Parochialia Stowell Memorial Church Preachers' Book

Shows parish Boundaries c.1871

pp 1-8: Portrait and article on Rev James Prince Lee, D.D Lord Bishop of Manchester; newspaper cuttings on laying of foundation stone, 19 Oct 1867; Consecration, 14 May 1869; extract from London Gazette 19 May 1871.

pp 9-17:L Portrait and article on Rev Hugh Stowell, MA; newspaper cuttings of obituary and account of his funeral and description of Memorial Church, 1875.

pp 18: Specification for organ by Edward[ard] Wadsworth of Manchester, 18 Mar 1871; printed Organ Fund Accounts, 1870-71 and other fabric accounts 1869-1873.

pp 19-22: Inventory, 1872

pp 24-128: Register of Services and collections and parish log 14 May 1869-13 Apr 1879 with information about first incumbent Rev W[illia]m Doyle; includes listsof persons confirmed 1872-1877

pp 132-154: Register of Services 4 Jan 1885-26 Oct 1886.

pp 155: Seating plan

pp 156-157: Service Sheet and article on unveiling of window in memory of Rev. W[illia]m Doyle 19 Apr 1890

pp 161-167: Registers of Services, 13 Dec 1892-7 Feb 1893

pp 164-167: Notes on clergy 1896-1908

pp 168-225: Parish log 1896-1909 including statistics of Easter Communicants, marriages, baptisms etc. Names of those confirmed 1898-1908.

pp 227-239: Parish log 1909-1912 includes names of those confirmed 1919-11, vestry appointments and some services.

from pp 240: Services and offereings Nov 1949-Sep 1953.

Also includes loose newspaper cuttings on reopening of church 1877; obituaries of Alderman Bromley 1879, Rev WJ Kidd 1880, Hugh Birley 1883, W[illia]m Gray. Also Stowell Memorial Bazaar post 1904.