Newton-le-Willows – Burtonwood
history of the local area
THE CHURCH OF ‘THE HOLY HAND‘ “The church of the Holy Hand” – that is how the Catholics of south-west Lancashire refer to the Catholic Church at Ashton-in-Makerfield. The ‘Holy Hand’ belonged to Edmund Arrowsmith, one of the Forty Martyrs canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 25th, 1970. Childhood Studies and Ordination Jesuit Betrayal Trial Prison Last Words Aftermath Apparition The Hand…
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St Peter, Newton-in-Makerfield Celebrates ‘Railway 150’ Contents Plan & Key to St.Peter’s ‘Railway 150’ Exhibition. 3 A Message from The Bishop of Liverpool. 5 A Message from Lord Lee of Newton. 6 A Message from The Vicar. 7 ‘Railway gravestone’ verse. 9 A brief history of St.Peter’s Church. 10 The story of the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, by Ian Singleton. (Manchester Grammar School). 16 Exhibition Plan & Key Floor plan of St Peter’s Church, Newton in Makerfield, showing numbered exhibition areas. Arrows indicate visitor flow direction, entering…
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