Denomination Church of England Website Stoke Minster Consecrated 6 October 1830 Diocese Diocese of Lichfield Architect James Trubshaw | Churchmanship Broad Church Dedication St Peter ad Vincula Heritage designation Grade II listed Province Province of Canterbury Burials Josiah Wedgwood | |
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Address Stoke-on-Trent ST4 4HW, UK Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Etruria Industrial Museum, Our Lady of the Angels and St Pe, Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Trentham Mausoleum, Longton Interchange Profiles | ||
Stoke minster
Stoke Minster is the Minster Church of St Peter ad Vincula, the town centre and civic church in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
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Name and dedication
The dedication to St Peter ad Vincula means "Saint Peter in Chains". It is derived from the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The church was formally renamed Stoke Minster in 2005 in recognition of its role in the civic life of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. The title "minster" is an honorific, sharing a common etymology with "monastery".
History
The first church on the site was built of timber in 670. It was replaced with a stone building in 805 which was extended over the centuries. The remains of this Anglo-Saxon and former collegiate church survive in the churchyard. The re-erected arches date from the 13th century when the chancel was rebuilt. Saxon evidence survives in the baptismal font rescued from use as a garden ornament and restored in 1932 for baptismal use in the church.
The church is the burial place of several generations of Josiah Spode's family, as well as Josiah Wedgwood, who is also commemorated inside the church by a marble memorial tablet commissioned by his sons. The church is a Grade II listed building.
The title of "Stoke Minster" was conferred on the church by The Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield, at a ceremony on 17 May 2005.
Building
James Trubshaw and Thomas Johnson designed the present parish church. Building began in 1826 and the church was consecrated on 6 October 1830. In the church are ceramic memorials to many of the potters of the district and there is a modern memorial to the football player Sir Stanley Matthews.
The west tower has a ring of 10 bells, all of which John Taylor & Co of Loughborough recast in 1971. The tower has also a clock with a single bell, which John Taylor & Co cast in 1888.
Organ
The organ was built in 1927 by an unknown maker and rebuilt by J. W. Walker & Sons in 1972. The specifications of the organ are recorded at the National Pipe Organ Register.