St Mary
Newton with Flowery Field, Cheshire
St Mary’s is a Commissioners Church dating from 1839.
This impressive stone built church perches atop War Hill, the site of a battle between invading Normans and the local Saxons, it is believed that those killed were buried here and a place of worship established.
Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire
The first church was probably of wood, though the present church dates mainly from the 15th century and was built in the Perpendicular style.
Little remains of early buildings: the Norman barrel font, the effigy of a knight and his lady in the Staveley Chapel and possibly the chancel arch.
The chancel roof is of a great age, though the beams have Victorian pegs.
The carved screens and much of the furniture date from 1868, though the altar rail was made later by Robert Thompson of Kilburn in Yorkshire, whose mouse trademark is carved into the base of the first right hand newel post. The church mouse is still a popular attraction for young visitors to the church.
Newton with Flowery Field, Cheshire
St Mary’s is a Commissioners Church dating from 1839.
Padfield, Derbyshire
A peaceful place for busy lives. Padfield Congregational Chapel in the centre of Padfield village is a much loved community focal point.
Glossop, Derbyshire
The Church is striking for its vast scale and interior height, it retains good quality late 19th century fittings and also retains a Caen stone Gothic high altar and reredos along with panelled stone communion rails with iron gates in situ.