Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles
E35101
The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Eccles is a historic Anglican parish church in Greater Manchester, England, noted for its medieval origins and significant architectural heritage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles canonical | 2 |
| St Mary the Virgin, Eccles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T267685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles Context triple: [Eccles, hasLandmark, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles]
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A.
St Mary’s Church, Stoke-on-Trent
St Mary’s Church in Stoke-on-Trent is a historic Anglican parish church in Staffordshire, England, notable among other things as the site of Susannah Darwin’s marriage.
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B.
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral is a historic Gothic-style Church of England cathedral and prominent landmark located in the heart of Manchester.
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C.
Temple Church
Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.
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D.
Derby Cathedral
Derby Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral and historic landmark in the city of Derby, notable for its distinctive tower and role as the seat of the Bishop of Derby.
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E.
St. Mark's (West Gorton)
St. Mark's (West Gorton) was the 19th-century church football team that evolved into the modern professional club now known as Manchester City F.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles Target entity description: The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Eccles is a historic Anglican parish church in Greater Manchester, England, noted for its medieval origins and significant architectural heritage.
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A.
St Mary’s Church, Stoke-on-Trent
St Mary’s Church in Stoke-on-Trent is a historic Anglican parish church in Staffordshire, England, notable among other things as the site of Susannah Darwin’s marriage.
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B.
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral is a historic Gothic-style Church of England cathedral and prominent landmark located in the heart of Manchester.
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C.
Temple Church
Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.
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D.
Derby Cathedral
Derby Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral and historic landmark in the city of Derby, notable for its distinctive tower and role as the seat of the Bishop of Derby.
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E.
St. Mark's (West Gorton)
St. Mark's (West Gorton) was the 19th-century church football team that evolved into the modern professional club now known as Manchester City F.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican parish church
ⓘ
Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Salford ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| deanery | Deanery of Eccles ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
St Mary
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surface form:
St Mary the Virgin
|
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Manchester ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of York ⓘ |
| function | parish church ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Gothic
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Gothic Revival ⓘ Perpendicular Gothic ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Buildings and structures in the City of Salford
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Church of England church buildings in Greater Manchester ⓘ Eccles, Greater Manchester ⓘ Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | churchyard ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aisles
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battlements ⓘ bells ⓘ buttresses ⓘ chancel ⓘ clerestory ⓘ nave ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ stone construction ⓘ tower clock ⓘ west tower ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | of medieval origin ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationGrantedBy | Historic England ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | of national importance ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Salford
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surface form:
City of Salford
Eccles ⓘ Greater Manchester ⓘ North West England ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
architectural heritage
ⓘ
historic parish role ⓘ medieval fabric ⓘ |
| parish | Eccles ⓘ |
| regionServed | Eccles community ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | slate ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Anglican services
ⓘ
Christian worship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles Description of subject: The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Eccles is a historic Anglican parish church in Greater Manchester, England, noted for its medieval origins and significant architectural heritage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St Mary the Virgin, Eccles