A look at the oldest building in St Helens, celebrating 609 years of age dating back to 1415, the Windleshaw Chantry is a grade II listed building with enormous amounts of history.
A special Thankyou to Ted Forsyth and Karen Fairclough for allowing me to get some great footage of this historic beautiful building!
The group of volunteers that give up their time to uncover and restore graves is remarkable . To see more of what they do visit
Www.windleshawchantry.com or alternatively check out their Facebook page Windleshaw chantry St Helens .
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Information from historic England .org:
The ruins of Windleshaw Abbey are in the Borough Cemetery and are also known as the Chapel of Saint Thomas of Canterbury. The chapel was founded as a chantry chapel by Sir Thomas Gerard . The remains are the small West tower and part of the walls. A Roman Catholic burial ground developed around the chapel and was enclosed in 1778. It became part of the Borough Cemetery in 1856.
3 июл 2024
