Doorway - Saint Thomas the Apostle - Heptonstall is a photograph by Philip Openshaw which was uploaded on September 3rd, 2016.
Doorway - Saint Thomas the Apostle - Heptonstall
The original church at Heptonstall was dedicated to St Thomas a Becket and was built between 1256 and 1260. Later adaptations gave it two naves, two... more
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Doorway - Saint Thomas the Apostle - Heptonstall
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Philip Openshaw
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The original church at Heptonstall was dedicated to St Thomas a Becket and was built between 1256 and 1260. Later adaptations gave it two naves, two aisles and two chantry chapels as well as a tower. Following a storm in 1847 the west face of the tower fell away. Some measure of repair took place and the church was used up to 1854.
There are three adjacent churchyards at Heptonstall. The oldest is now closed and is around the old church with the second part around the new church. The third and newer churchyard is across Back Lane and is where the American poet Sylvia Plath, the first wife of former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, is buried.
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September 3rd, 2016
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