Worsley Parish Church (Salford)

St Mark's Church, Worsley, Greater Manchester, was finished in 1846, taking two years to build. Becoming Grade I listed in 1966, the church is an active Anglican parish, which is part of a ministry with St Mary's, Ellenbrook, and St Andrew's, Boothstown, both in Salford. It also has a mission partnership with Holy Rood, Swinton. St Mark's is in the Eccles (deanery), Salford (archdeaconry), and Manchester (diocese). Designed by the famous Gothic Revival architect, Sir George Gilbert Scott, the church cost £20,000 to build, which is equivalent to £490,000 today. The geometrical Decorated Gothic style of the church is regarded as one of the purest forms to date. The churchyard contains war graves for WWI and II, along with a memorial to St. Vincent Beechey, founder of Rossall School, the Lancashire public school. St Mark's Church is still going strong with its Reverend, Adam Whittle, T Billington being there during the time of the Northern School of Music.