Flowery Field Church (Unitarian)
Newton St, Hyde, Tameside
Left: Flowery Field Church.
Right: The church viewed from the junction of Dukinfield Rd, left, and Newton St. Flowery Field House is on the left and Ashton Brothers Carr Field and Bayley Field Mills are on the right.
This part of Newton St is known as Hollow Brow.
Flowery Field church is on the west side of Newton St and it opened in 1878. The architect was Thomas Worthington of Manchester and
it was built in the Perpendicular or Tudor Gothic style of architecture. It is cruciform in plan and the detached tower is 81-feet high.
It is listed Grade II, List Entry No. 1162448.
Thomas Worthington.
The church was built by the local mill owner, Thomas Ashton (1818-98), for use by his employees for worship regardless of creed. It was dedicated by Thomas Ashton and his wife Elizabeth née Gair.
The cotton mills concerned were Carr Field and Bayley Field Mills on the east side of Newton St, directly opposite the church.
Thomas Ashton served as the first mayor of Hyde in 1881, as well as becoming the High Sheriff of Lancashire, and being a magistrate for Cheshire and Lancashire.
Thomas Ashton (1818-98).
