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church in Hurley,

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, England, dating from 1861 It is part of the parish of Baxterley with Hurley and Wood End.

History

The church was built in 1861 as a school. It was also used for Sunday services. the school later moved to a brick building behind the original wooden building. the later building was knocked down in 1998, when it was replaced by the current school building a short distance away. The foundations of the second building are still visible on the car park.Kingsbury and Hurley gallery

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The Church is made of wood and cast iron and is a green colour, it sits on the edge of Hurley. There is a graveyard to the church a short distance away, containing two

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soldiers.CWGC Cemetery Report
details from casualty record. It is part of the Kingsbury and Baxterley group of churches along with Baxterley,

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and Wood End. All five share the same Priest-in-Charge, John White. It is part of the Deanery of Polesworth, which is part of the Archdeanery of Aston.

References

;Footnotes ;Notes ;Bibliography * {{Citation, editor-last = Salzman, editor-first = L F , title = The Victoria History of the Counties of England: ''A History of the County of Warwick: Hemlingford Hundred'', publisher = A Constanle, year = 1947, volume = IV, url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42664 , pages = 100–114

External links

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