St Thomas, Pendleton - Church of England

St Thomas,
Broad Street,
Pendleton
Lancashire

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Old chapel

Cemeteries

The church has/had a graveyard.

Church History

It was founded in 1767 as a chapel of ease, but on the site of St Ann's. The chapel was built in 1773. The building was used as a church until 1829, by this time the population in the area had quadrupled to around 8,000 when a newer bigger church was required. St Thomas' church replaced the chapel and it was opened in 1831.

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The church is located at OS grid reference SJ811995. You can see this on maps provided by:

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