Church Of The Good Shepherd Tin Tabernacle Church

Church Of The Good Shepherd Tin Tabernacle Church
Church Of The Good Shepherd Tin Tabernacle Church
Church Of The Good Shepherd Tin Tabernacle Church
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Title
Church Of The Good Shepherd Tin Tabernacle Church
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ABBEY - CASTLE STREET (CDV)
Strongroom Stack 28
Abbey Lane
"tin church" of corrugated iron; dirt trackway and hedge in foreground
Abbey Lane, Leicester
1/4 Glass plate negative
GP2648

Negatives Collection, Leicestershire Record Office

Community of Christ Church on Abbey Lane, Leicester. This sort of building was known as a 'tin tabernacle' or 'iron church'. Made of metal sheeting, they were an early type of pre-fabricated building, designed to be erected quickly and used as a temporary building until a more permanent church was built. Most were torn down once the permanent church was built, so surviving examples such as this are rare.
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