Burnley, St Peter's Church 1895
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This is an unusual photograph of Burnley's parish church in that it is taken from the north, where the trees make photography difficult. The photographer has managed to get round this problem by making use of one of the upstairs windows of the Old Grammar School. St Peter's occupies the original site of the community that eventually became Burnley, which perhaps dates from the Dark Ages. This was a relatively easy position to defend because the river almost surrounds the site. We can see the Church Street Road Bridge to the left, and the land upon which the church is built slopes down quite steeply to the river. To the right of the tower stands St Peter's Church School, Burnley's oldest school.
An extract from Burnley Town and City Memories.
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