Fire ravaged the derelict St. Marys in the Wood Church in Morley last weekend, leaving only a shell. The spire is stone so that remains but how stable it is I have no idea since it will have lost most of its timber cross-bracing inside.
I thought at first that the clock had survived from a distance but I hadn’t appreciated that the faces had gone and what I was seeing was daylight through the tower. Up closer, the bitter truth becomes apparent.
The fire is regarded as suspicious by many and there is a £500 reward from local Councillors.
