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== History == | == History == | ||
Congleton St James was formed in 1847 from [[ | Congleton St James was formed in 1847 from [[Congleton St Peter,Cheshire]] and the earlier Ancient parish of [[Astbury, Cheshire]]. | ||
In 1847 the district of Astbury contained a population of three thousand four hundred. Under an act known as ‘Sir Robert Peel’s Church Extension Act’, which was designed to make better provision for the spiritual care of populous parishes, the church of St. James was born. | In 1847 the district of Astbury contained a population of three thousand four hundred. Under an act known as ‘Sir Robert Peel’s Church Extension Act’, which was designed to make better provision for the spiritual care of populous parishes, the church of St. James was born. | ||
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The style of Architecture is that of the transitional period of early English. A characteristic of this period that is clearly visible is the steep roof forming an equilateral triangle to the doorways and windows. The exterior of the church is constructed of Cloud-side gritstone. The roof is covered with Westmoreland pale green slate. 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 style of Architecture is that of the transitional period of early English. A characteristic of this period that is clearly visible is the steep roof forming an equilateral triangle to the doorways and windows. The exterior of the church is constructed of Cloud-side gritstone. The roof is covered with Westmoreland pale green slate. 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 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. | ||
== <br>Church Records == | == <br>Church Records == | ||
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== <br>Non-Conformist Churches == | == <br>Non-Conformist Churches == | ||
== <br>Non-Conformist Records == | == <br>Non-Conformist Records == | ||
== <br>Poor Law Unions == | == <br>Poor Law Unions == | ||
*[[ | *[[Congleton Poor Law Union, Cheshire]] | ||
== <br>Registration Districts == | == <br>Registration Districts == | ||
== <br>Bibliography<br> == | == <br>Bibliography<br> == | ||
Title History of Congleton: published to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the granting of the charter to the town<br>Congleton History Society<br>Authors W. B. Stephens, Congleton History Society<br>Editor W. B. Stephens Publisher Manchester University Press ND, 1970<br>ISBN 0719012457, 9780719012457 | Title History of Congleton: published to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the granting of the charter to the town<br>Congleton History Society<br>Authors W. B. Stephens, Congleton History Society<br>Editor W. B. Stephens Publisher Manchester University Press ND, 1970<br>ISBN 0719012457, 9780719012457 | ||
[[Category:Cheshire]] | [[Category:Cheshire]] | ||