St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey

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St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey
Timber-framed top stage to tower
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryMacclesfield
DeaneryBowdon
ParishAshton upon Mersey
Laity
Organist(s)Jan Archer
Churchwarden(s)Margaret Holt, Audrey Black

St Martin's Church is in Church Lane,

Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Bowdon.[2]

History

The first church, probably

lych gate was built.[3]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built in Lymm sandstone[3] with slate and tile roofs. Its plan consists of a wide nave of four bays, a south porch, a north baptistery, and a chancel with an adjoining tower containing a vestry to the south. The tower is square, its top stage being timber-framed. It contains a clock face to the south, gables on each side and an elaborate weather vane. The baptistry is octagonal with a pyramidal roof.[1]

Interior

At the west end is a gallery. The roof is double hammer beam in type. The chancel walls are panelled with the ends of former box pews. One font dating from the 16th century on a 20th-century shaft is wrongly dated 1304. Another font dates from the 18th century.[1] The parish chest is long and narrow, and is dated 1706. On the walls are a number of memorial tablets. The parish registers date from 1631 but are not complete and are in part difficult to decipher.[3] The stained glass in the east window was given in 1862 by James Occleston.[4]

External features

In the churchyard is a

plinth. Two sides have large semicircular arches; the other two sides are vertically studded. All sides have pierced roundel bands just below the eaves. The gates are cast iron.[6] The churchyard contains the war graves of 16 service personnel, eight of World War I and eight of World War II.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Historic England, "Church of St Martin, Sale (1067893)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 March 2012
  2. ^ St Martin, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Church of England, retrieved 10 May 2011
  3. ^
    OCLC 719918
  4. ^ a b Renshaw, Charles J. (1914), History of the Church of S.Martin Ashton-upon-Mersey (2nd (1950) ed.), Beech Hurst, Ashton-upon-Mersey{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Historic England, "Sundial, St Martin's Church graveyard, Sale (1356527)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 March 2012
  6. ^ Historic England, "Lychgate, St Martin's Church graveyard, Sale (1101520)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 March 2012
  7. ^ ASHTON-UPON-MERSEY (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 5 February 2013

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