Prestwich / Prestwich with Oldham
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 March 2006 by Iain Peacock [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/923197] [accessed 8 March 2019]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01559PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original 15thC church re-built and modified several times through the centuries
Church Address: Church Ln, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AN, UK
Site Location: Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A56, 5 km N of Manchester city centre, 5 kmN of Salford, 8 km S of Bury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Salford
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 15thC church here)
Font Notes:
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No individual entry found for Prestwich in the Domesday survey. The entry for the Prestwich with Oldham township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 5, 1911) notes: "The main body of the church belongs to the 16th century, and the tower to the 15th, while the whole of the east end, including the chapels at the end of the aisles, is modern. [...] The fittings, including the font and pulpit, are all modern. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period here, of which we have no other information.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 547289 5931401
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.5294, -2.2866
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 31′ 45.84″ N, 2° 17′ 11.76″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: type unknown
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 205