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Bob Dobson · 03-01-2013, 20:40

Having now read a boklet on the church wrtitten 1997 by Walter waine,a my old history master and a long-time worshipper at St Annes, I can see how genuki have wrongly stated that it was a first called St Augustine's - the Bishop of Salford sent Father Holmes to Acc to set up a parish and continue the work of St Augustine (AD 597) This merely means that he was to do God's work. He was a missionary to Accrington.

In fact he started up a school which had a chapel within it in Cobham Rd (then Cobham St) which opened in 1899 and was called St Anne's. I have found no connection with the Peel's, and in fact the priest bought the land from the Hargreaves family

How now can I tell Genuki to amend their entry?

03-01-2013, 20:40	#13
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158676	Re: St Annes RC Church Having now read a boklet on the church wrtitten 1997 by Walter waine,a my old history master and a long-time worshipper at St Annes, I can see how genuki have wrongly stated that it was a first called St Augustine's - the Bishop of Salford sent Father Holmes to Acc to set up a parish and continue the work of St Augustine (AD 597) This merely means that he was to do God's work. He was a missionary to Accrington. In fact he started up a school which had a chapel within it in Cobham Rd (then Cobham St) which opened in 1899 and was called St Anne's. I have found no connection with the Peel's, and in fact the priest bought the land from the Hargreaves family How now can I tell Genuki to amend their entry?