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All Saints' Church Parish Church of All Saints 
All Saints' Church, Stand, WhitefieldCoordinates: 53°33′02″N 2°17′53″W / 53.5505°N 2.2981°W OS grid reference SD 802 060 Location Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester Country England Denomination Church of England Website www.allsaintsmanchester.org History Consecrated 1826 Architecture Status Parish Church Heritage designation Grade I listed building Architect(s) Charles Barry Groundbreaking 1822 Completed 1825 Administration Deanery Radcliffe and Prestwich Archdeaconry Bolton Diocese Manchester Province York Clergy Rector Rev. Alison J Hardy All Saints' Church is a Grade I listed building located on Church Lane in Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England.[1] It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Manchester.
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History
The church was built between 1822 and 1825 and designed by Charles Barry. It cost £13,728 (£950,000 as of 2011)[2] to build, and was a Commissioners' church. The Church Building Commissioner gave a grant of £13,812 to cover the cost of building plus other expenses.[3]
It was designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage in 1966.[4]
Rectors
The church has had the following rectors:[1]
- 1826-1876 Rev Thomas Corser
- 1876-1903 Rev George Rudd
- 1903-1910 Rev Frederick Ernest Lowe
- 1910-1946 Canon Arthur Kershaw
- 1947-1972 Ven. Arthur H. Ballard (also Archdeacon of Rochdale and later Archdeacon of Manchester)
- 1972-1976 Rev Patrick M. Lacy
- 1976-1997 Canon Robert W Warner
- 1998-2004 Rev Richard W Bailey
- 2005- Rev Alison J. Hardy
See also
- List of churches in Greater Manchester
- Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester
- List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England
References
- ^ Barnet, Stewart. "The Parish Church of All Saints' Stand, Whitefield". Official website. http://www.allsaintsmanchester.org/. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" MeasuringWorth.
- ^ Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818–1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 327, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
- ^ "Church of All Saints". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=210629. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
Categories:- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester
- Church of England churches in Greater Manchester
- Commissioners' churches
- Religious buildings completed in 1826
- 19th-century Anglican church buildings
- Anglican congregations established in the 19th century
- United Kingdom church stubs
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