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St George's Church is in the town of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Bowdon. ==History== The original church was built as a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Bowdon in 1799. The tower and spire date from 1874 and the chancel from 1886.〔 In 1896–97 the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley rebuilt the nave and aisles. The History of the Parish Church of St George's, Altrincham has its roots within the Wesleyan Movement. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, made his first visit to the town in 1738. He was then a young man of 35. He returned several times, his last visit being on Easter Monday, 1790, only one year before his death.His purpose on that occasion was to preach at the first Wesleyan chapel in the town in Chapel Walk – later to become Regent Road. A man named Oswald Leicester (later to become Snr. ''Not to be confused with Oswald Leicester Jnr.'') was a successful grocer in the time when Grocers were becoming rich off exotic foods from Colonies His Third son was born in 1761 and baptised on 17 September 1761. He was named Oswald Leicester Jnr. or as St George's Altrincham would have called ''"The Founding Father of St George's Altrincham"''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St George's Church, Altrincham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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