St Jude's
Church & School - Ancoats
St Jude's Church (A
above) once sat across from the Ancoats Hospital on the
corner of Old Mill Street and Kirby Street. Not
far away, on the corner of Cannel Street and Horne
Street, was St. Jude's School (B above).
Apparently St. Jude's Church was first consecrated on
the corner of Canal Street in 1840. It occupied
what used to be Trent Methodist Church. It was
later rebuilt on the corner of Old Mill Street and
reconsecrated in 1866. The church closed in
1959. The school continued to serve the community
until 2007. If you click on the link below you can
see the school in 1962.
The church can be seen
in the image below dated 1953.
Above is an areal view from 1953 and below is my version of a map dated 1928. Below is a view of the site once occupied by St. Jude's Church. This image was taken in March of 2011. |