St Mary's Church, Acton

St Mary's Church, Acton
St Mary's Church, Acton, from the southwest
St Mary's Church, Acton Location in Cheshire
53°04′25″N 2°33′04″W / 53.0737°N 2.5512°W / 53.0737; -2.5512
OS grid reference	SJ 631,531
Location	Monk's Lane Acton, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Mary, Acton
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	St Mary
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	12 January 1967
Architect(s)	Austin and Paley (restoration)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
Completed	1898
Specifications
Materials	Red sandstone, lead roof
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Chester
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Deanery	Nantwich
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Ann Lawson
Assistant priest(s)	Rev Keith Hine Rev John Whitehead
Laity
Reader(s)	Isobel Burnley, Ann Nicholas
Organist(s)	Peter Foster
Churchwarden(s)	Joyce Percival, Penni Doyle
Parish administrator	Ann Williams

St Mary's Church is an active Anglican parish church located in Monk's Lane, Acton, a village to the west of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. Since 1967 it has been designated a Grade I listed building.^[1] A church has been present on this site since before the time of the Domesday Survey. The tower is the oldest in Cheshire, although it had to be largely rebuilt after it fell in 1757. One unusual feature of the interior of the church is that the old stone seating around its sides has been retained. In the south aisle are some ancient carved stones dating back to the Norman era. The architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor includes the church in his list of 'best' English parish churches.^[2] In the churchyard is a tall 17th-century sundial. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is united with those of St David, Wettenhall, St Oswald, Worleston, and St Bartholomew, Church Minshull.^[3]