Could I ask what Holy Trinity is in Bolton? I had thought that was the Parish Church. Since we don't have Parish Churches in this country, the whole subject is a bit confusing. Thanks. Linda in the US

Holy Trinity was declared redundant in 1993 (according to Pevsner), one website says that it is now a business centre. It is older than the present Parish Church building, built 1823-6. It is described as a "Commissioner's Church", I had not seen that term before but one web site defines it as "that is, it resulted from the desire of the Church commissioners to build more urban churches. Such churches had two roles - to meet the challenge of the growing trend of non-conformity and to save the working classes from the dangers of atheism and revolution." It is the opposite end of the town from the Parish Church (Beware, there is another St Peter's in Halliwell) Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS -----Original Message----- From: Charles & Linda [mailto:cap38@verizon.net] Sent: 25 June 2006 13:35 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Bolton Parish Church Could I ask what Holy Trinity is in Bolton? I had thought that was the Parish Church. Since we don't have Parish Churches in this country, the whole subject is a bit confusing. Thanks. Linda in the US ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ====