St.Chads Church
| "15th March 1827 Sabbath breaking On 10th March several persons fined 5/- each and costs under the Rochdale Police Act for being drunk on the Sabbath day and in one case there was a double conviction, for in addition to the above man, another man was also convicted of being found by the police officers engaged with others in service hours leaping in Spring gardens." |
"There has been a church on the hill overlooking Rochdale Town Centre for well over 1,000 years. Early documents confirm that Rochdale had a vicar in 1192. Parts of the present church tower have been dated back to Saxon times, but there have been many re-buildings over the centuries." |
"The town stocks, dated 1688, are in the grounds and the grave of Lancashire dialect poet Tim Bobbin (John Collier of Milnrow) is in the churchyard. The church has notable stained glass, the best-known being the Burne-Jones window in the tower, depicting Faith, Hope and Charity, with glass by William Morris. " |