2013

SE4824 : St.Andrew's church

taken 11 years ago, near to Ferrybridge, Wakefield, England

St.Andrew's church
St.Andrew's church
Ferrybridge parish church with a long history and fascinating story. With 11th century origins, though largely 12th, 13th & 14th century, it originally stood on a site about 400m north. The site frequently flooded and was surrounded by Ferrybridge B Power Station in the 1950s, so the whole church was moved stone by stone and rebuilt 1952-53 on this site LinkExternal link with some alterations.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Richard Croft and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Village, Rural settlement Religious sites other tags: Grade II Listed Church Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Power Station [59] Other Photos: · Unexpected burial ground ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
SE4824, 334 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Croft   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 February, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 4 March, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 4802 2414 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:42.6888N 1:16.4364W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 4801 2413
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image classification(about): Geograph
This page has been viewed about 57 times
You are not logged in login | register