St Chrysostom's Church

The parish which St Chrysostom's Church serves, extends from Dickenson Road in the south, to Plymouth Grove in the north, from Wilmslow Road (west) to Stockport Road (east), and includes large areas of Rusholme, Longsight and all Victoria Park. St Mary's Hospital, Victoria Baths, the Chinese Consulate, Longsight Market, and a large part of the Curry Mile are all in the parish. Historically the area known as Victoria Park was from 1850 included in the parish of St James, Birch, and remained so until 1878, when the new parish was created from parts of the parish of St James and others. In 1836, a unique enterprise was undertaken by Richard Lane and Partners, architects, to establish a…

The first priest to serve St Chrysostom's as rector was Fr. William Marsden. Fr. Marsden had been curate to Archdeacon Anson, Vicar of St James, Birch, from which parish St Chrysostom's was principally formed. Archdeacon Anson was a leading tractarian priest in Manchester at the time, and no doubt his influence helped form the tradition which was to develop and remains at St. Chrysostom's. Fr. Marsden was the longest-serving rector of St Chrysostom's. He was appointed in 1877 and died in 1899. The list of successive rectors is as follows: Fr. John Bernhard Steinlen Barratt, Fr. Clive Robertson Pattison Muir, Fr. Benjamin Pollard, Fr. Roland Harry William Roberts, Fr. William Preston, Fr.…