Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon

[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Bowdon.

[5] The tower is in four stages and has diagonal buttresses, ornate clock faces, four-light belfry openings, gargoyles, and its top is castellated.

The oldest are a pair of damaged reclining effigies in the north transept, one of which is of Sir William Baguley who died in about 1320.

One is to Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington who died in 1694, his wife Mary and their family, which includes figures of Wisdom and Vanity.

[1] The three-manual organ was built in 1875 and minor alterations were made to it in 1960 by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd.[7] The parish registers begin in 1628.

[3] There is a ring of eight bells, cast in 1964 by John Taylor & Co.[8] In the churchyard are three structures that are designated as Grade II listed buildings.