The Holy Angels, Claremont - Church of England
Moorfield Road,
Claremont
Lancashire
Cemeteries
The church does not have a graveyard.Church History
It was founded in 1915.The original building was dedicated 10 November 1915 and the permanent church consecrated in January 1928, dedicated to Holy Angels, a title unique in the Anglican Church. The name was thanksgiving for the reported intervention of angels in the battle of Mons when the fortune of the Contemptables was reversed with no explanation except the vision of angels seen by the Germans.Like a Mighty Tortoise by Rev Arthur J.Dobb.
This building has been in more recent time replaced by the present church.
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The church is located at OS grid reference SD797001. You can see this on maps provided by:- this church marked on a Google map. (Use this to report a corrected location)
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