St Mary's Church, Wigan
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St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Standishgate area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1818 and is a Grade II* listed building. It is in the Wigan deanery of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St John's Church. They were built in a spirit of competition with each other.[1][2]
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St Mary's Church | |
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St Mary's Church, Standishgate | |
53.5503°N 2.6276°W / 53.5503; -2.6276 | |
OS grid reference | SD5851306150 |
Location | Wigan, Greater Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founder(s) | Fr Charles Middlehurst |
Dedication | St Mary |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish church |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 24 October 1951 |
Architectural type | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 17 March 1818 |
Completed | 27 January 1819 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Liverpool |
Deanery | Wigan |
Parish | St Mary and St John |
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