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.
[3] The earliest documentary evidence of a church at Bradshaw is in 1641–42, although a map of 1610 shows the presence of a chapel.
[2] It was consecrated on 9 November 1872 by Rt Revd James Fraser, Bishop of Manchester.
The report of the antiquarians' visit, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert J. French, son of local antiquarian Gilbert James French, notes that the church is the only one in England dedicated to Saint Maxentius.
Colonel French speculated that the church's dedication to a Norman saint could be traced to the area's post-conquest history, with Roger de Poictou being appointed the first Earl of Lancaster and first lord of the manor of Bolton by his cousin William the Conqueror.
Above the partition of the north transept is a mosaic dating from the 1960s, depicting the life of Saint Maxentius.