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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
CONGLETON, is an incorporated market-town, a '''chapelry''', and the head of a union, in the '''parish of Astbury''', it is locally in the hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester. The chapel, dedicated to St. Peter. At Congleton Moss, a church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity it was erected in 1845. Two districts or ecclesiastical parishes have been formed under Sir Robert Peel's act: in the one, St. Stephen's district, a chapel has been purchased from the dissenters, in the other, '''St. James'''', a church. There are places of worship for '''Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics'''.<ref> | CONGLETON, is an incorporated market-town, a '''chapelry''', and the head of a union, in the '''parish of Astbury''', it is locally in the hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester. The chapel, dedicated to St. Peter. At Congleton Moss, a church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity it was erected in 1845. Two districts or ecclesiastical parishes have been formed under Sir Robert Peel's act: in the one, St. Stephen's district, a chapel has been purchased from the dissenters, in the other, '''St. James'''', a church. There are places of worship for '''Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics'''.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50893#s23 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848). Date Accessed: 18 Jan 2013</ref><br> | ||
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 Church consists of Nave, Side Aisles and Chancel, with a porch at the northern end and a bell-cot surmounting the western end of the Nave roof. | The Church consists of Nave, Side Aisles and Chancel, with a porch at the northern end and a bell-cot surmounting the western end of the Nave roof. | ||
Other closely associated chapelries also lying within Astbury ancient parish included the chapelries of Congleton St Peter and St Stephen's, Mossley Holy Trinity, Buglawton, Rode, Smallwood, and Somerford; together with several places of worship for dissenters, in the parish.<ref> | Other closely associated chapelries also lying within Astbury ancient parish included the chapelries of Congleton St Peter and St Stephen's, Mossley Holy Trinity, Buglawton, Rode, Smallwood, and Somerford; together with several places of worship for dissenters, in the parish.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50767 A Topographical Dictionary of England] (1848), pp. 100-104. Adapted. Date accessed: 01 July 2013.</ref> | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||