Body Of Our Lady & St. Nicholas Church – Liverpool, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc
N 53° 24.430 W 002° 59.689
30U E 500344 N 5917566
The main body of this 14th Century church was destroyed by incendiary bombs during an air raid in 1940.
Waymark Code: WMJBDF
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/24/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
Views: 6

As one can imagine such an old church site will have gone through many changes, and re-builds over the years. This church has had at least 2 unplanned part rebuilds the last one as a result of the WW II bombs.

The church was remodelled in 1755 and extended. It was believed by many people that this had affected the church spire and it had become unsafe. This was proven in 1810 when it collapsed and sadly killed 25 people, mostly young school girls. The current tower was rebuilt and completed in 1815.

In 1940 on 21 December the church was hit by incendiary bombs during an air raid and in the blaze which followed, the church was destroyed. Only the tower and the administrative block were unscathed. A great many interesting memorials to individuals and families important in the early history of Liverpool were lost, along with a set of stained glass windows, many of which also had historical links. Throughout the war worship continued in the ruins and in a series of temporary buildings erected on the site.

This part of the church was rebuilt between 1949 and 1952 and there is a foundation stone dated 14th May 1949 with following text.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THIS FOUNDATION STONE
WAS LAID BY
CLIFFORD ARTHUR
LORD BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE
14TH MAY 1949
A blue plaque with some of the church’s history mentions the 1940 bombing of the church and has the following text.
CITY OF LIVERPOOL
CHURCH OF OUR LADY
AND ST. NICHOLAS


Established as Chapel OF Ease
to St. Mary Walton
On this site 14th Century
Tower 1811 - 1815
Thomas Harrison, architect

Body of Church 1949 - 1952
Edward C. Butler, architect
replacing structure of 1774
destroyed by bombing 1940
Related Website: [Web Link]

Supplementary Related Website: [Web Link]

Admission Fee: None

Opening Days/Times:
The church gardens and grounds are always open. Services inside the church are held Monday - Friday 9.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Eucharist Sunday 8.45am Morning Prayer 9.30am Parish Mass


Visit Instructions:
Posting a picture(s) of the location would be nice although not required.
Search for...
Geocaching.com Google Map
Google Maps
MapQuest
Bing Maps
Nearest Waymarks
Nearest World War II Sites
Nearest Geocaches
Create a scavenger hunt using this waymark as the center point
Recent Visits/Logs:
Date Logged Log User Rating  
Poole/Freeman visited Body Of Our Lady & St. Nicholas Church – Liverpool, UK 10/10/2018 Poole/Freeman visited it
dreeder75 visited Body Of Our Lady & St. Nicholas Church – Liverpool, UK 06/07/2016 dreeder75 visited it
RandomPrecision visited Body Of Our Lady & St. Nicholas Church – Liverpool, UK 07/11/2012 RandomPrecision visited it

View all visits/logs