| St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley | |
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 St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley, from the south | |
  St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°04′06″N 2°20′54″W / 53.0682°N 2.3483°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 767 524 |
| Location | Barthomley, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Bertoline, Barthomley |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Bertoline |
| Events | Massacre in the Civil War (1643) |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 12 January 1967 |
| Architect(s) | Austin and Paley (chancel) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Perpendicular, Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 15th century |
| Completed | 1926 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Red sandstone, lead roof |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Macclesfield |
| Deanery | Congleton |
| Parish | Barthomley |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Canon Darrel Speedy |
| Assistant priest(s) | Rev Angela Speedy |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Mike Elkin |
| Director of music | Gill Thorley |
| Churchwarden(s) | Christine Bailey Lynne Evans |
| Parish administrator | Jackey Rockey |
St Bertoline's Church is in the village of Barthomley, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton.[2]
The church stands in the centre of the village,[3] in an elevated position on Barrow Hill, which was an ancient burial ground.[4] It was the scene of a massacre in the English Civil War. Raymond Richards considered it to be one of the most beautiful churches in the county, and believed it was the only one in England to be dedicated to Saint Bertoline.[5] The church stands above the road and is reached by a flight of steps.[5]
- ^ Historic England, "The Church of St.Bertoline, Barthomley (1330063)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 March 2012
- ^ St Bertoline, Barthomley, Church of England, retrieved 16 February 2011
- ^ Barthomley, Streetmap, retrieved 16 February 2011
- ^ Thornber, Craig (15 February 2002), A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities: Barthomley, retrieved 26 August 2007
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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