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St Mary's
Parish Church
Queens
Square, Rawtenstall
The
beginning
The
foundation stone was laid on 7th March 1836 by Mrs. Hoyle
and on Good Friday, 1st April, the Corner Stone was laid by
Master Henry Hoyle in the presence of 300 people. By January
1838 the Church was sufficiently complete to be used for
public services, but it was not formally opened until
Thursday 15th March. On 20th September the same year the new
Church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester, and
shortly afterwards the Rev. William Whitworth was inducted
as the first Vicar.
Additions
In 1853, at the cost of £120.
a clock (not the present one) was placed in the Church
Tower. In 1854 the Church was to small to accommodate the
number of inhabitants wishing to attend and £300 was
collected by subscription for the erection of the side
galleries.
In 1880 it
was resolved that the clock tower, then at the west end of
the Church be taken down and re-erected on the south side of
the Church allowing the Church to be extended westward, and
that part of the north gallery be cut away to allow
installation of a new organ. The organ installation
was completed in April 1883 and the clock tower in September
1888.
The Parish
Registers of St Mary's Church
The
following Parish registers are at the Diocese Archives at
Manchester Central Library and on microfilm at Rawtenstall
Library.
Baptisms 1838
- 1872, Marriages 1842 - 1877,
Burials 1838 - 1874
All other
registers are still with the incumbent. |
