| St Peter's Church, Little Budworth | |
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 St Peter's Church, Little Budworth, from the south | |
  St Peter's Church, Little Budworth Location in Cheshire | |
| 53°11′02″N 2°36′08″W / 53.1839°N 2.6022°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 598,655 |
| Location | Little Budworth, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Peter, Little Budworth |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | St Peter |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 3 January 1967 |
| Architect(s) | John Douglas (restoration) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Perpendicular, Neoclassical |
| Completed | 1871 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Red sandstone Slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Deanery | Middlewich |
| Parish | Little Budworth, St Peter |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Canon Paul Dawson |
| Curate(s) | The Revd Margaret Byrne
The Revd Jane Millinchip The Revd Dr John Stopford |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Andrew Millinchip |
| Churchwarden(s) | John Scott Steve Simpson |
St Peter's Church is in the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich. Its benefice is combined with that of St Mary, Whitegate.[2] The church stands on the highest point in the village and its tower dominates views of the area.[3]
There is disagreement about the correct dedication of the church. The historian George Ormerod, writing in 1816, stated that it was dedicated to St Mary and All Saints.[4] However a bequest in 1526 was made by Hugh Starkey of Oulton to "St. Peter of Budworth" and the church is usually now referred to as St Peter's.[5] Another source considers the full original dedication might have been to "St Mary, St Peter and All Saints".[6]
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Peter, Little Budworth (1139201)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 August 2012
- ^ Little Budworth, St Peter, Church of England, retrieved 13 October 2009
- ^ Little Budworth Conservation Area (PDF), Vale Royal Borough Council, 2001, p. 6, retrieved 26 February 2009
- ^ Ormerod, George (1882) [1816], Helsby, Thomas (ed.), The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. ii (2nd ed.), London: George Routledge and Sons, p. 223
- ^ Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: Batsford, pp. 197–199
- ^ Local History Group (1993), Latham, F. A. (ed.), Vale Royal, Local History Group, p. 57, ISBN 0-9522284-0-8