Stretford nr. Manchester / Trafford
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Photo caption: "The busy A56 is a major road running into Manchester. St Matthew's Church Stretford has remained the same whilst Stretford Mall has been built to the north, a block of flats to the south, and a garage opposite."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © R Greenhalgh, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2007 by R Greenhalgh [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/385171] [accessed 23 July 2014]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © St Matthew's Stretford, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph [www.stretfordstmatthews.com/the-church-building.html] [accessed 23 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19377STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Matthew
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Matthew
Church Notes: chapel documented 1413, but existed earlier; re-built 1841 and dedicated to St. Matthew; enlarged 1863, 1906
Church Address: Chester Road, Stretford, Greater Manchester, M32 8HF
Site Location: Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A56, 7 km SW of Manchester city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Salford -- formerly Lancashire
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original early-15thC chapel here)
Font Notes:
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No individual entry found for this Stretford in the Domesday survey. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "The earliest record of the chapel of Stretford is in a lease of 1413 [...] the chapel was rebuilt in 1718 [...] In 1842 the present church of St. Matthew was consecrated; [...] it was enlarged in 1861"; no font mentioned. The modern font is described and illustrated in the Parish web [www.stretfordstmatthews.com/the-church-building.html] [accessed 23 July 2014]: "The Font is of alabaster and was dedicated on November 3rd 1907 to the memory of the Rev. Dudley Hart, Rector of the parish from 1868 to 1903. Behind can be seen a large oak Memorial to those who lost their lives during the 1914-18 war." The present font, made of toffee-coloured alabaster, has a round-to-cross-shaped basin raised on a broad central shaft and four outer colonnettes; wooden cover with metal cross finial; also modern. [NB: we have ni information of the possible font from the early-15th century chapel here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 545792 5921923
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.444344, -2.310555
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 26′ 39.64″ N, 2° 18′ 38″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.