Wincle

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16922WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Barlow Hill, Wincle, Cheshire East SK11 0QH
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A54, near Macclesfield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: formerly Lancashire
Additional Comments: baptism without a font: what would have been used? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Gastrell (1845- ) informs that Wincle has a chapel "erected in ye time of Charl. I" [1625-1649], with "no settled maintenance for a Minister", but " very handsome building"; Gastrell (ibid.) further reports that there is "No Font, but [the] Curate has baptized here". The National Monuments Record (English Heritage) entry for Wincle St. Michael's [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=58160] [accessed 30 September 2010] reports a baptismal font of 1861 in this church.; it also reports a lintel dated 1647 from the earlier church.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 562576 5894005
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.1917, -2.0634
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 11′ 30.12″ N, 2° 3′ 48.24″ W

REFERENCES

  • Gastrell, Francis, Right Rev., Notitia cestriensis, of historcal notices of the Diocese of Chester [...], Cheshire: Printed for the Chetham Society, 1845-1850, vol. 1: 299