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St Elisabeths Church (spelling is with an S not a Z).
Local mill-owner Sir William Houldsworth commissioned Alfred Waterhouse in the 1870s.
Construction took place between 1881 and 1883, paid for entirely by Houldsworth,with consecration in 1883. The church was named after Houldsworth's wife.
The nearby canal was used to bring in heavy stones, and the church says that elephants borrowed from nearby Belle Vue zoo assisted in moving the heavy stonework to the building site. '