Walmsley in Egerton

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view of church exterior - northwest view

19thC re-building of a pre-1500 chapel of ease in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors
Scene Description: 19thC re-building of a pre-1500 chapel of ease in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrew Gritt, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2010 by Andrew Gritt [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1704909] [accessed 11 March 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 22022WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Old Chapel-of-ease [demolished 1839] [now Christ Church]
Church Location: Blackburn Rd, Egerton, Bolton BL7 9SA, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Greater Manchester, North West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A666, 10 km N of Bolton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Salford
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: traces of pre-Conquest Greek-cross building unearthed in early 20thC; pre-1500 chapel of ease in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors; re-built 1771; demolished 1839; re-built in the same year on a new site
Font Notes:
No individual entry found for Walmsley in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 5, 1911) notes that there was a chapel at Walmsley by 1532. Present font, bearing dedication date of 1845, originally from Bolton Parish Church. [NB: we have no information on the font of the earlier church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.6236, -2.4389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 37′ 24.96″ N, 2° 26′ 20.04″ W
UTM: 30U 537111 5941791

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-03-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.