St Mary's Church, Cheadle

St Mary's Church in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, is a Grade I listed building.

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

[1] The chancel was built between 1556 and 1558 for Lady Katheryn Bulkeley, who had formerly been the Abbess of Godstow.

[5] The choir stalls date from the 19th century, and are elaborately carved with scenes and poppyheads.

Both chapels have carved screens containing original material from the 15th and 16th centuries in their lower parts.

[6] On display in the church is an 11th-century stone cross,[7] discovered during the construction of the nearby Barnes Hospital in 1874.

[5] The screen round the chapel was erected by Sir Urian Brereton.

[6] In a south aisle window is a fragment of ancient glass with the Stanley arms.

[5] In the churchyard are the base of a medieval cross shaft which has been converted into a sundial,[12] the base of another cross in red sandstone dating from the 14th or 15th century which was restored to form a memorial in 1873,[13] and the 18th-century chest tomb of the Crosier family.