St. John the Evangelist, Bacup

St. John's
Photograph donated by and © John Purdy

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The Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist on Burnley Road has been Bacup's Parish Church since 1837. The present building stands on the site of the original Church which partially collaspsed in 1871.
The original church dated from 1788 and at the time of it's collapse had more than 7,000 burials in the churchyard.
(above extracted from John Purdy's notes)

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