St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead
St John's, Ravenhead | |
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St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead | |
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![]() ![]() St John's, Ravenhead Location within NW England | |
Coordinates: 53°26′28″N 2°45′22″W / 53.4412°N 2.7561°W | |
OS grid reference | SJ 948 940 |
Location | Ravenhead, St. Helens |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | www.stjohnsravenhead.org.uk |
History | |
Founded | 1869 |
Dedication | St John the Evangelist |
Consecrated | 27 December 1869 |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 23 August 1985 |
Architect(s) | Medland & Taylor, Manchester |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1869 |
Construction cost | £2,500 |
Administration | |
Parish | Ravenhead |
Deanery | St Helens |
Archdeaconry | St Helens & Warrington |
Diocese | Liverpool |
Province | York |
District | Diocese of Liverpool |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Interregnum (2015 - present) |
St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead is a Church of England parish church which serves the parish of Ravenhead in St Helens, England.[1] It is one of the over 200 parishes which together form the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool.[2]
Centres of worship
There are two Anglican churches in the parish of Ravenhead.[3] - the main parish church of St John the Evangelist and its mission church, Emmanuel. Though Emmanuel is geographically located in neighbouring Thatto Heath it still falls within the Ravenhead parish boundary.
History
St John's Church was built and opened in 1869. Following the First World War, a Memorial Hall was built in 1924. The mission church, Emmanuel, opened in 1965 as St John's Mission, though previous buildings on the site were associated with the church as far back as the early 1900s. The most recent building development was of the St John's Community Centre, which opened at the St John's site in 2004.[4]
Community centre
During the 1990s, a survey showed that there was significant demand in the area for improved community facilities.[5] Throughout the following decade, the church raised finances to extend facilities at the main parish church to incorporate a new community centre. A sizeable sum of money was needed and raised through donations and grant making bodies. The St John's Centre opened in January 2004.[6]
Vicars of Ravenhead
Ravenhead has been served by ten vicars since the opening of St John's Church in 1869. A further minister, Rev. John Angell Jones, was appointed for three months to oversee an interregnum between the death of Rev. H.S. Bolton and the arrival of Rev. J.R. Beresford.[7]
- Rev. Richard Ravenscroft Moore (1869–1884)
- Rev. Harry Sandford Bolton (1884–1923)
- Rev. John Angell Jones (1923)
- Rev. James Richard Beresford (1923–1936)
- Rev. George Goode (1936–1948)
- Rev. Ernest Henshaw (1940–1960)
- Rev. Malcolm Dorrance Whyte (1960–1967)
- Rev. Frank Allred (1967–1975)
- Rev. John Seth Parry (1976–1987)
- Rev. Edward Roy Doran (1988–2009)
- Rev. Terry McFadden (2012 - 2015)
- Interregnum (2015 - present)
See also
References
- ↑ "St. Johns Church, Ravenhead". St John's Church, Ravenhead. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "About the Diocese of Liverpool". The Diocese of Liverpool. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "Ravenhead Church Buildings". St John's Church, Ravenhead. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "St John's History". St John's Church, Ravenhead. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ "About the St John's Centre". St John's Church, Ravenhead. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "About the St John's Centre". St John's Church, Ravenhead. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "Vicars and Curates of Ravenhead". St John's Church, Ravenhead. Retrieved 14 May 2011.