Baswich Church

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Date:1911 - 1912 (c.)

Description:Baswich Lane shown looking west towards Weeping Cross from a position near the bridge over the main railway line. The buildings of Baswich Farm can be seen straight ahead and to the left and west of the church.

Baswich Church is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The only surviving part of this early church is found in the north pillar of the chancel arch. The church was rebuilt in 1407 and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but burned down in 1738 leaving only the chancel and tower. The building was restored by Richard Trubshaw, the spire being replaced by a tower decorated with four Grecian-style urns and a weather vane. Family pews are reached from the outside by a flight of stone steps. The interior features an unusual three-storey pulpit, the lower deck was used by the clerk, the middle by the parson as a reading desk and the upper level was the pulpit.

Today the church is surrounded by a modern housing estate.

Postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford. Postmarked 22 July 1912.

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Source: Mr Jake Whitehouse

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