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St Winefride's is a Catholic church in Sandbach, Cheshire, England within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury. It is a member of Churches Together in Sandbach

History

The present church was completed in July 1914, just before the First World War. Previously Mass had been celebrated in a Methodist chapel in what is now Chapel Street. The church is very closely linked with the history of Catholics in Sandbach in general. The original parish church was St Mary's Church, Sandbach but this became part of the Church of England after the Reformation]. After this event there is very little Catholic history mentioned for many years, the family which owned the Old Hall Hotel, Sandbach did however harbour Catholic priests with Priest holes.

With the Industrial Revolution, and the establishment of the LMS railway depot in Crewe, many railway workers moved into the area. Some were Irish Catholics and so a permanent church building was needed. The then Earl of Crewe donated land on the Middlewich Rd where the present church was built. The presbytery was only built in 1933 when Fr Mulcahy became the first resident priest. A church hall was also built in the 1980s and is used by the parish as well as the local community.

References

1. ^ http://www.stwinefridessandbach.com/ Retrieved 13 of June 2008
2. http://www.sandbachchurches.org.uk/members.html#c5 Retrieved 13 of June 2008

External links

• St. Winefride's Roman Catholic Church, Sandbach Homepage

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury
Bishops of Shrewsbury I: James Brown II: Edmund Knight III: John Carroll IV: Samuel Allen V: Hugh Singleton VI: Ambrose Moriarty VII: John Murphy VIII: William Grasar IX: Joseph Gray X: Brian Noble XI: Mark Davies
Churches Shrewsbury Cathedral – Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and Saint Peter of Alcantara Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Birkenhead St Werburgh, Birkenhead St Columba, Chester St Francis, Chester St Werburgh, Chester St Mary, Congleton St Mary, Crewe St Mary of the Angels, Hooton St Alban, Macclesfield St Mary, Madeley St Cuthbert by the Forest, Mouldsworth St Peter and St Paul, New Brighton St Peter and St Paul, Newport St Anne, Rock Ferry St Winefride, Sandbach Our Lady and the Apostles, Stockport St Joseph, Stockport English Martyrs, Wallasey Our Lady Star of the Sea, Wallasey St Alban, Wallasey
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Our Lady, Help of Christians (24 May) Saint Winefride (3 November)
Schools All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield Aquinas College, Stockport Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Warrington Chester Catholic High School Ellesmere Port Catholic High School Harrytown Catholic High School Holy Trinity Academy, Telford Loreto Grammar School Moor Park School St Ambrose College St Anselm's College St Gregory's Catholic High School St James' Catholic High School, Stockport St John Plessington Catholic College St Nicholas Catholic High School St Paul's Catholic High School St Thomas More Catholic School, Crewe
See also Diocese of Shrewsbury Lourdes Hospitalité Diocese of Shrewsbury Lourdes Pilgrimage Curzon Park Abbey
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