Our story…
The parish of St Anne’s was founded in 1847 and the first church was built in 1848. Fr George Green was appointed as rector for the parish. In 1855 Fr Allen was appointed, during his time at the church the parish struggled through hard times due to the cotton famine.
Between 1865 and 1929 the parish had only two parish priests Canon Liptrop and Canon O’Kelly. Canon O’Kelly had a new boy’s school built int 1896 and extended the girls school. A parish hall was built in 1908.
Since 1929 St Anne’s had two future Bishops: Dr John McNulty who became Bishop of Nottingham and Dr Henry Vincent Marshall who became the Bishop of Salford.
Dean Jeremiah Kelly was parish priest during the Second World War. During this time the number of people in the parish dwindled to half of what it had been twenty-five years before. The parish did not revive until the new housing schemes and regeneration began in the late 1990s. The old church was demolished and replaced by the new church in 1977-78.
Feast day: 26th July