St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield

St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield
St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield, from the south
St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield Location in Greater Manchester
53°29′09″N 2°38′20″W / 53.4857°N 2.6389°W / 53.4857; -2.6389
OS grid reference	SJ 577,990
Location	Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Thomas, Ashton-in-Makerfield
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	6 July 1893
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	7 December 1966
Architect(s)	F. H. Oldham, Henry Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1891
Completed	1930
Specifications
Materials	Stone
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Liverpool
Archdeaconry	Warrington
Deanery	Wigan
Parish	St Thomas, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Jeremy Thomas
Curate(s)	Vacant
Minister(s)	Revd Izzy Schafer
Laity
Reader(s)	Jan Cornthwaite Malcolm Bold Alan Harrison Tricia Hancox Carole Pye
Organist(s)	Paul Tushingham
Churchwarden(s)	Tony Cornthwaite Paula Gillespie Barbara Taylor (Deputy) Phil Hayton (Deputy)

St Thomas' Church is in Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is united with that of St Luke, Stubshaw Cross.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[2]