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The church has numerous features of interest, including a 13th century effigy of a knight, 14th century glass, a 17th century minstrels gallery and a wonderfully macabre 16th century carving of a skeleton.

From 1938 the church has had an association with the RAF and was a chapel for the School of Air Warfare until closure in 1974.

Built in 1215, with much rebuilding and refurbishment since, the church became a cathedral in 1847.

This vast and stunning masterpiece of the Gothic revival is the only Grade I listed Catholic church in Manchester.

Dedicated to the mother of the Virgin Mary but paying tribute to its patron, Lady Ann Bland, St Ann's was first consecrated in 1712.

Fine neo gothic church by Weighman & Hadfield, opened in 1847 with many original features.

In 1794, the Roman Catholic Church sought to tackle Manchester's deepest troubled area on a site crowded in by intensive poor quality housing on land which had so recently been open meadow and grazing pasture.

The Grade I church is situated off the main road away from the village.