St. Oswald Roman Catholic Church
St Oswald Street, Old Swan
1840 - Present Day

	St. Oswald Roman Catholic Church

The foundation stone of St. Oswald's Church was laid in 1839 and the church was opened on 4 August 1842. Augustus Welby Pugin was the architect of the church and the funds for building were raised by subscription and donation. A school was also built in 1845.

In 1939 it was decided to extend the church to make better provision for the greatly increased congregation. A number of human remains, monuments and tombstones were removed in preparation for the extension, but the building was delayed by the outbreak of war, and it was not until 2 October 1957 that the new church was opened by the Archbishop of Liverpool (Dr. Heenan).

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Further details of the church can be found in 'Saint Oswald's, Old Swan: The Story of a Hundred Years' (1942) and 'Newscuttings: Topographical: St. Oswald's Church'

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