Church of St Lawrence, Denton, Greater Manchester

'CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE

Built early sixteenth century and originally dedicated to

St James until the discovery in the mid-nineteenth century

of a stained glass window to St Lawrence.

Affectionately known as "Th'Owd Peg" because its framework

was fastened together with wooden pegs.

Resting place of John Angier, the famous Puritan divine

and of Colonel Robert Duckenfield, Tameside's

Civil War hero.'

'JOHN ANGIER

1605–1677

A Puritan divine who was Minister of

St Lawrence for forty six years until his

death in 1677. He survived the various

religious upheavals of those troubled times

and continued to preach his

Puritan message.'

One known published work by John Angier is An Helpe to Better Hearts for Better Times: Indeavoured in severall Sermons preached in the year, 1638, etc (1637), and there is a biography written by Oliver Heywood (1968).

'1872'. The year the church was expanded. This is a Grade II* building.

Joseph Sidebotham and Haughton, Denton

Medland Taylor's St Anne's Church, St Anne's Drive, Haughton, Denton, which in 2003 was upgraded to Grade I status.

E. Joseph Sidebotham (1824–1885) financed the construction. Sidebotham was born at Apethorn House in Hyde and his father managed Gibraltar Mill in Gee Cross. Joseph Sidebotham was a noted early amateur photographer.

For many years he was a partner in Strines Printing, a calico printing company in New Mills. In the 1850s he contributed a number of articles and photos to the firm's newspaper, Strines Journal, which was run by manager Joel Wainwright, who later wrote Memories of Marple: Pictorial and Descriptive Reminiscences of a Lifetime in Marple, Leisure Hours on the Banks of the Goyt, the Tame (1899).

Sidebottom died at his home – Erlesdene, in Bowdon – and was buried in Bowdon Cemetery.

By the chancel wall outside. James Nasmyth Sidebotham (1864–1904) was one of Joseph's sons and, with his brother Joseph Watson, was the owner of the Hyde and Haughton Colliery Company. As a result of an underground explosion at the colliery on 18 January 1889, twenty-three miners were killed. The verdict of the inquest was that the incident was accidental.