Buildings on the Move
Christopher Winn, author of I Never Knew That, lists four historic structures that have been moved to new locations.
Forty years ago, in October 1971, London Bridge was opened in Arizona, having been moved from the City of London by the American oil tycoon Robert McCulloch and rebuilt in Lake Havasu City. Here are some more historic structures that have been moved to new locations.
- The site of All Saints church, built beside the River Thames at Waterhay, Wiltshire in 1250, was prone to flooding and by the end of the 19th century the village had diminished to leave just a farm and the church. In 1896 the main body of All Saints was moved one mile to the south and rebuilt stone by stone in the village of Leigh, leaving only the chancel standing alone in the middle of a field at Waterhay.
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