St Mark's, Winshill

Parish church
name = St Mark's, Winshill


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diocese = Diocese of Derby
province = Province of Canterbury
vicar = Rev Michael Mookerji
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St Mark's is the Church of England parish church for the Burton upon Trent suburb of Winshill, east of the town. It is part of the Diocese of Derby.

Built to the west of Winshill and commanding a prominent spot high above Burton upon Trent, St Mark's is a landmark that can be seen for miles along the valley of the River Trent.

St Mark's church was

(...) paid for by the brewer John Gretton of Bladon House (d. 1867), was opened in 1869. It served a district chapelry, established within Holy Trinity ecclesiastical parish in 1867 and covering the whole of Winshill. (...) Because it was still in Derbyshire, Winshill was transferred in 1884 from Diocese of Lichfield to the newly-created diocese of Southwell, where it remained until 1927 when taken into Diocese of Derby. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=12375 British History Online "Winshill: Established church." A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume IX, Nigel J. Tringham (Editor) (2003)] ]

Notable burials

First World War hero William Harold Coltman VC, DCM and Bar, MM and Bar, lies buried in the churchyard with his wife Eleanor [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11077194] .

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