The Church of St Mary of the Assumption is in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Salford. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was built between 1846 and 1849 to replace a smaller chapel on a different site. The church was designed by Weightman and Hadfield in Decorated style, and a chapel was added to it in 1879. Until the 19th century the Roman Catholics in the Burnley area worshipped in a chapel in Towneley Hall. St Mary's parish was founded in 1819 when a chapel known as Burnley Wood Chapel, or St Mary's Chapel, was built by Peregrine Towneley on Todmorden Road, near the entrance lodge to Towneley Park. The present church was built between 1846 and 1849, and was designed by Weightman and Hadfield. The land was donated by Towneley, with the stone coming from a quarry on his land near Todmorden. It was opened in August 1849, the sermon being preached by Cardinal Wiseman. In 1879 a north chapel was added to the church. Known as the Towneley Chapel, it is a memorial to Colonel John Towneley and his son Richard, the last of the male line of the Towneley family at Towneley Hall. It was dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels, which seems to relate to John’s daughter Mary, who had taken the name ‘Sister Marie des Saints Anges’ when she became a nun. More information...
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