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History of the 



consecrated on June 13th, 1890. Cloughfold is a Peel Parish 

 carved out of the Parishes of Newchurch, Rawtenstall, and 

 Waterfoot, gazetted March 26th, 1887. Mrs. Rushton, who also 

 contributed largely to the endowment, held the patronage for life. 

 She died on April 25th, 1893, when the patronage passed to the 

 Bishop of Manchester. The first and present Vicar, the Rev. E. 

 Holliday, was appointed in May, 1886. The church is free and 

 open, expenses met by weekly offertory. Average congregation, 

 200; communicants, 120; with an average attendance of 400 at 

 the Sunday School, and of 1 75 at the Day School. 



