Joseph Peakman, Thomas Beckett and Lucy Morris were all drowned in the Gospel Pool

 St John the Baptist, Bettisfield, Wrexham

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The church was built in 1873 using local Grinshill stone and was entirely funded by Lord Hanmer who died on 8th March 1881.

 

 

Joseph Peakman, Thomas Beckett and Lucy Morris were all drowned in the Gospel Pool at the farm opposite the church on January 18th 1905 when the ice gave way.  

 

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