Grave-Mistakes-2017

Thursday, 9 March 2017

St John, Stretton, Staffordshire

St John, Stretton, Staffordshire
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The chancel is 12th century. The nave and transepts were rebuilt in 1860 to designs by the architect Edward Banks.

The mason got it very badly wrong.

"... six of their children who died in their infancy."





Posted by Martin Nicholson at 04:12
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