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Hearse House


Sometimes referred to as 'Parish Stables', hearse houses were used for horses and carriages used for funerals. They were usually adjacent or near churches, and common across the country, until they became redundant when motorised hearses arrived on the scene.

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Hearse house for Bolam St Andrews

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Church stable and hearse house

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Close up of Whittingham Hearse House

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Whittingham Hearse house

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Isaac Holden's Hearse House

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Stannington Hearse House

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The old Hearse House

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St. Michael's Church, Wark - the old hearse house (3)

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Date stone on Stannington Hearse House

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The old Hearse House (3)

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St. Michael's Church, Wark - the old hearse house (2)

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Church stable and hearse house (2)

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St. Helen's Church, Whitley Chapel - former hearse house

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Isaac's Hearse House Reborn

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Holden Hearse House Ninebanks

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St. Michael's Church, Wark - the old hearse house

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Small building, High Street

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Hearse House Gets New Lease Of Life
- 28TH OCTOBER 2015 BY LAUREN CRAWFORD. "Work gets underway in the Allen Valleys A BUILDING that was bestowed to the people of the Allen Valleys in the 1850s and which …

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Hearse House, St Giles, Chollerton
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Hearse House, St Giles, Chollerton
- This is an early 19th century stable, later used as a garage for a Hearse, to the west of St Gile's Church in Chollerton. The building is Grade II listed.
Ninebanks Hearse House
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Ninebanks Hearse House
- The hearse house at Ninebanks was store the 'Holden Hearse' gifted to the West Allen Valleys community by local philanthropist Isaac Holden in 1856. Victorian society valued 'dignity in death' …
Stanhope Hearse House
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Stanhope Hearse House
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Old Hearse House, Stannington
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Old Hearse House, Stannington
Hearse House, Walk-on-Tyne
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Hearse House, Walk-on-Tyne
Old School House, Hartburn
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Old School House, Hartburn
- Overview Map Street View The Old School House in Hartburn was built in 1762 by Dr. John Sharpe, vicar of Hartburn. It was also used as the 'Parish Stable' (hearse house).[1] Now …
Hearse House
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Hearse House
- Probably a former Hearse House to the side of Church House in Heddon-on-the-Wall.
Hearse House and King's Oven
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Hearse House and King's Oven
- Overview Map Street View The churchyard wall and hearse house at St Andrew's Church in Corbridge were built in the 18th century, incorporating stone from earlier structures. Adjacent to the hearse …

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