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St Faith's Church...
St Faith's Church
St Faith's appears to have been built on, or close to, an earlier
wooden church of the same name. The church was built on an elevated
section of low lying marshland west of the village, and seems to
have lasted until 1843, when all but the chancel was pulled down,
this being demolished in 1886 because it was unsafe.
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sketch of St Faith's Church,
Little Leven
(by Stanley Cowburn)
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The graveyard continued to be used until
1869, when the new graveyard at Holy Trinity Church was
finally consecrated.
The only known remaining stone from the
church walls exists in a building in West Street, though it is
believed that some of the limestone was reworked and put to
use inside Holy Trinity Church, the remainder being used to
build roads, but the graveyard still exists and is still kept
tended, and the original 13th century baptismal font is still
in use at Holy Trinity Church.
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