Louth, Lincolnshire - St James' Church - postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  The Church, Louth, Lincolnshire [St. James' Church]
• Publisher:  none give (but probably Photo Precision (No. PT15168)
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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St. James' Church, Louth is a parish church in the Church of England in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. It is notable for its tall spire.

The church is a medieval building. At 295 feet (90 m) tall, it has the tallest spire of any Medieval parish church in England, and is second only to the 19th-century Roman Catholic Church of St. Walburge in Preston, Lancashire.

The chancel and nave were re-built between 1430 and 1440. Work began on the spire in 1501 and it was completed around 1515. The cost was £305-7s-4d (£305.37p), a large amount of money for the time. The spire was restored in 1844 by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham.^[1]

The church is mainly 15th century and is the third building on the site, replacing 11th and 13th century buildings.

Originally the church had five subsidiary chapels and altars and a three-story rood screen.

In October 1536, as a result of Henry VIII's ecclesiastical changes, people gathered in the church to start the Lincolnshire Rising, which was followed by the Pilgrimage of Grace. Neither succeeded and the church was stripped of its riches including the rood screen.

In 1937, it flew the highest flag in Lincolnshire to mark the coronation of George VI.^[2] Later that year, renovation work commenced on the spire, under the supervision of the architect, Mr. Goddard, who had previously worked on Lincoln Cathedral.^[2]

The dedication of the church is to James, son of Zebedee, who was of great importance in the Middle Ages as the focus of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=lincolnshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted