St Josephs Seminary, Wigan, May 2016

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The foundation stone was laid in april 1880 & the seminary opened in 1883,
being founded by Bernard O' reilly.
St Josephs was the principal seminary serving the north west,
as of 1987 the remaining scholers attended St John Rigby, in Orrell for their schooling
an arrangement which continued until 1991
the seminary closed in 1992.

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chapel
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thanks
 
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Been wating for you to post this one up. Nice one ;)
 
This place is always on another level from any derelict site, pure brilliant and your photos are spot on, cant fault them, I have to say youve kept it simple yet so effective, id be happy with this! :)
 
Fantastic and no graffiti :)) why doesn't someone snap up this building!

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