AN historic church in Warrington is to host its final service next month.
Buckley Street Church will close its doors as a place of worship for the last time on Sunday, March 3.
It has been standing since the 1870s.
The service will start at 2pm and Ken McDermott will be taking the service.
Anyone who attended the church, or have family members who did in the past is invited to attend.
According to historian Harry Well, the street itself was created towards the end of the 19th century by widening Buckley's Court and extending it through to Dallam Lane.
The name was taken from John Buckley, ironmonger, who ran his business here in the 1820s and 1830s.
The only building now surviving is Buckley Street Independent Methodist Church, which was opened for worship on 6 April 1879.
The principal benefactors were John G MacMinnies, of the former Hope mill owning family, John Crosfield, George Crosfield, Samuel Rigby and Peter Rylands.
Since October 1851 services had been held in the old chapel in Back Dallam Lane, but their lease had ended and the property was required for alterations, so it was decided to build a new church and school.
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