St Stephen and All Martyrs on Radcliffe Road, Darcy Lever, first opened for worship on February 18, 1844, and member of the Parochial Church Council, Lee Trengrove, says the special event was being put together a couple of months prior.
While people were still able to mark the occasion, Lee says that the vandalism has caused a lot of upset in the community and left him shocked.
He said: “I have been looking after it over the…