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St. Joseph’s Church in Lower Froyle was built
by Sir Hubert Miller in the 1890s on this small plot of land opposite
the Prince of Wales Public House. He was concerned that all should
be encouraged to attend church and the idea was to save the villagers
of Lower Froyle the walk of a mile or two to St. Mary’s in Upper Froyle.
It was supposed to be a temporary church until a permanent one could
be built on other land in the village. However the Great War of 1914
delayed this and the land allocated for the permanent church was requisitioned
to build council houses, so Lower Froyle never did get its new church.
The building was finally demolished in 1967, and the site is now part of the garden of the appropriately named “Church Cottage”. |