Newchurch-in-Rossendale

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: the 19thC re-building of a late-medieval chapel

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2008 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/684964] [accessed 15 March 2019]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the 19thC re-building of a late-medieval chapel; the upper edge of the basin of the modern font peaks out in the bottom left corner of the image

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the 19thC re-building of a late-medieval chapel

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2008 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/685136] [accessed 15 March 2019]

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view of font - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Parish Church of St Nicholas with St John & St Michael, Newchurch, Font [...] made from Caen stone." -- the modern font in the 19thC re-building of a late-medieval chapel

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2008 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/685021] [accessed 15 March 2019]

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view of font in context - northwest side

Scene Description: the modern font in the 19thC re-building of a late-medieval chapel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2008 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/685145] [accessed 15 March 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22032NEW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas [originally Chapel of All Saints]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra [originally All Saints]
Church Location: Church Ln, Newchurch, Blackburn BB4 9EQ, UK -- Tel.: (01706) 211122
Country Name: England
Location: Lancashire, North West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A56, 2 km E of Rawtenstall, 1 km N of Waterfoot, 12 km ESE of Blackburn
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Manchester
Historical Region: Hundred of Blackburn
Church Notes: originally a ca. 1511 chapel dedicated to All Saints; present church is 1825 re-building
No individual entry found for this Newchurch in the Domesday survey. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 6, 1911) notes: "The chapel of All Saints [now St. Nicholas] [...] in Rossendale was the first to be built in the district after its being disforested. It was erected by the inhabitants in or before 1511 on the slope of a hill called Seatnaze, [...] and gave the name of Newchurch to the place. [...] It is said to have been rebuilt in 1561, [...] and after enlargement in 1753 was rebuilt in 1825"; no font mentioned. The present font, said to be made of Caen stone, is modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.69674, -2.2525
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 41′ 48.26″ N, 2° 15′ 9″ W
UTM: 30U 549353 5950041