Bamford, St John The Baptist Church 1919
Photo ref:
69176
Photo ref:
69176
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Bamford's parish church of St John the Baptist is largely a William Butterfield restoration dating from 1861. It is probably most famous for the fact that the dead from the drowned village of Derwent were re-interred in its churchyard after the construction of the Ladybower Dam during the Second World War.
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A churchyard is a place where families can be near their deceased loved ones, a calm and beautiful place surrounded by trees and flowers, but that is not the case in Bamford churchyard. The grass and weeds are taking over so it is impossible to walk through the graves without being entangled or tripping over the fallen headstones hidden in the grass. The odd grave is trimmed and tended by ...see more
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