The three spires of Lichfield Cathedral seen from Erasmus Darwin’s Gardens, soaring above the backs of the houses facing onto the Cathedral Close (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Today (1 May 2021) is Staffordshire Day.
To mark Staffordshire Day this year, this is a collection of some churches in Lichfield and the surrounding area (click on each photograph for a full-screen view):
The West Front of Lichfield Cathedral (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Candles light up the choir in Lichfield Cathedral at Choral Evensong (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Saint Chad’s Well and Saint Chad’s Church at Stowe (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Inside Saint Chad’s Church, Stowe (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Saint Michael’s Church, Greenhill … stands on an earlier burial site (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Saint Mary’s Church, Market Square … now The Hub at Saint Mary’s (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Inside Saint Mary’s Church and The Hub at Saint Mary’s (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Christ Church, Lichfield … a Gothic Revival triumph by the Lichfield architect Thomas Johnson (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Inside Christ Church, Leomansley (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
The Chapel at Saint John’s Hospital, Saint John Street … my spiritual home since my experiences there one summer afternoon in 1971 (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Inside the Chapel at Saint John’s Hospital, Saint John Street … a tradition rooted in hospitality for pilgrims (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Inside the chapel Dr Milley’s Hospital, in the oldest part of the hospital (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Dr Milley’s Hospital on Beacon Street … dates back to 1424 and was re-founded in 1505 (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Wade Street Church represents a tradition dating back to the 1670s (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
The interior of Wade Street Church, Lichfield, seen from the gallery (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
The Methodist Church on Tamworth Street … looking out on the city, and inviting the city in (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Holy Cross Church, Upper John Street, Lichfield … the door is reflected in AWN Pugin’s designs for Saint Michael’s Church, Gorey, Co Wexford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Inside Holy Cross Church … Pugin’s screen and other furnishings have long disappeared (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
The Christadelphian Hall or ecclesia on Station Road, Lichfield (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
The Franciscan Friary was founded around 1229, when the first Franciscans or Greyfriars arrived in Lichfield (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
A gate leading into the former friary gardens (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Cruck House on Stowe Lane has been used in recent decades by a variety of religious groups, including the Society of Friends (Quakers), a group of Brethren, and a Spiritualist church (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Saint John’s Church, Wall, stands above the Roman ruins of Letocetum (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Inside Saint John’s Church, Wall (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
The Church of Saint Mary and Saint George in Comberford … closed in 2013 (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Farewell (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Saint Mary’s Church, Weeford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
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