St Michael's Church, St Albans

St Michael's Church, St Albans
St Michael's church and churchyard from the south
St Michael's Church, St Albans is located in Hertfordshire
St Michael's Church, St Albans
St Michael's Church, St Albans
Shown within Hertfordshire
51°45′10″N 0°21′25″W / 51.7527°N 0.3569°W / 51.7527; -0.3569
DenominationChurch of England
Previous denominationRoman Catholic
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
WebsiteThe Parish Church of St Michael, St Albans with St Mary, Childwick Green
History
Founder(s)Abbot Ulsinus
DedicationSt Michael
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed
Designated8 May 1950
Architect(s)19th-century alterations by:
George Gilbert Scott;
Edmund Beckett
StyleAnglo-Saxon, Norman, Early English, Decorated Gothic, Perpendicular Gothic
Completedlate 10th or early 11th century
Specifications
Bells8 (1953)
Tenor bell weightThe tenor weighs 12 long cwt 3 qr 20 lb (1,448 lb or 657 kg)
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseSt Albans
ArchdeaconrySt Albans
DeanerySt Albans
ParishSt Michael, St Albans with St Mary, Childwick Green
Clergy
Vicar(s)The Revd Jonathan Lloyd
AssistantThe Revd John Bannister
Laity
Organist/Director of musicColin Hamling

St Michael's Church is a Church of England parish church in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Much of the building is late 10th[1] or early 11th[2] century, making it the most significant surviving Anglo-Saxon building in the county.[1] It is located near the centre of the site of Roman Verulamium to the west of the modern city.

  1. ^ a b Pevsner & Cherry 1977, p. 313
  2. ^ Historic England (8 May 1950). "Church of St Michael's (1103089)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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