ST. DAVID'S WELSH CHURCH (ANGLICAN)

Baptism Register.

The following register was found at Manchester Royal Infirmary, and deposited in the Library as Diocesan Record Office in October 1984, by the chaplain Rev. Adrian M. Rhodes.

St. David's was started for Welsh Anglicans in Manchester to hold their own services in Welsh in an iron building in Denmark Road.

A memorial stone for a new building in Lime Grove, Oxford St., in the parish of Christ Church, Moss Side, was laid with great ceremony by Earl Egerton of Tatton on 3 October 1898 (Manchester Guardian, 4 October 1898). By the time of the first trust deed of 7 July 1902 Lime Grove had been transferred to the parish of St. Ambrose, Chorlton-upon-Medlock (London Gazette, 7 March 1902). On 21 December 1934 this building was conveyed to Manchester University, and land and property called "Woodthorpe," Oxford Place, formerly Upper Park Road, Victoria Park, in the parish of St. John Chrysostom, Victoria Park, was purchased by the trustees. A new church was built in the grounds of "Woodthorpe", the foundation stone being laid on 28 July 1935. (Manchester Guardian, 29 July 1935).

The trustees of St. David's Welsh Church at a meeting on 27 November 1960 decided that the building had no future as a church for the Welsh community in Manchester, and in accordance with the trust deed of 7 July 1902 they decided to dispose of it.

The German Evangelical church who had been using the church for their services were given notice to quit.

By the Charity Commissioners' Scheme of 30 November 1961 the land and building were transferred to St. Chrysostom's, Victoria Park, as a church hall, while one third of the investments were to go towards rebuilding St. Saviour's church, and two thirds towards the C. of E. chaplaincy at Manchester University.

By the Charity Commissioners' Scheme of 29 October 1962 the endowments left for a minister's stipend by Dr. David Lloyd-Roberts, surgeon of Manchester Royal Infirmary, by his will, proved 31 January 1921, were to be applied for religious and charitable purposes in connexion with the Church of England. It was decided to apply them to the Chaplaincy Fund of Manchester Hospital Board.

In 1969 St. Chrysostom's sold the parish hall to the trustees of the Convent of the Cross and Passion, Mount St. Joseph, Deane, Bolton.

By the Charity Commissioners' Scheme of 13 March 1970 the proceeds of the sale were to be applied to the work of the Church of England in St. Chrysostom's parish.