The history of our church.

Our church, of course, is a body of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ rather than just a building.  However, Saint Chad's Church has been the spiritual home for thousands of Christians, over many generations, and in these pages we are going to look back at the history of the church buildings, previous clergy and remember those who have gone on before us to be with the Lord.  

Church Buildings

• Origins of Handforth Parish Church

• Need for a bigger building in the 1890's

• Funding the new church building

• Design and planning

• Building begins

• The new church opens 1899

• Consecration Gifts presented 2nd March 1899

• Changes to the furnishings and fittings

• Additions and Alterations

Graves and Memorials

• Family names and related inscriptions

• Details of deceased persons in alphabetic order

• Memorials inside the church

• Headstones and Memorial Stones

• Gravestone Inscriptions in grave number order

• Burial Fees circa 1852

• A 1894 Privy Council document relating to Handforth graveyard

People remembered

• Vicars and Clergy

• List of past incumbents.

• The Vicarage

• Reminiscence

• Church Celebrations

• Video of 1999 Centenary Celebrations

A lot of the contents of these pages have been taken from the excellent book that was produced for the Saint Chad's Church Centenary in 1999. 

That book  is available here as an Adobe PDF file.

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