Saint Peter's Anglican Church, Hixon

St James the Great Anglican Church, Salt, Staffordshire.

St. James the Great in Salt, is a Christian congregation serving the Salt community and seeking, engaging, and encouraging others through a life-changing Christian journey.

We seek to be a loving, friendly community that worships God, and serves others. We place a high priority on teaching from the Bible and following the example of Jesus.

Our vision is to impact and renew Salt and beyond with the transforming message of Jesus Christ through words and actions.

Come as you are - we'd love to get to know you.

St. Peter's Anglican Church, Hopton, Staffordshire.

A small church - a big welcome!

We would be delighted to meet you in our small, most welcoming church of St. Peter's, Hopton.

A part of St. James the Great Church in Salt, we share their ethos, however, our building has a very different heritage.

Below is a shortened account of its opening in Easter of 1876. To see the full report please click on "About Us".

Opening Of A Village Chapel At Hopton.

This hamlet contains a population of about two hundred inhabitants, who are nearly two miles distant from their Parish Church at Salt. For some years past a great desire has been felt by the people themselves that they could have a little Church built in their village for the aged and infirm as well as for general use, when bad weather or the distance or other reasonable cause interfered with their attendance at Salt. Various circumstances, however, have prevented this plan from being carried out, but for the last year or two the Earl of Shrewsbury, to whom the village belongs, has very kindly made a temporary provision by sending a carriage every Sunday to convey those who most needed such help to Salt Church. A further improvement has now been made, which perhaps in the course of a few years may lead to a still better means being supplied. With the noble Earl's permission, a roomy barn about the centre of the village in the occupation of Mr. E J Mousley, who most kindly gave it up for the purpose, has been converted by Mr. F Ratcliffe, builder, of Stafford, into a simple and seemly Chapel, capable of containing about one hundred persons, where Divine Service may be occasionally performed under license of the Bishop of the Diocese.

St. Rufin's Church, Burston, Staffordshire.

St. Rufin's is a small chapel erected in 1859. The church lies on the path of the Two Saints' Way between Lichfield and Chester, which is marked by an attractive board opposite the entrance to the chapel by the Village Pool.
There is a small parking area adjacent to the chapel.

Ours is a Mission Church in the Parish of Sandon with Burston. As such it shares the same ethos, PCC and Churchwardens as All Saints' Church, Sandon. There is a Burston Committee of the PCC which oversees the running of the Church, whilst local villagers look after the building and support its services.

St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire.

Stowe-by-Chartley is an attractive small village situated off the A518 between Stafford and Uttoxeter and has a population of about 460. It has historical associations with Chartley Castle and Mary, Queen of Scots, who was a prisoner at the Manor House from 1585 to 1586, during which time the unsuccessful Babington Plot was conceived. The church of St John the Baptist is of Norman origin and sits squarely in the middle of the village, surrounded by some very old houses, together with a small development of properties built in 1968-1970.

The church is of typical Norman design, as may be seen from the flat buttresses, the south entrance door and the remains of the original Norman base structure. It was probably built around 1150 A.D. and was founded either by Ranulph de Blunderville or Ranulph Gervons, both of whom bore the titles, Earl of Chester and Lord of Chartley. Originally it consisted of just a nave and chancel, with narrow, rounded windows which would have left the interior of the church very dark. Towards the end of the 13th century all the windows, with one exception were replaced with larger ones. In the 14th century the chancel was extended to twice its original length, the present east window was inserted and a tower built at the west end. The main door at the time was in the south wall of the nave where, at some time, a wooden porch was added, remains of which are still evident on the masonry above the door. In 1879 the north wall of the nave was found to be leaning so it was dismantled and re-built outward, using the original stone, to create a north aisle. During these alterations a small Norman door was uncovered and this may be seen in the middle of the extended wall.

On the north wall of the chancel, under a Tudor arch, is the dominating tomb of Sir Walter Devereux and his two wives. He distinguished himself in the French wars in the reign of Henry VIII and was made Viscount Hereford and admitted to the Order of the Garter. Also on the north wall of the chancel are the memorial tablets to General Sir Walter Congreve and his eldest son, William la Touche. The tablets were designed by Sir Edward Lutyens, one of the foremost architects of his day, and commemorate the fact that both father and son had the rare distinction of being awarded the Victoria Cross.

St. Andrew's Church, Weston upon Trent, Staffordshire

Whoever you are and wherever you are on a journey of faith you are most welcome.

We are one of ten inclusive, church communities within the church family of the Anglican Diocese of Lichfield. We are aiming to be building God's inclusive kingdom of unconditional love as we try to follow Christ in the footsteps of Saint Chad. You are always welcome. This particular church is the welcoming church of Saint Andrew's, Weston, Staffordshire. We'd be delighted to meet you.

Our group of churches covers the Staffordshire villages of Burston, Fradswell, Gayton, Hixon, Hopton, Milwich, Salt, Sandon, Stowe by Chartley and Weston. It also includes the Mid Trent Academy Schools Trust that includes Saint Andrew's School, Weston .

Shaped by inspirational leaders, each church and school interprets their Anglican identity and character to the local context.

We believe in an inclusive Church - church which does not discriminate, on any level, on grounds of economic power, gender, mental health, physical ability, race or sexuality. We believe in an hospitable Church which welcomes and serves all people in the name of Jesus Christ; which is inherently Eucharistic and sacramental, scripturally faithful but open to new insights; which seeks to proclaim and apply the Gospel afresh for each generation; and which, in the power of the Holy Spirit, allows all people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the unconditional love of Jesus Christ.

We subscribe to The Armed Forces Covenant along with the Diocese and do all we can to support the Armed Forces of the Crown , those that support them and their families. Locally we are keen to support MOD Stafford.

May God's peace and blessing be upon you.

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Building God's inclusive kingdom of unconditional love as we try to follow Christ in the footsteps of Saint Chad

St. James the Less Church, Fradswell, Staffordshire.

St. James the Less is a Grade II listed building with a chancel arch dating back to the thirteenth century. The remainder of the church was rebuilt in 1764, and later enlarged in 1852. The stone pulpit, perpendicular font, roof structure and wooden benches were all added during the enlargement. The tower, also dating from 1852, has banding between its two stages and houses a carillon. The walls are constructed from local sandstone, ashlar and locally produced handmade brick..

All Saints' Anglican- Methodist Church, Milwich, Staffordshire

WELCOME

There has been a church on this site since the 12th century. The nave was rebuilt in the 1790s and the tower contains the oldest dated bell in Staffordshire, cast by John of Colsale in 1409.

Whether visiting for a time of peace, quiet and prayer or just to look around, we hope that you enjoy your visit to our Church.

AND THE PRESENT

All Saints is part of the Mid-Trent Team of Churches, a group of eight Anglican parishes with ten churches. A regular Sunday communion service is held here at 11.15am. One of the services each month is Methodist led.

When there is a fifth Sunday in the month a united team service is held at 10.00am at each of the Churches in turn.

MAINTAINING THE CHURCH

The current cost of maintaining this historic place of worship is around £1,400 per month and we especially thank you for any donation that you feel able to leave.

HE CAME TO EARTH FOR US

Jesus was born in a Middle East town called Bethlehem, over 2000 years ago. He went about healing sick people by the shores of Lake Galilee and called twelve ordinary men to be his helpers.

He had no money, He wrote no books. He commanded no army. He wielded no political power. During his life he never travelled more than 200 miles in any direction. He was executed by being nailed to a cross at the age of 33. Today nearly 2 billion people worldwide worship Jesus as the divine Son of God.

Jesus taught us to trust in a loving and merciful Father and to pray to him for our needs and we pray that your time in All Saints Church may be a blessing to you.

All Saints' Anglican Church, Sandon, Staffordshire.

All Saints Church in Sandon is a Christian congregation serving the Sandon community and encouraging others through a life-changing Christian journey.
We seek to serve God by working for justice and peace, respect and learn from all the great faith traditions and desire to be known by the love we have for one another.

Our building is a late twelfth or early thirteenth century church, which was virtually rebuilt about thirteen hundred, with circa fourteen hundred north aisle and later additions. Built of stone with a tile roof, nave with aisles, chancel and perpendicular south-west tower. It has fine arch-braced roofs, a north aisle which was elaborately remodeled in 1851 as a family chapel of the Earls of Harrowby and was well restored by W. D. Caroe from 1923. The font is dated 1669, and a Jacobean pulpit with tester.
The communion rail and family pews in the chancel are of Jacobean type. There are numerous good monuments, mainly dedicated to the Erdeswick family, and includs four incised alabaster slabs of circa 1600, a large mural monument with a recumbent effigy and of wives kneeling to Samson Erdeswick dated 1603, and designed by himself in 1601. There is a mural monument to George Digby, dated 1675. Our church is graded for architectural interest, including that of the interior features.

St. Peter's Anglican Church, Gayton, Staffordshire.

St. Peter's Church is Grade II listed, was built in the 12th century, and retains the original Norman chancel arch along with several 13th and 14th century features. The nave and tower were rebuilt in 1732, and the church underwent extensive restoration in 1870. The tower houses two bells, one inscribed "Jesus Be Our Spede 1608" cast by Willam Clibury, the other cast in 1748 by Matthew Bagley.
The walls are built from grey sandstone, local hand-made brick and ashlar, although some stonework from the earlier building has been incorporated.