Astley / Asteleye / Asthlegh / Astleghe

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the 1968 re-building; the previous church was destroyed in 1961 by an arson attack

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19356AST
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Stephen [destroyed by fire in 1961]
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: [address for the new 1968 chapel] Manchester Road, Astley, Astley, Greater Manchester, M29 7BT -- Tel.: +44 1942 883313
Country Name: England
Location: Greater Manchester, North West
Directions to Site: The re-built chapel is on the A572 [aka Manchester Rd.], near Tyldesley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, 14 km from Manchester city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Historical Region: Hundred of West Derby
Date: ca. 1631?
Century and Period: 17th century(early?),
Church Notes: original chapel here consecrated 1631, a chapel of ease to Leigh's parish church; re-built 1760; burned down in an arson attack in 1961; re-built elsewhere in 1968
The Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 3, 1907) notes: "The chapel of St. Stephen at Astley, consecrated in 1631, was founded by Adam Mort of Dam House in Tyldesley", and reports a Thomas Crompton as incumbent in 1632. [NB: we assume the chapel had sacramental functions and would therefore have had a font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.501, -2.456
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 30′ 3.6″ N, 2° 27′ 21.6″ W
UTM: 30U 536084 5928143