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The extrodinary church of st Edmund may look like any other parish church. on closer inspection it reveals a wealth of gothic,arts & crafts, masonic features .

 North West, England
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Friends Of St. Edmund’s 🇬🇧🇺🇦@howard_bowden3 Sep 2018
#forgotten #lonely #forlorn #heritage of #Manchester the #Romanesque #Church of All Souls Every Street #Ancoats 1839/40 #Saveourchurches @heritageatrisk @heritagetrusts @HE_NorthWest #community needs it’s #Heritage & #History historicengland.org.uk/listi… @thevicsoc @friendschurches ?
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRochMar 17
Join us the Saturday 21st March For “Dixit Dominus” With Mcr Baroque & Mcr Chamber Choir Doors open 6:30 concert starts 7:30 Tickets £14 Concessions available on the Door @EventsClassical @MakingMusic_UK @ClassicalMusic_ @RochValleyRadio
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch7 Nov 2025
So yesterday in the final #RHS @nwibofficial1 Awards @The_RHS Urban Entry #Spotland & #Falinge Scooped #Gold for our Community #StEdmundsRoch With our Friends @NewPioneerCoop #NewPioneers #Spotland Community Centre #KeepBlooming @rochdaleinbloom @RochdaleCouncil
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch5 Nov 2025
We’ve arrived @The_RHS @nwibofficial1 Awards 2025 IYN #KeepBlooming @KeepBritainTidy @godsacre @TheCCT @rochdaleinbloom @RochdaleCouncil #Falinge #Community #KeepBlooming
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch5 Nov 2025
We’ll take that #InBloom #Level5 Outstanding Top Of the Tree @nwibofficial1 @The_RHS @KeepBritainTidy @godsacre @rochdaleinbloom #BritainInBloom @RochdaleCouncil @TheCCT #KeepBlooming
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch24 Sep 2025
Choral Evensong at St Edmund's, Falinge - Churches Conservation Trust Join us on #StCeciliaDay Patronal #Evensong For #StEdmund With Mcr ⁦@prayerbook_soc⁩ #Evensong Sponsored by ⁦@ChoralEvensong⁩ ⁦@RSCMCentre⁩ ⁦@DioManchester⁩ visitchurches.org.uk/whats-o…
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ORTOA@ORTOA315 Sep 2025
Do join us tomorrow for this recital! 👇
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We are very excited to announce the first of our recitals after the summer break on Tuesday, 16 September at 1.00pm at @RochdaleTH when Alex Fishburn will perform music by Elgar, Schumann, Guilmant and Cholley. Hope to see you there!
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch16 Sep 2025
Bogoroditse Devo (Sergei Rachmaninov) | The Mancunium Consort youtu.be/m_hDb_Ro2HY?si=eCak… via @YouTube We simply had to share this from @manconsort Enjoy youtu.be/m_hDb_Ro2HY?si=AAOU…
Bogoroditse Devo (Sergei Rachmaninov) | The Mancunium Consort

Bogoroditse Devo (Sergei Rachmaninov) | The Mancunium Consort

Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, sets an array of Russian Ort...

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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch19 Jul 2025
#StEdmundsRoch Open This Saturday 12/3pm Entry Free Donations Welcome #DiscoverChurches #ExploreChurches #Heritage #History #MasonicHeritage
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch21 Feb 2025
After a short rest & essential Maintenance carried out by @TheCCT we will be open again on the 1st of March join us for our first open day of 2025 light in the darkness #DiscoverChurches #HistoricBuildings #ExoloreChurches #RochdaleHeritage #StEdmundsRoch @RochdaleCouncil
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch5 Feb 2025
We are delighted to be one of the Recipients of funding from @ChoralEvensong for our patronal #Evensong this November St. Edmund’s had a long and rich history of #Music #ChoralMusic #MusicMatters @EvensongStats @MakingMusic_UK @TheCCT @DioManchester @stmaryinthebaum
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Introducing... the Choral Evensong Trust Patronal Festival Grants 2025 As we head towards Compline this evening, we reflect on today, in which we have celebrated the Feast of St Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
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R.I.P Lauren it was a pleasure to call you a friend your loss will be felt by many across Middleton & Rochdale R.I.P Beautiful lady our thoughts are with your family and those close to you at this very sad time 💔
Jubilee Park Middleton (Friends) (@jubileeparkmidd) profile pictureJubilee Park Middleton (Friends)@jubileeparkmidd29 Nov 2024
It is with Great Sadness that we hear of the death of @RochdaleCouncil Middleton Township officer Lauren Mason passed suddenly on 26/11/24 The Friends had worked with Lauren for many years she became a true friend our thoughts are with her family & friends at this sad time R.I.P
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Rochdale In Bloom@rochdaleinbloom22 Oct 2024
Well, that was a day! Yesterday was a good day for two of our teams with Rochdale Town Centre winning gold in the National @RHSBloom awards, and Spotland and Falinge in Bloom winning silver gilt in the Urban community category! Congratulations to all involved 👏
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch20 Oct 2024
The Grade II*Historic Organ of St Edmund Falinge youtu.be/c8g_YQxt_bs?si=IhRl… via @YouTube #ThankYou to Melanie Plumley who visited us & our #HillOrgan on Saturday @tweetingBIOS @ScottBrosDuo @TheCCT @MakingMusic_UK now let’s hope we can raise the funds for our wonderful organ
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch18 Oct 2024
#StEdmundsRoch open this Saturday 12/3pm #Entry & #Tours Free as always #Donations very welcome #Heritage #History #architecture #stainedglass #MasonicHeritage #RochdaleHeritage
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch28 Sep 2024
The friends are delighted to finally be able to reveal that our #Wonderful #HistoricOrgan has been awarded Grade2* listing from @tweetingBIOS this will hopefully ensure that we can help safeguard this beautiful #Organ for generations to come Now to start a funding bid
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ORTOA (@ORTOA3) profile pictureORTOA@ORTOA324 Sep 2024
Great to see the organ of @StEdmundsRoch included in the listings!
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch6 Sep 2024
#StEdmundsRoch Open Today 12/3pm & Saturday 7th Sept 12/6pm Entry & Guided Tours Free Donations Very Welcome #DiscoverChurches #ExploreChurches #Heritage #History #HistoricChurches @TheCCT @thevicsoc @HistoricEngland @RochdaleCouncil #Rochdale #Heritage @DioManchester
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Diocese of Manchester@DioManchester2 Sep 2024
🙏 We pray for St Chad, St Mary and St Edmund, Rochdale. @RochdaleStChads @stmaryinthebaum @StEdmundsRoch We pray for their missional work as we continue to discern ways to work with others to serve the community of Rochdale. @RochdaleParish
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch22 Aug 2024
#StEdmundsRoch next stop @LeedsStJohns @TheCCT #Strategy Meeting #Volunteers #ExploreChurches #VisitChurches
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St. Edmund’s Falinge 🇬🇧🇺🇦@StEdmundsRoch22 Aug 2024
We’ve arrived in sunny Leeds @LeedsStJohns @TheCCT
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