All Saints' Church - Church Lawton, Stoke- on- Trent, Staffordshire. - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

William the Conqueror's Domesday Survey refers to the area as "Lautune" and says that it belonged to Hugo de Mara, one of the kings fellow Normans. The whole of the County of Cheshire had been given over to the King's brother in law, Hugh Lupus (Hugh the Wolf), a character notorious for his riotous living who, on his deathbed, vowed to establish a church at Lawton, "If the Lord would only spare him." This is a version of how the first church came to be built. The church lands were passed over to the Abbot of St. Werburgh's at Chester, a place of worship was erected and the Abbot appointed one Edward as the first Rector of Lawton in the year 1180. The architectural remain of this earliest church is the Norman Arch doorway over the south door.

The Church building itself undoubtedly underwent a number of changes over it's eight centuries and may well have been a black and white type with a thatched roof, but there are only artists impressions of how it may have looked. There is mention in the Churchwarden's accounts of 1691 and 1707 of the purchase of "15 bags of moss for ye church roof" which suggests that the building was of wattle and daub. Source: (visit link)

The oldest part of the church is the reset south doorway which is Norman in style. The Perpendicular tower dates from the 16th century. In 1798 the body of the church was destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt in Neoclassical style. The tower is in sandstone and the body of the church is in brick with a tiled roof. Along the sides of the church are round-headed windows and lunettes, and at the east end is a Venetian window. Source: (visit link)
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Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1180 Age of Church building determined by?: Church website If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Church of England If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: From: 10:00 AM To: 4:00 PM If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 10:45 AM Street address of Church: Church Lane, Off Liverpool Road West, Church Lawton, Stoke- on- Trent, Staffordshire, England. ST7 3DE Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]

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