| 词条 | St Leonard's Church, Middleton |
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| name = Church of St Leonard, Middleton | fullname = | other name = | image = Middleton, St Leonard.jpg | imagesize = | imagelink = | imagealt = | caption = | pushpin map = Greater Manchester | pushpin label position = | pushpin map alt = | pushpin mapsize = | relief = | map caption = | coordinates = {{coord|53.5532|-2.1946|display=inline,title}} | iso region = | osgraw = | osgridref = | location = Middleton, Greater Manchester | country = England | denomination = Church of England | previous denomination = | churchmanship = | membership = | attendance = | website = {{URL| www.middletonparishchurch.org.uk}} | former name = | bull date = | founded date = | founder = | dedication = | dedicated date = | consecrated date = | cult = | relics = | events = | past bishop = | people = | status = Active | functional status = Parish church | heritage designation = Grade I listed | designated date = | architect = | architectural type = | style = | years built = | groundbreaking = | completed date = | construction cost = | closed date = | demolished date = | capacity = | length = | width = | width nave = | height = | diameter = | other dimensions = | floor count = | floor area = | spire quantity = | spire height = | materials = | bells = | bells hung = | bell weight = | parish = | deanery = | archdeaconry = Archdeaconry of Rochdale | episcopalarea = | diocese = Diocese of Manchester | province = Province of York | archbishop = | bishop = | rector = The Revd Martin Short | vicar = | priestincharge = | priest = | asstpriest = | honpriest = | curate = | asstcurate = The Revd David Brooks The Revd Freda Jackson | nonstipendiaryminister = | minister = | assistant = | deacon = | reader = | student intern = | organistdom = | director = | organist = | warden = | verger = }}St Leonard's is an Anglican parish church in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] Much of the present building was erected in 1412 by Thomas Langley (born in Middleton in 1363) who served as Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor of England. He re-used the Norman doorway from an earlier structure to create the tower arch. Also distinctive in this part of the world is the wooden belfry tower. The church of St Leonard was completed in 1524 by Sir Richard Assheton, in celebration of the knighthood granted to him by Henry VIII for his part in the Battle of Flodden in 1513. The Flodden Window, in the sanctuary, is thought to be the oldest war memorial in the UK.[2] It commemorates on it the names of the Middleton archers who fought at Flodden. The church also has one of the finest collections of monumental brasses in the area, including the only brass in the UK of an English Civil War officer in full armour, Major-General Sir Ralph Assheton. In 1958 George Pace added a new north porch and vestries. He also installed light fittings, and designed a memorial to the First World War.[3] In the extension of the churchyard are the war graves of two First World War soldiers, and an airman from the Second World War.[4] See also{{Portal|Anglicanism|Greater Manchester}}
References1. ^{{NHLE |num= 1162332|desc= Church of St Leonard, Rochdale|access-date= 9 July 2013}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/middletonguardian/news/s/517318_worlds_oldest_war_memorial_nears_milestone |publisher=M.E.N. Media |date=7 September 2006 |accessdate=30 June 2008 |title=World’s oldest war memorial nears milestone |last=Mountford |first=Emma |newspaper=Middleton Guardian |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925071548/http://menmedia.co.uk/middletonguardian/news/s/517318_worlds_oldest_war_memorial_nears_milestone |archivedate=25 September 2012 |df= }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://middletonparishchurch.org.uk/history/history.php |title=History |accessdate=1 August 2013 |publisher=St Leonard's Church, Middleton |mode=cs2}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2000374/MIDDLETON%20%28ST.%20LEONARD%29%20CHURCHYARD%20EXTENSION |title=Middleton (St. Leonard) Churchyard Extension |accessdate=6 February 2013 |publisher=Commonwealth War Graves Commission}} External links
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