Location Madeley, Shropshire Denomination Church of England Phone +44 1952 588958 Diocese Diocese of Hereford | Country England Dedication St. Michael Parish Madeley | |
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Address Church Street, Madeley, Shropshire, TF7 5BN, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Similar Madeley Court, Church of St Mary Magdale, The Iron Bridge, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Blists Hill Victorian Town | ||
St Michael's Church, Madeley is located near the centre of Madeley, Shropshire, England. It is one of three places of worship that constitute the Parish of Madeley, a Church of England parish. The parish is part of the Diocese of Hereford.
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History
The church was designed by Thomas Telford and built in 1796. It was the rebuild of an older church, among whose Vicars had been John William Fletcher, whose iron tombstone is in the churchyard.
Architecture
St Michael's Church is an octagonal building with a square tower.
War memorials
Churchyard
The churchyard contains several cast iron tombstones, including those of J.W. Fletcher (died 1785) and Robert Richard Anstice (died 1853); a stone tombstone of Thomas Parker (inventor), and also the war graves of 7 British Army soldiers of World War I and 2 soldiers and an airman of World War II.