St John's Church History
The Present Church of St John the Baptist, Barlaston
A Plaque Commemorating the Consecration of the Present Church , 17th. November 1984
 
Views of the church and Alter
The Previous Church
Barlaston Old Church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, stands near the hall, and is a small Gothic structure. It was rebuilt, except the tower, in 1760, and enlarged on the north side in 1830, when a new gallery was erected.
The Old Church became unsafe due to mining subsidence in 1980
Pictures provided by Roy
 
Please contact Steve Hall : steve.hall1951@hotmail.co.uk
or The church: vicar@stjohnsbarlaston.co.uk
This page has been put together with material kindly supplied by Roy Finney & Peter Hedley
Barlaston churches dating back over 700 years
Although Barlaston was possibly mentioned as far back in history as 979AD. it was then known as "Beorelfestune" there was no mention of any "House of God".
The Doomsday Book of 1086 records the village as "Bernulaestone". However there is no mention of a church in Barlaston.
The earliest mention of a Chapel was in the 1220's it was built by John Fitzphilip who had succeeded his father Philip as Lord of Barlaston. About 1225AD. John granted the right of appointing the priest here to Trentham but stipulated Barlaston was to become a parish separate from Trentham and, should have its own rights of baptism and burial and its priest was to live in Barlaston and celebrate divine service there with a house and land provided.
The Chapel was recorded as still being in use upto at least 1341AD. when between 1341AD. and 1370AD. there is evidence that a new church with a tower was built.
It under went some rebuilding in 1760AD.
The church was further enlarged and a new gallery erected in 1830AD. This increased the seating from 190 to 370.
In 1888AD. a rebuilt church again arose, the tower remained unaltered. During this rebuilding the gallery was removed, reducing the seating to 300. The building worked where reported to have cost £2,500
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