St Peter's Church, Marchington
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St Peter's Church is a Church of England
church in Marchington
, Staffordshire
. It is the only church in the parish of St. Peter Marchington.
. The Church is part of the Uttoxeter Area of parishes along with Bramshall
, Checkley, Gratwich, Kingstone
, Leigh
, Marchington Woodlands
, Stramshall
, The Heath
and Uttoxeter.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
church in Marchington
Marchington
Marchington is a small village in East Staffordshire, England. It lies between the towns of Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter. Marchington has a small shop, a first school, two churches and two pubs...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. It is the only church in the parish of St. Peter Marchington.
History
The church was built in 1742 and was designed by Mark Parsons.. A war memorial was added after the First world war.Domonic Stone
The parish was in the news on 24th of November 2009 after it was revealed that the Vicar, The Reverend Dominic Stone had been arrested for viewing Indecent Images of Children. He appeared at Stafford Crown court on 1 November 2010 and pleaded not guilty. He was Found Guilty on 3rd of November and resigned on the 7th of November he was later given a 9-month sentence suspended for 2 years and ordered to register as a sex offender he had been in the post since 2002Today
The church does not currently have a vicar after the resignation of Rev Dominic Stone in 2010. It lies in the Deanery of Uttoxeter and the archdeaconry of Stoke-on-TrentStoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
. The Church is part of the Uttoxeter Area of parishes along with Bramshall
Bramshall
Bramshall is a village to the west of Uttoxeter, within the parish of Uttoxeter Rural. It has a new housing estate to the north of it.-History:It was sometimes known as Bromshall and there was an area to the south called Little Bromshall....
, Checkley, Gratwich, Kingstone
Kingstone, Staffordshire
Kingstone is a village and Civil parish in Staffordshire, it has a Church, a Primary School and a Public House, at he 2001 census the population for the parish of Kingstone was 596.-History:...
, Leigh
Church Leigh
Church Leigh is a village within the civil parish of Leigh in the English county of Staffordshire, England. The village is 6.2 miles west north west of the town of Uttoxeter, 14.3 miles north east of Stafford and 148 miles north west of London. The village lies 0.8 miles south of the A50 that...
, Marchington Woodlands
St. John's church, Marchington Woodlands
St. John's church, Marchington Woodlands is a parish church in Marchington Woodlands, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Built in 1859, this small Country Church is the only church within the parish of Marchington Woodlands.-Today:...
, Stramshall
Stramshall
Stramshall is a village within the civil parish of Uttoxeter Rural in the county of Staffordshire, England.. The village is 2.1 miles north of the town of Uttoxeter, 16.3 miles north east of Stafford and 143 miles north west of London. The village lies 0.8 miles north of the A50 that links...
, The Heath
The Heath
The Heath GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.The club was founded in 1888. Originally the club was known as St. Patrick's...
and Uttoxeter.