St. Peter's Churchyard
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St. Peter's Churchyard

Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England

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    Coordinates: 53.51191, -2.34139
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The chapel of Swinton, dedicated to St. Peter, built by subscription in 1791. St Peter's chapel was created a chapel of ease in 1806 from, and lying within the boundaries of the ancient parish of Eccles.
St Peter's is the only church in the Manchester area to have been commissioned from George Edmund Street (1869) is listed as Grade II.
The project was plagued with a lack of money from the start, and Street had to redraw the plans and cut costs. The lack of a clerestory makes the nave very dark.
The lych-gate, between the churchyard and the street, was added as a War Memorial after World War I, and features carvings by John Cassidy. It was unveiled in 1922, and is now a Grade II listed structure.

The church had a graveyard, which after the removal of most of the memorials was converted to a lawned area in the 1960s. A few memorials remained close to the church, and flagstone type memorials are now used as paths. These have all been photographed and are online.




The chapel of Swinton, dedicated to St. Peter, built by subscription in 1791. St Peter's chapel was created a chapel of ease in 1806 from, and lying within the boundaries of the ancient parish of Eccles.
St Peter's is the only church in the Manchester area to have been commissioned from George Edmund Street (1869) is listed as Grade II.
The project was plagued with a lack of money from the start, and Street had to redraw the plans and cut costs. The lack of a clerestory makes the nave very dark.
The lych-gate, between the churchyard and the street, was added as a War Memorial after World War I, and features carvings by John Cassidy. It was unveiled in 1922, and is now a Grade II listed structure.

The church had a graveyard, which after the removal of most of the memorials was converted to a lawned area in the 1960s. A few memorials remained close to the church, and flagstone type memorials are now used as paths. These have all been photographed and are online.




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