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ST. PETER'S THE PARISH CHURCH OF BURNLEY |
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© Susan Eldridge December 2002 |
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Sundial dated 1791 |
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Location: Church Street, Burnley (near the College)
OS ref: 103 SD843 329
Denomination: Church of England
Date: In existence in 1122, there is a date above the porch of 1799.
A Blue Plaque on the church wall reads:
Parish church of St Peter
First recorded in 1122 St Peter's has
long been the centre of Burnley's
religious life. From Tudor times to
the early 19th century, the
Select Vestry, the local government
of the day, met here
There is a war memorial by the church