\ HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



descended with the Booth estates to Sir J. A. R. 

 Gore-Booth. A district chapelry was assigned to it 

 in 1839."* The present income is given as j^l, 340. 

 The following have been curates and rectors : — "' 



1636 Richard Hollin worth,"' M.A. (Magdalene 



Coll., Camb.) 

 1648 William Meek "» 

 1658 Robert Brown,™ B.A. (Emmanuel Coll., 



Camb.) 

 1667 John Hyde, B.A.'™' 

 1 694 Robert Assheton, M.A. '^' (Magdalene Coll., 



Camb.) 

 ?I73I Richard Assheton, M.A. "' (Brasenose Coll., 



Oxf.) 

 1764 Thomas Barker, M.A. 



1 766 Robert Oldfield, M.A. (Brasenose Coll., Oxf.) 

 Robert Kenyon, M.A. "' (Brasenose Coll., 



Oxf.) 

 1787 John Clowes, M.A. '-* (Trinity Coll., Camb.) 

 1 8 18 Samuel Booth, M.A. (Balliol Coll., Oxf) 

 1859 Joseph Nelsey Pocklington, M.A. (St. 



Catharine's Coll., Camb.) 

 1 861 Edward Allen, M.A. (Oriel Coll., Oxf.) 

 1876 Capel Wolseley, B.A. 

 1885 Henry Francis Gore-Booth, M.A. (Corpus 



Christi Coll., Camb.) 

 190Z Peter Green, M.A. (St. John's Coll., Camb.) 



In recent times, owing to the growthof the town, a 

 number of new churches have been erected, those in 

 connexion with the Establishment being St. Stephen's, 

 near the Town Hall, 1 794 ; '^* St. Philip's, more to the 

 west at White Cross Bank, 1825 ;"^ Christ Church, 

 near the Crescent, 1 83 1, enlarged 1847 ; "' St. Mat- 

 thias, Broughton Road,"' and St. Bartholomew's, 

 Oldfield Road,™ 1842, enlarged in 1863 and 1887 

 respectively ; St. Simon's, in the extreme north corner 

 of the township, 1 849 ; "° the Stowell Memorial 

 Church, 1869 ;"' St. Clement's,'" and St. Cyprian's, 



both in Ordsall, 1878 and 1899 ; and St. Ignatius, 

 1903. All are entitled rectories. The patronage is 

 in most cases in the hands of different bodies of 

 trustees, but to St. Simon's the Crown and the Bishop 

 of Manchester present alternately, while the Dean and 

 canons of Manchester are patrons of St. Philip's and 

 St. Stephen's. There are mission rooms in connexion 

 with nearly every church. 



The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel in Gravel 

 Lane as early as 1 790 ; a new one close by has re- 

 placed it. The same denomination has other churches 

 in Irwell Street, built in 1827, and now used for the 

 Manchester Mission ; Regent Road, 1870, Ordsall 

 Park, and Bedford Street. The Primitive Methodists 

 have a church in Trafford Road, near the docks ; the 

 United Free Church has two in Salford, and another 

 in Eccles New Road ; the Independent Methodists, 

 who had one near Cook Street in 1807, now have 

 one near the cattle market."' 



The Baptists have a church in Great George Street, 

 founded in 1833 and rebuilt in 1 8 5 1 . 



The Congregationalists appeared in Windsor in 

 1797, when one John Joule built a chapel there. 

 Another was built in Salford proper in 18 19, and is 

 now the Central Mission church. These have been 

 followed by Hope, to the south, in 1837, and Rich- 

 mond to the north in 1 846.'" 



The Welsh Calvinistic Independents had a chapel 

 in Jackson's Square, now under Exchange Station, in 

 1824, their present one is near Cross Lane. The 

 Welsh Calvinistic Methodists had a chapel called 

 Salem in Rigby Street in 1866, but have removed to 

 Pendleton. 



The Presbyterian Church of England has a place 

 of worship in Chapel Street, built in 1847.'" 



The Unitarians built the above-named chapel in 

 Jackson's Square, but had by 1824 removed to an 

 adjacent one in Dawson's Croft ; their present place 

 of worship, known as Pendleton Unitarian Free 



then he earnestly begged that he might 

 partake of the Lord's Supper there, and 

 then he would not wish to live longer. 

 It pleased God to revive him in such a 

 measure as that he was able to go to the 

 chapel constantly till he was partaker of 

 the Supper (which could not be done for 

 some months after the consecration) in 

 the chapel, and was never able to go forth 

 after, nor scarce to get home'; Mancunien- 

 sis, 117, 118. 



Humphrey Oldfield in 16S4 left his 

 divinity books to be placed in the 

 chancel of the chapel. Those left were 

 in 1876 given to the Salford Free Library ; 

 Old Lanes. Lib. (Chet. Soc), 107. 



The surveyors of 1650 recommended 

 that it should be made a parish church for 

 the township ; Common'wcalth Ch. Sur-v. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 6. An 

 allowance of ^^35 ioj. was made to the 

 minister in 1655, and was continued to 

 his successor ; Flund. Mitts. Accts. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 55, 224, 273. 



The certified income in I7i7wa8 j^6o, 

 including the ,^^20 given by the founder 

 and £^0 from seats ; surplice fees and 

 offerings came to about £z. The right 

 of nomination had been given to Mr. 

 Booth and his heirs by the Bishop of 

 Chester, without any mention of the con- 

 sent of the warden of Manchester. Two 

 wardens were appointed ; Gastrell, iVbftV/a 

 Cestr. (Chet Soc), ii, 92. 



ii" "The district was reconstituted in 



1856 ; Lond. Gaz. 29 Mar. 1839, i July 

 1856. 



^17 This list is largely due to the late 

 J. P. Earwaker. 



118 See the notes on Manchester Church ; 

 Raines, Felkivs of Mancb. (Chet. Soc), 

 138; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



11^ He was considered an ' able and 

 sufficient minister ' ; Common'wealth Ch, 

 Sur-u. 6 ; Mancb. Classis (Chet. Soc), 

 iii, 441. He died in 1658. 



12*^ He conformed at the Restoration 

 and was presented to Hoole ; Mancb. 

 Classis, iii, 421. 



130a fje became vicar of Bowdon in 

 1690. 



1^1 He was elected fellow of Manchester 

 in 1699, and was buried at Salford in 

 1 73 1. In politics he was a Jacobite; 

 Felloivs of Mancb. 206. 



12^ Son of the Rev. Robert Assheton, 

 whom he succeeded at Manchester ; ibid. 

 216. 



I'' Librarian of the Chetham Library. 



1^'' Also vicar of Eccles. 



1^ This church had a district assigned 

 to it in 1839, which was reconstituted in 

 1856 ; Lond. Gax. ut sup. The graveyard 

 inscriptions are in the Owen MSS. 



^^ Built by the Parliamentary Com- 

 missioners at a cost of ,^14,000. A 

 district was formed for it in 1822, which 

 was reformed in 1858 ; ibid. 4 July 1822, 

 13 Aug. 1858. 



i'^' A district was assigned in 1858; 



216 



ibid. 13 Aug. The first incumbent — 

 1831-65 — was Hugh Stowell, M.A., a 

 leader of the Evangelical or Low Church 

 party and a prominent No-Popery lecturer. 

 He was a native of the Isle of Man. There 

 is a Life of him by J. B. Marsden, and he 

 is commemorated by a memorial church. 



1^' For district see Lond. Gaz, 13 Aug. 

 1858. 



129 For district see ibid. 



l^** A district was assigned, with an 

 endowment of ^^150 a year, in 1846 ; 

 Lond. Gaz. 10 Feb. 



1^1 A district was assigned in 1871 ; 

 ibid. 19 May. The church is in Eccles 

 New Road. 



1^2 For district see ibid. 26 Aug. 1879. 

 There is a seamen's mission attached, with 

 a special chaplain. 



I8S These particulars are from Baines, 

 Lanes. Dir. 1824-5, "^^ Axon, Ann. of 

 ' Mancb. The Primitive Methodists had 

 formerly a chapel in King Street, re- 

 moved to Blackfriars Street in 1874. 

 This was closed a few years since. 



1** See B. Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. 

 vi, 208-24. It appears that services be- 

 gun in 1 8 1 7 in the former Cloth Hall in 

 Greengate led to the formation of the 

 Chapel Street church. Richmond Church 

 began in a secession from Chapel Street in 

 1843, the former Unitarian Chapel in 

 Dawson's Croft being used for a time. 



1'* It was founded in 1844 ; there is a 

 mission hall. 



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