St Helen Witton Church, Northwich

St Helen Witton Church, Northwich
St Helen Witton Church, Northwich, from the east
St Helen Witton Church, Northwich is located in Cheshire
St Helen Witton Church, Northwich
St Helen Witton Church, Northwich
Location in Cheshire
53°15′37″N 2°30′17″W / 53.2602°N 2.5046°W / 53.2602; -2.5046
OS grid referenceSJ 665 739
LocationNorthwich, Cheshire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
ChurchmanshipCentral
WebsiteSt Helen, Witton
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Helen
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated24 March 1950
Architect(s)Paley and Austin (1883–86 additions and alterations)
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic
Specifications
MaterialsRed sandstone
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryChester
DeaneryMiddlewich
ParishWitton, 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]

  1. ^ Northwich, Streetmap, retrieved 18 January 2011
  2. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Helen, Northwich (1329880)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 May 2012
  3. ^ Parish of St Helen Witton, Northwich, Parish of St Helen Witton, Northwich, retrieved 6 August 2007
  4. ^ St Helen Witton (Northwich), Northwich, Church of England, retrieved 18 January 2011
  5. ^ Clifton-Taylor 1974, p. 240.