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Amington Parish Church (dedicated to St Editha) is a
Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ir ...
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in the
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in
Amington Amington is a suburban village, parish and ward, in Staffordshire, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of Bolehall, Glascote, Glascote Heath and Stonyde ...
.


History

The church was built in 1864 by the architect
George Edmund Street George Edmund Street (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881), also known as G. E. Street, was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. Stylistically, Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic Revival. Though mainly an eccl ...
. It is noted for its stained glass windows by
Edward Burne-Jones Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, (; 28 August, 183317 June, 1898) was a British painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood which included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Millais, Ford Madox Brown and Holman ...
.


Today

The church is part of the Diocese of Birmingham, the archdeaconry of Aston, The Deanery of
Polesworth Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Polesworth is situated close to the northern tip of Warwickshire, adjacent to the border with Staffordshire. It is east of Tamworth, and ...
and is in the parish of
Amington Amington is a suburban village, parish and ward, in Staffordshire, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of Bolehall, Glascote, Glascote Heath and Stonyde ...
. The vicar is currentl
Revd. Ben Green
Services take place every Sunday at 10:30am (contemporary) and 6:30pm (sung BCP Evening Prayer), and every other week there is a BCP Holy Communion service at 8:30am. Additionally there is a service of Wholeness and Healing on the second Monday of every month, at 7:30pm. Every Thursday morning during term-time the church is open for a Stay Play and Pray group called The Ark. Every Thursday throughout the year, between 2pm and 4pm, the church is open as part of the nationa
Places of Welcome
scheme. Full details of all current activities can be found on the church'
website


Organ

The church has an organ which originally was built by
George Holdich George Maydwell Holdich (14 August 1816 – 30 July 1896) was a British organist and organ builder based in London. Early life Holdich was born on 14 August 1816, the third son of the Revd. Thomas Holdich (Vicar of St Mary the Virgin's Church, ...
. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.


See also

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Listed buildings in Tamworth, Staffordshire Tamworth is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England. It contains 138 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, five ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amington Church of England church buildings in Staffordshire Grade II listed churches in Staffordshire Churches completed in 1864 G. E. Street buildings