| St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch | |
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 St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, from the southeast | |
  St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch location in Shropshire | |
| 52°58′15″N 2°41′06″W / 52.9708°N 2.6849°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 541 417 |
| Location | Whitchurch, Shropshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Alkmund, Whitchurch |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Alcmund of Derby |
| Consecrated | 1712 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 1 May 1951 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Neoclassical |
| Groundbreaking | 1712 |
| Completed | 1713 |
| Construction cost | £4,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Sandstone, slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Lichfield |
| Archdeaconry | Salop |
| Deanery | Wem and Whitchurch |
| Parish | Whitchurch |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd Canon Judy Hunt |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | John Stokes, |
St Alkmund's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. By tradition, this church was founded in the 900s CE by the Anglo-Saxon Queen Æthelflæd ('Lady of the Mercians' and daughter of Alfred the Great).[1] Certain sources suggest that the saint to whom it is dedicated, St Alkmund, (the son of Alhred, King of Northumbria (d. c. 800), was first buried in Whitchurch.[2]
It is in the diocese of Lichfield, the archdeaconry of Salop and the deanery of Wem and Whitchurch.[3]
The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England which has designated it a Grade I listed building.[4]
It stands at an elevated position in the centre of the town.
- ^ "Saint Alchmund". Church of the 318 Holy Fathers. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Saint Alchmund". Church of the 318 Holy Fathers. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ St Alkmund, Whitchurch, Church of England, retrieved 3 November 2009
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Alkmund, Whitchurch (1177510)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 September 2013