Uppermill / Saddleworth
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saddleworth Parish Church (dedicated to St Chad) was founded around 1200 Its tower was rebuilt in 1746 and the body was enlarged and mostly rebuilt in 1832-3."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Dixon, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 28 October 2011 by David Dixon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2670491] [accessed 3 December 2018]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21909UPP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1215?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Chad
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Church Notes: originally [ca. 1215?] a chapel of ease to Rochdale Parish; re-built 1746; re-built 1831-1833
Church Address: Church Ln, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Oldham OL3 6LW, UK -- Tel.: +44 1457 872117
Site Location: Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A670, 7 km E of Oldham, 10 km SE of Rochdale, 18 km NE of Manchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1215 church here?)
Font Notes:
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No individual entry found for Uppermill in the Domesday survey. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE0075706405] notes: "Rebuilt 1831-33, tower rebuilt 1846-7 but incorporating 1746 fabric. [...] This church of the early Gothic revival has a fine C19 interior complete with galleries and elaborate fittings and glass." Harman & Pevsner (2017) do not mention the font but note a "huge, intricate font cover by George Shaw, c. 1872." [NB: we have no information on the font of the early-13th century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 566903 5934396
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.55418, -1.9901
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 33′ 15.05″ N, 1° 59′ 24.36″ W
REFERENCES
- Harman, Ruth, Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2017, p. 683