Campaman Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 St Mary in Arden (not currently used as it has no roof) on Great Bowden Road in Market Harborough is right by the midland mainline, in its day it would have sat just above the Engine Shed area I think, next to the now lifted line that went to Northampton & Rugby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hale Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 The railway is approx. 6m lower than the church, the right angle in the photo is the churchyard wall that was recently rebuilt by the railway. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted April 20, 2011 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2011 The railway is approx. 6m lower than the church, the right angle in the photo is the churchyard wall that was recently rebuilt by the railway. Tim Thanks, that's cleared that up! I don't plan copying the church itself (a bit beyond me I reckon) but a prototypical juxtaposition of railway & church would be preferable. I'll probably have to take a "Google look" at some Hampshire churches for modelling inspiration. Food for thought anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Found this picture of the signal box, the brick buildings to the right of the box are the old schoolrooms with the church just in view behind. http://tillyweb.biz/...ycrossjunc2.jpg This photo although from a distance away shows the size of the church, the spire towers ove the entire area. http://www.gcrleices...nottingham.html I'd not seen those photos before - I walk past this area every day, and it's always amazed me how close the railway is to such a large church (probably the largest non-conformist church I've seen). I wonder if the large spire was a deliberate attempt to out do the smaller CofE church at the other end of High Pavement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharrc20 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 The Parish Church of St Thomas aka Norbury Parish Church is located besides two lines at Hazel Grove, the original LNWR Stockport to Buxton line and passing overhead the former Midland Railway New Mills South to Heaton Mersey line, which have been linked by the Hazel Grove Chord line since 1986 allowing faster trans-pennine timings between Manchester and Sheffield on non-stopping services now in the hands of First Transpennine Express and East Midlands trains. Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Splott approaching Cardiff from Newport on upside, derelict though I can think of a good few examples in South Wales assuming that churches includes chapels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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