Wincle

INFORMATION

FontID: 16922WIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Barlow Hill, Wincle, Cheshire East SK11 0QH
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located off the A54, near Macclesfield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: formerly Lancashire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century, Restoration
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

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

REFERENCES

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