The Building
Christ Church building is a stone-faced, brick built, Victorian Gothic structure whose foundation stone was laid on the 28th June 1838. Stone had been expanding in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and so to cater for this increase Christ Church parish was "carved" out of the existing parish of St. Michael, making a parish which consisted of the northern part of the town and also Barlaston, Meaford, Oulton, Moddershall and Tittensor. The curate of St Michael's Church, the Revd Francis Kitchin became the first vicar when the church was consecrated in 1840. The parishes of Oulton and Tittensor were created later in 1879 and 1882.
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The church contains more memories than are recorded on its walls or stonework.
A catalogue of these records is available in "Gateway to the Past" - the online catalogue of the
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service. The Archive Service's
website provides further information on
planning a visit to the office to consult records, should you wish to do so.
The present church building is the result of considerable rebuilding in 1885 and 1899 completed in 1900 There are only two small stained glass windows other than the five light east window which immediately takes the attention. The five panels represent the chief events in the life of Christ and were donated as memorials.Parish Records
Historic records of Christ Church, Stone have been deposited at
Staffordshire Record Office, where they are available for consultation by
the public. These include the parish registers of baptisms 1840-1970,
marriages 1845-2003, and burials 1840-1959.
