List of churches in Cheshire

This is a list of Christian churches in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

Contents

Church of England

The Anglican churches in the county are either part of the diocese of Chester or the diocese of Liverpool. Since the mid nineteenth century, Chester diocese has been divided into two archdeaconries, the Chester Archdeaconry and the Macclesfield Archdeaconry. Each archdeaconry is divided into a number of deaneries, some of which are outside the ceremonial county of Cheshire.[1] All the Cheshire churches in the diocese of Liverpool are in Warrington Archdeaconry.[2] When the diocese was originally created in 1541, it was much larger with twenty deaneries and no archdeaconries.[3] (See History of the Diocese of Chester.)

Diocese of Chester

Chester Archdeaconry

Chester Deanery
Frodsham Deanery
Great Budworth Deanery
Malpas Deanery
Middlewich Deanery
Wirral South Deanery

Macclesfield Archdeaconry

Bowdon Deanery
Chadkirk Deanery
Cheadle Deanery
  • St Chad's Church, Handforth
  • St George's Church, Poynton
Congleton Deanery
Knutsford Deanery
Macclesfield Deanery
Nantwich Deanery

Diocese of Liverpool

Archdeaconry of Warrington

Warrington Deanery
Widnes Deanery
Winwick Deanery
  • St Michael's Church, Burtonwood, Warrington
  • Christ Church, Croft with Southworth, Warrington
  • All Saints Church, Glazebury, Warrington
  • Newchurch Parish Church, Culcheth, Warrington
  • St Oswald's Church, Winwick, Warrington
  • St Helen's Church, Hollinfare, Warrington

Roman Catholic

The Roman Catholic churches in Cheshire are part of either the diocese of Shrewsbury[4] or the archdiocese of Liverpool. The Cheshire churches in the archdiocese of Liverpool are in the pastoral areas of Warrington and Widnes.[5]

Diocese of Shrewsbury

  • St Pius X Church, Alderley Edge
  • St Gabriel's Church, Alsager
  • St Monica's Church, Appleton
  • Our Lady of Fatima's Church, Barnton
  • St Gregory's Church, Bollington
  • St Francis' Church, Chester
  • St Clare's Church, Chester
  • St Columba's Church, Chester
  • St Theresa's Church, Chester
  • St Werburgh's Church, Chester
  • St Mary's Church, Congleton
  • St Mary's Church, Crewe
  • Church of Our Lady of the Sea, Ellesmere Port
  • St Bernard's Church, Ellesmere Port
  • St Luke's Church, Frodsham
  • St Saviour's Church, Great Sutton
  • St Benedict's Church, Handforth
  • St Margaret's Church, Holmes Chapel
  • St Mary of the Angels Church, Hooton
  • St Vincent de Paul's Church, Knutsford
  • Our Lady and St Augustine's Church, Latchford
  • St Winefride's Church, Lymm
  • St Alban's Church, Macclesfield
  • St Edward the Confessor's Church, Macclesfield
  • St Joseph's Church, Malpas
  • St Mary's Church, Middlewich
  • St Cuthbert's Church, Mouldsworth
  • St Anne's Church, Nantwich
  • St Winefride's Church, Neston
  • St Wilfrid's Church, Northwich
  • St Paul's Church, Poynton
  • Holy Spirit Church, Runcorn
  • Our Lady's Church, Runcorn
  • St Augustine's Church, Runcorn
  • St Edward's Church, Runcorn
  • St Martin de Porres' Church, Runcorn
  • St Winefride's Church, Sandbach
  • St Thomas Becket's Church, Tarporley
  • St Plegmund's Church, Tattenhall
  • St Bede's Church, Weaverham
  • Sacred Heart and St Teresa's Church, Wilmslow
  • St Joseph's Church, Winsford

Archdiocese of Liverpool

Warrington Pastoral Area

  • St Paul of the Cross Church, Burtonwood
  • St Stephen's Church, Orford
  • St Joseph's Church, Penketh
  • Sacred Heart Church, Warrington
  • St Alban's Church, Warrington
  • Church of the Resurrection and St Bridget's Church, Cinnamon Brow
  • St Anselm's Chapel, Warrington
  • St Benedict's Church, Warrington
  • St Mary's Church, Warrington
  • St Oswald's Church, Warrington
  • St Peter and St Michael's Church, Woolston

Widnes Pastoral Area

  • Holy Family Church, Cronton
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Hough Green, Widnes
  • St Basil and All Saints Church, Widnes
  • St Bede's Church, Widnes

Methodist

The Methodist churches are part of the Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District[6], the Manchester and Stockport District or the Liverpool District.[7] Each district is divided into circuits.

Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District

Chester Circuit

  • Bretton
  • Caldy Valley Neighbourhood Church
  • Christleton
  • Garden Lane, Guilden Sutton
  • Hamilton Street, Hoole
  • Huxley
  • Mickle Trafford
  • Rowton
  • Saltney
  • Saughall
  • Tarvin Road, Boughton
  • Wesley

Congleton Circuit

  • Bosley
  • Brookhouse Green
  • Cloud
  • Congleton Edge
  • Davenport
  • Key Green
  • Lower Withington
  • Rood Lane
  • Trinity
  • Wellspring

Crewe Circuit

  • Bradfield Rd
  • Hough
  • North Street
  • St.Mark's
  • St.John's
  • St.Stephen's
  • Wells Green.

Delamere Forest Circuit

  • Bunbury with Tiverton
  • Frodsham
  • Helsby
  • Kelsall
  • Kingsley, Blakelees
  • Kingsley, The Hurst
  • Norley
  • Oakmere with Ashton
  • Tarporley
  • Tarvin

Middlewich Circuit

  • Bradshaw Brook
  • Goostrey
  • Holmes Chapel
  • Middlewich

Nantwich Circuit

  • Audlem
  • Baddiley and Ravensmoor
  • Barbridge
  • Betley
  • Broomhall and Sound
  • Broad Lane
  • Chorlton
  • Hankelow
  • Hatherton
  • Nantwich
  • Poole
  • Willaston
  • Woore

Northwich Circuit

  • Acton Bridge
  • Barnton
  • Bartington
  • Castle, Comberbach
  • Cuddington
  • Davenham
  • Hartford
  • Lostock Green
  • Northwich
  • Moulton
  • Pickmere
  • Plumley
  • Sandiway
  • Shurlach
  • Weaverham

Runcorn Circuit

  • Beechwood West
  • Bethesda
  • Hallwood Parish
  • Halton, Trinity
  • Murdishaw Church (Norton Parish)
  • Preston-on-the-Hill
  • St Mark's
  • St.Paul's
  • The Heath
  • Wicksten Drive

Sandbach and Alsager Circuit

  • Alsager, Hassall Road
  • Alsager, Wesley Place
  • Bradwall
  • Elworth, The Avenue
  • Elworth, Mount Pleasant
  • Ettiley Heath, Haslington
  • Oakhanger
  • Rode Heath
  • Sandbach
  • Sandbach Heath
  • Wheelock
  • Winterley

Winsford Circuit

  • Chester Road
  • Clive Green
  • Little Budworth
  • St.Andrew's
  • Trinity
  • Weaver
  • Whitegate

Liverpool District

South Wirral Circuit

  • Trinity, Ellesmere Port
  • Elton
  • Zion, Little Neston
  • Little Sutton
  • Neston
  • Whitby
  • Willaston

Warrington Circuit

  • Antrobus
  • Hood Manor
  • Latchford
  • Lymm
  • Padgate
  • Penketh
  • Rixton
  • Stockton Heath
  • St Philip's, Westbrook
  • St Martin's, Woolston

Widnes Circuit

  • Cronton
  • Farnworth
  • Halebank
  • Hough Green
  • Trinity, Widnes

United Reformed

United Reformed churches in Cheshire include the following.[8]

  • Thomas Risley, Birchwood
  • Blacon
  • Bollington
  • Sealand Road, Chester
  • Vicars Cross, Chester
  • Congleton
  • The Rock Chapel, Farndon
  • Caldy Valley, Great Boughton
  • Handbridge
  • Haslington and Crewe
  • Hoole
  • Lymm
  • Macclesfield
  • High Street, Malpas
  • Middlewich
  • Minshull
  • Nantwich
  • Northwich
  • Parkgate and Neston
  • Beechwood West, Runcorn
  • Bethesda, Runcorn
  • St Mark's Runcorn
  • Upton-by-Chester
  • Elmwood Avenue, Warrington
  • St John's Warrington
  • Wycliffe, Warrington
  • Trinity, Widnes
  • Wilmslow
  • Over, Wilmslow

Baptist

Cheshire churches in the Baptist Union include the following.[9]

  • Milton, Acton Bridge
  • Hoole, Chester
  • Crewe, Union Street Baptist Church[1]
  • Disley
  • Little Leigh
  • Lymm
  • Bethel, Macclesfield
  • Macclesfield
  • Nantwich
  • Poynton
  • Sandbach
  • Tarporley
  • Arpley Street, Warrington
  • Hill Cliffe, Warrington
  • Latchford, Warrington
  • Widnes

Other active churches

Elim Pentecostal

Elim Pentecostal Churches in Cheshire.[10]

  • Elim Pentecostal Church, Chester
  • Crewe New Life Community Church
  • West Street Church, Crewe
  • Elim Christian Life Centre, Macclesfield
  • Elim Pentecostal Church, Nantwich
  • King's Church, Warrington
  • Farnworth Christian Fellowship, Widnes

Assemblies of God

Assemblies of God[11] churches include:

  • Alsager Community Church
  • Christian Life Church, Bollington
  • Queen Street Christian Centre, Chester
  • Oasis Christian Centre, Ellesmere Port
  • Golborne Pentecostal Church
  • Calvary Christian Centre, Macclesfield
  • Middlewich Community Church
  • Barnton Pentecostal Church, Northwich
  • Poynton Christian Fellowship
  • New Hope Community Church, Runcorn
  • Bethany Pentecostal Church, Warrington
  • Church @ The Foundry, Widnes
  • Assembly of God, Wilmslow

Unclassified

Other churches identified in the UK Church Directory include the following.[12]

  • Pentecostal Holiness Church "Continuing" Upton, Chester
  • Upton Baptist Church (Independent), Upton, Chester
  • Main Street Community Church, Frodsham
  • Good News Church, Macclesfield
  • Macclesfield Family Church
  • St Theodore of Canterbury Orthodox Church, Macclesfield
  • Neston Christian Fellowship
  • Bethesda Evangelical Church, Stockton Heath
  • Stockton Heath Christian Fellowship
  • The Storehouse Church Cheshire, Tarporley
  • Tytherington Family Worship Church
  • Hebron Church, Warrington
  • CrossRoads Community Church in South Cheshire

Redundant churches

References

  1. ^ Chester Diocese, Diocese of Chester, http://www.chester.anglican.org/diocese/links/, retrieved 2008-08-07 
  2. ^ Parishes, Diocese of Liverpool, http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/sections/parishindex.htm, retrieved 2008-08-07 
  3. ^ Elrington, C. R. (Ed.) (1980). The Victoria history of the county of Chester, Volume III. Oxford: The University of London Institute of Historical Research (Oxford University Press), p. 12.
  4. ^ The Diocese of Shrewsbury, http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/contactsview.asp?categoryid=61&keyword=&sortby=address3,postcode,company,lastname,firstname,code, retrieved 2008-08-09 
  5. ^ Parishes, The Archdiocese of Liverpool, http://www.archdiocese-of-liverpool.co.uk/parishes/index.htm, retrieved 2008-08-07 
  6. ^ Churches and Circuits, Chester & Stoke-on-Trent Methodist District, http://www.chestokemethodists.com/, retrieved 2008-08-09 
  7. ^ Circuits, The Methodist Church: Liverpool District, http://liverpoolmethodistdistrict.org.uk/circuit.asp?Pageref=3, retrieved 2008-08-09 
  8. ^ Church Contacts, United Reform Church, http://www.urc.org.uk/church_contacts/contacts==/church_contacts_content_frameset.htm, retrieved 2008-08-09 
  9. ^ Churchfinder, Baptist Union of Great Britain, http://www.baptist.org.uk/baptist_life/baptist_family/local/county.asp?county=Cheshire, retrieved 2008-08-09 
  10. ^ Elim Pentecostal Church Locator, Elim Pentecostal Church, http://www.elim.org.uk/churchfinder/default.asp, retrieved 2008-08-09 
  11. ^ Welcome to a new day, Assemblies of God, http://www.aog.org.uk/, retrieved 2008-10-01 
  12. ^ Find a Church, UK Church Directory, http://www.findachurch.co.uk/home/home.php, retrieved 2008-08-09