Saint Matthew's Church Hall: Laying of the Foundation Stone Programme"

Saint Matthew's Parish Church Hall, Church Road, Buckley

22 May 1971

PROGAMME COVER TEXT

The Parish of Buckley

The Laying of the Foundation Stone

of

St. Matthew's Church Hall

by

Sir William Gladstone, Bart.

Saturday, May 22nd, 1971

Officiating Minister: The Vicar of Buckley

The Reverend E. Clwyd Jones

Organist: Mr A. Hewitt

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ORDER OF SERVICE (not entered in full)

Festal Evensong

Psalm 24

The First Lesson

Magnificat

Nunc Dimittis

Apostles' Creed

The Lord's Prayer

The Collects

Hymn 202

The Procession to the Site

Order of Procession:

Crucifer and Servers

Choir

Mr W. Shone and Mr K. Shone representing the contractors

Sir William Galdstone accompanied by the Chairman of the Building Committee, Mr B. Millward

The Church wardens

The Congregation will follow and arrange themselves conveniently around the site

The Laying of the Foundation Stone

Commemoration of Benefactors

The Blessing

A Presentaion to Sir William Gladstone will follow

Afternoon Tea will be served at a moderate charge in the Infants' School

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This Church Hall occupies part of the site of the former St. Matthew's Junior School the foundation stone of which was laid in 1847 on land given by Sir Stephen Glynne of Hawarden Castle - "freely and voluntarily and without valuable consideration . . . for the purpose of the erection of a school for the education of children and adults, or children only, of the labouring, manufacturing and other poorer classes in the district, which school shall always be in union with and conducted upon the principles and in furtherance of the ends and designs of the Incorporated National Society for promoting the education of the poor in the principles of the Established Church of England."

With the closure of the school in 1963 and the transfer of the pupils to Mountain Lane County Primary School the conditions of the conveyance of the land were no longer maintained, and the site and its buildings reverted to the Hawarden Castle Estate and to Mr. C. A. Gladstone. In 1967, Mr. Gladstone emulating the generosity of his ancestor, Sir Stephen Glynne, gave back the site to the Parish of Buckley for the purpose of erecting a new Vicarage and a Church Hall.

Author: Saint Matthews Parish Church

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Year = 1971

Month = May

Day = 22

Building = Religious

Event = Religious

Extra = 1970s

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