Building Name
St Richards RC Church, Sutcliffe Avenue, Crowcroft Park, Longsight
Date
1936 - 1937
Street
Sutcliffe Avenue
District/Town
Longsight, Manchester
County/Country
GMCA, England
Partnership
Work
New Build
St. Richard's chapel‑of‑ease was founded in 1936, and was solemnly opened by Bishop Henshaw on December 20, 1936. In 1947/48 St. Richard's Chapel became the centre of a new parish, to be called St. Richard's. Taken from "Salford Diocese and its Catholic past", a survey by Charles A. Bolton, a Priest of the above Diocese. Published 1950 on the First Centenary for the Diocese of Salford.
Reference Builder 14 February 1936 Page 364
Reference Builder 8 May 1936 Page 951