Parish Schools of St Michael and All Angels Leigh Road Howe Bridge Atherton

The parish schools of St Michael and All Angels were opened last evening by the Bishop of Manchester. The schools contain accommodation for 450 children and comprise a mixed schoolroom 70 feet by 30 feet, infants’ schoolroom 32 feet 9 inches by 28 feet; infants’ classroom 22 feet by 16 feet; boys’ classroom 22 feet by 19 feet; girls’ classroom 24 feet by 16 feet 9 inches. The site is on Leigh Road, adjacent to the colliery village built some years ago for Messrs Fletcher by the same architect, Mr J Medland Taylor of Manchester. [Manchester Guardian 25 January 1888 page 8]

Reference    Manchester Guardian 25 July 1887 page 8 – ecclesiastical
Reference    Manchester Guardian 25 January 1888 page 8
Reference    Manchester Courier 25 January 1888 page 1