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Here
is a chance to see inside the chapel of St Mary the Virgin
on Wakefield Bridge which is usually only open to the public
during services.
This
was built as a chantry chapel in the fourteenth century. People
would establish chantries by bequest so priests could be employed
to pray for their souls after they were dead.
It
was not unusual for buildings to be built on bridges in medieval
times but it is very unusual for such buildings to survive.
Wakefield Bridge has been enlarged over the years and St Mary
the Virgin was extensively renovated in 1848.
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