SJ9295 : Blue Plaque: Church of St Lawrence
taken 11 years ago, near to Denton, Tameside, England
This one reads:
TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE
Built early Sixteenth Century and originally dedicated to
St James until the discovery in the mid-nineteenth century
of a stained glass window to St Lawrence.
Affectionately known as 'Th'Owd Peg' because its framework
was fastened together with wooden pegs.
Resting place of John Angier, the famous Puritan divine
and of Colonel Robert Duckenfield, Tameside's
Civil War hero.
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St Lawrence's Church, Denton is on the busy Ashton to Stockport Road (A6017), and so is a notable landmark for many travellers. It is at the centre of the parish of St Lawrence, about a quarter of a mile from Denton Town Centre.
The church is a timber-framed building dating from 1531 at the most conservative estimate. It is one of only 29 of this type of common mediæval church building remaining in England and Wales.
Originally the timber-framed structure was neither a parish church nor dedicated to St. Lawrence. It began as a chapel of ease dedicated to St. James. It became a parish church under the name St. Lawrence in 1839.
It is known locally as:
Th'owd Peg, because of the wooden pegs used to join the timbers, or alternatively,
The black and white church (for obvious reasons).
More information can be found at Link(church web site)
- Grid Square
- SJ9295, 875 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Gerald England (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 18 January, 2016 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 21 January, 2016
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SJ 9265 9505
[10m precision]
WGS84: 53:27.1294N 2:6.7287W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
SJ 9266 9504
- View Direction
- WEST (about 270 degrees)
