Saint Day parish church (roofless and de-comissioned)
Built in the 1830s and abandoned in the 1950s when the roof fell in. Now a shell but still impressive.
Saint Day is situated on a slight granite rise and this church can be seen from miles around.
Today there is a modest church across the road for the small number of C of E worshipers adapted from a terraced cottage, and a small chapel for the equally few practicing Methodists.
150 years ago there were many Methodist and/or Wesleyan chapels of different and often fiercely contested denominations (Wikipedia has a 34 page list of these!) serving the extensive mining communities here; nearly everyone belonged to one sect or another (vastly outnumbering the Anglicans).
Next to my parents house is a very large (disused) church for the Primitive Methodists; its most recent incarnation was a (very noisy!) workshop for agricultural machinery.
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Taken on Sunday July 22, 2012
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Fred Fouarge said:
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........LATER COMMENT FROM ME, Fred .... I changed my mind and you are right. The Sepulveda photo is suitable for HFF so I have made it so!
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Andy Rodker said:
Fred,
Dave,
William,
Thank you all!
Roger Dodger said:
Andy Rodker replied to Roger Dodger:
Today there is a small church across the road for the small number of C of E worshipers adapted from a terraced cottage, and a small chapel for the equally few practicing Methodists.
150 years ago there were many Methodist and/or Wesleyan chapels of different and often fiercely contested denominations (Wikipedia has a 34 page list of these!) and nearly everyone belonged to one sect or another (vastly outnumbering the Anglicans). Next to my parents house is a very large (disused) church for the Primitive Methodists; its most recent incarnation was a (very noisy!) workshop for agricultural machinery.
I'm going to add this comment to my notes if you don't mind!
Pam J said:
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Andy Rodker said:
Erhard,
Pam,
Sasi,
Nick,
Thank you all!
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