St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane
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St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane is a Church of England church in the City of Sheffield, England. It is one of three churches that were built in Sheffield under the so-called Million Pound Act of 1818 (The other two being St George's Church, Portobello and St Phillip's Church, Netherthorpe)[1], and is the only one still to be used as a church. The church was designed by Joseph and Robert Potter[2]and cost £13,927. The foundation stone was laid on 12 October 1826 by the Countess of Surrey, and the church was consecrated on 21 July 1830[3].
The church is built in the perpendicular style, with a 42.5 m (140 ft) tower[2], it was damaged by bombing during the "Sheffield Blitz" and when restored was divided: the chancel and two east bays of the nave remain in use as a church, the rest of the building is used as a community centre. It is a Grade II* listed building[4].
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- ^ Withers, Colin Blanshard (1998). Yorkshire Parish Registers. Yorkshire Wolds Publications ISBN 0-9532029-0-9. Section on the Million Act transcribed by permission of the author at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/CBW/YPRsMillionAct.html
- ^ a b Harman, R. & Minnis, J. (2004) Pevsner City Guides: Sheffield, pp220–221. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10585-1
- ^ St Mary’s Church. Sheffield & District Family History Society (accessed 11 February 2006).
- ^ English Heritage (1995) Church of St Mary. Images of England (accessed 11 February 2006).
