St George's Church, Tyldesley

St George's Church, Tyldesley
Tyldesley Parish Church from the north
53°30′49″N 2°28′17″W / 53.5135°N 2.4714°W / 53.5135; -2.4714
OS grid reference	SD 688 019
Location	Lower Elliot Street, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	The Parish Church of St George
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	St George
Consecrated	19 September 1825
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	18 July 1966
Architect(s)	Sir Robert Smirke
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	November 1821
Completed	1887
Specifications
Capacity	1,100 (originally)
Length	112 feet (34 m)
Width	60 feet (18 m)
Spire height	150 feet (46 m)
Materials	Sandstone
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Manchester
Archdeaconry	Salford
Deanery	Leigh
Parish	Tyldesley cum Shakerley

St George's Church is an Anglican parish church serving Tyldesley and Shakerley in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester.^[1] The church, together with St Stephen's Church, Astley and St John's Church, Mosley Common is part of the united benefice of Astley, Tyldesley and Mosley Common.^[2]

A Waterloo Church, it was founded as a chapel of ease of the parish church in Leigh in 1825, in a rapidly expanding township. A mistake with plans led to a larger church than the site could accommodate and extra land and money was donated to ensure the church could be completed. The church was extended at the east end and re-seated in the 1880s and has survived two fires. The churchyard contains the graves of victims of a disaster at Yew Tree Colliery. In 1966 the church was designated a Grade II listed building.