St. Matthew's Church, Burnley

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iBase ID

236539

Reference identifier

EBU20120221004

Title

St. Matthew's Church, Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

The first church service held here was on the 24th February 1878. The church had been built as part of a planned expansion of Anglican churches across the borough. The land and some of the funds for its construction has been provided by Miss Halstead of nearby Hood House.

This photograph shows the interior of St.Matthew's Church before fire destroyed it on Christmas Day 1927. However, by February 1929 work had already commenced on the reconstruction.

Medium

Digital Image

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

8.5x13.5

Year of image

c1920

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Locator

J2: digital copy

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