St Michael's Church, Flixton; Tower and East Wall
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St Michael's Church, Flixton; Tower and East Wall
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 14 Mar 2011
The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels is located on Church Road in Flixton. Its architectural style is a blend of gothic and classical. The church is built with a warm sandstone on a bluff above the River Mersey valley. 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. http://www.stmichaelsflixton.co.uk/www.stmichaelsflixton.co.uk/info.php?p=9 - church web site
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53.441799
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-2.382196