Prestwich / Prestwich with Oldham
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01559PRE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Ln, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AN, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Greater Manchester, North West
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
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church Notes: original 15thC church re-built and modified several times through the centuries
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.5294,
-2.2866
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 31′ 45.84″ N,
2° 17′ 11.76″ W
UTM: 30U 547289 5931401
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-03-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907