Picturing history: Chatburn baptismal site

By Kenneth Mays, For the Deseret News

Published: Wednesday, Aug. 17 2011 3:39 p.m. MDT

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In the Ribble Valley in eastern Lancashire, England, is the small village of Chatburn. Other nearby villages include Clitheroe, Downham and Rimington. Elder Heber C. Kimball served two fruitful missions in Great Britain during which he labored in this region. In particular, the villages of Chatburn and Downham were remarkably productive. This view shows the site where Heber and his companions baptized many of the converts from Chatburn, Downham, just a mile away, and perhaps other places in the area. This beautiful and historic site was first publically identified by Carol Wilkinson of Brigham Young University in 2006. Photo by Kenneth Mays

Kenneth Mays,

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In the Ribble Valley in eastern Lancashire, England, is the small village of Chatburn

In the Ribble Valley in eastern Lancashire, England, is the small village of Chatburn. Other nearby villages include Clitheroe, Downham and Rimington. Elder Heber C. Kimball served two fruitful missions in Great Britain during which he labored in this region. In particular, the villages of Chatburn and Downham were remarkably productive. This view shows the site where Heber and his companions baptized many of the converts from Chatburn, Downham (just a mile away) and perhaps other places in the area. This beautiful and historic site was first publicly identified by Carol Wilkinson of Brigham Young University in 2006.

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Kenneth Mays

Kenny Mays is a teacher at the Salt Lake University Institute adjacent to the University of Utah and a board member of the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation. For decades he has been studying and photographing LDS Church more ..

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