Grade II
Church of St Mark
Victoria Street, Wigan
Description
Church. 1891-2. By Heaton and Ralph of Wigan
St. Mark’s Church, Newtown was consecrated on St. Mark’s day, April 25th 1891, following the laying of the foundation stone in 1890 by Meyrick Bankes of Winstanley Hall. Newtown’s first vicar was the Rev J. Hunt Newberry, who remained at St Mark’s until 1910, and the church was built in phases:-
1901 Chancel, Vestries and organ chamber added
1912 Dedication of the Church Organ
1925 New Vicarage completed
1927 Reredos and Tower added
The History of St. Mark's by Michael A. Mason Read
