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Old wooden door leading into church. Brierley. England.

St. Paul’s Church in Brierley was built in 1869 for George Savile Foljambe, Lord of the Manor of Brierley, to the designs of John Wade in the Gothic Revival style. It was built as a chapel of ease to the medieval church of St Peter in Felkirk, local population had grown exponentially with the increased coal mining in Brierley and the surrounding areas, whether there was a place of Christian worship in the village before 1869 is unknown.

Minted for #HENreunion event Oct 2022