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==History== ==History==
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The ], regulated the style of ] in the ]. However, many ] rejected the restrictions, including Rev. ] who established his own ] that same year. The ''Dissenters' Meeting House'' was opened in ] and holds a special place in the growth of ] within the city. The ], regulated the style of ] in the ]. However, many ] rejected the restrictions, including Rev. ] who established his own ] that same year. The ''Dissenters' Meeting House'' was opened in 1694 and holds a special place in the growth of ] within the city.


==The Chapel== ==The Chapel==
The building was renamed the '''Cross Street Chapel''' and became a Unitarian meeting-house c.1761.<ref>Shercliff WH. ''Manchester: A Short History of its Development'', Municipal Information Bureau, Town Hall, Manchester (1960)</ref> It was wrecked by a ] mob in ], rebuilt and destroyed in a ] ] in December ]. A new building was constructed in ] and the present structure dates from ]. The building was renamed the '''Cross Street Chapel''' and became a Unitarian meeting-house c.1761.<ref>Shercliff WH. ''Manchester: A Short History of its Development'', Municipal Information Bureau, Town Hall, Manchester (1960)</ref> It was wrecked by a ] mob in 1715, rebuilt and destroyed in a ] ] in December 1940. A new building was constructed in 1959 and the present structure dates from 1997.
The ''Gaskell Room'' of the new building houses a collection of memorabilia of ] ]. The ''Gaskell Room'' of the new building houses a collection of memorabilia of ] ].


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The modern Cross Street Chapel

Cross Street Chapel is a Unitarian church in Manchester, England, famous in civic and national life for its contributions to piety and civil society.

History

Cross Street Chapel c.1835

The Act of Uniformity 1662, regulated the style of worship in the Church of England. However, many clergy rejected the restrictions, including Rev. Henry Newcome who established his own congregation that same year. The Dissenters' Meeting House was opened in 1694 and holds a special place in the growth of nonconformism within the city.

The Chapel

The building was renamed the Cross Street Chapel and became a Unitarian meeting-house c.1761. It was wrecked by a Jacobite mob in 1715, rebuilt and destroyed in a World War II air raid in December 1940. A new building was constructed in 1959 and the present structure dates from 1997. The Gaskell Room of the new building houses a collection of memorabilia of novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.

Famous ministry and congregation

Cross Street Chapel interior

References

  1. Shercliff WH. Manchester: A Short History of its Development, Municipal Information Bureau, Town Hall, Manchester (1960)

External links

53°28′54″N 2°14′29″W / 53.48167°N 2.24139°W / 53.48167; -2.24139

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