Creative Midlands Heritage

Creative Midlands Heritage

Christ church, Burntwood, Staffordshire

Posted: 13 May 2012 04:33 PM PDT

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In 1818 the inhabitants of Burntwood, who up to then had been precluded from any place of worship, and being at the inconvenient distance of four miles from their parish church (St. Michael's, Lichfield),appealed for a place of worship on the grounds of the distance to go to Lichfield for baptisms, marriages and burials. A meeting was held in the Chapter House of the Cathedral to consider the question of building and endowing a Chapel at Burntwood.It was reported that Sir Robert Peel had given half an acre of land for the site, and the Marquis of Anglesey, as Lord of the Manor, had presented 29 perches of waste land to be added.The sum of £655.10 was subscribed by persons who were not possessed of any property in the hamlets (Burntwood, Edial and Woodhouses), and £447.1s.6d by persons possessing property or residing therein.The chapel is described in an old directory as:"built almost entirely of red bricks, this edifice can hardly be described as a handsome structure, it had the misfortune to be constructed in an age when - to use the words of Sir Roger de Coverley - church work was slow, and when ugliness of design and in some cases almost utter absence of ecclesiastical taste, were unfortunately but too prevalent".We who use it certainly do not subscribe to the aforementioned view and would urge each and everyone of you to make up your own minds!
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Christ Church, Burntwood - Staffordshire | Diocese of Lichfield

















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Highley clock tower sculpture, Shropshire

Posted: 13 May 2012 01:06 PM PDT

I can't find any official history, although there is many references to it, but basically it was erected in 1999 and funded by a co operative including local businesses, council etc etc and is to commemorate the the villages mining history, workers etc










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Wothorpe Towers

Posted: 12 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT

During a walk through Wothorpe Groves wood I took a few photos of this amazing building:



Although their website says this is open to public there are signs at the site saying Private Property so I wasn't able to get close up so had to make use of my 30x optical zoom!



I've contacted them via their website a couple of times now but my messages go unanswered as I'd love to have a proper look around this great ruin.

Wothorpe Towers

Posted: 12 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT

During a walk through Wothorpe Groves wood I took a few photos of this amazing building:



Although their website says this is open to public there are signs at the site saying Private Property so I wasn't able to get close up so had to make use of my 30x optical zoom!



I've contacted them via their website a couple of times now but my messages go unanswered as I'd love to have a proper look around this great ruin.
Posted by Creative Midlands at 5/14/2012 12:19:00 pm

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