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The Church at Edgeside, dedicated to St. Anne, was built in 

 1S85-6, the greater part of the cost being defrayed by Captain 

 Charles Patrick, who also gave the land and a site for the 

 Vicarage, in memory of his wife, Mary Anne, the younger daughter 

 of Mr. John Ashworth, of Cloughfold, (a native of Rossendale and 

 a descendant of the old family of the Ormerods of Whitewell 

 Bottom and Edgeside), a lady deservedly esteemed for her chari- 

 table disposition to the poor, and many amiable qualities. 



The Church contains 350 sittings, all free. The cost was 

 nearly ^^4,000. Generous contributors were Mr. and Mrs. R. C. 

 Turner, Mrs. M. A. Royds, Mr. H. H. Bolton, Col. Hargreaves, 

 and Mr. John Bolton, the Lord Montague and Exors. of the 

 Duke of Buccleugh, the Manchester Diocesan Church Building 

 Society, and others. It was consecrated the ist August, 1886, 

 by Bishop Frazer, who gave ^20 to the Endowment Fund, which 

 consisted of a donation of ;^ 1,3 00 by Captain Patrick, and a like 

 sum by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 



The Schools had been opened in 1873, and licensed for divine 

 service also by Bishop Frazer. The land for the site was given by 

 Captain and Mrs. Patrick, who largely contributed to the Building 

 Fund. 



The patrons are the Bishop and Rector of Newchurch, ex-officio, 

 and three others, the Bishop and the other Trustees having the 

 presentation alternately. The first and present Vicar is the Rev. 

 J. Cross-Jones. 



The Church of St. John the Divine, at Cloughfold, in the style 

 of the 14th century — the early Transitional period — consists of 

 chancel, nave, transepts, with clerestory, and was built by public 

 subscription at a cost of ^^5,500, of which ;^2,ooo were given by 

 Mrs. Alice Anne Rushton, of Bowden, ;^5oo by Messrs. Jas. H. 

 Ashworth and Co., ;^25o by Messrs. Brooks and Brooks, ^100 

 by Mr. H. H. Bolton, and ;^ioo by the late Mr. Jas. Rushton. 

 The Diocesan Church Building Society contributed ;^325. 

 Architects Messrs. Paley and Austin, Lancaster. It was 



