St Anne's Church is an

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church in

Brown Edge Brown Edge is a village and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,406, increasing to 2,486 at the 2011 census. The village is on the fringe of The ...

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...

, England, and in the

Diocese of Lichfield The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers of seve ...

. The building is

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History and description

In the early 19th century the inhabitants of Brown Edge were miners who worked at

Chatterley Whitfield Chatterley Whitfield Colliery is a disused coal-mine on the outskirts of Chell in Stoke-on-Trent. It was the largest mine in North Staffordshire and was the first colliery in the UK to produce 1,000,000 tons of saleable coal in a year. In 197 ...

and other mines, a few miles away. The benefactors who gave land for the church, and contributed to its building, included the owners of these mines, notably the mine-owner Hugh Henshall Williamson (1785–1867)."History"
The Parish Church of Saint Anne, Brown Edge. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
''Staffordshire Past Track''. Retrieved 18 January 2021. The church, designed by J. C. Trubshaw, was built in 1844, using local stone. It was consecrated on 1 June 1844 by the Bishop of Lichfield,

John Lonsdale John Lonsdale (17 January 1788 – 19 October 1867) was an English clergyman, who was the third Principal of King's College, London, and later served as Bishop of Lichfield. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, an ...

. The tower, with a spire, was built by Ward and Son in 1854. It is built against the north-east of the church, and is described in the listing text as " Iconoclastic Romanesque".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown Edge, St Anne's Church Grade II listed churches in Staffordshire Church of England church buildings in Staffordshire Diocese of Lichfield

History and description

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