Churches
All Saints’ Parish Church
Maintained by Stephen Clifford
Vicar: The Reverend Canon Dr Barry Wilson, The Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, Madeley, Crewe, CW3 9PQ
E-mail: vicarmail@gmail.com
Associate Minister: The Reverend Margaret Gell, 19 Pear Tree Drive, Madeley, Crewe, CW3 9EN
Curate – joint with Betley, Keele and Silverdale: The Reverend Dr Mandy Maxwell, 15 Plantation Park, Keele, ST5 5NA
E-mail:mandy787@btinternet.com
Ordained Local Minister: The Reverend Alan Bailey
Reader: Professor John Lloyd, Whitebeam, College Close, Madeley, Crewe, CW3 9HQ
Sundays 8.30 am Holy Communion
10.45 am Parish Eucharist – with ‘Stepping Stones’
(fourth Sunday of each month non-Eucharistic Family Service)
Mondays 9.00 – 11.00 am Breakfast Cafe
Wednesdays 9.15 am Parish Prayers – open to all
Thursdays 9.15 am Holy Communion - 2.00 pm Tots’ Church
- 4.00 pm MadCats Youth Music and Drama group
Fridays (1st & 3rd of each month) 2-30 pm Madeley Christian Fellowship (at Methodist Chapel, Poolside)
See also our service details on the A Church Near You web site, and our Church web site
For Monthly Vicar’s Letter, please click here
For the Vicar’s description of the re-ordering of the interior of All Saints’ Church, please click here
The united parishes of All Saints’, Madeley and St. Margaret’s, Betley work together with a single Vicar. Joint services and other initiatives, rather than naming both churches and both villages, are identified by the use of the name LIVING STREAMS. For more information on services under this heading click here
A particular theme of All Saints’ Mission within the Living Streams initiative is a ministry of Healing and Wholeness. For more information on the regular evening services devoted to prayer for healing in the church, click here
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All Saints’ Church and the Old School House Viewed from Moss Lane. The clock in the tower strikes 7 on the evening of July 26th 2000, disturbing a crow from its lofty roost. (Photo. © Andrew T. Finney) |
Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals
Contact: The Vicar, Barry Wilson +44 (0)1782 750205
| All Saints’ Parish Church from the North East – North Transept and Tower (Photo. © Andrew T. Finney) |  |
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| Who’s Who at All Saints’ VICAR | ||
| The Rev. Canon Dr. Barry Wilson | The Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, Madeley, Crewe, CW3 9PQ | Tel: +44 (0)1782 750205 |
| ASSOCIATE MINISTER | ||
| The Rev. Margaret Gell | 19 Pear Tree Drive, Madeley | Tel: +44 (0)1782 750669 |
| CURATE – joint with Betley, Keele and Silverdale | ||
| The Rev. Dr Mandy Maxwell | 15 Plantation Park, Keele, ST5 5NA | Tel: +44 (0)1782 711758 |
| ORDAINED LOCAL MINISTER | ||
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The Rev. Alan Bailey
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Tel: +44 (0)1270 820043
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| READER | ||
| Professor John Lloyd | Whitebeam, College Close, Madeley | Tel: +44 (0)1782 750506 |
| DIRECTOR OF CHURCH MUSIC/YOUTH CHOIR LEADER | ||
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Judith Bailey
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Tel: +44 (0)1270 820043
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| CHURCHWARDENS | ||
| Trevor Downs | 10 Heather Glade, Madeley | Tel: +44 (0)1782 750025 |
| Vacancy until April 2011 | ||
| P.C.C. SECRETARY | ||
| Liz Walklett | 8 Arbour Close, Madeley | Tel: +44 (0)1782 750145 |
| P.C.C. TREASURER | ||
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Stephen Clifford
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Kalathos, Cherry Tree Lane, Woore
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Tel: +44 (0)1630 647765
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| GIFT AID CO-ORDINATOR | ||
| Imogen Taylor | ||
| CHURCH FLOWERS | ||
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Margaret Ellis
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50 The Bridle Path, Madeley |
Tel: +44 (0)1782 750664
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| VERGER | ||
| Doreen Dracup | Tel: +44 (0)1782 680713 | |
| STEPPING STONES (SUNDAYS – 10.45 Service) | ||
| Lucy Stowe | 15 Birches Farm Mews, Madeley | Tel: +44 (0)7771 681681 |
| TOTS’ CHURCH (THURSDAYS) | ||
| Rosemary Lobban | 3 The Bridle Path, Madeley | Tel: +44 (0)1782 750547 |
| BELLRINGERS (Practice every Friday 7.30pm) | ||
| Sue Twigg | Ponderosa, Leycett Lane, Newcastle, ST5 6AD | Tel: +44 (0)1782 750213 |
| PARISH NEWS (Copy by 12th of the month please) | ||
| Stephen Clifford, Sue Eaton or Liz Walklett |
Tel: +44 (0)1630 647765, (0)1782 751503, or (0)1782 750145 |
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The Vicar
The Reverend Dr Barry Wilson took up his appointment as the Vicar of Madeley and Betley in April 2004, following a Service of Institution and Induction conducted by the Bishop of Stafford and the Archdeacon of Stoke in All Saints’ at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, 3 April, 2004. Barry took up his full duties on coming into residence after Easter.
| Barry was a school teacher before his ordination in 1997, serving till then at Alsager School. After two and a half years as Curate at St Michael’s, Stone, he moved to his previous post in 2001: Chaplain at the School of St Mary and St Anne, Abbot’s Bromley. Barry’s monthly letter to the parish of Madeley appears below. (Barry is seen here surveying the parish during a trip to the top of the church tower). |  |
Vicar’s Letter, Parish Magazine
Vicar’s Letter will be posted here when available.
Barry Wilson
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Mandy Maxwell Curate Mandy Maxwell – at Lichfield Cathedral in September 2007 when she was ordained as a Deacon – Present was her husband David of Keele’s History Dept. |  |
Re-ordering of All Saints’ church interior
Much has been done since this work began at the start of the New Year 2007.
Leycett Mining Deaths Memorial
We are currently appealing for funds, ideally gift aided, to pay for the erection near the South Door of a memorial to the 31 Madeley men and boys killed in an explosion on the morning shift at the fair Lady Pit, Leycett, on 21st January 1880 – see elsewhere on this web site – who were buried in the churchyard on the morning of 25th January 1880. (Another 31 were buried in other parishes.) None of those buried at All Saints’ has an individual marked grave; (one is commemorated on his parents’ gravestone, 15 years later.) No doubt temporary wooden crosses, all most could afford then, have long since rotted away. The Church Council felt it wrong that none of these men and boys should be named on their own memorial, and will shortly put up a new stone near the South door (the base is in place), listing all, and with an engraving of the pit head wheel. The stone will also commemorate all the other dead of the mining industry in Madeley. A list of those buried at All Saints’ follows, with ages and places of residence. The appeal has already received financial support from the Parish Council and North Staffs Miners Welfare, as well as many individual donations.
| Name | Age | Abode |
| Henry Darlington | 21yrs | Leycett. |
| Thomas Darlington | 55yrs | Leycett. |
| John Davies | 21yrs. | Little Madeley. |
| John Evans | 26yrs. | Leycett. |
| John Espley. | 20yrs. | Leycett. |
| Henry Grocott | 26yrs. | Little Madeley. |
| John Hall | 21yrs. | Madeley Heath. |
| Joseph Haywood | 27yrs. | Leycett. |
| Patrick Hutchinson | 36yrs. | Leycett |
| William Huxley | 21yrs | Leycett. |
| John James | 18yrs | Madeley Heath |
| Richard Jenkinson | 46yrs. | Madeley Heath. |
| Frederick Jervis | 22yrs. | Scot Hay. |
| John Kinastyn | 16yrs | Leycett. |
| Samuel Lamsdale | 17yrs. | Leycett. |
| John Lawton | 21yrs. | Leycett. |
| Richard Lear | 23yrs. | Middle Madeley. |
| William Lear | 25yrs. | Middle Madeley. |
| George Nixon | 58yrs. | Little Madeley. |
| William Pickin | 24yrs. | Little Madeley. |
| John Salisbury | 24yrs. | Leycett. |
| George Salmon | 34yrs. | Madeley Heath. |
| Jesse Salmon | 36yrs. | Madeley Heath. |
| James Scott | 36yrs. | Leycett. |
| Thomas Turner | 17yrs. | Little Madeley. |
| Edwin Viggars | 33yrs. | Madeley Heath. |
| Frederic Viggars | 31yrs | Madeley Heath. |
| Joseph Viggars | 35yrs. | Madeley Heath. |
| Herbert Walker | 20yrs. | Little Madeley. |
| James Webb | 35yrs. | Madeley Heath. |
| Michael Whalen | 23yrs. | Leycett. |
United Parishes of Betley and Madeley
Living Streams is a new and developing ministry, rooted in the life of the Anglican parishes of All Saints’, Madeley and St Margaret’s, Betley. Its aim is to encourage and nurture Christian Discipleship through a variety of services, workshops and teaching events, and to promote and facilitate Christian healing. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Living Streams derives its name from Ezekiel 47:1-12, where the prophet describes an ever-widening stream which flows out of the temple, and from John 7:38, where Jesus promises that “out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.”
In alternate months, at Betley or at Madeley, on the first Sunday of the month, there are united Services of Praise, intended to be opportunities to share in informal worship and to grow through focussed teaching, and Services of Healing and Wholeness, which provide an atmosphere of peace, support and encouragement, in a caring and non-threatening environment.
The Praise Services are at St. Margaret’s Church, Betley, and allow prayer and quiet as well as music and singing. The next services of praise and worship after Easter are due on 6th June and 1st August 2010, at 6.30 p.m. The Services of Healing and Wholeness are at All Saints’ Church, Madeley, and the next are due on 2nd May and 4th July 2010, at 6.30 p.m.
All Saints’ Services of Healing and Wholeness
Prayer has always been at the heart of the Christian faith. It gives us space to meet with God; to listen to his gentle promptings; and to share our deepest concerns. In our daily devotions we might pray for our families, our friends, our work situations or for particular difficulties in the world. But we do so, with the expectation that God, in his mercy, will intervene.
In our service of prayer for healing we give time to pray for those with particular needs. We might pray, for example, with someone who is facing up to a broken relationship, or feeling hurt. We might pray for someone who is physically unwell, or emotionally low. And we have a team of trained listeners who are always available.
Whilst the tone of the service inevitably varies, there is often a sense of peace and support. People come to the service hoping to meet with God, and many acknowledge that during the evening they do.
The service of healing takes place every two months, but there is the opportunity for prayer at anytime. Our clergy and lay workers spend a great deal of time praying with people as the need arises, and are also available at the end of the morning services.
We believe that healing comes through the grace of God: sometimes miraculously, sometimes over an extended period. But the greatest healing inevitably occurs when we give time for our relationship with God to be restored and our inner lives to be renewed.
Drop in if you would like:
to look around. There is a leaflet that describes the history of the church and its main features.
to pray. A quiet and still place in a busy world.
Gift Aid
Gift Aid and Standing Order forms are available from the back of All Saints’ Church. If you presently use the envelope scheme, or if you have a one-off donation to make and you pay tax (income tax or tax on savings) can we urge you to fill one in. The form allows the church to reclaim the tax on these gifts, so that we receive an extra £2.82 for each £10 donated. This scheme replaced the old covenant system and is much more flexible and easy to use.
If you have any questions about the operation of this scheme, please contact Imogen Taylor.
Methodist Church, Poolside
Minister, The Reverend John Proudman, Tel:+44 (0)1782 279125
Sundays 10.30am Morning service and Junior church
3rd Sunday of every month Family service with crèche
Roman Catholic
No service in Madeley but Sunday Mass 10.30 a.m. at Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in Mill Street, Silverdale, served from Holy Trinity, Newcastle.
Deacon-in-Residence: The Rev. Mr. Neil Adlington, Tel:+44 (0)1782 624325
Deacon-in-Residence
The Reverend Mr. Neil Adlington
Neil was ordained Deacon by the Archbishop of Birmingham in June 1992, to serve in the parish of St John the Baptist, Alton. He later became a full-time parish deacon in the parish team for Cheadle, Alton and Cotton, before moving to the Church of the Sacred Heart in Silverdale late in 2000, where he has responsibility for the Roman Catholic parish of Silverdale and Madeley.
As a parish deacon, Neil can prepare people for the sacraments of the Church, perform baptisms, marriages and funeral services, and minister to the sick and housebound. He and his wife Jackie are based in the Presbytery of the Sacred Heart in Silverdale, where he works alongside the team at Holy Trinity, Newcastle – Mgr Ryall, Fr Jan and Fr Eric, and the Sisters of Mercy.
Apart from his duties as deacon, Neil is an enthusiast for sport, especially football, and lists “listening to music” as a major interest.