St Charles Roman Catholic Church
Woolley Bridge Road
(Roman Catholic)
Extracts from The story of the church of St. Charles Borromeo, Hadfield by The Very Reverend John Sullivan, M. A. (1985)
The Church was built by Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard, the first Baron Howard of Glossop, and his wife Lady Augusta, the first Baroness and opened on 18th February 1858. Before the church was built Mass was said in a house in Hollingworth.
The architects were Weightman, Hadfield & Goldie. The practice was begun in 1834 by John Gray Weightman (1801-1872) and Matthew Ellison Hadfield (1812-1885). Matthew was the eldest son of Joseph Hadfield of Lees Hall, Glossop. In 1827 at the age of 15 years he entered the offices of his uncle, Michael Ellison, then agent for the Duke of Norfolk Estates in Sheffield. The earliest building known to have been designed by Weightman and Hadfield is the Catholic Church of All Saints, Glossop.
Before any Catholic churches were built in the area, Catholics worshipped at Glossop Hall.
Between 1884 – 85 Lord Francis, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop demolished the Lady Chapel on the north side of the sanctuary in order to construct a family vault which was completed about 1888. In it her reinterred the remains of his parents, Lord Edward Howard (d.1883), Lady Augusta (d. 1862) and his younger brother Charles (d. 1861) that were buried originally beneath the north aisle. During the ensuing years the following were also interred in the vault: Lord Francis (d.1924), his wife Lady Clara Louisa (d. 1887), their nephew Edward Wilfred Middleton (d.1890), Lord Bernard Edward, Third Baron Howard of Glossop (d.1972), and his wife Mona, Baroness Beaumont (d.1971).