30 St Mary Axe to flight paths for both London City and London Heathrow airports; the revised plan for a lower tower was accepted. The tower's topmost panoramic dome, known as the "lens", recalls the iconic glass dome that covered part of the ground floor of the Baltic Exchange and much of which is now displayed at the National Maritime Museum. "The Gherkin" nickname was applied to the current building at least as long ago as 1999, referring to that plan's highly unorthodox layout and appearance. On 23 August 2000, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott granted planning permission to construct a building much larger
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Deane St Mary the Virgin's Church, Deane The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Deane, is an Anglican parish church in Deane, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is a member of Deane deanery in the archdeaconry of Bolton, diocese of Manchester. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church of St Mary is situated in the old township of Rumworth on high ground above the Church Brook, the Saxon "Kirkbroke", which flows through Deane Clough to the River Croal. St Mary, or "St Mariden" was a chapel of ease of St Mary in Eccles before becoming the mother church of