Salford, Greater Manchester
Salford on Wikipedia. The Roman Catholic Diocese of
Salford has a good selection of past and present photos of churches, chapels and convents.
This 2015
article discusses the proposals to reduce the number of Catholic
parishes in Salford diocese.
Churches in Agecroft, Broughton Park, Charlestown, Higher Broughton,
Hope,
Irlams o' th' Height, Kersal, Lower Broughton, Ordsall,
Pendlebury, Pendleton, Swinton, Wardley, Weaste.
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist (R.C.) on Chapel Street. SJ 828 986. © Mike Berrell.
Another view. © Rob Brettle.
Three interior views - 1,
2,
3, all © Mike Berrell
(2010).
Former
Chapel on Langworthy Road, now a medical practice. SJ 806 993. © Mike Berrell. Janet Gimber has advised
that this was Methodist.
Chapel Street and Hope United Reformed Church (originally Independent, dating from 1819) on Chapel
Street. SJ 832 986. © Mike Berrell. Another view, © Rob Brettle.
Interior view, © Mike Berrell (2010).
This photo of a photo shows the
previous interior, © Mike Berrell (2010), and reproduced by kind permission of the church.
An un-dated
news article discusses plans to split the church into mixed use -
residential and worship space.
Former
Church on Westerham Avenue, Liverpool Street. SJ 813 985. © Mike Berrell. Can you advise its denomination?
Higher Crumpsall and Higher Broughton Synagogue
(Ashkenazi Orthodox) on Bury Old Road. Four interior views
1, 2,
3,
4. SD 837 020. All © Mike Berrell.
A window. ©
Mike Berrell (2010).
Link.
The Hope Church, Peel Hall, University of Salford. SJ 820 987. © Mike Berrell.
Link.
Living Word meet at the Angel Centre on St. Philip's Place. SJ 829 986.
© Mike Berrell (2011). Link.
New Harvest Christian Fellowship, on Chapel Street and Trinity Way. SJ 830 986.
© Mike Berrell. Link.
Sacred Trinity
(1752) on Chapel Street. SJ 835 987. © Mike Berrell. Two interior views - 1,
2 - and the war memorial. Mike advises
that the total of names here is over 1000. All © Mike Berrell (2010). Link.
St. Ambrose (on Liverpool Street) was demolished
in 2008. SJ 807 985. © Philip Kapp. Link.
St. Ann at Brindle Heath, built 1866 and demolished 1969. Photo © Mike Berrell, and reproduced
from the parish magazine by kind permission of the church warden of St. Thomas, Pendleton (the mother church). SJ 809 998.
St. Ignatius (CoE) on St. Ignatius Walk, now derelict, having closed in or
about 2002. SJ 819 978. © Mike Berrell.
St. Mary the Virgin (1758) on Ellenbrook Road,
Ellenbrook. SD 726 015. © Mike Berrell.
St. Philip with St. Stephen, formerly St. Philip (built 1825), on St. Philip's Square. St. Stephen closed in 1962. SJ 826 986. © Mike Berrell.
Three interior views - 1,
2,
3, and a
floor mosaic, all © Mike
Berrell (2010), who also advises that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church meet here. Link.
Salford Central U.R.C.
on Trafford Road. SJ 813 978. © Mike Berrell. I was advised in 2022 that the
church had been demolished, and the URC/Oasis,
Media City Church and Secondary School built on the site. A 2013
news story about the demolition dates the church to 1907.
Salford Religious Centre for Spiritualism on Liverpool Street. SJ 814 984. © Mike Berrell.
The surviving tower of
Stowell Memorial Church (CoE) on Eccles New Road. SJ 813 981. © Mike Berrell.
A painting of the now-demolished
Union Baptist Church, which stood on Great Clowes Street and Moss Street. SJ 829 002. The site is now occupied
by the Church of the Nazarene (see above), which is where the picture now hangs. Reproduced by kind permission of the pastor of the church.
Victory Outreach UK Church on Liverpool Street. SJ 823 981. © Mike
Berrell (2012). Link.
Agecroft
Agecroft Cemetery on Langley Road, the disused CoE Mortuary Chapel. © Mike Berrell (2011). The
Crematorium Chapel
(1957, previously the Non-Conformist Mortuary Chapel). SD 807 018. © Mike Berrell. By Mike's next visit, various
improvement works had been carried out. Two interior views -
1, 2. All © Mike Berrell
(2013). Link.
Ohel (mortuary chapel) in Agecroft
Jewish Cemetery, Langley Road.
Holocaust Memorial Wall. One part of the
wall lists many of the places associated with the holocaust.
Plaque commemorating the opening. SJ
805 016. All © Mike Berrell (2011).
Broughton Park
Bethel
Apostolic Ark Church on Hamilton Hall, Tetlow Lane. This was
originally the Church Hall to St. Mark, Cheetham Hill, built 1931. SD
836 015. © Mike Berrell (2011).
Central and North Manchester Synagogue
(Ashkenazi Orthodox) on Leicester Road. SD 833 011. © Mike
Berrell (2010). Link.
The former Congregational Church (1874) on Waterpark Road, now flats. SD 832 021. © Mike
Berrell (2011).
Dormition of the Holy Mother
of God (Ukrainian Catholic) on Bury Old Road. SD 83651 02015. © Mike
Berrell (2008).
Manchester Great New and Central Synagogue
(Ashkenazi Orthodox) on Singleton Road and Holden Road. SD 825 022. © Mike Berrell.
Main Schul and Weekday
Schul. Both © Mike Berrell (2010). Link.
Charlestown
Good News Assembly
(Pentecostal) on Douglas Green was previously St. George (CoE), which closed in
2006.
Interior view. SD 812 001. Both © Mike Berrell.
The remains of St. George, on St. George's Place - the rest was demolished. SD 813 001. © Mike
Berrell.
St. Sebastian
(R.C.), on Gerald Rd. SD 814 001. © Mike Berrell.
Another view, and
the interior,
both © Mike Berrell (2016).
Higher Broughton.
Hope
Elmwood Church (Evangelical Alliance), on Eccles Old Road and Wilton Road. SJ 786 992. © Mike Berrell.
Link.
Hope Hospital Interdenominational Chapel on Stott Lane.
Muslim Prayer Room. Both are interior views only. SJ 786 991. Both © Mike Berrell.
St. James (1861) on
Eccles Old Road. Interior view. SJ 788 991. Both © Mike Berrell.
Irlams o' th' Height
Height Methodist Church
on King Street. SD 796 004. © Mike Berrell.
Holy Angels (CoE; services also held here by Salford Elim Church). It was consecrated in 1928 to commemorate the intervention of
angels at the battle of Mons in WWI. The present building replaced the earlier one, though the
dedication was retained. SD 798 001. © Mike Berrell. Two interior views -
1,
2, both © Mike Berrell
(2010).
St. Luke (R.C.) on Swinton Park Road. Interior view.
SD 793 005. Both © Mike Berrell. Kersal.
Lower Broughton
Church of the Ascension (CoE) on Ascension Road, Lower Broughton. SJ 826 999. © Philip Kapp.
Another view, © Mike Berrell. Two interior views - 1,
2, both © Mike Berrell (2013).
Grade II listed. The church was destroyed in a fire in February 2017 -
news item.
NAZ Community Hall, where meet
the Pentecost Baptist Church Manchester (True Believers Baptist Church). It was built as
Church of the Nazarene (in about 1990), on Great Clowes Street, Lower Broughton,
on the site of Union Baptist Church.
Interior view. SJ 829 002. Both © Mike Berrell. Link.
St. Boniface (R.C., 1961) on St. Boniface Road. SJ 823 999. © Anne Swindells.
Another view (© Mike Berrell, 2013) who advises that the building is now abandoned because of
asbestos. The congregation now meet in the adjacent St. Boniface's Chapel.
Interior view. SJ 823 999. Both © Mike Berrell (2013).
A
news item on proposed church closures.
St. Clement with St. Matthias (CoE) on Broughton Lane. SJ 832 999. © Mike Berrell. Two interior
views - 1, 2, both © Mike
Berrell (2013).
Winners' Chapel International Manchester at Pinnacle House on Broughton Lane. SJ 832 999. © Mike
Berrell (2013). Link.
Ordsall
St. Clement on Hulton Street, Ordsall. Two interior views-
1, 2. SJ 818 973. All © Mike Berrell.
Link.
St. Joseph (R.C.) on St. Joseph's Drive, Ordsall. SJ 815 977. © Mike Berrell.
Two interior views -
1,
2, both ©
Mike Berrell (2016).
Pendlebury, Pendleton, Swinton.
Wardley
All Saints on Charles Street. Interior
view. SD 768 022. Both © Mike Berrell.
Wardley Cemetery Chapel (R.C.).
SJ 759 022 at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery on Wardley Hall Road, Wardley. © Anne Swindells.
Another view. Interior view. Both © Mike
Berrell.
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