Croston, The Rectory Ruins c.1950
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C474006
More about this scene
The name 'Croston' means 'town with a cross'. The Croston Hall squires much influenced the running of the village, but they became impoverished; the Hall eventually fell into rack and ruin under the last squire, Captain Geoffrey de Trafford. Although the Hall was demolished, a chapel designed by the famous architect August Welby Pugin survived. The rectory also fell into ruin – the ruins act as an unusual gateway to the new rectory in the background. One rector presided for 66 years. The Bishop of Whalley lived here in 1920.
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