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Parade by St Modwen's Church

Crown Street
Sutton in Ashfield
England

This area was demolished in 1939. Crown Street used to contain early 19th century cottages used by Stockingers. The houses had 'Stockingers Windows' which were large windows on the upper floors of the house, designed to let in as much light as possible onto the stocking frame inside. The cottages no longer exist on the street, which was at some point re-named The Twitchell. In 1879 St Modwen's Mission was opened in the Hardwick Street Infant School. In 1881 the Curate, Rev. F. T. Marsh, acquired the tenancy of the Ebenezer Meeting House and altered the structure to form a Mission Church. In September 1881 the Mission was dedicated to Saint Modwenna, Abbess of Burton-on-Trent. In 1886 it was necessary to increase the accommodation of the church, so an Iron Church - previously used at St Albans, Sneinton - was brought to Sutton and erected on a strip of land on Hardwick Street. This Iron Church continued in use until a new St Modwen's Church was consecrated on Station Road in 1937. information from www.geuki.org.uk)

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