Cheshire, Pulford
Church of St Mary - At the time of 1086 Domesday Pulford was already partly held by the canons of St Werburghs Chester. The first stone church was built in 16c replacing an earlier wooden ? one.
By 1801 the church had fallen into a "very indecent state". Fortunately repairs etc were made 1816-33 under the patronage of the new Grosvenor Lords of the Manor, but by 1881 "extempore shower baths" were coming through the leaking roof and Hugh Grosvenor 1st Duke of Westminster generously provided a new building complete with spire designed by John Douglas, the work being done by estate workmen.
On 31st July 1991 at 1.30pm the oak shingle clad timber framed spire caught fire possibly due to an electrical fault aided by jackdaws nesting material www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/7466043192/ . - With £30,000 raised by the congregation, insurance compensation and a considerable donation by the Duke of Westminster the repairs were completed by May 1993.
Cheshire, Pulford
Church of St Mary - At the time of 1086 Domesday Pulford was already partly held by the canons of St Werburghs Chester. The first stone church was built in 16c replacing an earlier wooden ? one.
By 1801 the church had fallen into a "very indecent state". Fortunately repairs etc were made 1816-33 under the patronage of the new Grosvenor Lords of the Manor, but by 1881 "extempore shower baths" were coming through the leaking roof and Hugh Grosvenor 1st Duke of Westminster generously provided a new building complete with spire designed by John Douglas, the work being done by estate workmen.
On 31st July 1991 at 1.30pm the oak shingle clad timber framed spire caught fire possibly due to an electrical fault aided by jackdaws nesting material www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/7466043192/ . - With £30,000 raised by the congregation, insurance compensation and a considerable donation by the Duke of Westminster the repairs were completed by May 1993.