1835 - Holy Trinity Church - Back Hamlet - Ipswich, Suffolk
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N 52° 03.150 E 001° 09.958
31U E 374245 N 5768464
A metal plate embedded in the wall of the Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich.
Waymark Code: WMR2ND
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/03/2016
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A pair of cast iron plaques on the outer western wall of Holy Trinity Church: at the foot of the tower. The transcription, somewhat surprising (a plaque commenting on another plaque), is below.
'TAKE HEED NOW, FOR THE LORD HATH CHOSEN THEE TO BUILD
AN HOUSE FOR THE SANCTUARY, BE STRONG AND DO IT.
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THIS CHAPEL OF EASE TO THE MOTHER CHURCH OF
ST. CLEMENTS IPSWICH, DEDICATED TO THE HOLY TRINITY,
WAS ERECTED IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1835.
BY JOHN THOMAS NOTTIDGE, CLERK,
RECTOR.
FREDERICK HARVEY,
ARCHITECT.'
'THE PLATE ABOVE WAS FOUND EMBEDDED IN THE WALL AT THE NORTH
EASTERN CORNER OF THIS CHURCH WHEN, IN 1895, A CHANCEL WAS ADDED
VESTRY AND ORGAN CHAMBER BUILT, BELFRY CONVERTED INTO A
BAPTISTRY, GALLERIES SHORTENED, AND PEWS REPLACED BY BENCHES
AT A COST OF OVER £2000, RAISED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
E.F. BISSHOPP. W.H.WILLIAMSON. VICAR.
ARCHITECT. G.A.BIDDELL )
JOHN RAYNER ) CHURCHWARDENS.'
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