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St Mary's Church, Walton-on-the-Hill

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of 1941. The body of the church was rebuilt between 1947 and 1953 by Quiggin and Gee, retaining the exterior as before, but creating a new interior. It is now open to visitors to allow them to view aspects of the church that date back to the Norman era.
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is missing. In the east wall of the churchyard is a former sandstone hearse house, of which only the façade remains. It dates from the early 19th century, it has a pointed entrance and a
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drinking fountain. This was added in 1861 and paid for by Charles Pierre Melly; it is one of the earliest drinking fountains in England. In the churchyard, to the south of the church, is a
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Associated with the church are four structures also listed at Grade II. The sandstone churchyard wall dates from the 19th century. There are three entrances with stone
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in 1810. None of this has survived, the oldest part of the present church being the west tower, which was built in 1829–32 to a design by John Broadbent, a pupil of
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is united with those of St Nathanael, Walton-on-the-Hill, and St Aidan, Walton-on-the-Hill, to form the Walton Team Ministry. The church is recorded in the
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nave with north and south porches, a south aisle continuing to the east as a chapel, a four-bay chancel with a vestry, and a west tower. The tower is in
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but damaged. It is large and circular, and has carved panels depicting biblical scenes. The font was broken into pieces in 1941 and restored by
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were added by Nagington and Shennan. Most of the church, apart from the tower, was destroyed by incendiary bombs in the
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and of the area containing what was to become the city of Liverpool. A church on the site is mentioned in the
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on a steel frame. At the west end is a stone gallery carried on three arches. In the chapel is a
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supporting lanterns, but only one has survived. In the west section of the wall is a red
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dating from the late 17th or the early 18th century. It consists of a
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in the deanery of Walton, the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the
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St Mary's Church, Walton

St Mary's Church, Walton-on-the-Hill is located in Merseyside
53°26′47″N 2°58′00″W / 53.4463°N 2.9668°W / 53.4463; -2.9668
OS grid reference
SJ 359 948
Walton
Liverpool
Merseyside
Denomination
Anglican
Churchmanship
Modern Catholic
St Mary, Walton-on-the-Hill
Parish church
Architect(s)
Church
Style
Gothic Revival
Materials
Province
York
Diocese
Liverpool
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Parish
Rector
Priest(s)
Curate(s)

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