of the Legh Chapel and the organ chamber which are dated 1330. The west tower was built in 1358, and the walls and north arcade of the nave (except for the Legh Chapel and the organ chamber) date from 1580. Much damage was done to the church in 1648 when Oliver Cromwell stationed his troops in the church after the Battle of Red Bank. The south porch was added in 1720, and the south arcade of the nave was rebuilt in 1836 reusing earlier stones. The chancel, sanctuary and vestry were rebuilt by Pugin in 1847“49 for the 13th Earl of Derby. The spire was rebuilt and the church was restored in 1869 by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin. On Thursday 13 January 1887, Titanic Captain Edward Smith married Sarah Eleanor Pennington in the church. In 1931“32 Henry Paley successor in the Lancaster architectural practice, now known as Austin and Paley, restored the tower at a cost of £463, and in 1934 he added a new vestry, porch and entrance at a cost of £232
The church is built of sandstone with a metal, stainless steel, roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave of six bays with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chapel in the east bay of each aisle, a chancel and sanctuary of three bays, and a north vestry. The south chapel is the Legh Chapel and the north chapel belonged to the Gerard family. The tower is in three stages and has a recessed spire. On the west face is a door above which is a three-light window.
Golborn Road, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8SZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PND - . Recorded at Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ in 2019, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The defining feature is Preston England Temple, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Mormons in North West England, UK. The wider scene also brings together community identity, social history, period detail, local character, visual archive, documentary photography, ecclesiastical architecture, Christian heritage, public realm, parish history, heritage worship space, religious heritage, religious landmark, and ecclesiastical art. Current relevance extends to energy use and historic fabric, particularly through the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ, details that may look very different after new construction. A second descriptive layer includes faith community, regional identity, sacred space, before-and-after reference, church interior, contemporary social history, historic church fabric, and archival record. Details involving Mormons, Church, Preston, Latter, and Temple make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is energy use and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity when considered against later change at Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and how sacred spaces adapt to changing attendance and wider community use without losing the local specificity of Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ.
Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M5G - The curious Pyramidal tomb of William Mackenzie in Liverpool
Making a distinctive appearance in the graveyard of St Andrew's Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool is the 15 foot high pyramidal tomb of the British civil engineer and civil engineering contractor, William Mackenzie.
The tomb lies in what is reputed to be one of the most haunted areas of Liverpool city.
Born near Nelson, Lancashire in 1794 and the eldest of the 11 children, Mackenzie started his career as an apprentice weaver but changed to civil engineering.
He went on to make his fortune working as engineer on canal and railway projects, latterly working on new railway lines in France, Spain, the Italian states and Belgium.
Mackenzie died in 1851, leaving most of his £341,848 estate to his brother Edward, who erected this pyramid shaped monument at the grave in 1868
In the vault beneath lie the remains of William Mackenzie of Newbie, Dumfriesshire, Esquire who died 29th October 1851 aged 57 years. Also, Mary his wife, who died 19th December 1838 aged 48 years and Sarah, his second wife who died 9th December 1867 aged 60 years. This monument was erected by his Brother Edward as a token of love and affection A.D. 1868. The memory of the just is blessed
A wonderfully improbable local legend tells the story of how McKenzie was supposedly entombed seated at a table with a winning hand of cards in his bony fingers.
The yarn insists that as an inveterate gambler, he bet and lost his soul in a game of poker with the Devil and figured that if he was never buried, Satan could never claim his prize.
Rodney Street Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475J4 - William Mackenzie (20 March 1794 “ 29 October 1851) was an Anglo-Scottish civil engineer and civil engineering contractor who was one of the leading European contractors in the 1840s
his profitable contracts including tunnels on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway between Edge Hill and Lime Street, and contracts for the Grand Union, North Union, Midland Counties and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock railways. Non-railway contracts included Liverpool Haymarket, the Manchester and Sheffield Junction Canal and the Shannon navigation
In 1819 Mackenzie married Mary Dalziel, daughter of a Glasgow commission agent. Mary died in 1838 and in 1839 he married Sarah Dewhurst. Mackenzie maintained offices in Paris and in Liverpool and from 1843 he lived at 74 Grove Street, Liverpool, where he died in 1851.
He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool in 1851. A pyramid-shaped monument was erected at the grave by his brother Edward in 1868. An inscription on the pyramid door reads: In the vault beneath lie the remains of William Mackenzie of Newbie, Dumfriesshire, Esquire who died 29th October 1851 aged 57 years. Also, Mary his wife, who died 19th December 1838 aged 48 years and Sarah, his second wife who died 9th December 1867 aged 60 years. This monument was erected by his Brother Edward as a token of love and affection A.D. 1868. The memory of the just is blessed.
William's estate amounted to £341,848, almost all of which was left to his youngest brother, Edward. He had no children. The Diary of William Mackenzie, published by Thomas Telford Publishing in 2000, is a full transcription of Mackenzie's handwritten diaries, and it provides insight into his busy life.
The inscription proves that MacKenzie was buried beneath (not entombed inside) the pyramid and that the monument itself was not erected until 16 years after his demise. Even so, the legend of his upright interment continues to be told and believed by many.
St Andrew's Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTGT - . This contextual photograph shows the character of Albemarle Road, Taunton, England, UK, TA1 1BA, in an image captured in 2018. The defining subject in the supplied record is Albemarle Baptist Chapel Taunton, Somerset, South West England, UK. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are historic environment, parish history, motor traffic, architectural character, community ministry, period property, local faith community, religious building, worship space, conservation interest, built heritage, and roadside commerce. Modern coverage of community ministry frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of maintenance cost, heritage tourism and sensitive conservation. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, regional identity also connects with the passage of time, new technology and efforts aimed at a clearer record of local change. The wider contemporary story of local landmarks now includes vacancy alongside energy retrofit, while policy and investment increasingly consider sensitive refurbishment. Small period details preserved at Albemarle Road, Taunton, England, UK, TA1 1BA may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage. The scene also relates to traffic management, townscape identity, local landmark, conservation architecture, sacred interior, place of worship. Associated details include Albemarle Centre, grade two, grade2, historic, listed. Other relevant facets include church conservation, adaptive reuse, religious heritage, vehicle movement, vehicle access, urban fabric, junction design, motorway travel, urban conservation, and road connectivity. For present-day editorial use, community ministry can also illustrate debates about maintenance cost and heritage tourism, particularly where these affect accessible worship spaces.
Albemarle Road, Taunton, England, UK, TA1 1BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHBJTN - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
History
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 1873“74 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 1873“74 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
The church is built in red sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a continuous nave and chancel of seven bays with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chapel at the east end of the south aisle, a vestry and a south porch. The tower is in three stages, with a Tudor west door, and a four-light west window. It has diagonal west buttresses and square east buttresses. In the middle stage are small windows, above which are clock faces and bell openings. On the summit is a crenellated parapet. The tower is about 76 feet (23 m) high
Church Lane, Grappenhall. Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC83F - . Made at St Mary St, Bridgwater, england, UK TA6 3EQ in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The main point of reference is Historic Bridgwater - St Marys Church wrought iron gates - Bridgwater Town centre, Somerset, England, UK, TA6 3AS. The surrounding context encompasses social history, material culture, archival record, regional identity, Christian iconography, changing streetscape, cathedral interior, sacred architecture, historic glazing, period detail, ecclesiastical decoration, local character, decorative metalwork, and local-history evidence. The modern context includes continuing discussion of energy costs, cultural heritage and the role of cathedrals as cultural landmarks beyond their congregations. For current editorial use, craftsmanship and heritage interpretation provide additional context, especially through the value of craftsmanship and material evidence in a digital age. Future viewers can use this scene from St Mary St, Bridgwater, england, UK TA6 3EQ to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects heritage worship space, collectable heritage item, contemporary social history, commemorative object, church conservation, historic inscription, historic material culture, and public realm. References to wrought, Bridgwater, Marys, Somerset, and Historic give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around St Mary St, Bridgwater, england, UK TA6 3EQ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate energy costs and the role of cathedrals as cultural landmarks beyond their congregations as part of the longer story of St Mary St, Bridgwater, england, UK TA6 3EQ.
St Mary St, Bridgwater, england, UK TA6 3EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EE2R - Sir Humphrey Chetham (10 July 1580 “ 1653) was an English merchant, responsible for the creation of Chetham's Hospital and Chetham's Library, the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.
Chetham was born in Crumpsall, Lancashire, England, the son of a successful Manchester merchant who lived in Crumpsall Hall. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and in 1597 was apprenticed to Samuel Tipping, a Manchester linen draper. Chetham remained with Tipping until 1605, when he moved to London with his brother George and set up a partnership with him trading in various textiles. The business was successful, since the fabric was bought in London and sold for a higher price in Manchester. He acquired Clayton Hall in Manchester as his home, and in 1628 was also able to buy Turton Tower from William Orrell.
In 1631, he was asked to be knighted after his huge wealth became known to the crown, but he refused it, and so was fined. He later became the High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1635, a job he was unable to refuse, and in 1643 he was forced into the position of General Treasurer of Lancashire, which he found very difficult for his age. He also began to obtain debts, and he feared that on his death parliament would take his money. He therefore donated money to form a blue coat school for forty poor boys, which later became Chetham's Hospital and then Chetham's School of Music. He also left money to form the Chetham's Library, which included money to pay for the books. More libraries were constructed later on from this money.
After Chetham's death, at Clayton Hall, in 1653, the school and library opened. His contribution is commemorated by a statue and a window in Manchester Cathedral and by a statue and mural in Manchester Town Hall. By prior arrangement, Clayton Hall was left to the surviving nephew, George.
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GGWHB1 - St Mary and All Saints Church is in the centre of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of 'best' English parish churches. Richards describes it as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture remaining in Cheshire. The authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that it is one of the most satisfactory Perpendicular churches of Cheshire and its setting brings its qualities out to perfection
High St, Great Budworth, Northwich CW9 6HF, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KNY - The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133.
Carlisle, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest (after Oxford), of England's ancient cathedrals. Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of medieval choir stalls and the largest window in the Flowing Decorated Gothic style in England
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW51T - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW526 - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52D - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DKT - . Tiles on floor at Lichfield cathedral, Staffordshire, England UK WS13 7LD leading to the high altar. Photographed at 19A The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, england, UK WS13 7LD. The photograph was taken on 01 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Tiles on floor at Lichfield cathedral, Stafford, medieval, symbols, ceramic, Offa, curve, Mercia, symbolism and 7LD, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
19A The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, england, UK WS13 7LD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8BA - St Luke's Church, Liverpool, is a former Anglican parish church, which is now a ruin. It stands on the corner of Berry Street and Leece Street, looking down the length of Bold Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
The church was built between 1811 and 1832, and was designed by John Foster, senior and John Foster, junior, father and son who were successive surveyors for the municipal Corporation of Liverpool. In addition to being a parish church, it was also intended to be used as a venue for ceremonial worship by the Corporation, and as a concert hall. It was badly damaged during the Liverpool Blitz in 1941, and remains as a roofless shell. It now stands as a memorial to those who were lost in the war, and is also a venue for exhibitions and events. The church, and the surrounding walls, gates and railings are protected as Grade II* listed buildings.
Bold St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8EH - . Sir Thomas Boteler ,school sign, in Grammar School Rd, Latchford , Warrington, England, UK, WA4 1JL. The photograph was taken on 05 October 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Sir, Thomas, Boteler, school, sign, Latchford, warringto, Grammar School Road, High School and Church of England, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has strong relevance to education, school life, pupils, students, classmates, learning and the rituals that mark transitions between stages of childhood and young adulthood. It can support editorial features about schools, the end of term, friendship, uniforms, memories, examinations, moving to a new school, student identity and the social traditions that develop around education. Handwriting, names, clothing, classroom or school-related details can provide authentic visual evidence of personal experience rather than a staged educational concept. The photograph can therefore work for both contemporary education stories and longer-term social-history coverage of how pupils commemorate school years and friendships. Search themes include education, school life, pupils, classmates, school leavers, uniforms, end-of-term traditions, childhood memories and transitions between stages of education. Personal marks, handwriting, clothing or school-related objects give the subject a human documentary quality that is useful for social-history as well as education coverage. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Grammar School Rd, Latchford , Warrington, England, UK, WA4 1JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA8A9E - . Golden Altar art from lady chapel of St Peter & St Paul, parish church, Dorchester on Thames, England, UK. Photographed on 5 July 2013. The recorded location is High St, Dorchester on Thames, Oxen, England, UK OX10 7HH. Dorchester Abbey, formally the Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, stands on a site with Christian associations stretching back to the early medieval period. The present church contains major medieval fabric and later restoration, with monuments, stained glass, chapels and decorative work accumulated over centuries. The village itself developed beside the Thames and the River Thame, giving its churches, old post office and historic street details strong local-history value. The historical context is that parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, Victorian restoration, monuments, stained glass, organs, altars and inscriptions can coexist in a single building, reflecting generations of worship and local patronage. The wider historical story is that historic interiors combine architecture with material culture
Furniture, clocks, silverware, screens, organs and decorative schemes can show craftsmanship, status and institutional use in ways that a façade alone cannot convey. The subject remains topical in 2026 because many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events
Images of their interiors and memorials therefore serve architectural, heritage and social-history uses. In the present 2026 context, adaptive reuse often changes internal layouts dramatically, so photographs of earlier rooms and fittings have particular conservation and design value. Alternative search wording includes ecclesiastical architecture, Christian heritage, sacred art, religious symbolism, church interior, churchyard, and place of worship.
High St, Dorchester on Thames, Oxen, England, UK OX10 7HH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RGKETG - Worcester Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, England, situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester. The present cathedral church was built between 1084 and 1504, and represents every style of English architecture from Norman to Perpendicular Gothic. It is famous for its Norman crypt and unique chapter house, its unusual Transitional Gothic bays, its fine woodwork and its exquisite central tower, which is of particularly fine proportions.
The cathedral's west facade appeared, with a portrait of Sir Edward Elgar, on the reverse of £20 note issued by the Bank of England between 1999 and 2007, remaining in circulation as legal tender until 30 June 2010. Worcester Cathedral embodies many features that are highly typical of an English medieval cathedral. Like the cathedrals of Salisbury and Lincoln, it has two transepts crossing the nave, rather than the single transept usual on the Continent. This feature of English Cathedrals was to facilitate the private saying of the Holy Office by many clergy or monks. Worcester is also typical of English cathedrals in having a chapter house and cloister. To the north side of the cathedral is an entrance porch, a feature designed to eliminate the draught which, prior to the installation of modern swing doors, would blow through cathedrals whenever the western doors were open.
Worcester Cathedral has important parts of the building dating from every century from the 11th to the 16th. Its tower in the perpendicular style is described by Alec Clifton-Taylor as exquisite and is seen best across the River Severn.
The earliest part of the building at Worcester is the multi-columned Norman crypt with cushion capitals remaining from the original monastic church begun by bishop Saint Wulfstan of Worcester in 1084.
8 College Yard, Worcester,UK, WR1 2LA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RGKETH - Worcester Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, England, situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester. The present cathedral church was built between 1084 and 1504, and represents every style of English architecture from Norman to Perpendicular Gothic. It is famous for its Norman crypt and unique chapter house, its unusual Transitional Gothic bays, its fine woodwork and its exquisite central tower, which is of particularly fine proportions.
The cathedral's west facade appeared, with a portrait of Sir Edward Elgar, on the reverse of £20 note issued by the Bank of England between 1999 and 2007, remaining in circulation as legal tender until 30 June 2010. Worcester Cathedral embodies many features that are highly typical of an English medieval cathedral. Like the cathedrals of Salisbury and Lincoln, it has two transepts crossing the nave, rather than the single transept usual on the Continent. This feature of English Cathedrals was to facilitate the private saying of the Holy Office by many clergy or monks. Worcester is also typical of English cathedrals in having a chapter house and cloister. To the north side of the cathedral is an entrance porch, a feature designed to eliminate the draught which, prior to the installation of modern swing doors, would blow through cathedrals whenever the western doors were open.
Worcester Cathedral has important parts of the building dating from every century from the 11th to the 16th. Its tower in the perpendicular style is described by Alec Clifton-Taylor as exquisite and is seen best across the River Severn.
The earliest part of the building at Worcester is the multi-columned Norman crypt with cushion capitals remaining from the original monastic church begun by bishop Saint Wulfstan of Worcester in 1084.
8 College Yard, Worcester,UK, WR1 2LA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HT2E - Southwark Cathedral interior London, the Tre-hearne statue , with a woman in the distance
An Epitaph upon John Trehearne, Gentleman Porter to King James the First.
Had kings a power to lend their subjects breath Trehearne thou should'st not be cast down by death, thy royal master still would keep thee then, but length of days are beyond reach of men nor wealth nor strength or great mens love can ease the wound deaths arrows make, for thou hast these in thy kings court good place to thee is given wence thou shalt go to kings court of heaven. GoTonySmith
Southwark, London England , UK SE1 9DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDR7 - The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro is an Anglican cathedral located in the city of Truro, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It was built in the Gothic Revival architectural style fashionable during much of the nineteenth century, and is one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires.
The See (or Diocese) of Truro was established in 1876, and the first bishop, Edward White Benson, was consecrated in 1877. Truro was the first cathedral to be built on a new site in England since Salisbury Cathedral in 1220.
A stained glass window depicting the founding of the cathedral.
Construction began in 1880 on the site of the sixteenth century parish church of St Mary the Virgin to a design by the leading Gothic Revival architect John Loughborough Pearson. St Mary's, a building in the Perpendicular style with a spire 128 feet tall was demolished in October 1880, leaving only the early sixteenth-century south aisle, which was retained to serve as the parish church. From 1880 until 1887 a temporary wooden cathedral was built on an adjacent site. This accommodated fewer than 400 people and was extremely hot in summer and cold in winter. It was in this building that the Bishop introduced the new evening service of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve, 1880.
Pearson's design combines the Early English style with certain French characteristics, chiefly spires and rose windows. Truro's resemblance to Lincoln Cathedral is not coincidental: Pearson had been appointed as Lincoln's Cathedral architect and the first Bishop of Truro, Edward Benson, had previously been Canon Chancellor at Lincoln. The central tower and spire stands 250 feet (76 m) tall, while the western towers reach to 200 feet (61 m). Four kinds of stone were used: Mabe granite for the exterior, and St Stephen's granite for the interior, with dressings and shafts of Bath and Polyphant stone. The spires and turret roofs are of stone, except for a copper spire over the bell tower
The Cathedral Office,. 14 St Mary's Street, Truro, TR1 2AF , England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHTH - St Mary and All Saints Church is in the centre of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of 'best' English parish churches. Richards describes it as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture remaining in Cheshire. The authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that it is one of the most satisfactory Perpendicular churches of Cheshire and its setting brings its qualities out to perfection
It is an impressive church, built generally in the Perpendicular style although the long, and older north transept is constructed in the Decorated style. Built in red sandstone,[2] its plan consists of a west tower, a six-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and a chancel flanked by chapels to the north and south. The north transept forms the Lady Chapel and the shorter south transept is the Warburton Chapel. At the west end of the south aisle is the south porch. The entire church is crenellated. On the north side of the tower is a sculpture of Saint Christopher and on the south side one of the Blessed Virgin. It has diagonal buttresses and an octagonal south-west turret, a Tudor-arched west window, small arched ringers' windows on the north, west and south faces, a clock on west face, and two-light belfry windows with stone louvres. Its top is crenellated with eight crocketed pinnacles.
High St, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9X4GW - Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries
major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The medieval abbey church served as a sometime cathedral of a bishop. After long contention between churchmen in Bath and Wells the seat of the Diocese of Bath and Wells was later consolidated at Wells Cathedral. The Benedictine community was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
The church architecture is cruciform in plan and can seat up to 1,200 patrons. An active place of worship, it also hosts civic ceremonies, concerts and lectures. There is a heritage museum in the cellars.
The abbey is a Grade I listed building, particularly noted for its fan vaulting. It contains war memorials for the local population and monuments to several notable people, in the form of wall and floor plaques and commemorative stained glass. The church has two organs and a peal of ten bells. The west front includes sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two stone ladders, representing Jacob's Ladder.
During the 1820s and 1830s buildings, including houses, shops and taverns which were very close to or actually touching the walls of the abbey were demolished and the interior remodelled by George Phillips Manners who was the Bath City Architect. Manners erected flying buttresses to the exterior of the nave and added pinnacles to the turrets.
Major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s, funded by the rector, Charles Kemble. The work included the installation of fan vaulting in the nave, which was not merely a fanciful aesthetic addition but a completion of the original
Cheap St, Somerset, England, UK, BA1 1LT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MWX - St Elphins Church Warrington Cheshire in the Borough Council WBC area, England North West UK United Kingdom . Close to Farrell street, College Close, A57, Salisbury St.
It is a Church Of England building . The church is dominated by its spire, 281 feet (86 m) high. It is the seventh highest in the country, the fifth highest parish church in the UK, after the St. Walburge's Church, Preston, St. James Church, Louth, St Mary Redcliffe, and St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham.
A place of worship has been present on the site since about 650 and the presence of a priest in Warrington was recorded in the Domesday Book. The earliest fabric in the church is in the chancel and the crypt, which survive from the church built in 1354 by Sir William Boteler. The church was badly damaged by the Parliamentary forces in the Civil War. Following this the tower was rebuilt in 1696 and the nave in 1770. The south aisle was added in the early 19th century. Most of the fabric of the present church is the result of an extensive restoration between 1859 and 1867 by Frederick and Horace Francis. It was during this restoration that the spire was added. The bells were recast in 1698 and again in 1884. In 1950 they were recast again and the clock was replaced.
Within the church, St Ann's Chapel was founded by Thomas Massey, rector of Warrington from 1448 to 1464. It continued to belong to the Massey family until they died out in 1748. The chapel was then acquired by the Patten family who built a vault to bury members of the family, the last being Lord Winmarleigh in 1892. The Lady Chapel was founded and endowed by Sir John Boteler in 1290. He and other family members were buried in the chapel. In 1943 it became the chapel of the South Lancashire Regiment and in 1976 the chapel of The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
Farrell street, College Close, A57, Salisbury St, Warrington, Cheshire UK,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY9H8 - The Parr arms, Traditional British Cheshire Country Pub, Grappenhall South Warrington Cheshire England UK
Grappenhall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377.
Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book with the name Gropenhale and a with a valuation of five shillings
Parr arms Inn, Church Lane Grappenhall Village, Cheshire WA4 3EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX6P - Grappenhall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377.[1]
Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book with the name Gropenhale and a with a valuation of five shillings.
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower, just beyond this location. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.
Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs - The Parr Arms and The Ram's Head, Grappenhall Hall residential School and St. Wilfrids Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.
Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall. It is also the birthplace of actor Tim Curry. The village name appears in the title of the song Grappenhall Rag by Darwen singer/songwriter Bryn Haworth.
Church lane, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington, Cheshire UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N10 - . St Wilfrids, Davenham Last Supper Frieze in stone. Photographed on 27 July 2009. The recorded location is Church St, Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK. In historical terms, art in public and historic settings adds another layer to the built environment
Sculpture, mosaic, painting and street art can interpret heritage, provoke debate, memorialise communities or create landmarks, and photographs preserve works that may later change or disappear. The wider historical story is that historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. During 2026, public art and murals remain significant to place-making, tourism and regeneration, particularly in city districts where street art has become part of the visitor economy
They also raise questions about conservation, ownership, temporary work and the rapid redevelopment of urban neighbourhoods. In the present 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. In the longer view, public art can become part of the identity of a street or neighbourhood, recording political ideas, local history, humour, memory and changing cultural tastes
Murals, sculpture and decorative art are especially valuable as documentary subjects because they may be altered, moved, weathered or removed. As background, murals, sculptures and civic artworks turn public space into a record of local culture
They can commemorate people and events, respond to politics, celebrate industry or simply enliven streets, while the artists' materials and styles place the work within a particular period.
Church St, Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8YH - . Marie, a Victorian gravestone, St John's Parish Church in Church Hill, Knutsford , Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 6DH. Photographed on 6 July 2009. The wider historical story is that ecclesiastical structures are both active places of worship and repositories of community history
Architectural details, memorials and churchyard monuments provide evidence for religious practice, craftsmanship, community identity, genealogy and the changing use of sacred space. From a heritage perspective, memorials and inscriptions are primary sources for local and family history, preserving names, dates, occupations, military service and the language of remembrance
They range from private graves to civic monuments and can reveal how communities chose to commemorate loss in different periods. The wider historical story is that buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. In the present 2026 context, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and community identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage structures while keeping them accessible and relevant. As of 2026, interest in local history, genealogy and the conservation of memorials remains strong, while weathering, redevelopment and vandalism can threaten smaller monuments and inscriptions
Detailed images help preserve lettering, names and physical condition before further weathering or alteration. In the present 2026 context, memorials continue to play an active role in public history, supporting remembrance, genealogy, education and heritage tourism
Images can also record inscriptions before erosion or redevelopment alters the physical object.
Church Hill, Knutsford , Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 6DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWBE - . All Saints Church Thelwall, Edward The elder inscription detail South Warrington, Cheshire England UK United Kingdom, WA4 2SX. Photographed on 27 June 2009. The recorded location is All Saints Drive, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England ,UK, WA4 2SX. The wider historical story is that churches combine worship with architecture, community memory and centuries of community history
Their stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, changing liturgy, community benefactors, war remembrance and family history. From a heritage perspective, commemorative plaques, gravestones and monuments transform individual or collective memory into a permanent feature of the landscape
Their wording, materials and location can illuminate genealogy, social history, military service and changing attitudes to public remembrance. From a heritage perspective, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. In the present 2026 context, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and community identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage structures while keeping them accessible and relevant. As of 2026, interest in local history, genealogy and the conservation of memorials remains strong, while weathering, redevelopment and vandalism can threaten smaller monuments and inscriptions
Detailed images help preserve lettering, names and physical condition before further weathering or alteration. Further subject-specific language includes ecclesiastical architecture, parish church, Christian heritage, sacred art, religious symbolism, church interior, and place of worship.
All Saints Drive, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England ,UK, WA4 2SX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWBN - All Saints Church Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire England UK United Kingdom.
All Saints Church, Thelwall, is in the village of Thelwall, Cheshire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
[edit] History
The origins of a church or chapel at Thelwall are unclear. It has been thought that a chapel was built by Richard Brooke of Norton Priory but a legal suit in 1663 suggests that there was a chapel on the site before this date. At this time Thelwall was in the parish of Runcorn. In 1663 the chapel on the site was restored by Robert Pickering. After this the chapel fell into disrepair. It was restored again and re-opened in 1782. By the following century the church was too small for its congregation and in 1843 a new church was built and consecrated. This consisted of a nave which was designed by J. Mountford Allen. In 1856 the chancel was built at the expense of James Nicholson and the nave was extended by one bay. In 1890 Henry Stanton commissioned a new north aisle, a new baptistry with a new font, and a new vestry. The aisle and vestry, together with a north porch, were designed by William Owen.
[edit] Architecture
The church is built in sandstone with steeply pitched slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave of six bays, a chancel of two bays, a north aisle and a west porch. A west bellcote has one bell.
The chancel has a floor of marble and coloured glazed tiles. The reredos has two panels of Biblical scenes in marble which are separated by plaster angels. In the church is a memorial to Edward the Elder who founded Thelwall in 923. This is dated 1907 and is by Eric Gill.[5] The frame of the memorial is by F. C. Eden and Helfar Bros.[1] From around 1884 the organ used had been built by Gray and Davidson, and in 1964 it was rebuilt by Jardine.
All Saints Church Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire England UK United Kingdom.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NMT - St John the Evangelist's Church, Warrington is in Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.
It was built as a private estate church towards the end of the 19th century but is now an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
The church was built in 1885 to serve the Walton Hall estate of the Greenall family, brewers and distillers. It was built at the expense of Sir Gilbert Greenall and designed by Paley and Austin.
The stained glass includes a window in the south transept dated 1929 by Morris and Co. and elsewhere by Shrigley and Hunt.
St Johns Church, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRFFBB - . Recorded at Abingdon Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1DH in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The photograph centres on ex-Carlton House Hotel, Abingdon Street, boarded up and derelict, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1DH. Other connected aspects include historical comparison, community identity, sacred architecture, place identity, urban regeneration, period detail, liturgical art, before-and-after reference, ecclesiastical art, ecclesiastical craftsmanship, commercial redevelopment, changing land use, period architecture, and public-realm investment. Current relevance extends to adaptive reuse and commercial viability, particularly through how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into cultural heritage and accessibility, not least because of the conservation challenge of historic interiors and artwork. Future viewers can use this scene from Abingdon Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1DH to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. The surrounding story also includes historic church fabric, changing streetscape, visual archive, devotional artwork, mixed-use redevelopment, heritage worship space, local history, and town-centre renewal. Elements such as Abingdon, derelict, Hotel, ex-Carlton, and boarded add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Abingdon Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1DH, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The frame retains a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene. The scene captures a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Abingdon Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DKP - Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires.
The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
19A The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, england, UK WS13 7LD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE16 - All Saints Church is the historic parish church of Kingston upon Thames on the edge of London, and is set between the ancient Market Place and the main shopping centre. It forms part of the Diocese of Southwark and with the church of St John, it forms a team of Anglican churches serving residents, businesses, schools and Kingston University. The church is the only Grade I listed building (but not structure) in Kingston.
A church at Kingston sprang up in Saxon times and Egbert, king of Wessex, held his great council at the site in 838. Seven Saxon kings of England, including Athelstan and Ethelred the Unready, were crowned here in the 10th century. The present church was begun in 1120 under the orders of Henry I and has been developed since then. It is a cruciform church with a central tower and a four-bay nave, with Perpendicular clerestory, choir, north and south aisles, transepts and chapels. The exterior is of flint with stone dressings and a parapet of stone battlements
All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, London, England KT1 1JP
