| 1 |
Glynne visited the church in 1858,
and describes the interior as 'expensively
fitted up,' but 'heavy, though not without grandeur.' Notes on the Churches of
Lancs. Dodsworth records that in his
time there was on the tower the name
Alexander Hyll, with a butcher's cleaver
and the five of spades. The story was that
Hill, playing cards, swore that if the five
of spades was turned up he would build a
foot of the steeple, and it did so; J. E.
Bailey, quoting Dods. MSS. clv, fol. 116. |
| 2 |
See J. Paul Rylands, 'Lancs. Church
Notes and Trickings of Arms,' Trans. Hist.
Soc. xlii. |
| 3 |
Ibid. |
| 4 |
There is a detailed description of
the windows, with photographs, by the
Rev. G. A. Pugh, M.A., rector, in the
Trans. Antiq. Soc. xx, 'The old glass
windows of Ashton-under-Lyne Parish
Church.' |
| 5 |
See Ashton Customs R. (Chet. Soc.),
112–15. |
| 6 |
The only other churches in Lancashire possessing twelve bells are St. Nicholas, Liverpool, and St. Mary, Oldham. |
| 7 |
Brief Hist. Sketch of Ashton-underLyne Parish Ch. (1888), loc. cit. |
| 8 |
Brief Hist. Sketch of Ashton-underLyne Parish Ch. (1888), loc. cit. |
| 9 |
V.C.H. Lancs. i, 287. It does not
appear that the rector of Ashton has ever
had any share of the revenue derived from
Newton. |
| 10 |
In 1277 Robert Grelley, as grandson
and heir of Thomas Grelley, lord of Manchester, claimed the advowson against
Peter Grelley, his uncle, who claimed
by a grant from Thomas. It was proved
that although Peter had actually presented
to the church, he did so in the lifetime and
in the name of Thomas Grelley, who
died in 1262, and his claim was therefore
rejected; De Banco R. 20, m. 25 d.; 23,
m. 2 d.
At the same time the manor of Ashton
was in dispute between John de Kirkby
and Thomas de Ashton, but the advowson
of the church was expressly excluded. |
| 11 |
Thomas son of Robert Grelley was
the plaintiff and Otho de Grandison defendant in the suit; De Banco R. 149,
m. 50; 151, m. 71. The advowson of
Ashton was included in settlements made
by the Warres of Manchester; see Final
Conc. ii, 4, 157. |
| 12 |
In 1403 Thomas La Warre, then
rector as well as lord of Manchester, in
conjunction with his trustees settled a
rood of land in the Smith's Field in Manchester, abutting on the Irk, together with
the advowson of the church of Ashton,
on the said Thomas for life, with reversion
to Sir John Ashton and his heirs; Manch.
Corporation D. See also Lancs. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 18. |
| 13 |
From the account of the manor it
will be found that after the death of Sir
Thomas Ashton in 1514 the three coheirs agreed to present in turn—Booth,
Ashton, and Hoghton. The feoffees appear
to have presented Molyneux and Thomson; then Sir Richard Hoghton sold the
next presentation to Sir Thomas Stanley;
William Booth being a minor the Crown
presented on the next vacancy, and then
Elizabeth Ashton having died, Thomas
Hoghton presented in 1564. George
Booth in 1590 sold his coming turn to
George Parker, whose widow and executors
in 1605 complained that their right was
questioned; they appear, however, to have
established it. See the full statement in
Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 296, m. 6, 7. |
| 14 |
Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lancs, and Ches.), i, 249, 250. |
| 15 |
Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 249.
In the Manchester Survey of 1320–2
the value is recorded as 30 or 40 marks;
Mamecestre (Chet. Soc.), ii, 274, 376. |
| 16 |
Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 39. |
| 17 |
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 227. |
| 18 |
Commonwealth Cb. Sur. (Rec. Soc.
Lancs, and Ches.), 21. The £13 6s. 8d.
came from the parsonage house, with some
other tenements, and about 20 acres of
land; the £100 from rents, profits, and
tithes. The tithes included a prescriptive
payment of £13 7s. 9d. from part of the
parish, on which the surveyors report
thus: 'The tithe corn of such lands which
pay the said prescriptive money, if they
were paid in kind are worth nought, but
they pay £15 per annum as we conceive.'
A terrier dated 1722 is printed in James
Butterworth's Ashton, 167–70. |
| 19 |
Manch. Diocesan Cal. It was formerly worth very much more. |
| 20 |
De Banco R. 20, m. 25 d. Clement's
death was the occasion of the dispute as to
the presentation in 1277. |
| 21 |
He was plaintiff in a suit against
John de Byron; De Banco R. 45,
m. 6. |
| 22 |
William rector of Ashton in 1292
claimed a tenement in Ashton against John
de Byron; Assize R. 408, m. 72, 58.
Mr. Croston identified him with William
de Marchia, afterwards Bishop of Bath and
Wells, citing the plea above quoted respecting the advowson (De Banco R. 151, m.
71); but that merely states that William
de Marchia while rector of Manchester
'usurped' the church of Ashton during
the minority of Thomas Grelley (i.e.
some time before 1300), and that his successor Walter de Langton also had it as a
chapel to Manchester. It is possible that
William de Gringley continued in charge
all the time, though these rectors regarded him as their chaplain or curate and
took the tithes. |
| 23 |
Lich. Epis. Reg. i, fol. 10b; the
new rector was a clerk. It is clear from
the patron's name that he had succeeded
in establishing his right as against the
rector of Manchester. |
| 24 |
Ibid. i, fol. 28b; a priest. The
surname is also given as Arden. |
| 25 |
Ibid. ii, fol. 98; an acolyte. This
rector is named in the survey of 1322;
Mamecestre, ii, 376. |
| 26 |
Lich. Epis. Reg. ii, fol. 107; the
new rector exchanged his benefice of
Great Oxenden for Ashton. |
| 27 |
Ibid. ii, fol. 108; the new rector
had been vicar of Blyth in the diocese of
York, and there had been an interchange
of letters between the archbishop and the
Bishop of Lichfield as to the purity of
motive for this exchange. |
| 28 |
Ibid. ii, fol. 129; a chaplain. In
the previous October leave had been
granted to him to attend the obsequies
(insistere obsequiis) of Sir Thomas de
Holland for two years; ibid. |
| 29 |
Ibid. ii, fol. 15; leave of absence
for two years. Ibid. v, fol. 3b; licence
to him to attend the obsequies of Sir
Roger La Warre for two years from Dec.
1360. He was rector of Manchester
also. |
| 30 |
Ibid. iv. fol. 80; the benefice had
been vacant since 16 March. To Thomas
de Wyk the younger leave of absence was
granted as follows: 1363—two years to
attend the studium generale; ibid. v, fol. 8.
1365—two years 'in a fit and reputable
place'; ibid. v, fol. 9b. 1366—one year;
ibid. v, fol. 15b. 1370–1—two years;
ibid. v, fol. 24b. (At the same time the
other Thomas de Wyk, rector of Manchester, obtained leave of absence also.)
It will be seen that this rector was little
resident. |
| 31 |
Ibid. iv, fol. 86; in the first tonsure.
The rectory had become vacant on 14 July
at 'Skrerkynton,' dioc. Lincoln. For
Thomas La Warre see the account of
Manchester Church. |
| 32 |
Ibid. iv, fol. 86b. |
| 33 |
Ibid. iv, fol. 87; the new rector had
been rector of Wakerley, dioc. Linc. In
1379 he had a year's leave of absence;
ibid. v, fol. 32b; also three years' leave in
1384; ibid. v, fol. 36b.
'William rector of Ashton' occurs in
like manner in 1389–90, but he may have
been rector of Ashton-on-Mersey; ibid.
vi, fol. 125b. |
| 34 |
He is said to have begun the rebuilding of Ashton Church in 1413. For
his life see Raines, Wardens of Manch.
(Chet. Soc.), 16–23, and the account of
Manchester Church, of which he was
warden from 1422 to 1458, when he died.
In 1420 John Huntingdon, B.Can.Law,
rector of Ashton, obtained the papal
dispensation to hold another benefice;
Cal. Papal Letters, vii, 143. |
| 35 |
Baines, Lancs. (ed. Croston), ii, 317,
from the Lichfield registers. Mr. Earwaker's note gives the name as 'Ikelyngton.' |
| 36 |
Croston and Earwaker, from Lichfield registers. |
| 37 |
Lich. Epis. Reg. xi, fol. 43b; a
chaplain. According to an inscription
formerly in the windows this rector continued the building of the church. |
| 38 |
Ibid. xii, fol. 120b; a clerk. He
also took part in the erection of the church,
which was completed by Sir Thomas
Ashton. Rector Gervase was living in
1513; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. iv,
80. |
| 39 |
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 227.
He was rector of Sefton also. For the
presentations during this century see the
case cited above in Pal. of Lanc. Plea R.
296, m. 6, 7. |
| 40 |
Lich. Epis. Reg. xiii–xiv, fol. 34b;
a clerk. The patrons were Sir Alexander
Radcliffe, Sir Richard Ashton, and Thurstan Tyldesley, by consent of Elizabeth
Ashton, widow, one of the heirs of Sir
Thomas Ashton deceased. For a tithe
dispute see Ducatus Lanc. (Rec. Com.),
i, 167.
The will of the rector, dated 2 September, 1553, is printed in Piccope's
Wills (Chet. Soc.), i, 90–3; he left 40s.
to Peter Bower his schoolmaster at
Standish. |
| 41 |
Church P. at Chester. The patron
was son of the Earl of Derby and presented for that turn by grant of Sir
Richard Hoghton, the patron. William
Rogerson paid his first-fruits on 30 August
1554; Lancs. and Ches. Recs. (Rec. Soc.
Lancs. and Ches.), ii, 409 (from which
place the other notices of the first-fruits
have been taken). |
| 42 |
Church P. at Chester. This Hugh
Griffith appears to have been outlawed in
1563; Ducatus Lanc. ii, 265, 300.
He was probably the Hugh Gryffyn,
priest, who graduated at Cambridge in
1534–5 as B. Can. L.; Grace Bk. T
(Camb.), 294. |
| 43 |
Mr. Earwaker's note. The firstfruits were paid 4 Feb. 1563–4. Braboner
was ordained subdeacon in Sept. 1557;
Ordin. Bk. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.),
96. He was 'no preacher' in 1590 (S.P.
Dom. Eliz. xxxi, 47), and in 1604 was
reported to be 'unable to read'—perhaps
from physical infirmity; Visit. P. at
Chester. He was buried at Ashton, 25
Feb. 1604–5. To John Moores, his
curate, he left his best book and a mourning cloak. See also Ducatus Lanc. iii,
107. |
| 44 |
Of Lincoln College, Oxford, M.A.,
1596; Foster, Alumni. He was 'a
preacher'; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv,
App. iv, 12. The inventory of the goods
of Robert Parker, amounting to about
£80, is dated 24 Feb. 1618–19; and
administration was granted to his widow
Dorothy in July following. At the same
vacancy one Alexander Chaderton was
presented by Margaret Hulme, in virtue
of a grant by Dame Elizabeth Booth, but
was opposed by Elizabeth Parker and
others; Act Bks. at Chester. |
| 45 |
From this time the dates of institution have been compared with those in
the Institution Books P.R.O., printed in
Lancs. and Ches. Antiq. Notes. Fairfax
paid first-fruits 11 May 1619. He contributed to the clergy loan of 1620;
Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 54.
At the visitation of 1622 it was reported
that Mr. Fairfax administered the communion to those who did not kneel. His
curate did likewise, and sometimes omitted
the cross in baptism; Visit. P. at
Chester. He is usually said to have been
expelled as a Royalist about 1643, and
dying 6 April 1665, was buried at Bolton
Percy.
He was a younger son of Sir Thomas
Lord Fairfax, and was fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge; inherited Oglethorpe,
near Tadcaster, where he died. He is said
to have been beneficed in Yorkshire in the
Commonwealth period, holding Bolton
Percy from 1646 to 1660, which throws
doubt on the story of his expulsion from
Ashton; moreover, he did not reclaim the
rectory in 1660, and is not mentioned in
the Royalist Composition papers. His
eldest son Henry, born at Ashton, became
the fourth Lord Fairfax; a younger son,
Brian, was an author. There are notices
of Rector Fairfax and his son Brian in
Dict. Nat. Biog. |
| 46 |
His possession was in some degree
irregular. In 1650 he was described
as 'an orthodox, painful, able minister,'
who had been put in by the Parliament,
though Sir George Booth had formerly
presented to the benefice; Commonwealth
Ch. Surv. 21. He was a member of the
Manchester classis from its formation in
1646. He signed the 'Harmonious Consent' of 1648 as 'pastor' of Ashton. On
the other hand he paid his firstfruits on
2 April 1653, and exhibited a presentation
to the rectory, made by Sir George Booth,
as late as October 1655; Plund. Mins.
Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), ii, 95.
He was a Royalist, and joined in the
abortive rising of 1659. He was ejected
for Nonconformity in 1662, and died in
1669. There is an account of him in
Dict. Nat. Biog. |
| 47 |
Thomas Ellison (Wadham Coll.,
Oxford, B.A. 1665; Pemb. Coll., Camb.,
M.A. 1668) was proposed for Presbyterian ordination in 1660; Manch.
Classis (Chet. Soc.), iii, 347. His nomination to Ashton was intended to be
favourable to the expelled rector; Newcome's Diary (Chet. Soc.), 184. He
appears to have been buried in Dukinfield
Nonconformist chapel, the register giving
the date as 26 Feb. 1699–1700. |
| 48 |
Of Christ Church, Oxford; M.A.
1707; Foster, Alumni. |
| 49 |
The patron was the devisee under
the will of George Earl of Warrington, a
cousin of the new rector. The rector
was created a baronet in 1790. |
| 50 |
King's College, Cambridge, M.A.
1777, rector of Stoke-upon-Terne 1806.
For pedigree see Ormerod, Ches. (ed.
Helsby), i, 507. |
| 51 |
Third son of the patron. He was
educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,
M.A. 1797; and became prebendary of
Durham in 1809, and rector of Thornton
in Craven in 1812. |
| 52 |
He was a 'warming pan,' and on
resigning the rectory became curate to his
successor. He was afterwards first incumbent of the new church of St. Peter,
1824. |
| 53 |
M.A., Brasenose College, Oxford.
He was nephew of the patron, and perpetual curate of Chilton, Bucks, from
1829, a second institution to Ashton being
necessary. He scarcely ever visited Ashton,
though drawing a large income from it. |
| 54 |
M.A., T.C.D., 1840. He was a
native of county Derry and had been incumbent of Audenshaw; honorary canon
of Manchester, 1884. |
| 55 |
Of Jesus College, Oxford, M.A.
1876. Vicar of Swindon, Staffs., 1882. |
| 56 |
Ch. Goods (Chet. Soc.), 16. The
church seems to have been well furnished;
among other things there were 'a pair
of organs,' a banner of green silk, and
a holy-water stock of brass. There were
then four churchwardens, and this continued to be the rule; one was chosen by
the lord of the manor, another by the
rector, and the others by the parishioners;
Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 5. |
| 57 |
Clergy List of 1541–2 (Rec. Soc.
Lancs. and Ches.), 13. |
| 58 |
Visitation lists in Chester Diocesan
registry. |
| 59 |
Ch. Goods, 17, quoting S.P. Dom.
Eliz. x, 293. |
| 60 |
A 'lecturer,' Mr. Peabody, occurs
in 1622; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and
Ches.), i, 66. |
| 61 |
Commonw. Ch. Surv. 22. The
proposed bounds were thus described: To
begin at the division where Lancashire,
Yorkshire, and Cheshire meet in Mossley
hamlet; following the brook between
Lancashire and Yorkshire as far as the
beginning of Oldham at Watergate Mill,
then along the boundary between Oldham
and Ashton to the Park, thence to Alt
Hill, to Lily Lancs. to Knot Hill, to
'Otts' upon Luzley, down to Barnard
Wilds to the water, including Mossley,
and thence back to the start. |
| 62 |
Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 5. |
| 63 |
Patron, the rector of Ashton. It
was consecrated in 1744; Church P.
at Chester. A district was assigned to
it in 1860; Lond. Gaz. 30 Oct. For its
history see Oldham Notes and Glean. i,
71–3. |
| 64 |
Patron, the rector of Ashton. A
district was assigned in 1865; Lond. Gaz.
19 May. |
| 65 |
Patrons, the trustees of the will of
the Earl of Stamford. A district was
assigned in 1864; Lond. Gaz. 12 Apr. |
| 66 |
Patron, the rector of Ashton. It
was built from a Parliamentary grant of
about £14,000. A district was assigned
in 1840; Lond. Gaz. 17 Apr. For
church bells see N. and Q. (Ser. 4), ix,
115. |
| 67 |
Patron, the rector of Ashton. A
district was assigned in 1847; Lond. Gaz.
30 July. |
| 68 |
Patrons, Hulme's trustees. |
| 69 |
Patrons, the Crown and the Bishop
of Manchester alternately. A district
had been assigned to it in 1844; Lond.
Gaz. 3 June. |
| 70 |
Patrons, the Crown and the Bishop
of Manchester alternately. A district
was assigned in 1846; Lond. Gaz.
6 Mar. |
| 71 |
Patrons and district as in the last
case. |
| 72 |
Patrons, five trustees. A district
was assigned in 1866; Lond. Gaz.
12 June. |
| 73 |
Patrons, five trustees. A district
was assigned in 1879; Lond. Gaz.
14 Feb. |
| 74 |
John Wesley preached there on
4 April 1782; Wesley's Works (ed. 1829),
iv, 224. |
| 75 |
The first chapel was in Harrop's
Yard; a view is given in Nightingale's
Lancs. Nonconf. v, 298. A removal was
made to that in Stamford Street in 1799;
Butterworth, op. cit. One chapel at
Mossley was built in 1823 and rebuilt in
1835; and a second in 1824; Edwin
Butterworth, Ashton, 135. A chapel in
Stalybridge, opened in 1802, was removed
to Dukinfield in 1832; ibid. 150. |
| 76 |
'The Primitive Methodists, commonly called Ranters, have a place for
religious worship in Church Street';
Jas. Butterworth, Ashton (1822), 83. |
| 77 |
The Independent Methodists occur
as early as 1818; a chapel at Charlestown was built in 1838, under the following circumstances:—'"The Stephensites" originated in the secession of the
Rev. J. R. Stephens from the Wesleyan
Methodists. The admirers of this singularly distinguished personage erected in
1837 a large but plain building for worship in Charleston, which is calculated to
accommodate 1,100 persons'; Edwin
Butterworth, Ashton, 68. They had also a
chapel at Mossley and another at Rasbottom, Stalybridge, called Mount Zion. |
| 78 |
It originated about 1836; E. Butterworth, op. cit. 68. There was formerly
another at Mossley; ibid. 136. The
General Baptists had a chapel in Rasbottom in 1819, removed to Cross Street,
Stalybridge, in 1828; ibid. 151.
On the early troubles of the Baptist
congregation at Stalybridge, which divided
into Arminian and Calvinistic, see A.
Taylor, Engl. General Baptists, 394. |
| 79 |
Nightingale, op. cit. v, 299–303. |
| 80 |
a Ryecroft was founded in 1848, the
chapel being built in 1853; from this
the school-chapel at Hooley Hill has
sprung; ibid. v, 306–8. Work at Mossley originated in 1838, but Abney Church
there was not built till 1854–5: ibid. v,
322. |
| 81 |
Edwin Butterworth, op. cit. 67;
the room was the old Methodist chapel
in Harrop's Yard. |
| 82 |
'In 1868 (Aug.), the "poor chapel"
of the place was nearly destroyed by an
anti-Catholic mob incited by one Murphy,
a notorious Protestant lecturer. The
large crucifix was injured by pistol shots,
and windows and pews broken. The
priest, Fr. J. Beesly, endeavoured to obtain compensation, but after a trial of the
case before the Salford Hundred Court,
was non-suited on the ground that "the
mob did not intend entirely to demolish"';
Kelly, Engl. Cath. Missions, 58. |
| 83 |
The report of the 1899 inquiry was
printed in 1901; it contains a reprint of
the previous one. |
| 84 |
By his will of 1861, proved in 1869,
he left two sums of £2,000 each, the
interest to be distributed yearly among
thirty-six poor men and thirty-six poor
women, all over sixty years old, men employed in and about the collieries in
Ashton and Dukinfield to have preference. The income of each bequest, invested in the name of the official trustees,
amounts to £59 7s. 4d. The mayor and
churchwardens of Ashton distribute the
money. |
| 85 |
In 1892 he bequeathed £2,000 for
warm underclothing for the aged poor,
cleanliness being insisted on. The capital
is invested in mortgages, and produces an
income of £82 10s., distributed by the
trustees. |
| 86 |
He gave a sum of £1,000, now
held by the official trustees, to provide a
weekly distribution of sixpenny loaves at
the parish church. The churchwardens
distribute the income, £32 10s., as
directed, but there is a difficulty in procuring suitable recipients—poor aged persons attending the church. |
| 87 |
By his will of 1877 he bequeathed
five sums of £100 each, now producing
£2 17s. 4d. a year, for clothing for poor
persons in the five parishes of Holy
Trinity, St. Peter's, Christ Church, and
St. James's, Ashton, and St. Stephen's,
Audenshaw, the vicar and churchwardens
of each being responsible for the distribution. No distinction is made on account
of religious opinions.
The other benefactions for the poor
are as follows:—
Dame Elizabeth Booth in 1620 gave
£2 10s. a year for penny loaves to be
given to twelve aged poor people after
morning prayer every Sabbath day. The
bread is still given by the rector and
churchwardens of the parish church.
Priscilla Pickford in 1720 gave 20s.
yearly for a Christmas gift to the poor.
The benefaction is charged on lands at
Greenacres Moor, Oldham, and is distributed to twenty poor persons by the
churchwardens. Religious denomination
is not regarded.
Miles Hilton in 1740 bequeathed £130
for gowns for the poor. The money,
with an additional £30 from other
sources, is invested in mortgages, and
produces £7 12s. for this charity. Cloth
gowns are given to ten women who attend
the parish church, the rector and churchwardens selecting the recipients.
Mrs. Heywood bequeathed £15 to the
poor; this is invested with the last
charity, and the interest, 15s., is distributed in sixpences among thirty old
women who have attended the church
service on Christmas Day.
James Walker in 1749 left £250 for
the provision of cloth coats for twelve or
more poor old men of the parish, regard
being had to attendance at church and
the Lord's Supper. The capital is now
in the hands of the official trustees, and
the income, £7 7s. 8d., is distributed in
coats at Christmas to seven or eight poor
men.
Ellen wife of the Rev. Thomas Baker
Dixon in 1872 bequeathed £100 to poor
communicants of St. James's, Ashton;
the income to be distributed in flannel by
the incumbent. The capital is in the
hands of the official trustees, and the
income, £2 17s. 4d., is distributed as
directed.
John McQuinn of Lees in 1881 left
£200 for the poor of Leesfield. The net
income is £5 16s., and is paid by the
churchwarden to the church poor fund.
Alexander James Bulkeley, vicar of
Audenshaw, in 1898 bequeathed £150
for coals and clothing at Christmas time
for the poor of Audenshaw. He desired
it to be considered an ecclesiastical charity.
Thomas Turner Broadbent in 1896
bequeathed the residue of his estate, after
the expiry of certain interests still [1899]
existing, to the foundation of a convalescent hospital. |
| 88 |
Full details of these endowments are
given in the Rep. of 1899, pp. 15–19. |
| 89 |
John Newton, 1731, £3 rent-charge
on an estate called The Crime in Ashton,
for teaching six poor children.
John Walker, 1755, £6 8s. 4d., for
buying books and teaching the Catechism.
Edward Wright, 1882, £2 17s., for
Bibles for the children attending the
parish church schools.
George Heginbottom, 1879, £40 exhibition, at Owens College, tenable for
three years.
Titus Tetlow, 1890, £212 17s. 4d.,
exhibitions, &c., for Ashton-under-Lyne
Mechanics' Institution.
Samuel Broadbent, 1891, £3, for the
Woodhouses British Schools.
Helen Swallow, 5s. 9d., for the Sunday
School.
Froghall School, 1824, £23 3s. 3d.;
the school was discontinued in 1840, and
the income is paid to Hey Church of
England Schools and to Austerlands School
in Saddleworth.
Edward Hobson, 1764, £266 10s. 3d.,
for Audenshaw (British) School, and for
exhibitions. |
| 90 |
Rep. 16. |
| 91 |
For St. John the Baptist's, Hey,
£11 11s. 8d.; for a Bible woman, St.
James's, Ashton, £2 18s. 4d. |
| 92 |
The report was published in 1900.
Mossley, from its composite formation,
has a share in some charities of Ashtonunder-Lyne, Mottram in Longdendale, and
Rochdale. |