The church soon after consecration in 1900, in splendid isolation amongst the surrounding fields
Aspects of
the history of our church since its foundation in
1900
Click on any of the links below
to find out more, from printed history books,
photographs,
service records and magazine articles about how St Faith's came to exist and how its
distinctive witness has developed over the years.
This page was launched on September 10th, 2012, and is being progressively expanded and updated.
service records and magazine articles about how St Faith's came to exist and how its
distinctive witness has developed over the years.
This page was launched on September 10th, 2012, and is being progressively expanded and updated.
- In the beginning - pages about our founder, Douglas Horsfall, the foundation, building and consecration of St Faith's.
- The text of the anonymous 1930 booklet 'History of S.Faith Great Crosby'
- 'Fifty Years' - the text of George Houldin's 1950 history of St Faith's
- Seventy Five years
- the expanded and updated history of our
church, published to mark its 75th anniversary in
1975.
- From the archives - a Powerpoint
presentation of annotated photographs of the church
from its early years. Part one and
Part Two
- Registering
the past - a developing series of magazine
articles being published in our magazine, highlighting
in more detail the events recorded in the early
church service registers.
- Chronicles of a Choirboy 1946-1953 - a series in which ex-choirboy Graham Barry gives a lively account of his time in the Wolf Cubs and the Church Choir at St Faith's some 60 years ago.
- James Eshelby - an appreciation - John Woodley writes about a local stalwart and early supporter of our church. Uploaded April 29th, 2014
- Beating the Bounds - the parish then and now. A reconstructed map of the parish in 1900, compared with one from 2014. Reloaded June 9th, 2014
- Furnishings of Faith - a link added to the compendium of articles recording and describing the various furnishings of our church (glass, wood, stone etc) since its foundation Linked November 11th, 2014
- Gently, Bentley! John Woodley researches the odd story of our second vicar's changes of name. Uploaded November 22nd, 2014
- From the Parish
Registers Denis Griffiths'
original transcriptions of a century of baptisms, confirmations and
weddings are being
updated and flagged up here. Click on the category you
are seeking.
Uploaded May 27th, 2015
