After the trowel and mallet had been presented to Lady Rochdale she laid the stone and said:

After the trowel and mallet had been presented to Lady Rochdale she laid the stone and said:

In the faith of Jesus Christ, I declare this stone to be well and truly laid; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen

Revd Hartley Harrison 1865-1930

1st Vicar of

St Aidan’s Church 1914-1928

Rev. Rathbone Hartley1860 - 1919

Vicar of All Souls’, Captain Fold,

Heywood

Born in Heywood. Grandson of David Rathbone, Vicar of St Paul’s Norden.

Mr W Henry Goodhead Lay Reader, All Souls’

In 1913 it was hoped to raise 1,000,000 pennies

for the New Church of St Aidan.

At the Laying of the

Foundation Stone, 4,000 pennies

were laid on top of the stone.

Preserved under the stone were:

• some coins of the realm

• that day’s Rochdale papers

• the current issue of All Souls’ and St. Alban’s magazines

• a copy of the service

• a copy of the service at the laying of the memorial stone at Sudden Mission

Room

• the Church Army Gazette

• the quarterly intercession paper for foreign missions

• the names of the church workers of the parish

• the names of all the Sunday School scholars since last Advent

• the names of the Building Committee of the Church

• the names of the members of the

Church Builders’ Union

Service Celebrating the Centenary of Laying of the Foundation Stone 20th Oct 2013

Produced by St Aidan’s Church Heritage Group October 2013