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St George's Church is an Anglican parish church serving Tyldesley and Shakerley in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester. [1] The church, together with St Stephen's Church, Astley and St John's Church, Mosley Common is part of the united benefice of Astley ...
The town's listed buildings reflect its history. Three ancient halls in the south and east, Damhouse, Chaddock and Garrett, remain from when Tyldesley was a scattered rural settlement before it developed into an industrial town after 1800. Two places of worship, Top Chapel and the parish church were built as the town's population began to ...
St George's Central Primary School, built in the late 1990s is an amalgamation of the historical St George's C of E and Central C of E School. Other primary schools are Tyldesley Primary School and Garrett Hall Primary. Until 2007 there was a school in Shakerley but this has closed. [104]
A third daughter church, St George's Church, Tyldesley, was consecrated in 1825, St Thomas in Bedford was built in 1840 and Christ Church, Pennington in 1854. The early history of the church was linked with the Westleigh family who were Lords of the Manor of Westleigh.
St Peter, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester: 1821–24 13,191 Francis Goodwin: Gothic Revival with a west tower and pinnacles. [2] [6] [7]II: St George, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester
The Tyldesley Top Chapel (grid reference SD695019) is a chapel in Tyldesley. It is a Grade II Listed building. [1] Top Chapel was built in 1789 on a site of 1,300 square yards at the top of Tyldesley Banks opposite the Square. The site and building materials were all provided by Thomas Johnson.
The worst mining disaster in Tyldesley occurred at Yew Tree Colliery on 11 December 1858. An explosion of firedamp caused by a safety lamp cost 25 lives, the youngest 11 and the oldest 35 years of age. Some of the victims are buried in the churchyard at St George's Church. [13] [14]
St George's Church, Tyldesley; W. St Stephen's Church, Whelley; St Jude's Church, Wigan This page was last edited on 13 September 2018, at 13:14 (UTC). Text is ...