St Luke's Church, Farnworth
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St Luke's Church, Farnworth, from the south
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 St Luke's Church, Farnworth
Location in Cheshire
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| Coordinates: 53°23′04″N 2°43′38″W / 53.3844°N 2.7273°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 516,877 |
| Location | Farnworth, Widnes, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Saint Luke, Farnworth |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Luke |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 30 May 1963 |
| Architect(s) | Paley, Austin and Paley |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Red sandstone, slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Farnworth |
| Deanery | Widnes |
| Archdeaconry | Warrington |
| Diocese | Liverpool |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Helen Blackburn |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Sandra Lacey, Margaret Campbell |
| Parish administrator | Jackie Bunt |
St Luke's Church, Farnworth, Widnes, is a church in Farnworth, which was once a separate village but which is now part of the town of Widnes, Cheshire, England. The church dates back to the 12th century and it contains a number of items of historical interest, in particular hatchments and memorials. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the deanery of Widnes.
Farnworth is an ancient village some 2 miles (3 km) north of the River Mersey in what used to be the county of Lancashire. It has now been subsumed into the town of Widnes in the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire. Around 1180 a chapel was built in the village which was dedicated to St Wilfrid. At that time the village was known as St Wilfrids-on-the-Hill. It was a chapel of ease to the mother church at Prescot. Included within its boundaries were the townships of Bold, Appleton, Cronton, Cuerdley, Ditton and Penketh. Originally Farnworth was within the Mercian diocese of Lichfield but following the dissolution of the monasteries in 1541 the abbey at Chester was converted into a cathedral and Farnworth became part of the diocese of Chester. In 1859 the church was re-dedicated to St Luke and in 1880 it became a parish in the diocese of Liverpool.
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