Publisher's Synopsis
A Hidden Place of Worship traces the history of the parish church of St. Chad's, Over, Winsford, Cheshire, a very ancient place of worship - perhaps stretching back millennia. It is not easily located being in a secluded valley among the fields, some distance from the main road.
This book charts the history of the church and the parish it serves since the earliest times through to the mid-twentieth century. The work is based on original research and puts forward an interesting hypothesis concerning the development of the area in the medieval times.
This is not an architectural study of the church, though there is some mention of developments in the building styles of the church, rather it is an account of its place in the landscape, in the politics of medieval Cheshire, and how it served the needs of the community. There is much to interest family historians with names of many local families appearing in the text and in an appendix with extracts from the Church Wardens Accounts.
