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== History == | == Parish History == | ||
Congleton St James was formed in 1847 from [[Congleton St Peter,Cheshire]] and the earlier Ancient parish of [[Astbury, Cheshire]]. | Congleton St James was formed in 1847 from [[Congleton St Peter,Cheshire]] and the earlier Ancient parish of [[Astbury, Cheshire]]. | ||
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The Nave is seventy-seven feet long and twenty-seven foot wide and is separated from the Side Aisles by five pointed arches on each side supported by six pillars formed of white Hollington stone. The high roof is made from pinewood and the carved braces are supported on stone corbels from the inner walls. The Chancel is paved with encaustic tiles, is thirty feet long, seventeen foot wide and thirty five-foot high and divided from the Nave by a high Chancel Arch formed of Hollington stone. | The Nave is seventy-seven feet long and twenty-seven foot wide and is separated from the Side Aisles by five pointed arches on each side supported by six pillars formed of white Hollington stone. The high roof is made from pinewood and the carved braces are supported on stone corbels from the inner walls. The Chancel is paved with encaustic tiles, is thirty feet long, seventeen foot wide and thirty five-foot high and divided from the Nave by a high Chancel Arch formed of Hollington stone. | ||
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Parish registers for St. James, Congleton, Cheshire, 1844-1957 | Parish registers for St. James, Congleton, Cheshire, 1844-1957 | ||
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