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May
Historic church near Boroughbridge completes £180,000 refurbishment
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St Mary’s Church in Lower Dunsforth, near Boroughbridge, has undergone a £180,000 refurbishment.
The church has had a new kitchen and accessible toilet fitted, as well as a new electric heating system and some other repair works done, as part of its Welcome Project making the building fit for the future.
How the inside of the church looks now.
To celebrate, the Rt Revd Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon, came to St Mary’s and blessed the new facilities, marking an important moment on the church’s four-year journey.
Michael Wildblood, church treasurer, said:
All is now done and a new chapter in the life of St Mary's has begun. The benefits that are now beginning to be felt include the flexibility of the new facilities, which are suitable for 'cafe church', a new more informal form of worship.
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