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The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in the village of Bowdon near Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. [1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Bowdon. [2]
Historic England, "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon (1122650)", National Heritage List for England Historic England, "Piers, railings and walls bounding St. Mary's graveyard on west, east and north sides, Bowdon (1067935)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 5 November 2017
The main parish church of St Mary the Virgin can be seen very clearly from the Cheshire Plain. Bowdon Vale Methodist Church has had a presence in the area since 1883. The registers of baptisms 1628–1964, marriages 1628–1964 and burials 1628–1973 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office. [12]
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
The original church was built as a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Bowdon in 1799. [3] The tower and spire date from 1874 and the chancel from 1886. [1] In 1896–97 the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley rebuilt the nave and aisles. [4] [5] Sketch of proposed Church prepared by architects Austin & Paley in 1895.
In ecclesiastical terms, Altrincham became a chapelry in 1799 after St George's Church was built as a chapel of ease to St Mary's, Bowdon. [26] Altrincham subsequently became its own ecclesiastical parish separate from Bowdon in 1860. [29] [30] Altrincham was granted a charter in June 1290 by the Lord of the Manor, Hamon de Massey V.
The ancient parishes of Cheshire were the group of parishes that existed in the English county of Cheshire, roughly within the period of 1200–1800. [1] Initially, the ancient parishes had only an ecclesiastical function, but reforms initiated by King Henry VIII, developed by Queen Elizabeth I and expanded by later legislation led them to acquire various secular functions that eventually led ...
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Lymm in Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Bowdon. Its benefice is combined ...