Saddleworth

INFORMATION

FontID: 11234SAD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Chad
Church Patron Saints: St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Country Name: England
Location: Greater Manchester, North West
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km from Dobcross, near the county border form Lancashire, 15 km from Rochdale, 18 km ENE of Manchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Historical Region: formerly in West Yorkshire?
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Mee (1941) writes: "The font cover, like a tall spire with tracery and pinnacles, was made by Saddleworth men, and shown at the Great Exhibition in 1851." [NB: there was a previous church/chapel-of-ease on this site; we have no information on its font].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 566253 5933921

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century / Victorian
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Mee, Arthur, The King's England, Yorkshire, West Riding, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941