St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St Michael and All Saint's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne (Greater Manchester)
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
Shown within Greater Manchester
Basic information
Location Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England
Geographic coordinates SJ94159900
Geographic coordinates 53°29′15″N 2°05′17″W / 53.487475, -2.088099Coordinates: 53°29′15″N 2°05′17″W / 53.487475, -2.088099
Religious affiliation Anglican
District Diocese of Manchester
Ecclesiastical status Parish church
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
Specifications
Spire(s) 1
Spire height 139ft 6in
Materials Sandstone, stone-slate roof

St. Michael's Church (in full, St. Michael and All Angels) in Ashton-under-Lyne (grid reference SJ94159900) is a Grade II* listed building, although it used to be a Grade I listed building.[1][2] It is one of 116 surviving medieval parish churches in the North West. The church dates back to at least 1262, and a church on the site was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The church was rebuilt in the fifteenth century and in 1515 at the behest of Sir Thomas de Assheton; however little of the previous church remains after it was rebuilt again in the nineteenth century.[3]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Church of St Michael and All Angels. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
  2. ^ St Michael and All Angels' Church. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  3. ^ Mike Nevell (1991). Tameside 1066-1700. Tameside Metropolitan Borough and University of Manchester Archaeological Unit, 121, 135. ISBN 1-871324-02-5. 


This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.