St Stephen's Church, Astley
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St Stephen's Church is a church in Astley, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican church built in 1968 and part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester. The church, together with St George and St. John, is part of the united benefice of Astley, Tyldesley and Mosley Common.[1] Its origins are in a chapel of ease of Leigh Parish Church built in 1631 and its successor which was burned in an arson attack in 1961.
References
- Notes
- ^ St Stephen, Astley, St Stephen's Church, retrieved 2011-05-23
- Bibliography
- Lunn, John (1968), A short history of the township of Astley, Lunn