Tag Archives: Moving church

Gamel and the Goblins – St Chad’s Church, Rochdale

Posted on November 23, 2016 by LancashireFolk

  Long ago, when the Saxons inhabited this land, a man called Gamel (about whom several stories are told) chose a place by the River Roche to build a church. By nightfall he and his workmen had laid the foundations … Continue reading →

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St Peter’s Church Burnley – and Ghostly Pigs

Posted on September 29, 2016 by LancashireFolk

If legend is to be believed, St Peter’s Church should have been built on the spot where the Godly Lane Cross now stands and where religious rites were habitually celebrated. However, night after night the stones set out to build … Continue reading →

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St Andrew’s Church, Leyland – and its monstrous cat.

Posted on December 12, 2015 by LancashireFolk

Long ago, the people of Whittle-le-Woods set about building a church. All the townspeople helped, so that by the end of the first day the foundations were already laid. The next morning, the priest was visited by a farmer from … Continue reading →

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