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26 ALTRINCHAM. CHESHIRE.
of £5,5°0, and reopened Nov. 17, 1897: it consists of
chancel, nave, aisles and a western tower containinu
one bell: the stained east window, a memorial to Samuel
and Ann HaTdy, was presented by their daughter, ·Sarah
Holland, in 1861: the west window is a memorial to
William P. Grimble GToves, and was placed in 1897: the
fine alabaster pulpit is a memo,rial to John Newton esq. :
the alabaster wainscot of the chancel was given in 1898
by ClJarles Newton and Henry Fairbrother esqrs.: the
alabaster . font is a memorial to the Rev. GeO'rO'e e London,
VIcar 1860-1894: the stained glass of the seven windows
in the north aisle was all removed from the old church
uncI replaced in the originatl tracery: the brass lectern
was given by Henry Fai.rbrother e'sq.: the church, will
seat 7?0. peT~ons. .The register dates from the year 1799.
Th~ hV1Dg IS a Vlcarage, net yearly value £302, chiefly
d~rIved from pew rents, with residence, in the gift of the
VIcar of Bowdon for the time being, and held since 1893
by the Rev. William Maurice Bonnar Lutener M.A. of
Keble Oollege, Oxford, and surrogate. The vicinage
honse is nea.r the church.
St. John the Evangelist's is an ecclesiastical parish,
inches in diameter." The mayat' is still appointed an~ The new Town Hall, in Market street, erected in 1901,
nually at the Michaellllas court leet of the lord of the from the designs of Messrs. Hindle and DavenpoItt, of
barony, by the steward, but he possesses no magisterial Manchester, is a structure of red brick and red sandstone
authority, and his duti~s appear to have been COll1ined dressings in the Jacobean style; it contains a lal'ge hall
to the opening of the fairs, which are now obsolete; there with mosaic floor;: the council chamber, 35 ft. by 26 £~"
is no corporate seal, chain or badge of any kind. The with a panelled ceiling and stained windows, d.isplaying
arms o·f the town are" quarterly, guo and or. in the first the arms of the Ba.rons of Chester and the principal
quarter a lion pass. arg."
• Cheshire families; the carved oak chairs were speciaJly
'fhe town, which occupies a very healthy si1,mltiol1, designed and made by Mr. Joseph Phillips, of :.:Utrin-.
comprises several wide streets, and is lighted with ~as cham: here also are the offices of the clerk, snrveyQ-r,
from works at Hale Moss, aoout half-a-mile east, erected rate collector and oversee..rs; the staircase windows bear
ahout 1850, and covering 4~ acres; the wo·rks are the the Royal arms ahd those of .Altrincham, Chester an