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It is with great sadness that we have to report that today, Friday 21st December the Church has suffered a severe fire which has gutted all the east end of the church.

It is thanks to the dedication of the teams of firemen who entered the church at the height of the blaze wearing breathing apparatus, that a great deal of the church was saved and a number of irreplaceable items were moved to safety.

St Thomas' Church

Newhey
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St Thomas' Church is situated in the small village of Newhey in the English Pennine hills close to the former mill town of Rochdale.

The Church was built in 1876 as a replica of Holy Trinity Church, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
which had been erected fifteen years previously.
It is made of Bath stone which gives it a clean and shining appearance during the day
and a translucent appearance at night, especially when the moon is out.

Daily Prayer provided by the official Church of England web site © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2002-2004.

Daily Prayer provided by the official Church of England web site
© The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2002-2004.