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[[File:4RHA1 Windows in Chester Cathederal.jpg|left|thumb|412x412px|''<small>Windows in Chester Cathederal St Plegmund (right) and King Alfred the Great (left)</small>'']]
<ref>''<small>Article researched and written by Ralph Earlam, June 2019, Hoole History & Heritage Society</small>''</ref>From medieval times parts of both Hoole and Newton were in the ecclesiastical parish of Plemstall. In the 9th century AD it is alleged that a hermit called [[Plegmund]] lived on the “Isle of Chester” located on marshland near the River Gowy, which was prone to flooding. He was a learned man, a scholar and a man of god. Local people visited him to receive a blessing. King Alfred sent for him to become one of his spiritual advisors and he was eventually appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, travelling to Rome at least twice.
[[File:4RHA2 St Plegmunds Well.jpg|thumb|''<small>St Plegmund's Well, Plemstall</small>'']]
''<small>King Alfred the Great 849-899, King of Wessex, 871-899</small>''
''<small>St. Plegmund, died AD 914 (or 923), Archbishop of Canterbury 890-914</small>''
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Framed boards:-
{| class="wikitable"
|''"Annie Calkin of Hoole left the sum of £6, the interest to the poor AD 1727"''
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|''"Charles Hurleston of Newton Esq. left the sum of £50, the interest to the Schoole 1828"''
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A white marble tablet:
{| class="wikitable"
|''"Sacred to the memory of Robert Brittain Esq. of Hoole Bank and Elizabeth his wife"''
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=== Incumbents of Plemstall Church ===
Names of Ministers are known back to 1291 when Robert de Thorpe was the incumbent. The CCEd Clergy of the Church of England<ref>
[[File:4RHA7 Aeropaidia Front Cover.jpg|left|thumb|372x372px|''<small>'Aeropaidia' Front Cover</small>'']]
[[File:4RHA8 Aeropaidia View from the balloon.jpg|thumb|''<small>'Aeropaidia' View from the Balloon</small>'']]
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In the latter part of the 18th century, the Minister at Plemstall was the Rev John Baldwin. His son Thomas, who was also ordained, took part in a famous balloon flight in 1786. He took off from Chester Castle and eventually landed near Kingsley. This was no pleasure flight; it was a scientific experiment resulting in a book of over 350 pages entitle “''Airopaidia - the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion''”.<ref>''<small>https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/airopaidia-1786-the-narrative-of-a-balloon-excursion/</small>''</ref> On board were magnets and iron filings, a live pigeon, pepper, salt and ginger (to test the taste buds which had been said to be insipid on the peak of Tenerife); also, barometers and thermometers. Lessons were learnt to provide advice for future launches, the effects of reels and pulleys and for take-off and landings. A map of the journey can be matched on the ground; an attempt to circle Plemstall seems evident.
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The Rector of Plemstall from 1833 was Isaac Temple and he ran a boarding school for boys at his home called ‘Mayfield’. The 1841 and 1851 Censuses show 12 to 18 boys aged from 7 to 13 years old boarding there. Mayfield was eventually lived in by S. J. R. Dickson, a solicitor and member of Dicksons’ Nurseries family and still stands today opposite the Toby Carvery on Hoole Road. There was a rectory in Plemstall occupied in 1850 by John Chamberlain, Parish Clerk and labourer. Isaac Temple remained Rector until his death in 1880 when he was succeeded by Rev T. Lowe. In 1899 Rev. W.S. Johns was appointed.
The Rector from 1907 to 1946 was Rev Joseph Hooker Toogood. He was responsible for the refurbishment and surprisingly, the installation of much of the woodwork in the church, including the First World War Memorial.<ref>''<small>https://www.primidi.com/st_peters_church_plemstall/architecture/interior</small>''</ref><ref>''<small>https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/toogood-in-wood-the-war-memorial-st-peters-church-plemstall-cheshire-contemporary-past-18-19-field-trip-5/</small>''</ref>▼
▲The Rector from 1907 to 1946 was Rev Joseph Hooker Toogood. He was responsible for the refurbishment and surprisingly, the installation of much of the woodwork in the church, including the First World War Memorial.<ref>https://www.primidi.com/st_peters_church_plemstall/architecture/interior</ref><ref>https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/toogood-in-wood-the-war-memorial-st-peters-church-plemstall-cheshire-contemporary-past-18-19-field-trip-5/</ref>
Plemstall church is now linked to St. John’s at Guilden Sutton, and monthly services take place there.
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