Rusholme / Birch-in-Rusholme / Russum / Rysholme / Ryssham

INFORMATION

FontID: 22012RUS
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Danes Rd, Birch in Rusholme, Manchester, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Greater Manchester, North West
Directions to Site: Located in Platt Fields Park, in Rusholme, now in SE Manchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Date: ca. 1580?
Century and Period: 16th century(late?), Tudor
Church Notes: founded ca. 1580; re-built 1756 and 1845; redundant 1980; closed 1981; appropriated for residential purposes by Order in Council, 16 December 1981 (London Gazette, 22 December) -- new church dedicated to the Holy Trinity built nearby
No individual entry found for either Rusholme or Birch-in-Rusholme in the Domesday survey. The entry for Rusholme in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "The chapel of Birch, known as St. James's, is supposed to have been built about 1580 [...] The chapel was rebuilt in 1845–6".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 551482 5923101

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-03-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.