Plemstall Church: Difference between revisions

<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.

''<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>''

|''"Annie Calkin of Hoole left the sum of £6, the interest to the poor AD 1727"''

|''"Charles Hurleston of Newton Esq. left the sum of £50, the interest to the Schoole 1828"''

|''"Sacred to the memory of Robert Brittain Esq. of Hoole Bank and Elizabeth his wife"''

Names of Ministers are known back to 1291 when Robert de Thorpe was the incumbent. The CCEd Clergy of the Church of England<ref>''<small>httphttps://theclergydatabase.org.uk/</small>''</ref> records most names from 1545 to 1833.