Church of St Peter, Old Market Street, Blackley, Manchester

Still pre-archaeological with paired side lancets and three galleries. The new edifice replaced a church built about 1720, with accommodation for about 500 persons. [Pevsner]

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW CHURCH AT BLACKLEY – On Monday last, the foundation stone of a new church at Blackley, in the parish of Manchester, was laid in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators by John Taylor Esq of Hamer Hall. The intended edifice, we understand, is to contain 864 sittings of which 450 are to be free. It is designed in the Early English style of architecture, with a tower nearly 90 feet high placed at the western end, and the exterior is to be built wholly of stone. The architect is our townsman, E H Shellard Esq. [Manchester Guardian 4 May 1844 page 4/5]

Reference    Pevsner: Lancashire: South
Reference    Manchester Guardian 30 December 1843 – contracts
Reference    Manchester Guardian 4 May 1844 page 4/5 – foundation stone