Albion, Ashton under Lyne - Congregational

Albion,
Stamford Street,
Ashton under Lyne
Lancashire

Cemeteries

The church has/had a graveyard.

Church History

It was founded in 1815 where an old room in Crickets Lane was used for worship. In April 1817 a Refuge Chapel was opened on Penny Meadow and the following year Jonathan Sutcliffe commenced his ministry lasting 33 years. Four years later a Sunday School was added which by 1863 was replaced by a new building on Penny Meadow.

The Refuge Chapel became too small for its increased parishioners and in 1834 purchased a number of nearby cottages which, when rebuilt was named Albion Chapel.

By 1889 the Albion Chapel on Penny Meadow again became too small, its use being better served as an extension for the Day School, but a new site for the Chapel needed to be found.

The new church opened in 1895.

In 1972 the Congregational church joined with the English Presbyterian church to become the United Reformed Church.

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The church is located at OS grid reference SJ943990. You can see this on maps provided by:

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The Penny Meadow church was located at OS grid reference SJ942992. You can see this on maps provided by:

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[Last updated: Monday, 28-Jan-2008 11:27:27 GMT - Phil Stringer]

	We think we have the exact location of the church. If not please select the following link and use the instructions for passing on map locations. That should enable us to determine the exact location. Use the contact link at the end of this page to send us an email, and paste in the URL you have selected. Click here to show map.
	Have the Monumentals Inscriptions on the gravestones been transcribed and published, and by whom?
	Have you any details about the history of the church? Old directories frequently contain such information, and if you can transcribe such information and let us have it, we can add it to this page.
	Who holds the records of baptisms, marriages or burials? Have any transcripts of the registers been published?