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Originally, St James', Altham had served the Clayton-le-Moors area, but the expanding population of Clayton led John Mercer, a devout Methodist, to realise the need for an Anglican church.
The left-hand one – the 'Stafford' – sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.
It was founded by James Lomax of Clayton Hall, who gave £6000 to the building fund and also endowed it with other money.
The Clayton Windmills were built in the 19th century.
From the 15th-century church, with its famous tower crowned by a tall spire, there are good views towards the Clayton Windmills.
It has the Sussex tailpost fan-tackle seen on the famous Sussex post mills (eg, Jill windmill, Clayton near Pyecombe).
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Burnley Road, Clayton-le-Moors dated back to 1819, and predated all other Roman Catholic churches in the area.
The Clayton West railway station operated between 1879 and 1983; it was later reopened, and provides a thrilling steam train experience for children and their parents.
Some thousand yards from the headland, Beacon Tower was a lookout built in 1674 by Sir John Clayton.
The left-hand one – the 'Stafford' – sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.
It was given by James Lomax of Clayton Hall.
The left hand one - the 'Stafford' - sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.
The Clayton Railway Tunnel was the scene of a tragic rail disaster involving three trains in 1861. 23 people were killed and 175 injured.
The 19th-century cotton industry brought great wealth to Clayton, some of which went to build the church.
Clayton West was typical of many South Yorkshire coalfield villages in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken.
considerable moment: the reredos, chancel screen and pulpit were designed by George Edmund Street, the sedilia by John Loughborough Pearson, the lectern by William Butterfield and the stained glass by Clayton
East Street had grown up as a scruffy artisan area between the railway tracks, but now its character was changed by several administrative buildings, starting in 1950 with Clayton House for the
In 1914 Clayton Hall was built in the grounds to give added leisure facilities; it cost £2,000.
The stained glass shown in the photograph is probably by Clayton and Bell.
In 1942 the gallery closed for the duration of the war and the pictures, together with several items from the museum at Clayton-le-Moors, were put into store.
