SATURDAY 20TH MAY 2017 AT 2.00pm.
Welcome Leaflet Holy Trinity Shaw Visitors Heritage Open Day
Canon David Wyatt (St Paul’s, Salford) will introduce Roy Tricker who will speak about the history and architecture of Shaw Parish Church (Richard W. Drew 1871). Special mention will be made of Holy Trinity’s liturgical development from Shaw Chapel to more recent times titled “The Oxford Movement in an English Parish” Holy Trinity Church has just completed a five phase restoration project (2005–15) which was supported by English Heritage.
There will be a small exhibition of 19th century Church vestments and during the afternoon Beryl Patten of Manchester Victorian Society will be available to explore this subject and the importance of the care and conservation of ecclesiastical textiles.
The event will be followed by Afternoon tea in the Church Hall.