Parishioners of St Hilda’s Church in Audenshaw celebrated its 100th anniversary with a special service on Saturday October 5.
Although the St Hilda’s district came into being a century ago, the current church on Denton Road dates from 1938 after the original ‘temporary’ building burned down a couple of years earlier.
Its current vicar, Rev Mthr Amy-Elizabeth Sheridan is only the church’s third incumbent in almost 70 years, after the 30-year-plus stints of both Fr Brian Bason and Fr John Kershaw, who joined the clergy after a career in electrical engineering.
“A lovely service, presentation on the history of St Hilda’s, amazing food, and a great gift from Fr John’s son of the past and present vicars - the plaque is made by him!” read a statement from the church.
“Thank you to everyone who helped put up the displays, to all who made this celebration a real joy, to the whole team, and our Churchwardens, and to all who came. The displays are staying up, so we welcome all to come and visit them.”
The parish is named for Hilda, who lived in the 7th century and was the founding abbess of Whitby Abbey in 657.
She is said to have turned the snakes that infested the abbey’s site into stone, although we now know that these were likely to be fossilised ammonites.
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