Patrick Comerford
In recent weeks, I have been writing about churches I have been visiting in Staffordshire, including churches in Stafford, Rugeley, Brereton and Armitage.
I have been visiting churches in Lichfield, the Diocese of Lichfield and throughout Staffordshire since my teenage years. But when I began this blog almost 20 years ago (10 November 2007), my blog postings were without order and organisation, and so my blog postings on these churches have appeared randomly over the years.
My first blog postings on these churches were about Pugin churches or repostings of magazine features. But, before this blog began, I had written extensively about Lichfield Cathedral, the chapel in Saint John’s Hospital, and the church in Comberford village, among other churches. In time, they multiplied, although occasionally they were only brief reference or a photograph or two in more wide-ranging posting.
As my blog postings roll over, year after year, it becomes increasingly difficult to scroll through these posting or to find them.
I tried to catalogue these postings about five years ago (12 February 2021) and to update it, but it has become unwieldly over the passage of time.
Some of my recent posts on churches in Staffordshire and in the Diocese of Lichfield have had so many ‘hits’ that I thought a new guide to my postings on churches and cathedrals in Lichfield and Staffordshire would be helpful.
I have similar guides to cathedrals and churches in Limerick, cathedral, churches and chapels in Wexford, to church buildings in the Greater Milton Keynes area, to cathedrals, church and college chapels in Oxford, and to synagogues I have visited around the world.
Each church name has a built-in hyperlink that enables readers to click and move to that posting.
I plan to update this guide as I visit more churches throughout Staffordshire and throughout the Diocese of Lichfield, or as I find more photographs in my files.
Cathedrals:
1, Lichfield Cathedral (xxx)
2, The Cathedral Close, Lichfield (12 May 2014):
The church-connected buildings discussed in that walking tour of the Cathedral Close in 2014 include:
3, the former Bishop’s Palace (now Lichfield Cathedral School and Chapel)
4, the Bishop’s House (No 22)
5, The Deanery
6, The Precentor’s House (No 23)
7, The Chancellor’s House (No 13)
8, Selwyn House or ‘Spite House’ (also 7 October 2014)
9, Saint Mary’s House
10, The Visitors’ Centre
11, The former Lichfield Theological College
12, Vicars’ Close (Flats) and Vicars’ Hall
Armitage:
13, The former Dominican Priory, Hawkseyard Hall and Spode House (22 April 2026) and HERE (2 October 2019)
Brereton:
14, Saint Michael’s Church, Brereton (20 April 2026)
15, (former) Brereton Methodist Church (22 April 2026)
Cheadle:
16, Saint Giles’ Church, Cheadle (12 June 2010)
Comberford:
17, (former) Saint Mary and Saint George, Comberford (5 June 2013)
Farewell:
18, Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Farewell (24 August 2022), and HERE (7 June 2016)
Handsworth (historically in Staffordshire):
19, Saint Mary’s Church, Handsworth, formerly in the Diocese of Lichfield (22 August 2024)
Haselour:
20, The private chapel at Haselour Hall (27 January 2021)
Haunton:
21, The Church of Saint Michael and Saint James, Haunton (28 January 2021)
Lichfield:
Church of England:
22, Christ Church, Leamonsley (27 June 2015)
23, Saint Chad’s Church, Saint Chad’s Road (2 March 2019)
24, Saint Mary’s Church, Market Square (19 September 2019)
25, Saint Michael’s Church, Greenhill (18 January 2015)
26, The Chapel, Saint John’s Hospital (27 November 2018)
27, The Chapel, Dr Milley’s Hospital, Beacon Street (31 May 2015)
Other Traditions:
28, Christadelphian Hall, Station Road (6 June 2016)
29, The Kingdom Hall. Lombard Street, Lichfield, former Wesleyan Methodist chapel (3 January 2024)
30, The Methodist Church, Tamworth Street (26 March 2020)
31, (former) Quaker Meeting House, Cruck House, Stowe Lane (1 June 2015)
32, Holy Cross Church, Upper Saint John Street (13 August 2011)
33, (former) Roman Catholic chapel, corner of Bore Street and Breadmarket Street (17 February 2018)
34, United Reformed Church, Wade Street (18 September 2019)
Historic sites:
35, The (former) Augustinian Friary (2 April 2017)
36, The (former) Franciscan Friary, Lichfield (2 April 2017)
37, Former Bishop’s Lodgings, The Friary (25 June 2015)
Penkridge:
38, Saint Michael’s and All Angels, Penkridge (4 December 2016)
Rugeley:
39, Saint Augustine’s Church (Old Chancel), Rugeley (18 April 2026)
40, Saint Augustine’s Church (19th century), Rugeley (19 April 2026)
41, Saint Joseph and Saint Etheldreda (Roman Catholic), Rugeley (17 April 2026)
Stafford:
42, Saint Bretelin’s Chapel, Stafford (13 April 2026)
43, Saint Chad’s Church, Stafford (3 August 2014)
44, Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church, Stafford (3 August 2014)
45, Saint Paul’s Church, Lichfield Street, Stafford (13 April 2026)
46, The chapel, Sir Martin Noell’s Almshouse, Stafford (14 April 2026)
Tamworth:
47, Saint Editha’s Church, Tamworth (7 July 2019)
48, The Comberford Chapel, Saint Editha’s Church, Tamworth (1 April 2025)
Other traditions in Tamworth:
49, (former) Baptist Church, Church Street, Tamworth (12 June 2016)
50, (former) Congregationalist Church, Aldergate, Tamworth (12 June 2016)
51, Central Methodist Church, Aldergate, Tamworth (12 June 2016)
52, (former) Primitive Methodist Chapel, Lichfield Street, Tamworth (11 August 2023)
53, possible Comberford chapel, Moat Street, Lichfield Street, Tamworth? (12 August 2020)
54, (former) Wesleyan Temple, later Victoria Street Methodist Church, Tamworth (12 June 2016)
55, (former) Friends’ Meeting House (Quakers), Lichfield Street, Tamworth (11 August 2023)
56, Saint John’s Roman Catholic Church, Tamworth (7 August 2023)
57, (former) Unitarian Chapel, Colehill, now Victoria Road, Tamworth (12 June 2016)
Uttoxeter:
58, Saint Mary’s Church, Uttoxeter (12 June 2010)
Wall:
59, Saint John’s Church, Wall (21 April 2017)
Weeford:
60, Saint Mary’s Church, Weeford (24 April 2018)
Wednesbury:
61, Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Wednesbury (26 June 2023)
Wolverhampton:
62, Saint Peter’s Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton (20 August 2023)
63, Saint Silas Church, Church of England (Continuing), (former) synagogue, Wolverhampton (29 September 2023)
Last Updated: 26 April 2026
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