Old St Matthew's Church, Douglas
Date(s): c.1895
Scope & Content: Old St Matthew's Church once stood on the quayside in Douglas. Brown's Popular Guide to Douglas of 1876 says, 'St Matthew's Chapel, founded by Bishop Wilson, in 1708, a small plain edifice, which at one time it was sought to remove, so as to enlarge the Market Place; but we are heartily glad that good sense prevailed, and that this monument of a pious and ever-to-be-remembered man will still remain the oldest church in Douglas.'
However, despite protest by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, in 1899 St Matthew’s was demolished to allow for the redevelopment of the open-air Douglas market.
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Language: eng
Item name: photograph
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PG/3298