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St Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Memorials	:	3198
Location	:	Eccles, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, England
Coordinate	:	53.4843810, -2.3346810
Description	:	The parish is ancient. It's church was founded in 1111, a church was built in the 14thC. The building was restored in 1862. Its registers are complete from 1542. In the last quarter of the 19thC part of a 5thC Celtic cross was unearthed nearby and is now preserved in the parish church. The church had a graveyard, but burials ceased around 1963, and in 1966 most of the memorials were removed, and the graveyard was laid out as gardens. However, a few gravestones remained close to the church, these few have all been photographed and are online.	The parish is ancient. It's church was founded in 1111, a church was built in the 14thC. The building was restored in 1862. Its registers are complete from 1542. In the last quarter of the 19thC part of a 5thC Celtic cross was unearthed nearby and is now preserved in the parish church. The church had a graveyard, but burials ceased around 1963, and in 1966 most of the memorials were removed, and the graveyard was laid out as gardens. However, a few gravestones remained close to the church, these few have all been photographed and are online.

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St Mary the Virgin Churchyard is located at Church Street Eccles, Metropolitan Borough of Salford ,Greater Manchester ,England.
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Latitude: 53.4843810
Longitude: -2.3346810

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