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BRIDOL is the British Sundial Society's Register of Fixed and Mass Dials, which gives detail and photographs of about 8000 fixed sundials and 3000 mass dials in the UK.

Some of these are in private gardens, but the majority are publicly available.

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Parish Church, Prestwich

"Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" is the repressive motto on this vertical stone dial, set to face south at the west end of Prestwich Parish Church. The dial is in good condition and is thought to date from 1781.

 

Image of dial 2136
1980

Parish Church, Church Lane, Prestwich, Manchester (Greater)

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S2136 1781 1980 53.52972, -2.28500
N 53° 31' 47", W 02° 17' 06"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SD812037
Condition Type Access
Good Vertical (S) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone