Wigan No. 2 / Wygan / Wygayn

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Scene Description: Photo caption: "The church serving the multi-storey blocks over the road to its south. It is itself surrounded by dual carriageways and car parks. It was extensively [damaged] by fire in the 1970s but lovingly restored and has a light and airy interior. The Parish was recently united with that of All Saints, Wigan's ancient Parish Church."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2008 by David Long [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/856159] [accessed 16 July 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12151WIG
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George [originally from All Saints']
Church Location: Water Street, Wigan, Lancashire, WN1 1XD
Country Name: England
Location: Lancashire, North West
Directions to Site: Located NW of Leigh, W of Bolton, 30 km WNW of Manchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Liverpool
Historical Region: Hundred of Newton
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1710?
Century and Period: 18th century (early?), Georgian
Church Notes: St. George's church was consecrated in 1781 [VCH (Lancaster, vol. 4, 1911); damaged by fire 1980; restored 1988
The Victoria County History (Lancashire, 1907) notes in the entry for Wigan: "A font dating from c. 1710, removed from the church in 1850 is now in St. George's church". In Pevsner (1969): "Font. Of the baluster type, c.1710. It comes from All Saints." The English Heritage listing entry for this church [Listing NGR: SD5848405959] [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-485003-church-of-st-george-] [accessed 16 July 2014] has: "The rector of Wigan reports that it was entirely gutted by fire, none of the original remaining". [cf. Index entry for Wigan No. 1 for the original Decorated font from All Saints reported in a garden ca. 1907]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.548261, -2.628407
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 32′ 53.74″ N, 2° 37′ 42.26″ W
UTM: 30U 524621 5933327

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2014-07-16 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lancashire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1969