| Sefton Parish Church, Dedicated to St Helen | |
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 Sefton Parish Church from the south | |
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| 53°30′16″N 2°58′16″W / 53.5044°N 2.9712°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 356 012 |
| Location | Sefton, Merseyside |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | www.achurchnearyou.com |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Helen |
| Consecrated | c. 1170 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Status |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 11 October 1968 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Perpendicular |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Liverpool |
| Archdeaconry | Knowsley and Sefton |
| Deanery | South Sefton |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Vacancy |
| Vicar(s) | Rev Ali Chesworth |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Miss A Rushton |
St. Helen's is the Anglican parish church in the village of Sefton, Merseyside, England, and is an active church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Knowsley and Sefton (since the 2015 diocesan boundary changes) and the deanery of Sefton.[1]
The church has been described as the "Cathedral of the Fields" and "Jewel of South West Lancashire",[2] and is noteworthy as the only Grade I listed building[3] in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.[4]
St Helen's has gained recognition for its extensive carved Tudor woodwork, which Pollard and Pevsner describe as the "great glory of the church",[5] and for its inclusion in Simon Jenkins' book, England’s Thousand Best Churches,[4] and Clifton-Taylor's list of 'best' English parish churches.[6]
- ^ Deanery of Sefton, Diocese of Liverpool, retrieved 30 November 2008
- ^ Julie's Genealogy: Sefton Church, Rootsweb, retrieved 30 November 2008
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Helen, Sefton (1075852)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 August 2012
- ^ a b A Message from the Rector, Sefton Parish Church, retrieved 30 November 2008
- ^ Pollard, Richard; Nikolaus Pevsner (2006), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, pp. 580–584, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
- ^ Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1974), English Parish Churches as Work of Art, London: Batsford, p. 246, ISBN 0-7134-2776-0