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The beautiful new pulpit in the Church of the Holy Name, Oxford Street, was used for the first time yesterday. The Bishop of Salford, Dr Vaughan preached in the morning. Rising from a base of white and blue veined marble, with thereon an upper base of alabaster (of which, except where superseded by marbles the rest of the pulpit is composed), the pulpit rests upon a series of black and gold alternating with black and white shafts, with moulded bases and carved capitals. The spaces are filled with open panels of alabaster, which serve to make the structure less massive than would otherwise be the case. Above the caps are two rows of flowing carvings, bordered and supported by mouldings. The, commencing slightly below the floor level, are five pointed panels intended for mosaics. These panels are covered with richly moulded pointed arches supported on columns of bluish stalactite in three cases and Irish green in the other two. Any possible stiffness in outline of the outer angles is obviated by an arrangement of sanguine jasper columns supporting foliage, which mingles with the flowing foliage on the spandrels above the mosaic panels. An especially luminous alabaster has been selected with richly carved capping at the top, on the parts which can catch the light. The pulpit is approached by an easy flight of eight steps of Forest of Dean stone, the rises being filled in by deep red and gold coloured encaustic tiles. The balustrade is composed of alabaster arcading, certain panels being made solid for the sake of strength. The columns used here are of brocatelle, sanguine jasper and Iberian agate. The work is of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture, with the exception of portions of the foliage, which are in the 13th century style. The pulpit is surmounted by an oak sounding board, flat underneath so as in no way to impede the passage of the waves of sound to the congregation. The work has been executed by Mr A B Wall, sculptor, of Cheltenham, from the designs of Mr J S Hansom, architect, South Kensington. Mr Hansom’s father was the builder of the church.* The five panels of mosaics are intended to contain busts of five of the English martyrs of the Reformation recently declared blessed. They are John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester and Cardinal; Sir Thomas More, Lord High Chancellor of England; Father Edward Campion S J; Father J Houghton, a Carthusian monk of the London Charterhouse; and Father J Forrest, a Franciscan friar. …. The whole of the mosaic work is being prepared by Dr Salvisti and Company of Regent Street London, and Venice from the cartoons prepared by Mr G B Maycock of Birmingham, under the instructions of Mr Hansom

* Sir – Referring to the statement in your issue of this day that my father was the “builder” of this church, I think it right to ask you, in justice to his memory, to myself and to the builders, to state the exact case. My father the late Joseph Aloysius Hansom, was the architect, and during the early part of its construction, received me into partnership, so that we became joint architects of this work. The builders were Messrs Ibberson and Marshall of this town. Yours etc. Joseph S Hansom, Architect, Manchester 20 January 1890

Reference    Manchester Guardian 20 January 1890 page 8
Reference    Manchester Guardian 22 January 1890 page 7 – correspondence

 

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The Holy Name fills the block between Dover Street and Ackers Street, opposite the University. Ackers Street specialised, in my youth, in theatrical lodgings, and my mother had stayed there before becoming Mancunian. The church itself has theatrical associations. The Carl Rosa Opera Company would sing a flamboyant high mass with orchestral accompaniment. Leslie Stuart, before his fame as composer of black face songs and the musical Floradora, was the regular organist. In the double quartet of Floradora - ‘Tell me, pretty maiden, are there any more at home like you’ – he had invoked, to the shocked derision of the producer, the movements of the concelebrants at the highest mass possible. The priests of the Holy Name were Jesuits, hence men of the world, and they spoke the silver veined English of Cardinal Newman. Any Irishman here had been absorbed into the British Jesuit establishment, and there was no room for Maynooth vowels. The church is large, far larger than the Birmingham Cathedral where I saw George Patrick Dwyer installed as archbishop, and it asked of its preachers the professional vocal projection of a Henry Irving or, better, Noel Coward. Father Bernard Vaughan had preached there with, as Joyce’s father Commee remembers, droll eyes and a Cockney intonation, though he was Welsh. ’Pilate. Why don’t you ‘old back that ‘owlin mob.’ The preachers I remember frightened me with more patrician diction: religion was no longer the rollicking or folkloric leprechaun stuff of Ireland; in the Holy Name it attained the dignity and authority of imperial law. The priests were steely-eyed and blue-jawed and, by God, knew their theology. My father was to be frightened off the place. He entered for eleven o’clock mass one Sunday, with his bowler hat on and Three Castles burning – sheer absentmindedness: he must have thought he was entering a pub – and was unlucky enough to meet the priest and his acolytes in the ceremony of the Asperges. His cigarette was fiercely doused with a well-aimed blast of holy water, and of his hat the priest hissed: ‘This is not a synagogue.’ 
Source: Burgess, A (1986) Little Wilson and Big God: Widenfeld&Nicolson       

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Renowned English author Anthony Burgess, recalls the history, and his personal memories of the Holy Name.

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Renowned English author Anthony Burgess, recalls the history, and his personal memories of the Holy Name.

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Bishop William Turner was an English Priest. He was created the first Bishop of Salford in 1851. The Holy Name was built at his instigation.

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Bishop William Turner was an English Priest. He was created the first Bishop of Salford in 1851. The Holy Name was built at his instigation.

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One mans facinating account of life in the Holy Name and its Presbytery in 1960.

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One mans facinating account of life in the Holy Name and its Presbytery in 1960.

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My Memories of the Holy Name Church - Adobe cloud storage

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'The new pulpit in the R.C. Church of the Holy Name at Manchester has just been completed by the erection of a canopy of carved oak. It rises some 15 feet from the sounding-board of the pulpit, and is Gothic in character, to harmonise with the interior. It is the work of Mr. Joseph Hansom, son of the architect of the church. The pulpit, which is constructed of alabaster, marbles, and mosaics, was opened on Sunday morning by Father Vaughan. Arrangements are being made for installing the electric light in the church. [Building News 4 December 1896 page 827]Reference    Manchester Guardian Saturday 28 November 1896 Page 5 (Ecclesiastical Intelligence)Reference    Building News 4 December 1896 page 827'

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Reference Manchester Guardian Saturday 28 November 1896 Page 5 (Ecclesiastical Intelligence)

Reference Building News 4 December 1896 page 827

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Catholic Herald - Breaking news and opinion from the online edition of Britain's leading Catholic newspaper

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The revival of a church that was nearly lost - Catholic Herald

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Last week, one of Manchester’s most popular churches opened its doors after nine weeks of repairs and maintenance. Renovating The Holy Name was quite a task, for it’s a huge basilica-like building. But there is more to it than sheer size. It is one of the masterpieces by the Victorian architect Joseph Hansom, and it

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Architectural drawing of the Holy Name interior, 1870s.

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Architectural drawing of the Holy Name interior, 1870s.

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Sir Charles Hallé was a Prussia born English pianist and composer, who found lasting renown as the founder of Manchester's iconic Hallé Orchestra based at the Free Trade Hall. When he died suddenly on the 25th of October 1895, the City of Masnchester gave Hallé a state funeral, his funeral prosession was so large that it brought Manchester to a halt. His requiem mass was given in the Holy Name, and he was buried in Weaste Salford. 

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The Funeral of Sir Charles Hallé in the Holy Name in 1895. 

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The Funeral of Sir Charles Hallé in the Holy Name in 1895. 

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The funeral of legandary soap star Pat Phoenix at the Holy Name on September 23rd 1986.

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The funeral of legandary soap star Pat Phoenix at the Holy Name on September 23rd 1986.

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Adrian Gilberts Scotts magnificent, art deco, crucified Christ, on the tower. 

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Adrian Gilberts Scotts magnificent, art deco, crucified Christ, on the tower. 

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The Crucifix of the High Altar, ebony,  ivory and semi-precious stones.

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The Crucifix of the High Altar, ebony,  ivory and semi-precious stones.

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The smart new Roman Catholic chaplaincy building of the University of Manchester, next door to the Holy Name in 1970.

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The smart new Roman Catholic chaplaincy building of the University of Manchester, next door to the Holy Name in 1970.

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Absailers, working on the restoration of the Holy Name tower 19th Febuary 2025.

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Absailers, working on the restoration of the Holy Name tower 19th Febuary 2025.

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The Holy Name Stations of the Cross, were the gift of heiress Elizabeth M. Gilton, on the tragically young deaths of her sisters Marie Louise and Jessie Gilton.

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The Holy Name Stations of the Cross, were the gift of heiress Elizabeth M. Gilton, on the tragically young deaths of her sisters Marie Louise and Jessie Gilton.

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Fr. Walter Ignacious Clifford was an English Jesuit priest born in Italy in 1831. He attended Stonyhurst, before serving at Bristol and the Holy Name in Manchester.  He died in 1902 (RIP).

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Fr. Walter Ignacious Clifford was an English Jesuit priest born in Italy in 1831. He attended Stonyhurst, before serving at Bristol and the Holy Name in Manchester.  He died in 1902 (RIP).

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The gallery of John Alberti. The firm supplied many of the scultures in the Holy Name. 

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The gallery of John Alberti. The firm supplied many of the scultures in the Holy Name. 

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Alberti was a Italian sculpter in marble, born in Barga Tuscany.  He lived locally in Chorlton on Medlock, had a successful buisness first at 1 Oxford Street, then a large shop on Plymouth Grove. He was married to Louisa, and had a large family.  

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The Virgin of the Apocalypse by Giuseppe Alberti. 

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The Virgin of the Apocalypse by Giuseppe Alberti. 

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Painting of the Church of the Holy Name, dated 1904.

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Painting of the Church of the Holy Name, dated 1904.

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Second Sunday of Advent 2024 (with Fr Philip Harrison SJ).

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Here are a few historical documents relating to the erection and repair of the bells of Holy Name Church...

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New concrete panels being delivered to the top of the tower during repair work. The panels and beams will form the new roof of the tower. Ackers Street was closed to traffic for the whole day.

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John Robert Blair, who is remembered on the Holy Name war memorial, was a railway worker born to Mancunians Elizabeth and William Blair, in Seedley Salford. As an adult he lived with his family in Moss Side, then Chorlton on Medlock. He was in the 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, he died aged 23 'of wounds' in France or Flanders. Lest we forget (RIP)

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H. Bryan remembered on the Holy Name War Memorial. 

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H. Bryan remembered on the Holy Name War Memorial. 

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George Bowe, 1st 7th Battalion Manchester Regiment died 4th June 1915, at Gallipoli.

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George Bowe, 1st 7th Battalion Manchester Regiment died 4th June 1915, at Gallipoli.

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George Bowe (recorded on the Holy Name war memorial as Bawe) was born 5th March 1888, to English Catholics John and Mary Bowe. He was baptised at St Augustines church Chorlton on Medlock. In 1911 he was married to Elizabeth and living at 4 Union Street Hulme with his son Samuel and his extended family.

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Edward Ross, benefactor to the Holy Name, he is remembered on the plaque in the Strada Chapel. 

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Edward Ross, benefactor to the Holy Name, he is remembered on the plaque in the Strada Chapel. 

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Edward was born in Marylebone, London in 1827 and at the age of 19 he joined the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.  Five years later, he was appointed secretary of the MS&L, and held that position for 42 years.  According to George Dow who wrote a detailed history of the Great Central Railway he was “kindly, shrewd and diplomatic.  Handsome in appearance and impeccable in his dress, nothing seemed to ruffle him.  He assiduously followed the maxim that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well.  He also enjoyed immense popularity amongst the officers and staff alike.”

The 1871 census records Edward and his family living at 178 Stockport Road, Ardwick in Manchester, not far from London Road Station, now known as Piccadilly.  Edward and his first wife Elizabeth were living in Manchester prior to 1861 as their eldest child, Augustine, was born there two years earlier.

Edward’s wife Elizabeth died in 1873 and by 1881 Edward, his children and four servants were living at Beechwood.  Interestingly, the house is recorded in the census as “Rock Cottage.” Edward had a private footpath from his house to Marple station.  The private bridge over the road, accessed from an upper floor of the house can be seen in the photograph of the house. The footpath passed over the south tunnel portal and led to steps down to the ground by the rail tracks on the line to New Mills.  There were further steps up to Brabyns Brow where Edward could access the line to Manchester.  The footpath saved him walking or being driven to the station by his coachman via St Martin’s Road. Remember, this was before Arkwright Road was built. Traces of the footpath can still be seen.

The house is still shown as “Rock Cottage in the1891 census by which time Edward has married his second wife, Teresa.   Later that year Edward had a severe attack of influenza. Given two months leave from January 1892, Edward and Teresa went to the south of France where he died in Cannes on the 16th March 1892.

Edward was a devout Roman Catholic, highly respected by local people, and he often gave coal and food to the needy at Christmas.  He also gave many gifts to beautify St Mary’s R.C. church in Marple Bridge where he was buried. There is a wonderful monument to his memory in St Mary’s Churchyard.

Four weeks after his funeral on the 23rd March, William Pollitt, General Manager of the MS&L reported that "a movement had been started to set up an ‘Edward Ross Memorial Fund’, which would be used to alleviate necessitous cases amongst all members of the staff.”  The directors gave this commendable scheme a contribution of 100 guineas. Later still his devoted office staff paid for a marble bust of him and presented it to the Board on the 19th March 1893. Throughout MS&L, Great Central and LNER days it “occupied a place of honour in the headquarters’ offices.”

An intriguing story is related in “New Mills and the Edith Nesbit Connection” by Barbara Matthews (published by New Mills History Society). The book builds a case that Edith Nesbitt set her story ‘The Railway Children’ in the area around Strines.  Part of her argument is that Edward Ross was the inspiration for the character of the ‘Old Gentleman’ who gave the children food when their mother was ill.

Source: Marple Local History Society

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Lieutenant Edmund Thomas Hale, benefactor to the Holy Name named on the plaque inside the Strada Chapel. 

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Lieutenant Edmund Thomas Hale, benefactor to the Holy Name named on the plaque inside the Strada Chapel. 

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Lieutenant Edmund Thomas Hale was born at Templeview Easky, Sligo Ireland in 1871. He died in Uganda, while fighting mutineers, of Blackwater Fever in 5 June 1899. He left the majority of his small estate to Mary Frances Forbes, Countess of Granard, and Eva Margaret Forbes.

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John Lynch Ward was born around 1832 in Belfast Ireland, who died in Manchester in 1891, he appears on the list of benefactors of the Holy Name, on a plaque in the Strada Chapel, and amongst the names on the wall of the Holy Souls Chapel. Ward was a successful builder, who lived at 65 Upper Brooks Street, Chorlton on Medlock with his wife Elizabeth and large family. He left a fortune of £10370. He is interred beneath this ornate cross in Southern Cemetery, Chorlton cum Hardy.

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John Lynch Ward was born around 1832 in Belfast Ireland, who died in Manchester in 1891, he appears on the list of benefactors of the Holy Name, on a plaque in the Strada Chapel, and amongst the names on the wall of the Holy Souls Chapel. Ward was a successful builder, who lived at 65 Upper Brooks Street, Chorlton on Medlock with his wife Elizabeth and large family. He left a fortune of £10370. He is interred beneath this ornate cross in Southern Cemetery, Chorlton cum Hardy.

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William Sloane is listed on the brass plaque in the Strada Chapel as a benefactor to the Holy Name. He was an accountant, born in 1820 in Almondbury, he died March 19th 1895 at his home on Bradshaw Street Moss Side. We know very little about him, other than he lived most of his life in various lodging houses in the the township of Chorlton on Medlock, left a considerable fortune of £6196, and is buried beneath this fine granite cross in Southern Cemetery, Chorlton cum Hardy.

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William Sloane is listed on the brass plaque in the Strada Chapel as a benefactor to the Holy Name. He was an accountant, born in 1820 in Almondbury, he died March 19th 1895 at his home on Bradshaw Street Moss Side. We know very little about him, other than he lived most of his life in various lodging houses in the the township of Chorlton on Medlock, left a considerable fortune of £6196, and is buried beneath this fine granite cross in Southern Cemetery, Chorlton cum Hardy.

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Obituary of Joachim Pinto-Leite, benefactor of the Holy Name. 

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Obituary of Joachim Pinto-Leite, benefactor of the Holy Name. 

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The Duchess of Newcastle, Catholic convert and donor to the Holy Name. 

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The Duchess of Newcastle, Catholic convert and donor to the Holy Name. 

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Born Henrietta Adela Hope on 11 April 1843, she was the daughter of Henry Thomas Hope. On 11 February 1861 she married Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, son of the 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme. At the death of her father-in-law in 1864, her husband became the 6th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The Dowager Duchess of Newcastle died aged 70 on 8 May 1913. Her obituary published the following day in the Times read: 'Henrietta Adela Duchess of Newcastle died yesterday at her residence at Woodford, Essex. She had a stroke on Tuesday and never recovered consciousness. The Duke of Newcastle and other members of her family were present at her death. Her Grace was the only daughter of Mr Henry Thomas Hope, of the Deepdene, Dorking, to whom Disraeli dedicated "Coningsby". She married, in 1861, the Earl of Lincoln, who succeeded in 1864 as sixth Duke of Newcastle and died in 1879. They had two sons - the present Duke of Newcastle and Lord Francis Hope, of the Deepdene, who is heir-presumptive to the title; and three daughters - Lady Beatrice Adeline, wife of Mr Cecil Lister-Kaye, brother and heir-presumptive of Sir John Lister-Kaye; Lady Emily Augusta Mary, who married in 1882 Prince Philip Doria Pamphilj, Duc d'Avigliano, son of Prince Philip Doria Pamphilj Landj by his marriage with Lady Mary Talbot; and Lady Florence Josephine Clinton. The Duchess married, secondly, in 1880, Mr Thomas Theobald Hohler, son ot the Rev. F. W. Hohler, rector of Winstone and Colesborne, Gloucestershire, retaining her title by courtesy; he died in 1892. The Duchess had been received into the Roman Catholilc Church in 1879, and in 1893, at the suggestion of Cardinal Vaughan, she joined the new crusade of the Catholic Social Union. She became head of the Girls' Club of the Tower Hill Settlement, where she did remarkable work. The Social Union workers have since become known as the Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.' The requiem Mass before her funeral was attended by Cardinal Vaughan.

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Sir Humphrey de Trafford, of Trafford Park. Local catholic aristocrat and benefactor of the Holy Name, he is remembered in the baptistry.

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Sir Humphrey de Trafford, of Trafford Park. Local catholic aristocrat and benefactor of the Holy Name, he is remembered in the baptistry.

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Sebastião Pinto Leite, of Portugal,  business man, merchant and doner to the Holy Name. He had business interests in Manchester, Liverpool and London.

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Sebastião Pinto Leite, of Portugal,  business man, merchant and doner to the Holy Name. He had business interests in Manchester, Liverpool and London.

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Wife of one of the chief benefactors of the Holy Name.

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Wife of one of the chief benefactors of the Holy Name.

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Jesuits return to historic Holy Name Church Manchester

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Jesuits return to historic Holy Name Church Manchester

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Jesuits return to historic Holy Name Church Manchester

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The Jesuit Order announces its return to the Holy Name Roman Catholic Church in Manchester, 20 years after it left the city.

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Bernard Vaughn SJ outside the Jesuit Curia in Mayfair.

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Bernard Vaughn SJ also ministered at Farm Street Church in Mayfair, London. Here he can be seen standing outside 114 Mount Street which is still the Curia of the Jesuits in Britain today.

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Invitation to the Opening of the Church 1871

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Invitation to the Opening of the Church 1871

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This is an invitation to the opening of the Church addressed to a local priest who had donated a significant sum of money for the construction of the Church.

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The relic of St John Henry Newman in the Shrine dedicated to him. 

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The relic of St John Henry Newman in the Shrine dedicated to him. 

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The Shrine of St John Henry Newman (in the former Strada Chapel), after church pilgrimage from Manchester Oratory to the Holy Name 12th October 2024, to venerate his relic. 

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The Shrine of St John Henry Newman (in the former Strada Chapel), after church pilgrimage from Manchester Oratory to the Holy Name 12th October 2024, to venerate his relic. 

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The Strada Chapel in 1904, taken from what is now the Shrine of St John Henry Newman.

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The Strada Chapel in 1904, taken from what is now the Shrine of St John Henry Newman.

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Denby ginger bottle dated 1868 found in foundations of the Holy Name.

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Denby ginger bottle dated 1868 found in foundations of the Holy Name.

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Young man dies in Holy Name

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Better lighting in the Holy Name has fully revealed a beautiful nineteenth statue of St Elizabeth of Hungary at the back of the church for the first time in years. Elizabeth was a Queen of Hungary who lived in the 1200s, known for her piety and her tremendous care for the poor. Her most famous miracle happened when she was bringing bread to the poor in secret and met unexpectedly with her husband. The courtiers with him believed she was carrying gold stolen from the treasury, when her husband asked her to reveal what she carried, instead of bread a vision of roses met their eyes. She is the patron saint of nurses and hospitals, of falsely accused people, dying children, and the homeless amongst others.

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The Madonna del Strada Chapel of the Church of Holy Name of Jesus, Oxford Road Chorlton on Medlock in 1910, decorated for a feast day. Aside from the floral decoration the decorative scheme looks much more vibrant than today. This beautiful chapel was lost when movement in the building required the arches to be filled for the support the building.

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The Madonna del Strada Chapel of the Church of Holy Name of Jesus, Oxford Road Chorlton on Medlock in 1910, decorated for a feast day. Aside from the floral decoration the decorative scheme looks much more vibrant than today. This beautiful chapel was lost when movement in the building required the arches to be filled for the support the building.

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Father Bernard Vaughan of the Holy Name denouncing the smart set at Farm Street London 1907..

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Father Bernard Vaughan of the Holy Name denouncing the smart set at Farm Street London 1907..

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Baptism of Adam Brocklehurst August 2020, the first baptism in the Holy Name after it reopened after the first lockdown, during the COVID epidemic. Fr. Peter Scally officiating. 

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Baptism of Adam Brocklehurst August 2020, the first baptism in the Holy Name after it reopened after the first lockdown, during the COVID epidemic. Fr. Peter Scally officiating. 

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During demolition of the slums.

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Charles Halle whose funeral took place in the Holy Name....

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Charles Halle whose funeral took place in the Holy Name....

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The effect of demolition.

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Moving Churches...

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All about the Holy Name Missions during Lent.

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Shelia describes her life in the parish and preparation for First Holy Communion.

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The social life of the parish...

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Michael explains how sandblasting transformed the Church.

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An Irish photographer talks about the Whit Walk processions and the close-knit community.

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Lawson family Golden Wedding Jubilee

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Queens Jubilee Party in presbytery garden

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The Church of the Holy Name, early 1970s.

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The Church of the Holy Name, early 1970s.

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Wedding of Marie and George Howell

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Marriage of the Parents of Margaret Gladwell

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Marriage of the Parents of Margaret Gladwell

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Eileen McParland read an article in The Tablet about the Your Holy Name Story project and got in touch. She sent us a photograph of her Father’s (John Francis McParland) First Holy Communion at the Holy Name Church in 1929.

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This photograph was taken during the demolition of the slums surrounding the Church. The local community was relocated to other parts of the city.

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Deidre Carroll at her Confirmation at the Holy Name Church, circa 1957/58. ​She mentioned how her mother had given her the money to go out and buy a pair of white shoes, as all the girls had to be dressed in white. To her horror, Deirdre had instead bought a pair of black, patent shoes, as seen in the photograph!

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This is the Holy Name procession group, we still have the banner they are using on display in the Church.

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Here is an image of the Church before the tower was built by Gilbert Scott.

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This history was prepared for the centenary in 1972.

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You can see the terrace which was demolished in order to build Avila House.

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This street has been demolished, but it lies under the carpark of the Contact Theatre on the other side of Oxford Road.

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You can just see the Student Union building on Oxford Road and get an idea of the terraced housing that would have surrounded the Church. That is a milk float parked on the street!