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Morton Street, MANCHESTER, M24 6AN

From the days when electricity was generated with municipal pride. Located off Boarshaw Road near its junction with Bardsley Street.

The Flodden Window is believed to be the oldest war memorial in the UK, if not in the World (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/worlds-oldest-war-memorial-nears-1043273 Manchester Evening News). The window was originally commissioned by Sir Richard Assheton in 1515 to commemorate The Battle of Flodden Field or Branxton Moor which had taken place two years earlier. A company of Middleton archers, led by Sir Richard, achieved notable success in the battle in which James IV's invading army of Scots and French troops was defeated in the largest ever battle between England and Scotland. The Flodden Window depicts in detail seventeen captains of the Middleton Archers, their leader Sir Richard and his wife and the priest Henry Taylor who blessed them before the battle. The window shows each archer wearing a blue court mantle, carrying a bow stave with each archer's name above it; they are all kneeling in prayer before leaving for the battle. The window was originally larger, and situated in the North Aisle. By the 19th century, the window had deteriorated badly; it was rescued and reassembled creating two main panels where there had originally been three. It was moved to its present position in the sanctuary as it was thought that it would be better protected from the elements there. The Flodden Window is one of the best known pieces of stained glass in the country and as such is now a protected national monument.

A closer view of Image] showing the seventeen archers named in the window. The Flodden Window is believed to be the oldest war memorial in the UK, if not in the World (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/worlds-oldest-war-memorial-nears-1043273 Manchester Evening News). The window was originally commissioned by Sir Richard Assheton in 1515 to commemorate The Battle of Flodden Field or Branxton Moor which had taken place two years earlier. A company of Middleton archers, led by Sir Richard, achieved notable success in the battle in which James IV's invading army of Scots and French troops was defeated in the largest ever battle between England and Scotland. The Flodden Window depicts in detail seventeen captains of the Middleton Archers, their leader Sir Richard and his wife and the priest Henry Taylor who blessed them before the battle. The window shows each archer wearing a blue court mantle, carrying a bow stave with each archer's name above it; they are all kneeling in prayer before leaving for the battle. The window was originally larger, and situated in the North Aisle. By the 19th century, the window had deteriorated badly; it was rescued and reassembled creating two main panels where there had originally been three. It was moved to its present position in the sanctuary as it was thought that it would be better protected from the elements there. The Flodden Window is one of the best known pieces of stained glass in the country and as such is now a protected national monument.

Plaque commemorating Middleton's connection with the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in nearby Manchester. A meeting of people demanding Parliamentary reform gathering in St Peter's Fields, Manchester was broken up by troops and the leaders arrested. Eleven demonstrators were killed and many injured.

The 1927 altar, reredos, ebony and ivory altar cross and art deco bronze lamps were a gift made in memory of Councillor WH Wood by his wife. The east window was glazed in 1869 as a memorial to James and Martha Garstang.

The east window, which dates from 1869, was erected as a memorial to James and Martha Garstang. The reredos below, dates from 1927.

A closer look at Image] which was glazed in 1869. The centre panel shows the Crucifixion.

Morton Street, Middleton at its junction with Clarke Brow.