St Modwen's, Burton upon Trent | |
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Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Broad Church |
Website | St Modwen's webpage |
History | |
Founded | 1719 |
Dedication | 1723 |
Administration | |
Province | Province of Canterbury |
Diocese | Diocese of Lichfield |
Episcopal area | Stafford Episcopal Area |
Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Stoke |
Deanery | Tutbury |
Parish | Burton-upon-Trent St Modwen |
Clergy | |
Curate(s) | Rev Dr Robin Trotter |
Laity | |
Organist(s) | Tony Westerman |
Churchwarden(s) | Geoff Brown, Peter Halliday |
St Modwen's is a Church of England parish church situated in Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is part of the Diocese of Lichfield. The church is dedicated to St Modwen, or Modwenna, a nun who founded an abbey at Burton in the 7th century.
It replaced the remains of the church of Burton Abbey which was used by the town after the dissolution of the abbey.