Blackley / Blakelegh / Blakeley

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "The present St Peter’s Church was opened in 1844 and enlarged in 1880, although there have been at least two previous churches on the site dating back to 1547 (or possibly even earlier) The boxed pews inside the church were taken from the 1736 building, but it is possible that they may be 16th century in origin."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The present St Peter’s Church was opened in 1844 and enlarged in 1880, although there have been at least two previous churches on the site dating back to 1547 (or possibly even earlier) The boxed pews inside the church were taken from the 1736 building, but it is possible that they may be 16th century in origin."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Dixon, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 February 2011 by David Dixon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2262466] [accessed 5 March 2019]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19371BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: present church is the latest of several iterations of an original mid-14thC oratory here
Church Address: 48 Lion Brow, Blackley, Manchester M9 8PY, UK -- Tel.: +44 161 264 9982
Site Location: Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Locate 5 km N of Manchester city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Font Notes:
No individual entry found for Blackley in the Domesday survey. Booker (1854) notes the Byron family chapel here documented ca. 1400. The Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "There was an oratory at Blackley as early as 1360, [...] probably the origin of the chapel existing in 1548. [...] This was rebuilt in 1736, [...] and again in 1844; it is called St. Peter's. [...] The registers begin in 1655." [NB: we have no information on the original font here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 551525 5930673
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.52246, -2.22282
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 31′ 20.86″ N, 2° 13′ 22.15″ W

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Booker, John, Ancient Chapel of Blackley, in Manchester parish: including sketches of the townships [...], Manchester: George Simms, 1854