Horwich / Harewych / Horewyche

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: the modern Parish Church of the Holy Trinity

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 February 2018 by Dave Kelly [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5913352] [accessed 7 March 2019]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Old Chapel, Horwich. At the end of Chapel Street, the house was once a chapel."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2014 by Philip Platt [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/23813449] [accessed 7 March 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22013HOR

Church/Chapel: Old Chapel, Horwich

Church Location: address and coordinates of the modern church: Cooke St, Horwich, Bolton, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Greater Manchester, North West

Directions to Site: Located off the B6226, 8.5 km SW of Chorley, 10 km NW of Bolton, 32 km NW of Manchester.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester

Historical Region: formerly Lancashire

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No individual entry for Horwich found in the Domesday survey. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 5, 1911) notes: "A chapel of ease existed at Horwich before the Reformation, for in 1552 it was found provided with the ornaments for saying mass. [...] rebuilt in 1779, [...] and the new one having fallen into decay was taken down when the present church of the Holy Trinity was opened in 1831 [...] on an adjacent site"; no font mentioned.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.5991, -2.5374

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 35′ 56.76″ N, 2° 32′ 14.64″ W

UTM: 30U 530614 5939018

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-03-07 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.