St Margaret's Church is an
Anglican
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
church in
Wolstanton,
Staffordshire, England, and in the
Diocese of Lichfield. The building is
Grade II* listed.
Description
The
Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
of 1086 mentions Wolstanton, and records that the village had a priest. Some of the building dates from the medieval period; the tower and octagonal spire, which, unusually, is on the north side, is on medieval foundations.
["History"]
St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
The church is in decorated style. There was rebuilding in 1623; the church was substantially rebuilt in 1860, by Ward and Son, the chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...
being designed by Anthony Salvin.["St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton]
www.thepotteries.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
Interior
The nave has arcades of four bays, and a hammerbeam roof. The chancel screen has wood tracery.[
There are monuments in the chancel to the Sneyd family, in particular an alabaster chest tomb of the 16th century, in memory of Sir William Sneyd and his wife Anne; their recumbent effigies lie on the tomb. There are wall tablets in memory of other members of the family.][
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Bells
There are eight bells; six of them, cast in 1714, were originally in a church in Trentham, and installed at St Margaret's in 1767.[
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Churchyard
The grave of Henry Faulds (1843–1930), missionary and developer of fingerprinting, is in the churchyard.["The Churchyard"]
St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
The churchyard also contains the grave of Sarah Smith, who died in 1763 aged 21. The inscription alleges that she was murdered by poisoning, and suggests the name of the man responsible. The grave is Grade II listed.
References
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Grade II* listed churches in Staffordshire
Church of England church buildings in Staffordshire
Diocese of Lichfield