Today’s photograph shows the parish church of St Peter, Bolton-le-Moors. The building is one of the finest examples of Victorian Gothic style and was built as a replacement for its 15th Century predecessor, which had fallen into disrepair.
It was consecrated and reopened by Bishop James Fraser (Bishop of Manchester, 1870-1885) on St Peter’s Day, 29 June 1871. The cost of £45,000 was met by Peter Ormrod, a wealthy cotton manufacturer and banker, and was designed by the Lancaster architect, E J Paley of Paley & Austin. Our photograph was taken in 1960 and was taken just before the network of streets at the bottom of Churchgate was demolished. The Grand Theatre is just visible to the right of the church.
The answer to last week’s Where is it? will be published on October 21
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