St Michael's Church, Madeley 2.87

St Michael's Church, Madeley is located near the centre of Madeley, Shropshire, England. It is one of three places of worship that constitute the Parish of Madeley, a Church of England parish. The parish is part of the Diocese of Hereford.HistoryThe church was designed by Thomas Telford and built in 1796. It was the rebuild of an older church, among whose Vicars had been John William Fletcher, whose iron tombstone is in the churchyard.ArchitectureSt Michael's Church is an octagonal building with a square tower.War memorials West end - two carved wooden panels, at their base two brass plaques listing parishioners who died serving in World War I, with figures of St Luke, St Maurice and St George on one side and St Michael, St Joan of Arc and St Barbara on the other. West end - stone plaque, removed from closed church of St Paul's, Aqueduct, listing men local to that church who died in both World Wars. North wall - marble plaque listing men of Madeley parish died in First World War. Plaque to Lieutenant Frederick John Briscoe, killed at Ypres 1915. Plaque to Lieutenant John Spencer Ruscombe Anstice, killed at Gallipoli 1915.