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St. Augustine’s Church is an active Anglican church in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, England. Dedicated to St Augustine, it is part of the benefice of Swinton and Pendlebury along with St Peter's Church in Swinton, St John the Evangelist's Church in Pendlebury and All Saints Church in Wardley. The church is in the Eccles deanery, the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester. The church was granted Grade II * listed status in 1966 but has since been upgraded to Grade I. Called the ''"Miners' Cathedral"'', due to its almost cathedralesque stature, in the heart of a one time coal-mining community, it was also sometimes locally called ''"Gussie's"''. The church is situated on Bolton Road (A666) and has a connected primary school. ==History== Manchester banker, Edward Stanley Heywood of Heywood's Bank commissioned G. F. Bodley to design the church in March 1870. Its foundation stone was laid in the following September and it was consecrated in May 1874. Heywood paid for its construction, decoration and furnishings. The church was constructed to the design of Bodley and Thomas Garner between 1871 and 1874.〔 The cost, £3,300 (£}} as of ).〔 was largely borne by Heywood. Bodley designed a bell tower for the south-east side, higher than the main roof, but it was not built.〔 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. Augustine's Church, Pendlebury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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