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St Mary in the Baum

St Mary in the Baum, on St Mary's Gate, was founded in 1740 as a chapel of ease to minister to the people living north of the River Roch.

Rochdale, Greater Manchester

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Open Sunday and Wednesday all year and the first Saturday of the month from 6pm.
Please contact us to check opening times.

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St Mary’s Gate
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
OL16 1DZ

Today's church, designed by eminent church architect Sir Ninian Comper, was opened in 1911 and is described as ‘a place rich in Comperisms’.

Baum (Rochdale dialect for 'balm') refers to the wild flowers which grew in the meadows where the church was built, various thought to be Lemon Balm (Melissa Officinalis) or White Mint.

The church has sometimes wrongly been called ‘St Mary, the Baum’ as if some attribute of Our Lady. Strangely, it was also been wrongly referred to as 'St Mary le Baum' a rare instance of Franglais from the Lancashire mill town.

  • Social heritage stories

  • Glorious furnishings

  • Famous connections

  • Captivating architecture

  • Walkers & cyclists welcome

  • Space to secure your bike

  • Parking within 250m

  • On street parking at church

  • Level access to the main areas

  • Dog friendly

  • Accessible toilets nearby

  • Church of England

  • Repair Grant, £10,000, 2009

  • Our Repair Grants funded urgent repair work to help keep churches open.

  • Partnership Grant, £2,500, 2013

  • Our Partnership Grants funded a range of repair projects, recommended by County Church Trusts, to help keep churches open.

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