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St. Peter’s Church (3)

St. Peter's Church Undated

Title St. Peter’s Church
Date 2015
Location Rawdon
Photo ID L176
Comment Another view of the stocks which replaced the old and rotten stocks which were removed in the 1880s and restored to the churchyard in 1925. Photographer David Reed.
St. Peter's Church 2016

Z283 – St. Peter’s Church , 2016.

St. Peter’s Church – 2016

July 2016 – a view of St. Peter’s Church seen from across the churchyard. 

Photographer Val Ryan. 

St. Peter's Church 2016

N229 – St. Peter’s Church, 2018.

St. Peter’s Church – 2016

The churchyard of St. Peter’s Church taken by Edwy Harling. 

St. Peter's Church 2018

N230 – St. Peter’s Church , 2018.

St. Peter’s Church – 2018

A sign posted to the rear entrance of the churchyard advising that the churchyard is locked as sheep are cropping the grass. 

Taken by Edwy Harling.

St. Peter's Church Undated

U25 – St. Peter’s Church, Undated

St. Peter’s Church – Undated

A brass rubbing of the makers plate on the clock mechanism of St. Peter’s Church.

The plate has the information:

‘W Potts and Sons Ltd, Makers 1922. Leeds England’

The manufacture of Potts clocks began in 1882 with William Potts, after 1862, the company began to specialise in clocks for public places eg, schools, railway stations, churches, town halls etc. There have been 5 generations of the Potts family involved in making clocks, it is thought that over 1,600 of their clocks are still in existence.

St. Peter's Church Undated

F928 – St. Peter’s Church , Undated.

St. Peter’s Church – Undated

The following photograph of the stocks which are located in the grounds of St. Peter’s Church.  At some point in the 1860s they were removed but found and reinstated in 1925.

St. Peter's Church Undated

M084 – St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Undated.

St. Peter’s Church War Memorial – Undated


A memorial for those who perished in the 1914 -18 War, in St. Peter’s Church.

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Consolidated by Jack Brayshaw. 14 September 2023.
Last updated: 14 September 2023 – Page 3 introduced.

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