This stunning grade II listed Victorian church goes by two names. The formal name is the Church of Saint Matthew and St James but locally it is known as Mossley Hill church.
The church was consecrated in 1875 and is named after its founder, Matthew James Glenton, who left money in his will for the church to be built. This was the first church to be bombed in the UK during WWII during an air raid that took places between 23.50pm-4.20am on the 28th-29th August 1940. All the stained glass windows were destroyed, including windows by William Morris and Henry Holiday. The architect Alfred Shennan restored the church in the early 1950s.
The cache is hidden just inside the boundary of the church, but you do not need to enter the churchyard. Instead the cache can easily be accessed from the road. Please note there is no parking on Rose Lane, but road parking is available on either Mossley Hill Road or Kylemore Avenue.
Thank you to Mossley Hill Parish Council for allowing us to place this cache. For more details regarding the church (history, images and services) please visit the official website: http://mossleyhillchurch.org.uk
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