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{{Infobox church
| name = St Michael's, Weeton
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| location = Weeton, Lancashire
| country = England
| denomination = Anglican
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| functional status = Active
| heritage designation = Grade II
| designated date = {{start date|1986|06|11|df=yes}}
| architect = E. H. Shellard (enlargement)
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| completed date = 1843
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| materials = red brick with stone dressings
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| deanery = Kirkham
| archdeaconry = Lancaster
| diocese = Blackburn
| province = York
| vicar = Rev Robert Marks
}}St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Weeton, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It was built in 1843 and enlarged in 1846. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage. HistorySt Michael's Church was built in 1843 on land granted by the 13th Earl of Derby. ArchitectureSt Michael's is constructed in the Early English style, of red brick with stone dressings. The roof is slate. Internally, the roof's timber structure includes strutted king posts and arched braces. The nave has four bays and the chancel one. The church furniture includes a wooden pulpit, a matching minister's desk and original wooden pews Which have doors. Memorials include a brass tablet dedicated to Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, erected "by the servants employed on his North Lancashire Estates 1893". There is a small square organ by T. and C. Lane of Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. ChurchyardThe graveyard contains the war graves of two British Army soldiers of World War I, and an airman of World War II.[1] See also- Listed buildings in Weeton-with-Preese
- List of works by E. H. Shellard
ReferencesFootnotes1. ^ CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record.
2. ^1 {{Citation|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/|title=Listed Buildings|year=2010|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=22 August 2011}}
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| editor1-last = Farrer
| editor1-first = William
| editor2-last = Brownbill
| editor2-first = J.
| title = Townships — Weeton-with-Preese
| work = A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7
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| year = 1912
| url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53213
| accessdate =2 April 2011
| ref = Farrer
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| last = Hartwell
| first = Clare
| last2 = Pevsner
| first2 = Nikolaus
| author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner
| title = Lancashire: North
| publisher = Yale University Press
| location = New Haven and London
| year = 2009
| origyear = 1969
| isbn = 0-300-12667-0
| ref = Hartwell}}{{Lancashire churches|II|state=collapsed}}{{Borough of Fylde buildings}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Weeton, St Michael's Church}} 4 : Church of England church buildings in Lancashire|Diocese of Blackburn|Grade II listed churches in Lancashire|Buildings and structures in the Borough of Fylde |