St Patrick's Church, Bolton

St Patrick's Church

Coordinates: 53°34′35″N 2°25′38″W / 53.5765°N 2.4273°W / 53.5765; -2.4273
OS grid reference	SD7180108961
Location	Bolton, Greater Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Dedication	Saint Patrick
Architecture
Status	Active
Functional status	Parish church
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Designated	30 April 1999^[1]
Architect(s)	Charles Holt
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	17 March 1861
Administration
Parish	St Edmund and St Patrick
Deanery	Bolton
Diocese	Salford
Province	Liverpool

St Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1861 and is a Gothic Revival style building. It is situated on the corner of Great Moor Street and Johnson Street, to the west of Bradshawgate in the centre of the town. It is a Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

Ss Peter and Paul Church, from which St Patrick's Church was founded.

Foundation

In 1794, the first Roman Catholic church in the Bolton area since the English Reformation was established.^[3] It was Ss Peter and Paul Church on Pilkington Street. It was built from 1798 to 1800 outside the town in a churchyard among fields. In 1853, in the school of Ss Peter and Paul Church, it was decided to build a church in the centre of the town, which would become St Patrick's Church. Ss Peter and Paul Church was later replaced by a church built from 1896 to 1897 on the same site, which cost £20,200. In 1990, Ss Peter and Paul Church was reordered and in 2010 it was closed.^[4]

Construction

From the meeting on 1853 to establish St Patrick's Church in Bolton, a site was later found on Great Moor Street and an architect, Charles Holt, was commissioned to build the church. On 17 March 1861, the church was opened. Originally, the school was founded around the same time and housed in a three-storey warehouse. In 1884, a purpose-built school was constructed on Dawes Street, close to Great Moor Street.^[2]

Developments

From 1907 to 1911, when a Fr John Burke was parish priest, a new high altar and the stained glass east window were installed. In 1946, the top of the spire was replaced. Afterwards, in the post-war period, the school was closed.^[2]

Parish

St Edmund's Church, from which St Patrick's Church is served

St Edmund's Church

St Patrick's Church is served from St Edmund's Church on St Edmund Street in Bolton. St Edmund's Church was also founded from Ss Peter and Paul Church.^[3] In August 1860, the foundation stone of St Edmund's Church was laid by the Bishop of Salford, William Turner on Grime Street (which was later renamed St Edmund Street). It was finished in 1861. Originally, it had the school situated on the lower storey of the church. In the early twentieth century, the school was relocated and the lower storey became the parish hall. In the 1960s, the hall was extended and the church was reordered.^[5]

Merger

In 2003, the parishes of Ss Peter and Paul, St Patrick and St Edmund were merged.^[6] In 2010, with the closure of Ss Peter and Paul Church, the parish became known as St Edmund and St Patrick.^[5]

St Patrick's Church has one Sunday Mass, it is at 11:30am. St Edmund's Church has two Sunday Masses at 6:15pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday.^[7]

References

↑ Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick with Attached Presbytery, Bolton from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 13 February 2016
1 2 3 Bolton - St Patrick from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016
1 2 Churches from Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society, retrieved 13 February 2016
↑ Bolton - Ss Peter and Paul from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016
1 2 Bolton - St Edmund from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016
↑ Shortage of priests forces closure of one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in Bolton from Bolton News, 13 November 2009, retrieved 13 February 2016
↑ Directory from Diocese of Salford, retrieved 13 February 2016

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Buildings and structures in Bolton Borough, England

Buildings	Astley Bridge Mill Bolton Town Hall Bolton Museum Bolton Steam Museum Bolton Union Mill Century Mill, Farnworth Eagley Mills 10 Firwood Fold 15 Firwood Fold Hall i' th' Wood Kearsley Mill Smithills Hall Swan Lane Mills Ye Olde Man & Scythe

Places of worship	All Souls Church, Bolton Holy Trinity Church, Horwich St George's Church, Bolton St James' Church, Daisy Hill St John the Evangelist's Church, Farnworth St Mary the Virgin's Church, Deane St Margaret's Church, Halliwell St Matthew's Church, Little Lever St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw St Patrick's Church, Bolton St Peter's Church, Bolton St Saviour's Church, Ringley St Stephen and All Martyrs' Church, Lever Bridge St Thomas' Church, Halliwell Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

Education	Bolton School Bolton TIC University of Bolton

Transportation	Bolton bus station Bolton Interchange Bolton railway station Blackrod railway station Farnworth railway station Horwich Parkway railway station Kearsley railway station Lostock railway station Moses Gate railway station Ringley Old Bridge Westhoughton railway station

Shopping complexes	Middlebrook

Sport and Entertainment	Bolton Arena Bolton Little Theatre Macron Stadium Octagon Theatre

Demolished	Burnden Park Lostock Junction Mills Chequerbent railway station Chequerbent railway station (1831) Grundy Hill Horwich railway station Westhoughton Mill

Lists	List of schools in Bolton List of mills in Bolton

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