Ruins

The ruins of the original Thomas a Becket church in Heptonstall West Yorkshire,
Uniquely, Heptonstall has two churches within one graveyard, at the centre of the village are the ruins of the Church of St Thomas a Becket built between 1256 and 1260. later adaptations gave the Church two naves, two aisles and two chantry chapels as well as a tower.
Following a great storm in 1847 the west face of the tower fell away, some measure of repair took place and the church remained in use up to 1854 when the present church, St Thomas the Apostle, was completed at a cost of £7,000.
The ruins of St Thomas a' Becket are carefully maintained and are open to the public, open air services are still occasionally conducted there.

[Henri Russell]

Such history. It's so nice that it is still maintained.

[Lou Ann]

A wonderful building!

[Babs]

Interesting history Peter and a lovely photo too. Looks good against the blue sky.

[Peter]

@henrir Thank you Henri this is a small part of the structure couldn't take the tower as the sun was above it:)

[Peter]

@louannwarren Thank you Lou Ann it goes a long way back to the tower at the left, this is about one third of the structure:)

[Peter]

@onewing Thank you Babs it was a lovely day for scrambling around an old building I've had to wait sometime to do that safely:)

[Denise Wood]

Great capture of the ruins :)

[Nova]

A very cool structure Peter and thanks for sharing some history too! :)

[Peter]

@gilbertwood Thank you for your comment Denise:)

[Peter]

@novab Thank you for your comment Nova, I quite like finding out more about places I take:)