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Church in Cheshire, England
St Werburgh's Church is in Grosvenor Park Road, Chester , Cheshire , England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Shrewsbury .[1] National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .[2] Benedictine Abbey of St Werburgh (since 1541 Chester Cathedral ) established in 1093 by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester ("Hugh Lupus").
History [ edit ] A church dedicated to Saint Werburgh was opened in Queen Street in 1799.[3] Edmund Kirby .[4] Cardinal Manning celebrated Mass on Christmas Day, 1875. It was officially opened on 13 July 1876 with a Pontifical High Mass , the first to be celebrated in Chester for 300 years.[3] narthex , also designed by Kirby, was added.[4] Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor ; this was the first time that a cardinal had visited Chester for over 100 years.[3]
Architecture [ edit ] Exterior [ edit ] St Werburgh's is constructed in buff sandstone , and has grey slate roofs. The normal orientation is reversed, the altar being at the west end. Its plan consists of a nave and sanctuary with an apse in one cell, and north and south aisles with a clerestory .[2] French Gothic with lancet windows .[4] gabled porch, on both sides of which is another lancet window. At the east end is a triple lancet window flanked by gabled buttresses . Along the sides of the aisles are pairs of lancets between buttresses. Each side of the clerestory contains 15 lancet windows. The west end has five lancet windows and an ambulatory .[2]
Interior [ edit ] Inside the church the arcades are carried on alternating round and octagonal piers .[2] pulpit dating from 1895, and a hanging rood cross of 1933. The stained glass includes seven windows by Hardman dated 1927 and, in the narthex, eight small windows from 1936 by Trena Cox .[4] manual organ was built in 1882 by Wadsworth and Brothers from Manchester .[5] J. J. Binns moved from Crosshill Queens Park Church, Glasgow, and installed by George Sixsmith.[6]
The current priest is Fr Paul Shaw.
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ Diocese of Shrewsbury , retrieved 19 February 2012 ^ a b c d Historic England , "Church of St Werburgh, Chester (1375835)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 19 February 2012 ^ a b c Parish History , retrieved 19 February 2012 ^ a b c d Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward ; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , p. 244, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6 ^ "NPOR [N04292]" , National Pipe Organ Register British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 3 July 2020 ^ "NPOR [E00905]" , National Pipe Organ Register British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 3 July 2020
Churches in Cheshire
St Mary's Church, Acton Alderley Edge Methodist Church St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford Christ Church, Alsager St Mary Magdalene's Church, Alsager St John the Evangelist's Church, Alvanley St Mark's Church, Antrobus St Cross Church, Appleton Thorn St Elizabeth's Church, Ashley St John the Evangelist's Church, Ashton Hayes St Mary's Church, Astbury St Peter's Church, Aston-by-Sutton Audlem Baptist Church St James' Church, Audlem St Oswald's Church, Backford St Michael's Church, Baddiley Christ Church, Barnton St Bartholomew's Church, Barrow St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley Holy Trinity Church, Bickerton St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley Bollington Methodist Church St John the Baptist's Church, Bollington St Oswald's Church, Bollington Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bosley St Paul's Church, Boughton St Oswald's Church, Brereton Brown Knowl Methodist Church St Mary's Church, Bruera St Boniface's Church, Bunbury St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam St Nicholas' Church, Burton St John's Church, Burwardsley St John the Evangelist's Church, Byley Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst Holy Trinity Chapel, Capesthorne St John the Evangelist's Church, Chelford English Presbyterian Church of Wales, Chester Chester Cathedral Christ Church, Chester Holy Trinity Church, Chester Northgate Church, Chester St Andrew's Church, Chester St Francis' Church, Chester St John the Baptist's Church, Chester St Peter's Church, Chester Church of St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester St Michael's Church, Chester St Nicholas' Chapel, Chester St Olave's Church, Chester St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Chester St Werburgh's Church, Chester Welsh Presbyterian Church, Chester Zion Chapel, Chester St Nicholas' Chapel, Cholmondeley St James' Church, Christleton All Saints Church, Church Lawton St Bartholomew's Church, Church Minshull St Mary's Church, Coddington St Mary's Church, Congleton St Peter's Church, Congleton St Michael's Church, Coppenhall St John's Church, Cotebrook St Barnabas' Church, Crewe St Mary's Church, Crewe St Peter's Church, Crewe Union Street Baptist Church, Crewe St Michael and All Angels Church, Crewe Green Christ Church, Croft Christ Church, Crowton All Saints' Church, Daresbury St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham St Peter's Church, Delamere St Mary's Church, Disley St Michael's Church, Ditton St John's Church, Doddington St Mary's Church, Dodleston St Luke's Church, Dunham on the Hill Christ Church, Eaton St Mary's Church, Eccleston Christ Church, Ellesmere Port St Chad's Church, Farndon St Luke's Church, Farnworth Forest Chapel St Laurence's Church, Frodsham St James' Church, Gawsworth St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall St Luke's Church, Goostrey St Mary and All Saints' Church, Great Budworth All Saints Church, Great Saughall Baptist Chapel, Great Warford St John the Baptist's Church, Guilden Sutton St Mary's Church, Hale St Mary's Church, Halton St Mary's Church, Handbridge All Saints Church, Handley St Peter's Church, Hargrave St John's Church, Hartford All Saints Church, Harthill St Matthew's Church, Haslington St Philip's Church, Hassall Green St Paul's Church, Helsby St Thomas' Church, Henbury St John's Church, High Legh St Mary's Chapel, High Legh St Luke's Church, Holmes Chapel Church of St Mary of the Angels, Hooton St Michael's Church, Hulme Walfield Holy Trinity Church, Hurdsfield St James' Church, Ince St Philip's Church, Kelsall St John the Evangelist's Church, Kingsley Brook Street Chapel, Knutsford St Cross Church, Knutsford St John the Baptist's Church, Knutsford St Peter's Church, Little Budworth St Michael and All Angels Church, Little Leigh St Oswald's Church, Lower Peover St Luke's Church, Lower Whitley Lymm Baptist Church St Mary's Church, Lymm King Edward Street Chapel, Macclesfield St Alban's Church, Macclesfield St George's Church, Macclesfield St Michael's Church, Macclesfield St Paul's Church, Macclesfield St Peter's Church, Macclesfield Macclesfield United Reformed Church St Oswald's Church, Malpas St Michael's Church, Marbury St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich St Peter's Church, Minshull Vernon Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church St Wilfrid's Church, Mobberley St Stephen's Church, Moulton St Mary's Church, Nantwich St Mary's and St Helen's Church, Neston St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley St John the Evangelist's Church, Norley St Michael's Church, North Rode Holy Trinity Church, Northwich St Helen Witton Church, Northwich St Luke's Church, Oakhanger St Peter's Church, Oughtrington St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover St Paul's Church, Over Tabley St Chad's Church, Over Over United Reformed Church St Thomas' Church, Parkgate St Peter's Church, Plemstall Poole Methodist Chapel St Christopher's Church, Pott Shrigley St George's Church, Poynton St Peter's Church, Prestbury St Mary's Church, Pulford Holy Trinity Church, Rainow St Mary's Church, Rostherne All Saints' Church, Runcorn Holy Trinity Church, Runcorn Jenkin Chapel St Mary's Church, Sandbach Sandbach Methodist Church St John the Evangelist's Church, Sandbach Heath St John the Evangelist's Church, Sandiway All Saints Church, Scholar Green St Edith's Church, Shocklach St Michael's Church, Shotwick All Saints Church, Siddington St John the Baptist's Church, Smallwood All Saints Chapel, Somerford St Lawrence's Church, Stoak St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath St Matthew's Church, Stretton St Peter's Church, Swettenham St Peter's Church, Tabley St Helen's Church, Tarporley St Andrew's Church, Tarvin St Alban's Church, Tattenhall All Saints Church, Thelwall St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors St John's Church, Threapwood St Mary's Church, Tilston St Jude's Church, Tilstone Fearnall St John the Evangelist's Church, Toft St Chad's Chapel, Tushingham St Chad's Church, Tushingham Holy Ascension Church, Upton-by-Chester St Leonard's Church, Warmingham Holy Trinity Church, Warrington St Alban's Church, Warrington St Elphin's Church, Warrington St John the Evangelist's Church, Warrington St Mary's Church, Warrington St Peter's Church, Waverton Methodist Church, Weaverham St Mary's Church, Weaverham Wesley Methodist Church, Chester All Saints' Church, Weston, Cheshire St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston Christ Church, Wheelock St Mary's Church, Whitegate St Ambrose Church, Widnes St Bede's Church, Widnes St Marie's Church, Widnes St Mary's Church, Widnes St Saviour's Church, Wildboarclough Christ Church, Willaston Dean Row Chapel, Wilmslow St Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow St Michael's Church, Wincle St John the Evangelist's Church, Winsford St Oswald's Church, Winwick Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wistaston St Oswald's Church, Worleston St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury
St Columba's Church, Chester St Francis' Church, Chester St Werburgh's Church, Chester St Mary's Church, Congleton St Mary's Church, Crewe St Michael's Church, Ditton Church of St Mary of the Angels, Hooton St Alban's Church, Macclesfield St Oswald's Church, Padgate St Winefride's, Sandbach St Alban's Church, Warrington St Mary's Church, Warrington St Bede's Church, Widnes
Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury
Churches Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Birkenhead St Werburgh, Birkenhead St Columba, Chester St Francis, Chester St Werburgh, Chester St Mary, Congleton St Mary, Crewe St Mary of the Angels, Hooton St Alban, Macclesfield St Mary, Madeley St Cuthbert by the Forest, Mouldsworth St Peter and St Paul, New Brighton St Peter and St Paul, Newport St Anne, Rock Ferry St Winefride, Sandbach Our Lady and the Apostles, Stockport St Joseph, Stockport English Martyrs, Wallasey Our Lady Star of the Sea, Wallasey St Alban, Wallasey
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