MACFADYEN MEMORIAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CHORLTON CUM HARDY.

M186/1/1-3 REGISTERS

1. Church Rolls

2. Counterfoils of Notices of Removal

3. Marriages

M186/2/1-4 MINUTES

1. Church Meetings

2. Deacons' Meetings

3. Bazaar Committee

4. Missionary Committee

M186/3/1-23 FINANCE

1. Finance Committee Minutes

2. Financial Statements For Finance Committee

3. Cash Books

4. Ledgers

5. Bills and Receipts

6. Building Fund Cash and Subscription Books

7. Building Fund Donations

8. [Self Assessment Register]

9. Offerings

10. Quarterly Offertory Statements (printed)

11. Treasurers' Annual Statements (printed)

12. Treasurer's Statement (manuscript)

13. Secretary's Statement (manuscript)

14-20 Miscellaneous Annual Statements of Accounts (manuscript)

21. Bazaars

22. Property

23. Correspondence with District Bank

M186/4/1-12 PROPERTY

1. Trust Papers

2-4 Fabric

2. Church

3. Sunday School

4. The Manse

5-6 Plans

5. Church

6. Sunday School

7-12 Insurance

M186/5/1-3 SUNDAY SCHOOL

1. Minutes of Teachers' Meetings

2. Cash Book

3. Annual Reports and Accounts

M186/6/1-24 SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS

1-3 Brotherhood

4-5 Choir

6-8 London Missionary Society

9. Congregation Prayer Fellowship

10. 2nd Chorlton Brownie Pack

11. 2nd Chorlton Girl Guide Co.

12. Boys' Brigade, 4th Manchester Co.

13. 4th Manchester Life Boy Team

14. Badminton Club

15. Tennis Club

16. Young People's Society

17. Women's Meeting

18. Ladies' Fellowship

19. Ladies' League

20. Ladies'Sewing Meeting

21. Men's Fellowship

22. Thursday Forum

23. Youth Club

24. Flowers

M186/7/1-3 PUBLICATIONS

1. Manuals

2. Macfadyen Magazine

3. The Messenger

M186/8/1-12 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS

1. Before the Appointment of a Pastor

2. Pastorate of Rev. Robt. Mitchell, 1885-1888

3. Pastorate of Rev. David Walters, 1890-1900

4. Pastorate of Rev. Maxwell Kirkpatrick, 1901-1908

5. Pastorate of Rev. Sidney M. Berry, M.A., 1909-1912

6. Pastorate of Rev. Alf A. Lee, 1913-1918

7. Pastorate of Rev. Geo. K. Davies, M.A., 1920-1925

8. Pastorate of Rev. Chas. L. Wilson, M.A., B.D., 1927-1930

9. Pastorate of Rev. Gilbert Briggs, 1931-1939

10. Pastorate of Rev. Percy H. Goodwin, B.A., 1941-1948

11. No Date

12. Inventory of Safe

The following records were deposited in the Library by the Elders in March 1974 and January 1975, prior to the church building being demolished because of dry rot.

The Chorlton cum Hardy Congregational church started its life in the Masonic Hall in September 1879 under the joint control of the Chorlton Road and Stretford churches. In June 1881 Chorlton Road, under Rev. J. A. Macfadyen, M.A., D.D., assumed full responsibility. A school-chapel was opened for worship in September 1883 and forty seven members enrolled at the new church in December. Its first pastor, Rev. Robert Mitchell, was appointed in June 1885. With the death of Dr. Macfadyen, in 1889, the church's connection with Chorlton Rd. came to an end, but in October 1890 a fund was started to build a new church in memory of Dr. Macfadyen, - the Macfadyen Memorial Church, whose opening service was on 25 October 1894.

In October 1972 with the union of the Presbyterian and Congregational churches it became known as Macfadyen United Reformed Church. In October 1975 Macfadyen United Reformed Church and McLaren Baptist Church decided to worship and work together as Chorlton Central Church.