York Town, St Michael's Church 1901
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Photo of York Town, St Michael's Church 1901

More about this scene

This splendid church, designed by Mr Woodyer in Victorian Gothic style, was completed in 1850. The tower and spire, which reaches a height of 124 feet, were added later in 1891, as a memorial to Freda, daughter of the Reverend Middleton, vicar at the church for 27 years.

A Selection of Memories from York Town

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 York Town

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i went to work at s-n stationery in must been 1974-5 further down from Yorktown was the industrial estate worked in Riviln factory -Arthur and Freds factory we did clothes for early marks and spencer then worked for factory called electro Acostic industries we made speakers . we backed on to dirt track which now is Black-water valley road. in those days we used to paddle our feet in cool water walking across ...see more