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Gorton Monastery

former Franciscan friary in Gorton, in east Manchester, England
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Gorton Monastery

Summary

Gorton Monastery is a church building[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gorton Monastery is located in Manchester[3].
  • Gorton Monastery is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Gorton Monastery's instance of is recorded as church building[5].
  • Gorton Monastery's architectural style is recorded as Gothic Revival[6].
  • The location of Gorton Monastery was Gorton[7].
  • Gorton Monastery's Commons category is recorded as Gorton Monastery[8].
  • 1872 marks the founding of Gorton Monastery[9].
  • Gorton Monastery's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ8766296872[10].
  • Gorton Monastery's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.4683, 'longitude': -2.1875, 'precision': 0.0001}[11].
  • Gorton Monastery's official website is recorded as http://www.themonastery.co.uk/index.html[12].
  • Gorton Monastery's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II* listed building[13].
  • Gorton Monastery's different from is recorded as St Francis of Assisi[14].
  • Gorton Monastery's associated electoral district is recorded as Gorton and Denton[15].
  • Gorton Monastery's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[16].

Body

Geography

Gorton Monastery is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Manchester[3].

Designation and Status

Gorton Monastery's instance of is recorded as church building[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Grade II* listed building[13].

History and Context

1872 marks the founding of Gorton Monastery[9].

Why It Matters

Gorton Monastery ranks in the top 2% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 7w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Inception → +1872-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Building", "GortonMonastery::v8355"]
    Heritage designation → Grade II* listed building
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32660|batch #32660]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (4): Change P131 qualifier"
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