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Sutton St James † |
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Church Lane, Sutton Lane Ends, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0DS - 01260 252228 |
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Welcome
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A committee was set up in 1838 to investigate what was required to build a new church in "Higher Sutton". Most of the members of the Committee were Silk Manufacturers. The Vicar of St George's, Sutton, the Revd John Burnet, was the Chairman. Most active of all was the Secretary of the group, William Stonehewer Newbold, Gentleman, of Foden Bank, Byrons Lane. St James' Church was completed in 1840, and was officially opened for worship on 16th October of that year. Mr Newbold's mother, Hannah, gave the majority of the land for the new Church. The other part of the land was given by Lord Lucan, whose maternal ancestors lived at Sutton Hall. The stone came from a quarry in the parish, in Coalpit Lane, Langley. The carting of the stone and much of the rest of the materials was done by local farmers, who were reimbursed an amount per load. The cost of the Church when built was £1542-ls-5¾d. Today it is insured for almost three quarters of a million pounds.
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