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Ainsworth, Greater Manchester
Ainsworth (archaically known as Cockey) is a village and former civil parish in the Bury district, now in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the western fringe of Bury, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) northwest of Radcliffe, and 2.9 miles (4.7 km) east of Bolton. The city of Manchester is 8.7 miles (14.0 km) south-southeast of Ainsworth. Author and ghostwriter Paul Stenning is a former resident and pupil of Ainsworth County Primary School.
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Presbyterian Chapel, Ainsworth
The Presbyterian Chapel, Ainsworth is a Grade II* listed building on Knowsley Road in Ainsworth, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Originally built in 1715, the chapel has served as a place of worship for over three centuries.
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Dearden Fold Farmhouse
Dearden Fold Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building on Bury Old Road near Ainsworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
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Christ Church, Walshaw
Christ Church is an active church community on High Street in Walshaw, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury Greater Manchester, England. Designed in the Gothic Revival style by Lawrence Booth in 1888, the building was funded by Rev John Gorrell Haworth and Miss Nancy Haworth, and took four years to complete. It was erected as a memorial to Manchester cotton and fustian manufacturer Jesse Haworth, as noted prominently across the west facade of the building. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
The church is large, with an especially wide nave and has an "admirable" steeple at its southeast corner, visible from the town of Bury in the valley below. The nave is crossed by two broad transepts, each two bays wide. Interior columns are of granite with shaft rings and in places the arcades feature double rows of columns. The windows are in the Gothic style but, as Pevsner notes, they have "un-Gothic transoms."
Internally, the church features a fine circular font, encrusted with stiff-leaf decoration.
The churchyard contains war graves of three soldiers and two airmen of World War II.
Christ Church has connections with the local community, including the church primary school and the local day nursery, and actively supports local voluntary secular and Christian mission agencies including Porch Boxes food bank, Bury Street Pastors, and Bury's CAP Debt Centre. The parish also engages in national and international ministry through its support and partnership with 'Tearfund', the 'Bible Society', 'Compassion' and 'The Bury Project: Christians Against Poverty'.
Services are normally held at 11am every Sunday.
The church hosts midweek events including Walshaw Community Choir, a Baby & Toddler group, and occasional 'Cake & Chat' social occasions.
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Walshaw
Walshaw is a village forming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It’s to the south of Tottington and 2 miles northwest of Bury.
Walshaw lies around the top of Walshaw Road and the memorial cross and three radiating streets slightly to the North. One third of the centre of the village is taken up by Christ Church Primary School, which is linked to Christ Church on High Street.