St Mark’s Schools Piggott Street Bolton

The school consisted of two rooms for boys and girls school each 102 feet by 20 feet, an infants’ room 60 feet by 20 feet, and a master's house. The Sunday school was to be transferred into this new building and a day school started. The Earl of Bradford 'Orlando George Charles Bridgeman (1819-1898) gave £200 towards the £3,255 it would cost to build and equip. The school was opened the on the 8th of August 1861 by the Lord Bishop of Manchester