St Michael's Church, Madeley

St Michael's Church, Madeley
52°38′1.4″N 2°27′0.9″W / 52.633722°N 2.450250°W / 52.633722; -2.450250Coordinates: 52°38′1.4″N 2°27′0.9″W / 52.633722°N 2.450250°W / 52.633722; -2.450250
Location Madeley, Shropshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website http://www.tf7.org.uk/stmichaels/
History
Dedication St. Michael
Administration
Parish Madeley
Diocese Diocese of Hereford

St Michael's Church, Madeley is located near the centre of Madeley, Shropshire, England. It is one of three places of worship that constitute the Parish of Madeley, a Church of England parish. The parish is part of the Diocese of Hereford.

History

The church was designed by Thomas Telford and built in 1796. It was the rebuild of an older church, among whose Vicars had been John William Fletcher, whose iron tombstone is in the churchyard.

Architecture

St Michael's Church is an octagonal building with a square tower.

War memorials

  • West end - two carved wooden panels, at their base two brass plaques listing parishioners who died serving in World War I, with figures of St Luke, St Maurice and St George on one side and St Michael, St Joan of Arc and St Barbara on the other.
  • West end - stone plaque, removed from closed church of St Paul's, Aqueduct, listing men local to that church who died in both World Wars.
  • North wall - marble plaque listing men of Madeley parish died in First World War.
  • Plaque to Lieutenant Frederick John Briscoe, killed at Ypres 1915.
  • Plaque to Lieutenant John Spencer Ruscombe Anstice, killed at Gallipoli 1915.[1]

Churchyard

The churchyard contains several cast iron tombstones, including those of J.W. Fletcher (died 1785) and Robert Richard Anstice (died 1853);[2] a stone tombstone of Thomas Parker (inventor),[3] and also the war graves of 7 British Army soldiers of World War I and 2 soldiers and an airman of World War II.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton Publications. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3.
  2. ↑ Church of St Michael, edited by Historic England
  3. ↑ "Bright spark helped electrical revolution, Life and achievements of pioneer celebrated at special day". Shropshire Star. 8 September 2015. p. 16. Report by Toby Neal, mentioning commemorative Thomas Parker Day on 10 October 2015 and restoration project for the grave.
  4. ↑ CWGC Cemetery report, details obtained from casualty record.


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