| St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw | |
|---|---|
 West end of St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw | |
  St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw Location in Greater Manchester | |
| 53°36′21″N 2°24′05″W / 53.6058°N 2.4013°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 736,122 |
| Location | Bradshaw, Bolton, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Maxentius, Bradshaw |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Consecrated | 9 November 1872 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II (free-standing tower) |
| Designated | 27 January 1967 |
| Architect(s) | E. G. Paley (church) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic (tower) Gothic Revival (church) |
| Groundbreaking | 1863 |
| Completed | 1872 |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Archdeaconry | Bolton |
| Deanery | Walmsley |
| Parish | Bradshaw |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Janina Helen Margaret Ainsworth |
St Maxentius' Church is in Bradshaw, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Walmsley, the archdeaconry of Bolton and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice is united with those of five other local churches.[1] Standing separately from the church is the tower of an earlier church.[2] The present church is dedicated to Saint Maxentius, an obscure French saint, and is the only church in England with this dedication.[3]
- ^ St Maxentius, Bradshaw, Church of England, retrieved 28 August 2011
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 173, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
- ^ "Bradshaw Church", The Bolton Journal and Guardian, Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks, 5 June 1936, retrieved 28 August 2011