Show english town proud olf of ancient parish church the one hundredth anniversary of I 1 the he parish church of manchester Mun chester england was celebrated recently when the bishop of coventry preached a special thanksgiving sermon ilie church which Is one of the oldest in the country elands on tile the same foundations of a saxon church which was bult la in A D beautiful antique stained glass windows decorate the east cast wall A peal of offlie flie he bells still call tile the villagers to chereb chur cli five alvo books including foxs coxs boole book of martyrs are among the churchs churche treasured possessions two of the more recent english martyrs robert glover clover and mrs joyce lewis worshiped at the sa s1 one glover was burned nt at tr the stoke stake nt at coventry in 1555 and mrs lire lewis met a similar fate nt at two years later the old church is if in 1 a wonderful state of preservation pres con si derIng her ton ten centuries of cf life |