Wheler Street Moravian Church

In July 1899 a legal agreement was signed for the purchase of 2,000 square yards of land at a cost of £900 on Wheler Street, Higher Openshaw, as a site for a new Moravian church. This was the result of several years of outreach by members of the Moravian Settlement at Fairfield in nearby Droylsden. Indeed, the location had been the site of the Edge Lane preaching station as long ago as the 1850s. An iron structure was erected and furnished on the land at a cost of £400. This building was 44 feet long and 24 feet wide and could accommodate nearly 220 people. At the street end, there was a porch with two side entrances. At the back was a small vestry. The church had four windows on each side…