Sunday Snap – Two churches in one

We had a trip out to the Peak District for last week's Sunday Snap. The grand ducal house in the Derbyshire countryside was

Chatsworth House

Those in the know with the right answer were Cheryl, Kirsty, Steve, Jen and Cass.

From Derbyshire it's a trip up the M1 to West Yorkshire. I do realise this week's selection may be a little obscure but I did find it interesting. I do however find post boxes interesting. Anyway, at first glance you may notice the ruins of the church walls and presume this building is longer in use. This is quite the contrary as it is the fully functioning parish church for the area. During the Civil War in the 1640s the town was a Royalist stronghold. In fact the town's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio which is Latin for 'After the death of the father, support the son' giving reference to its Royalist sympathies. For four days in 1644 Royalists held the church and used 11 cannons to try and defeat the Parliamentarians. Despite their firepower they didn't succeed and over the course of the next few months the church came under repeated attacks. Reports state that in one day alone 60 cannonballs were fired at the church. In 1999 when a piece of masonry fell from one of the walls a cannonball was found still embedded in the wall. Once the Parliamentarians finally took hold of the church in 1649 they stripped it of all its lead, iron and wood leaving it a roofless ruin. Part of the church was repaired and converted into a funeral chapel and until 1810 the church's graveyard was the sole burial ground for the entire town. Further restoration work commenced in 1831 and by 1838 the building was back in use as a parish church. The next major works was in 1967 when a new new nave and vestry were constructed inside of the old ruined walls, thus making it a church within a church.

The town is best known for its eponymous cakes which are in fact sweets. These little black delicacies are made from liquorice. The sandy, rich loom soil around the town makes it one of the few places in England where liquorice can be grown. Although the 'cakes' are still made in the town the liquorice is now imported. This week's question is

Which town is this church situated in?

We were joined last week by Snoskred and a bit of sparkle in the lights. We were tempted to pick Kara's ripe, autumn raspberry. Someone was having a cracking time at Cheryl's. Susan had a collection of proud painters. Sue was letting off some steam. Spinning a web at Kirsty's was an autumn spider. Sophie caught the pigeons perching on the bridge. Over in New Zealand there was unidentifiable objects on the tree Betty spotted.

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