2010

SD8103 : St Mary's Church, Prestwich

taken 14 years ago, near to Prestwich, Bury, England

St Mary's Church, Prestwich
St Mary's Church, Prestwich
Tower and north face.
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building (Historic England List Entry Number: 1067252 LinkExternal link ). It is built in local Lancashire red sandstone.

There has been a church on this site since at least 1200, but it is almost impossible to give an age for the present structure. The irregularity of the height of the arches, and the fact that the pillars are not opposite to one another indicates different dates of building. The earliest part of the present building is the tower, which was built in the late 15th century on the site of what is thought to have been an Anglo-Saxon place of worship. The main body of the church seems to have been rebuilt in the early 16th century.

Archive LinkExternal link for a fuller history.

The Church is a popular choice with the makers of TV soap opera “Coronation Street” and has been used as the setting for several big storylines, including weddings and funerals, in the fictitious parish of “Weatherfield” (Archive LinkExternal link Manchester Evening News 7 Sept 2006. Archived August 2020)


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Prestwich St Mary's Church [26] Other Photos: · William Sturgeon plaque, Whittington Title Clusters: · St Mary's Church, Prestwich [2] ·
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SD8103, 103 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 8 April, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 10 April, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 810 036 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:31.7682N 2:17.2152W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 810 037
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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