SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



St. Matthew's, Campfield,'" and St. Andrew's, 

 Ancoats,'" were built in 1825 and 1831 respec- 

 tively, out of the Parliamentary grant for church 

 building ; the dean and canons of Manchester are 

 patrons. They also present to All Souls', Ancoats, 

 consecrated in 1 840."° In this year another church 

 in Ancoats was consecrated — St. Jude's, built in 1821 

 by the ' Tent Methodists,' '" and sold by them in 

 1835 ; "' it was rebuilt in 1866. St. Simon and 

 St. Jude's in Granby Row was consecrated in 184.2 ; 

 the Bishop of Manchester was patron of this church,"' 

 and is still of St. Thomas's, Red Bank, 1 844.'" The 

 other modern churches are : — St. Barnabas, near 

 Oldham Road, consecrated 1 844 ; "' St. Philip's, 

 Ancoats, 1850;"= St. Oswald's, Colly hurst, 1855;'" 

 St. John, the Evangelist's Miles, Platting, 1855 — 

 twenty-five years ago famous for a Ritualistic con- 

 troversy, the incumbent, the Rev. Sidney Faithorne 

 Green, ultimately losing his benefice ; ™ patron Sir 

 A. P. Heywood ; St. Catherine's, CoUyhurst Road, 

 1859;"' St. Peter's, Oldham Road, 1860;"'"' the 

 Albert Memorial Church, CoUyhurst, 1864 ; ™' 

 bt. James the Less, near Great Ancoats, 1870;™' 

 St. Martin's Ancoats, 1873 ;"" St. James's, on the 

 site of CoUyhurst Old Hall, 1874,'" patron the 

 representative of the Rev. C. N. Keeling, first 

 rector, who died in 1 907 ; and St. Saviour's, not yet 

 consecrated, patron the Crown and Bishop of Man- 

 chester alternately. Where not otherwise stated the 

 patronage is in the hands of various bodies of trustees. 

 The incumbents are all styled rectors. St. Philip's 

 and the Albert Memorial have mission halls. 



From the Revolution down to the end of the 

 18th century, a non-juring congregation — the True 

 British Catholic Church — existed in Manchester. 

 Dr. Thomas Deacon, who died in 1753, was one of 

 its bishops,^"' and Mr. Kenrick Price, a tea dealer, 

 who died in Liverpool in 1 790, was the last.*"' 



The Church Congress held its meetings in Man- 

 chester in 1863, 1888, and 1908. 



Methodism was early introduced into the town. 

 Wesley was able to preach here in 1733, the Rev. 

 John Clayton, afterwards an opponent, having been 

 one of the early ' Methodists ' of Oxford.*"' Metho- 

 dism in the ordinary sense began to take root about 

 1 747, a room near Blackfriars Bridge being used for 

 meetings ; Wesley preached at the market cross. A 

 chapel was built in Birchin Lane at the back of High 

 Street about 1750,'°* but was abandoned for the 

 larger chapel in Oldham Street, built in 1780.™" The 

 Conference was held in Manchester in 1765, and 

 sixteen times since."" A second chapel was built in 

 Great Bridgewater Street in 1 800,™'* and a third in 

 Swan Street, Shude Hill, in 1808. The New Con- 

 nexion built a chapel in High Street,"" but afterwards 

 were content with a smaller one in Oldham Street, 

 opened in 1807. The Primitive Methodists built 

 one in Jersey Street in 1824."' Others were built 

 as the town developed, but some have been abandoned, 

 owing to the displacement of population, and the 

 following are those now in use : — Wesleyan Metho- 

 dists : Five churches for their Manchester and Salford 

 Mission, established in 1888, and three others in 

 CoUyhurst, &c., in the ordinary circuits, with a 

 Welsh church, St. David's, in CoUyhurst ; "' Primitive 

 Methodists : Three, in Ancoats and CoUyhurst ; 

 United Free Methodists : Four, in the Ancoats and 

 CoUyhurst districts ; Independent Methodists : One, in 

 Hanover Street. 



The Baptists have long been established in the 

 city.'" The Particular or Calvinistic Baptist chapel 

 in Coldhouse, Shude Hill, was built about 1 740 and 

 remained in use till 1890 or later.*" Another, in 

 Rochdale Road, was first built in 1789;"* it was 

 famous for the preaching of William Gadsby, min- 

 ister there for 38 years, who died in 1844. It was 

 rebuilt in 1908. There is another Baptist church at 

 Queen's Park, CoUyhurst. 



The Congregationalists are known to have had a 

 meeting place in Coldhouse in 1756, or perhaps 



^^ Sir Charles Barry was the architect. 

 It was one of his first essays in Gothic, 

 and a * subject for laughter ' in his later 

 days ; Life of Sir C. Barry, 68. The 

 district was assigned in 1828 ; Lond. 

 Gaz. 4 July. 



^89 A district was assigned in 1839. 



190 The church was built for Dr. Samuel 

 Warren (father of the novelist), who had 

 been expelled from the Wesleyan Metho- 

 dist Connexion. A district was assigned 

 to it in 1 842 i Lond. Gaz. 1 9 July. 



191 For this body see Nightingale, Lanes, 

 Nonconf. V, 181, 182. 



19!1 Axon, Ann. of Manch. 195. 



198 The church has been closed 5 the 

 district is added to St. James's. 



194 A district was formed for it in 1 844, 

 and altered in 1856 ; Lond. Gaz. i July. 



195 A district was granted in 1 844 ; 

 Lond. Gaz. 22 Oct. 



196 For district and endowment, Lond. 

 Gaz. 22 Mar. i8;o. 



197 A district was assigned in 1856 ; 

 Lond. Gaz. i July. 



193 For details of the matter, which 

 lasted from 1879 till 1882, see T. Hughes, 

 Life of Bishop Fraser, 254-84, 



199 A district was formed in i860; 

 tond. Gaz. 16 May. 



^O" For district see Lond. Gaz. 3 Aug. 

 1860. 



«>i For district, ibid. 10 Jan. 1865. 



^i* For district, ibid. 4 July 1871. 



MS For district, ibid. 10 July 1874. 

 The church is to be demolished, and the 

 district divided between St. Peter's, Old- 

 ham Road, and St. Barnabas*. 



^^ The land, church, and other build- 

 ings were the gift of Charles P. Stewart, 

 of the Atlas Works, Manchester ; Axon, 

 Ann. 341. For district see Lond. Gaz. 

 I Dec. 1874. 



™5 See N. and Q. (Ser. 1), xii, 85. 



^'^ Axon, Ann. 117. James Ray in 

 his Hiit. of the Rebellion thus describes 

 the congregation of 1745 : — 'I don't 

 know of what body the congregation 

 consists, they not allowing any to come 

 amongst them but such as are of their 

 own sort, who (like the more worshipful 

 society of Freemasons) are under an oath 

 not to divulge what is transacted there.' 



^ See Everett, Methodism in Manch. 

 Whitefield preached in the town in 1738. 



208 < Methodist Meeting' appears in 

 Berry's plan c. 1752. 



aosa Oldham Street Chapel was taken 

 down in 1883 ; it is represented by the 

 Central Hall of the Wesleyan Mission. 



219 Viz. in 1787, 1791, 1795, 1799, 

 1803, 1809, 1815, 1821, 1827, 1833, 

 1841, 1849, 1859, 1871, 1887, 1902. 



^os^ Of Bridgewater Street an account 

 was given in ,Manch. Guardian, 24 July 

 1888. The Barnes family, of whom was 



249 



Robert Barnes the benefactor, attended 

 this chapel. There are copies of the 

 gravestone inscriptions in the Owen MSS. 



^^0 Manch. Guardian N. and Q. no. 1247 ; 

 it was afterwards the Mealhouse, then the 

 maaor court-house, and down to about 

 I'S^o was used as a Sunday school. 



2^^ These details are from Aston, 

 Manch. (ed. 1816), 99-101, and Baines, 

 Lanes. Dir. (1825), ii, 14.0. 



212 A Welsh Methodist chapel called 

 St. David's was built in 18 17 in Parlia- 

 ment Street ; Baines, Lanes, Dir, ii, 140. 



21* Their founder was the versatile 

 John Wigan, also considered the founder 

 of the local Independents. He was 

 minister of Birch Chapel about 1650, and 

 afterwards fought in the Parliamentary 

 army ; see Martindale, Autobiog. (Chet. 

 Soc), 75. A Mr. Jones, Anabaptist 

 minister, is mentioned by Henry New- 

 come in 1659 5 Autobiog. (Chet. Soc), 

 III. A Baptist chapel existed in 1717 5 

 Gastrell, Notitia (Chet. Soc), ii, 57. 



21** Lanes, and Ches, Antiq, Soc. viii, 

 129 ; it was demolished in 1899. 



21s Baines, Lanes. Dir. ii, 14.0 j there 

 was in 1875 a third chapel in York Street, 

 near the Infirmary, built in 1807. In 

 addition, the General (or Arminian) Bap- 

 tists had two small chapels opened in 

 1824 and 1825. There was in 181^7 a 

 Welsh Baptist chapel in Granby Street. 



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