Wolsingham, Parish Church Of St Mary And St Stephen c.1965
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Photo of Wolsingham, Parish Church Of St Mary And St Stephen c.1965

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Dedicated to St Mary and St Stephen, the parish church was rebuilt in the late 1840s; all that is left of an earlier 12th-century structure is the lower part of the west tower. The Roman Catholic church, which is dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury, was designed by J A Hansom, who was also the architect for Birmingham Town Hall; he is best remembered for the Hansom cab.

A Selection of Memories from Wolsingham

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Wolsingham

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the shop on the corner opp.the wall,s sign had a mirror which if you stood close and waved your hand and leg in the air gave a mirror image- which HARRY WORTH used to open his show and had everyone in stitches My cousin NORMAN BURRUP was just as good and THEN off for an afternoon with Tubby Bewley learning to sharpen chisel and plane blades and then how to plane a piece of wood straight . Someone cut ...see more
I was born in 1955 in a house in Upper Town. As a child I remember roller skating all the way down Upper Town and looking over this bridge into the river Waskerley.