St Helen Witton Church, Northwich | |
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53°15′37″N 2°30′17″W / 53.2602°N 2.5046°W | |
OS grid reference | SJ 665 739 |
Location | Northwich, Cheshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Churchmanship | Central |
Website | St Helen, Witton |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | Saint Helen |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 24 March 1950 |
Architect(s) | Paley and Austin (1883–86 additions and alterations) |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic |
Specifications | |
Materials | Red sandstone |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Chester |
Archdeaconry | Chester |
Deanery | Middlewich |
Parish | Witton, otherwise Northwich, St Helen |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Rev Andrew Ridley |
Assistant priest(s) | Rev Barry Jobber |
Curate(s) | Rev Jane Millinchip Rev Debbie Dalby |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | David B. Drinkwater |
Organist(s) | David Nangreave |
Churchwarden(s) | Gordon Atkinson Ken Moth |
St Helen Witton Church, Northwich, is in the centre of the town of Northwich, Cheshire, England.[1] It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[2] The church is now known as "St Helen's, Witton" or "Northwich Parish Church".[3] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.[4] Alec Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of 'best' English parish churches.[5]