St Anne's church is the daughter church of Wilmslow Parish, and is situated in Nursery Lane, in the Fulshaw area of the town.
The church came into being as Fulshaw Memorial Church and School in 1876. At the solicitation of the then Rector of Wilmslow, the Revd Emery Bates MA, it was built by Mr George Fox of Harefield, as a combined church and school in memory of his late wife Annie. Records show that George Fox bore the full expense of the building - £2,200. The building was erected on what was part of the garden of Mr Young's shoe shop.
The building was licensed on November 21st 1876, by the Lord Bishop of Chester, the Revd William Jacobson.
The building scheme soon extended across Nursery Lane, where a school was built, allowing the Memorial building, after 14 years, to be exclusively a church.

Monday December 8th 1890 was described at the time as a "Red-Letter Day in the annals of Fulshaw" when the new school building, across the road from the Church, came into being.
On Wenesday July 26th 1950, the Lord Bishop of Chester, the Revd Douglas Crick, performed the dedication of the Fulshaw Memorial Church to St Anne.

This is only a brief snapshot of the history of this part of the Parish.
It is hoped that more will be added.

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