St Annes Church in Overbury street has tunnels underneath. I worked there doing some electrics in the 1980`s. we had to go down to the basement. down there is a large archway with passage ways running off it. they contain tombs and go ( i think) in the direction of where st annes school stood and the kwik save. we walked along them for a while. they are fairly big.
We only got down there as we where working there. i dont think there is any public access. I mentioned this to Tom Slemen who said he would try and get in there. he has never got back. If you are allowed in then can i come along please. i would love to go back in there.
I'll write em a letter explaining my interest in the JW Tunnels and see where it gets me. That sounds fascinating too as it's a stones throw from Mason Street and the surrounding area's are littered with tunnels that we've not been able to access! If I get a response then I'll shout you!
Shout me too please, al hold ya coat.
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Jona - doesn't the JW website make a reference somewhere to the possibility of a tunnel linking the JW tunnels to the church?
Different church. The rumour goes is that JW built a tunnel linking Paddington to St Mary's Church - we are yet to find whether this is true.
One person said that there is an archway in the corner of the graveyard (see attached picture) but this is currently blocked up and we think it goes down to the double section of graves below (higher graveyard than the road).
One of the reasons why we doubt this, is that St Mary's wasn't JW's local church, his 'local' church was St Thomas Park Lane where he was married.
Last edited by theninesisters; 03-23-2007 at 06:59 PM.
Yeah, have been wondering about this too - well strange. It's not too far from Williamson's 'local' church - St Thomas' Park Lane but there's no recordings of tunnels around that area. Certainly worth a nose this weekend. Had a nose on Google Earth - anyone know what the road is used for - is it a road full of houses?
Lydia Ann Street about 50 years ago would have had part of Kent Gardens tenement block on it, the Phoenix Foundry on the street built Merseyside's first marine engine.
There is reputed to be a still-extant tunnel running down James Street from the site of Liverpool Castle (now Queen Viccie's Monument) to the river.
This seems feasable as such features were a standard part of castle design in order to enable access for men and supplies during times of seige. Examples are known to exist at, for example, the Tower of London and at Chester Castle.
http://www.bwpics.co.uk/castle.html
if it does still exist, where it emerges at the riverside is anyone's guess...
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