Church of St James, Milnrow

MILNROW —The new church at Milnrow, near Rochdale, has been consecrated. The style is Decorated, and the church is built on an eminence, with a tower 90 feet high. In shape it is a parallelogram, comprising nave, aisles, chancel, vestry, and organ chamber. The materials used are Huddersfield ashlar and Dumford Bridge pier-points. Seats are provided for 1,140 persons, and the cost is about £10,000. Mr. Street is the architect. [Building News 17 September 1869 page 229]

MILNROW (ROCHDALE)—The Bishop of Manchester has consecrated a church at Milnrow, a thriving village, containing a population of about 5,000 inhabitants, and situated between two and three miles from Rochdale. The new church has been built near to the old edifice, which was erected in 1798, and of late years found to be inconvenient and too small, as well as dilapidated. Now that the new one is completed, the old church is to be pulled down and cleared away. The late Mr. James Schofield, a wealthy manufacturer of Milnrow, bequeathed £3,000 to the erection of the new church, and Mrs. Hannah Schofield and Capt. Schofield also contributed. The late Mr. Robt. Ashworth, of Bellfield, bequeathed £300 for a memorial window, and there were other contributions. The church is built on an eminence, with a tower 90 ft. high. ln shape it is a parallelogram, 64 ft. by 34 ft. It is divided into chancel, 31 ft. 3 in. ; a nave, 79 ft. 6 in., by 28 ft. 2 in. ; an aisle, that on the north, 86 ft. by 15 ft. 3 in., and extending the whole length of the nave; and that on the south, 79 ft. 6 in., meeting the Schofield chapel and another apartment, which increases the length to 105 ft. 3 in. On the north side of the chancel is the vestry, and also the organ-chamber; and the tower, with a bell-chamber, and peal of bells, is at the west end. The design is Decorated. The edifice is built of Huddersfield ashlar and of Dumford Bridge pier-points. It will seat about 1,140 persons, and the cost will amount at least to £10,000. The church has been built from the designs of Mr. Street. [Builder 4 September 1869 page 712]

CONSECRATION OF A NEW CHURCH AT MILNROW – On Saturday the Bishop of Manchester consecrated a church at Milnrow, near Rochdale. The church has been built near to the old edifice, which of late years has been found to be inconvenient and too small. The late Mr James Schofield, of Milnrow, bequeathed £3,000 for the erection of the church. Other handsome sums have been contributed. The church will seat about 1,100 persons and the cost will be about £10,000. It has been built from the designs of Mr George Edward (sic) Street. [Manchester Guardian 23 August 1869 page 3]

Reference    Building News 17 September 1869 page 229
Reference    Builder 4 September 1869 page 712]
Reference    Manchester Guardian 23 August 1869 page 3