St James' is popularly known as Ashworth Chapel and the Egerton Arms, a former brewery and pub, now a private house, is known as “t’chapel house”. 2014 is the Quincentenary of St James Ashworth, it was established as a “Chapel of Ease” in the parish of Middleton in 1514. This photograph was taken in July 1976, when the pub was a popular venue as a run out to the country