Denton nr. Manchester
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Photo caption: "St Lawrence was founded in 1468. The original dedication to St. James was changed by the rector around 1800. A timber-framed Church dated from the 1530s [...] Viewed from Market Street"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerald England, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2009 by Gerald England [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1166440] [accessed 23 July 2014]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital image of a 1910 illustration in the VCH [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41432] [accessed 23 July 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19376DEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence [aka St. Laurence's, Th'Owd Peg -- formerly St. James']]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence] [formerly St. James]
Church Location: Stockport Road Denton, Denton, Greater Manchester, M34 6AD
Country Name: England
Location: Greater Manchester, North West
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NNE of Stockport, 8 km from Manchester city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester [formerly in the Diocese of Lichfield]
Historical Region: Hundred of Salford -- formerly Lancashire
Date: ca. 1530?
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Tudor
Church Notes: original church/chapel ca. 1530?; timber-framed church; re-dedicated to St Lawrence in 1839; became a parish church in 1854; restored between 1993 and 2009
Font Notes:
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No individual entry found for this Denton in the Domesday survey. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 4, 1911) reports "a good 18th-century stone font on a new shaft". The present font is noted in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SJ9264095055] (1967) as early-18th century: it consists of a round basin with a pronounced 'lip' moulding, the underbowl gadrooned; on a round fluted pedestal base, a moulded lower base and a small square plinth. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church/chapel here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.452, -2.1109
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 27′ 7.2″ N, 2° 6′ 39.24″ W
UTM: 30U 559042 5922922
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-03-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.