Building record 723/1 - St Helen's Church, Witton

<1> Richards R, 1947, Old Cheshire Churches, Richards R 1947 /360 (Book). SCH2309.

St Helen's Church (Witton Church), Church Road South. A mixture of 14th, 15th and 16th century styles, with 19th century alterations and additions

<2> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1329880 (Web Site). SCH6528.

14th century origin, enlarged late 15th/early 16th century, restored 19th century. Red sandstone. West tower, five-bay aisled nave with south porch, two-bay chancel with canted apse, south chapel, north vestry and sacristy of two storeys, with St Mary's, Nantwich and St Michael's, Middlewich, one of the three major medieval salt town churches in Cheshire

<3> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 2/192-193 (Y) (Book). SCH3228.

The parish church of Northwich was Witton Chapel, just outside the town boundary

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ67SE9/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

St. Helens is a mixture of 14th, 15th and 16th century styles, with 19th entury alterations and additions

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Part of medieval graveslab with crude floriate cross survives in church. Found in 1841, covering body carrying a hazel wand and a penny

<6> Cheshire County Council, 2002, Cheshire Historic Towns Survey: Vale Royal Borough Part 1: Archaeological Assessments, p.6 (Report). SCH4760.

Northwich was served by St Helen’s Church at Witton, which lay in an isolated position, 700m east of the town. It was a parochial chapel of the Parish Church of Great Budworth, which lies 3.5km to the north. St Helen’s Church contains work from the 14th century onwards, with much Perpendicular work (late 15th to early 16th centuries) and extensive Victorian restoration