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The name Deane derives from the Old English word "denu" - meaning valley. In earlier times Deane was written without the final "e" The stream running in the valley to the west of the church was named the Kirkbroke - meaning Church Brook from the Saxon The valley is also referred to as Deane Clough, "cloh" is Old English for a ravine or deep valley
Since Anglo-Saxon times there has been a chapel at Deane in the township of Rumworth, the earliest record is from the year 1100 in old documents
The Church of St Mary is a spacious Perpendicular building with a Decorated west tower. Like many other churches of the same period there is no arch division, the continuous roof of nave and chancel is panelled and dated 1570. The carved pulpit is Elizabethan, with a canopy.
Location: 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Bolton and 11 miles (17.7 km) northwest of Manchester
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- Landmark