Tarporley, Cheshire - St Helens Church in 1898 - PHOTO print

• Postcard / Photo Print 

   

• Picture / Image:  untitled blank backed photo print but someone has written Tarporley Church, 1898 on back [Cheshire]
• Publisher: none / probably produced by the church for sale as a de facto postcard
• Postally used: no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition: has a mark but I think this is on the original the print is from.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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St Helen's Church is in the village of Tarporley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is united with those of St John and Holy Cross, Cotebrook, St Thomas, Eaton, and St Paul, Utkinton.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2]

History

The first documentary evidence of a church on this site is in 1287.[3] The earliest parts of the present church are the two chapels which date from the 15th century.[2] The rest of the church has been altered in a series of restorations. In 1785 the west end was rebuilt, and two years later the north wall was rebuilt, the interior seating was remodelled, and a gallery was added at the west end. Further extensive restorations were undertaken in 1834. The Arderne (north) chapel was remodelled in 1861, the Utkinton (south) chapel in 1865, the tower in 1878 and the nave in 1879,[3] these three restorations being by J. S. Crowther of Manchester.[2] A baptistry was added to the west end by Sir Percy Worthington in 1931–32.[4] In 1935 the Arderne chapel was provided with a stone altar and renamed All Souls' chapel.[3]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof.[2] The plan of the church consists of a baptistry at the west end, a nave and chancel, north and south aisles with a chapel at the east end of each, a tower at the southwest corner and a south porch.[4] The tower has a small pyramidal spire. The chapels are Perpendicular in style while the rest of the church is Decorated.[2]

Tarporley is a large village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is bypassed by the A49 and A51 roads, and holds a regular country market on the first Saturday of each month.

At the 2001 Census, the population was 2,634,[1] falling slightly to 2,614 at the 2011 Census.[2] Tarporley civil parish also contains the village of Rhuddall Heath. Since 2009 it forms part of the unitary authority district of Cheshire West and Chester.

Tarporley High Street features four pubs: the Foresters Arms, the Swan Hotel, the Crown Hotel, and the Rising Sun. The High Street is also home to three restaurants: Piste, The Coast Restaurant and Bar,[3] and Little Tap.[4]

The Tarporley Hunt Club, the oldest surviving hunt club in England,[5][6] meets in the village every Christmas.