Everything about Manchester Cathedral totally explained
Manchester Cathedral is a
Medieval church located on Victoria Street in
central Manchester and is the seat of the
Bishop of Manchester. The cathedral's official name is
The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George in Manchester. It has also variously been known locally as
St Mary's,
Christ Church and, simply,
t'owd church.
The building was again damaged by an
IRA bomb in 1996.
The cathedral houses extensive parish and historical
archives, dating back to 1421. In 2003, a project began to provide an exhaustive catalog of the archive's contents to the public.
It was the setting for a marriage at the start of the 2006 episode of
Cracker.
The Cathedral Bells
There are 10 bells in the cathedral tower hung for
change ringing, which were cast in 1925 by
Gillett & Johnston. The tenor (largest) bell weighs 1.3 tonnes and is tuned to the key of D.
The bells are rung for church service on a Sunday morning and for special occasions, the latest being for a visit by HM the Queen for The Royal Maundy. One of the recipients of the Maundy Money was the tower Captain, Roland Eccles, for 35 years of service to ringing and to the Cathedral community.
Manchester Grammar School Founders' Day
Every year, on the third Friday in October, the
Manchester Grammar School's Founders' Day Service is held in the Cathedral. Before moving to Fallowfield in the 1930s, MGS was situated in the building that's now Chetham's School of Music, right next to the Cathedral.
It is believed that this service is the oldest tradition in Manchester.
Resistance: Fall of Man Controversy
On
9 June 2007,
the Church of England demanded an apology from
Sony Computer Entertainment for featuring Manchester Cathedral in the
PlayStation 3 game . The church also demanded that the game be removed from shop shelves or they'd consider legal action. They also requested a "substantial donation". Sony has apologised and has stated that it wasn't their intention to cause offense.
Organ and Organists
Organ
Details of the organ from the National Pipe Organ Register
Organists
- 1635 John Leigh
- 1637 William Garter
- 1666 William Turner
- 1670 William Keys
- 1679 Richard Booth
- 1696 Edward Tetlow
- 1702 James Holland
- 1704 Edward Edge
- 1714 Edward Betts
- 1767 John Wainwright
- 1768 Robert Wainwright
- 1775 Richard Wainwright
- 1783 Grifiith James Cheese
- 1804 William Sudlow
- 1831 William Sudlow and Joseph John Harris
- 1848 Joseph John Harris
- 1869 Frederick Bridge
- 1875 James Kendrick Pyne
- 1908 Sydney Nicholson
- 1919 Archibald W. Wilson
- 1943 Norman Cocker
- 1954 Alan Wicks
- 1962 Derrick Edward Cantrell
- 1977 Robert Vincent
1980 - 1992 Stuart Beer (Choirmaster)
1981 - 1992 Gordon Brodie Stewart (Organist)
1992 - 1996 Stuart Beer (Director of Music)
1992 - 1996 Christopher Stokes (Organist)
1996 - Christopher Stokes (Organist and Master of the Choristers)Further Information
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