St Mary's Church, Mold
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St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Mold, Flintshire, Wales, and a Grade I listed building.[1][2] It belongs to the Deanery of Mold, the Archdeaconry of Wrexham and the Diocese of St Asaph of the Church in Wales.[3] It has historical associations with the Stanley family, Earls of Derby and displays heraldic symbols of this,[4] including an Eagle and Child assumed by the family in the 15th century,[5] and the Three Legs of Man, derived from a time when the Stanleys were Lords of Mann.[6] Under Father Rex Matthias, the previous incumbent, the church took on an Anglo-Catholic style of liturgy.
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St Mary's Church, Mold | |
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53.1691°N 3.1430°W / 53.1691; -3.1430 | |
Location | High Street, Mold, Flintshire |
Country | Wales |
Denomination | Anglican |
Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
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History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | St Mary the Virgin |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 21 June 1953 |
Architect(s) | Joseph Turner (tower) Sir George Gilbert Scott Prothero, Phillott and Barnard |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Perpendicular |
Groundbreaking | c. 1490 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone with lead roofs |
Administration | |
Province | Church in Wales |
Diocese | St Asaph |
Archdeaconry | Wrexham |
Deanery | Mold |
Parish | Mold |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | The Rev'd Canon Martin Bachelor |
Curate(s) | The Rev'd Dan Morgan |
Laity | |
Organist(s) | Tim Stuart, Phil Knowles |
Churchwarden(s) | John R Williams, June Taylor |
Flower guild | Hilary Lawrence |
Parish administrator | John Nicholas, Treasurer; Judith Johnson, Secretary |
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