Interior of the Collegiate Church of St.Mary, St.Denys and St.George, which became Manchester Cathedral in 1847. At the time of the 1820 settlers it was the parish church for central Manchester. In the early part of the 19th century it was often known as Christ Church. William ALDRED and Elizabeth FARRAND were married in this church, as were Thomas CAPPER and Mary HADDON, James COWIE and Mary WARBURTON, Samuel DUXBURY and Margaret SMITH, John KIRKMAN and Mary [HALSE], John LONG and Elizabeth DAIN (parents of the settler Jeremiah LONG), Jeremiah LONG and Ann DORRINGTON, John MITTON and Ellen BLAZE (née WARBURTON), Charles MOUNCEY and Sarah MELLOR, Richard PICKSTOCK and Jane BAYLEY, Richard PICKSTOCK and Sarah DOBSON, George SMITH and Mary BENSON, Richard WALKER and Martha LITTLEWOOD, Christopher WEDDERBURN and Ann QUAIL and Abraham WILD and Ann THORNTON. Crofts MAYOR and Catherine POWNALL (sister-in-law of William THACKWRAY) were also married here. Ann, daughter of Thomas BEARDMORE, was baptised here, as were two children of George and Sarah BONSALL, two children of William and Elizabeth CALVERLEY, two children of William and Jane CALVERLEY and the children of John and Mary KIRKMAN. Jeremiah LONG and his son, also Jeremiah, were both baptised in this church.
Photo by Sue Mackay.