Catholic Church of St. Bernadette of Lourdes, Westbury

Catholic Church of St. Bernadette of Lourdes, Westbury
Date of image
2002
Date uploaded
25 October 2007
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Location of image
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Chippenham
Notes

In the 1670s there was one Catholic in the parish, Giles Adlam, a fuller, but by 1683 there were said to be none. In the 1930s Westbury Catholics went by coach to worship in Trowbridge but by 1938 they were building their own church in West End. This was completed in December 1938. During the Second World War Italian prisoners of war attended mass here. There is no resident priest but the congregation and its sacristan are served from Trowbridge.