Where We Are

The Parish of Deane covers a large area, not quite as big as it used to be. At one time St Mary's, Deane was the mother church of 22 smaller daughter churches. One by one, the daughter churches were given their own areas or parishes and so the Deane parish has shrunk.

The following is a list of new parishes formed out of the ancient parish of Deane, with the year of consecration, as given in the Manchester Diocesan Directory. The earliest were chapels-of-ease until the 19th century.

St.Bartholomew,Westhoughton 1509
Holy Trinity, Horwich Existed 1552, rebuilt 1831
St.Paul, Peel 1760, rebuilt 1828, 1876
St.John, Farnworth 1826
St.Peter, Halliwell 1840
St.Paul, Halliwell 1848
St.John, Evangelist, Wingates 1859
St.James, New Bury 1865
St.Stephen, Kearsley Moor 1871
St.Luke, Halliwell 1874
St.Thomas, Halliwell 1875
St.John the Baptist, Little Hulton 1876
St.Thomas, Dixon Green 1879
St.George the Martyr, Daubhill 1880
St.James, Daisy Hill 1881
St.Peter, Farnworth 1886
Christ Church, Heaton 1896
All Saints, Farnworth 1909
St.Catherine, Horwich 1910
St.Margaret, Halliwell 1913
St.Bede, Morris Green 1923
St.Thomas and St.John, Lostock, Conventional District