‘Like a miracle’: hidden gold saves Lancashire church from closure

A seven-hundred-year-old Lancashire church has been saved from closure thanks to an extraordinary discovery. St Wilfrid's Church in Melling faced shutting down—the parish couldn't raise the seven hundred fifty thousand pounds needed for urgent repairs. But on Good Friday, someone left a plastic bag beneath the altar containing nine gold Britannia coins worth thirty thousand pounds. The anonymous gift provides enough to prevent the church from closing permanently. According to The Guardian, the community is describing the discovery as a miracle.

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