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The Clopton Chapel
The chapel was originally founded by the Guild of the Holy Cross and before the reformation in the 1530's was known as the Lady Chapel. The chapel housed a large statue of the Virgin Mary and the tomb you see on the right hand side.
All changed for the reformation! The Lady Chapel became the Clopton Chapel as it was taken over by the Clopton's for their family tombs.
The tomb on your left is from 1582 and belongs to William Clopton and his wife Anne. Above their tomb is a frieze recording the names of their children. Those shown as swaddled babies are the children that did not survive. Those holding shields are displaying the families they married into.
The tomb in front of you (erected in 1635) is of Joyce Clopton and her husband George Carew, Earl of Totnes and Baron Clopton. Lord Tones was Master of Ordnance to James 1% - hence the guns, powder barrels and cannon balls! His ceremonial helmet is hanging up on the wall above. Joyce Clopton was Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth 1st and to the wife of James 1s.
The tomb on your right was part of the original Lady Chapel and destined for Sir Hugh Clopton. He was a successful Mercer, great benefactor to the town and became Lord Mayor of London in 1492. He died in London in 1496 and is buried in St. Margaret's Church, Lothbury. His tomb is called a cenotaph - an empty tomb.
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THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
“The Bishop of Liverpool (Dr David) yesterday dedicated the Crompton Memorial Tower at the Parish Church of Ashton-in-Makerfield. The tower, which is fifty feet high, is the gift of Messrs Tom and John Crompton and is to serve as a memorial to their father and grandfather. A recorded peal of bells, the gift of other members of the Crompton family, has been installed in the tower. The dedication the tower opens a week of celebrations in connection with the centenary of the church. The actual centenary service will be on Wednesday, and the celebrations will conclude with the usual open-air service held on the village green.”
[Liverpool Daily Post, 6 June 1938]
Photograph taken on 17 August 2023.
The former 1872 Holy Trinity German Catholic Church being converted to luxury condominiums. I found out that the church originally had a steeple but it was destroyed by the 1938 hurricane.
Plaque recording the history of Holy Trinity church.
Church foundation stone 26 Jan 1838 by Governor Hindmarsh, opened Aug 1838. Building closed 1 Dec 1844, walls & tower having cracked dangerously and congregation moved to St John’s, Halifax St, re-opened 10 Aug 1845. Named as pro-cathedral with arrival of Bishop Short 1847, consecrated Jul 1848. New schoolroom opened Sep 1887. Worship in schoolroom while church enlarged & renovated 1888-89, architect Edward John Woods, walls raised 4-5 feet, tower also raised, new stone darker than original limestone from quarry behind Government House.
Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York.
Grade l listed.
Looking West.
A church has stood on this site for over 900 years. The first was reduced to rubble during the Norman Conquest of 1066. French monks rebuilt the church and established a Benedictine priory here in 1098. Disaster struck when a fire that raged through York in 1137 damaged the church. The priory lost its lands and buildings during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, but was allowed to continue as a parish church. The stocks from the churchyard dating from the 18th century have been restored and are now on display as part of the Monks of Micklegate exhibition inside the church. A replica of the stocks can be seen as you enter the churchyard.
Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York.
This statue of the Holy Trinity, carved by Matthias Garn, is a reproduction of the original medieval statue that used to be in this church, and which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The original is now on loan to the Company of Merchant Adventurers in York and can be seen in their chapel.
This ancient representation of the Divine Majesty shows God the Father seated in majesty. The Son of God is represented by the crucified Christ, with the Father holding the cross beam of the cross, thereby showing his consent to the crucifixion. The Holy Spirit is represented by a dove emanating from the mouth of the Father, showing that he is the course of all things.
God the Father is central holding the crucified Son close to himself and sharing his pain. The Spirit flows from the seated Father’s mouth, over and towards the Son, thus linking and uniting the members of the Holy Trinity in love, sacrifice and service.
“Loud-speaker reproduction from a church tower of what was described as “synthetic” bells – in other words, gramophone records of peals rung elsewhere- was approved by Chancellor Chaloner Dowdall KC on Wednesday at Liverpool Consistory Court.
The church to which the congregation is to be called in this rather novel though not unique way is Holy Trinity, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
The Rector (Rev W R H Hall) and wardens applied for a faculty to remove gas fittings and install electric light in the church, to take down the bell turret and dismantle the bell, to erect a small tower over the porch and to install in it the bell together with amplifying equipment and loud-speakers for the reproduction of synthetic bells. Permission was also sought to affix a clock in the tower, and to carry out other alterations including the painting and decorating of the interior of the church. The alterations are, it was stated, in commemoration of the centenary of the church.
In reply to the Chancellor, the Rector said it was proposed to retain two fine candelabra in the present positions in the chancel. They were believed to date from about the year 1700 and were used to light the church before gas was introduced. Some years later, when refuse was being removed, the candelabra were discovered underneath the church. They were absolutely black, but they had been restored and again hung in the church.
The Chancellor, in granting the faculty, said the cost of the work would be about £1750 and the Rector and wardens were to be congratulated on the fact that £1000 had already been raised. The tower and clock would be a private gift. The candelabra were of very great value and, according to expert opinion, were made about 1700 from a pattern which might be a great deal earlier.”
“... The service on Sunday marked the opening of a week of celebrations in connection with the centenary of the Church... In addition to the dedication of the tower, the Bishop also dedicated two parish banners, for which two new cases have been made at the top of the nave....”
[From The Wigan Observer, 7 June 1938]
Photograph from Hilda Plant's “The Story of Our Church...” (1987).