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St Chad's Church is the Church of England parish church of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. It forms part of the Diocese of Manchester . [ 1 ] It is an active place of worship and community hub for the town and outlying suburbs around the town.
Rochdale was an ecclesiastical parish of early-medieval origin in northern England, administered from the Church of St Chad, Rochdale. At its zenith, it occupied 58,620 acres (237 km 2 ) of land amongst the South Pennines , and straddled the historic county boundary between Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire .
St Chad's Church is a grade II* listed building. [65] It was the mother church of ancient parish of Rochdale and was founded before 1170, possibly on an Anglo-Saxon site. Much of the current building is the result of late Victorian restoration. Other Anglican churches include the grade I listed Church of St Mary in the Baum. [43]
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) Manchester Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Manchester, and Mother Church of the Diocese of Manchester. This is a partial list of churches in Greater Manchester, North West England, split according to metropolitan district. There is a mixture of Christian denominations in Greater Manchester, including churches ...
Rochdale (/ ˈ r ɒ tʃ d eɪ l / ROTCH-dayl) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. [2] In the 2021 census the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wider borough.
At OS Grid Reference (53.6156°, −2.1594°), Rochdale Town Hall is the centerpiece of Rochdale, located in Town Hall Square to the south of The Esplanade and the River Roch. [2] [25] The Parish Church of St Chad is situated by the wooded hillside behind the Town Hall. [25]
There is also a St Chad's College within the University of Durham, founded in 1904 as an Anglican hall. In Canada, St Chad's Chapel and College was built in 1918 in Regina. Originally, it was a Catholic church and boys' school. In 1964, it became an Anglican school for girls, called St Chad's Girls' School.
Sir James Duckworth (14 February 1840 – 1 January 1915) [1] was a self-made English businessman from Rochdale, Lancashire who rose from poverty to start a large chain a grocery shops known popularly as "Jimmy Duck's" and entered politics as a Liberal. He served three times as Mayor of Rochdale, and was elected twice as a Member of Parliament ...