‘Like a miracle’: hidden gold saves Lancashire church from closure

Anonymous gift of nine Britannia coins worth nearly £30,000 were discovered in a bag beneath the altar Unable to raise the £750,000 needed for urgent repairs, St Wilfrid’s Church looked likely to shut its doors after more than 700 years in the town of Melling, Lancashire. But,…

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