Flixton nr. Manchester / Fleece-town / Flixston / Flixtone / Fluxton / Flyxeton / Flyxton

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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels is located on Church Road in Flixton [...] It is difficult to establish the origins of the church but records show that the Norman Lord of Manchester gave it away as a dowry for his daughter in 1150. The rough-hewn stone of the east wall dates back to the fifteenth century and the east window dates from 1853.The Ascension window in the south aisle is in the neo-classical style. The church underwent major internal restoration in 1877."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 March 2011 by David Dixon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2312955] [accessed 7 March 2019]

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view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parrot of Doom, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 June 2011 by Parrot of Doom [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_michaels_church_flixton_interior.jpg] [accessed 7 March 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22014FLI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Church Rd, Flixton, Urmston, Manchester M41 6HR, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Greater Manchester, North West
Directions to Site: Located off the B5158-B5213 crossroads, just SW of Urmston, 10-12 km WSW of Manchester city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesed of Manchester
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Church Notes: A church here is first recorded in the late 12thC but probably existed earlier.
No individual entry found for this Flixton in the Domesday survey. The entry for this Church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ7472993965] notes: "Church. Part of chancel C15, nave and aisles 1756, chancel rebuilt 1815, tower rebuilt and restored in 1731, 1824 and 1888, vestry C19. [...] Carved stone font", but no date mentioned, therefore assumed modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.4418, -2.38191
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 26′ 30.48″ N, 2° 22′ 54.88″ W
UTM: 30U 541055 5921597