St Michael, Waddington
St Michael, Waddington
St Michael’s is the parish church of Waddington, Lincolnshire, on the High Street about five miles south of Lincoln, in the Diocese of Lincoln. It is not a listed building.
- Location
- Waddington, Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Lincolnshire
- City / town
- Waddington
- Address
- High Street, Waddington, Lincolnshire, LN5 9RF
- Postcode
- LN5 9RF
- Built
- Rebuilt 1952–54 after destruction of the medieval church in 1941; predecessor rebuilt 1721
- Consecrated
- 1954
- Architect
- R. Corless of Skipper & Corless, Lowestoft
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Michael
- Diocese
- Lincoln
- Parish
- Waddington
- Style
- Mid-20th-century parish church
- Materials
- Ancaster stone
- Grid reference
- SK 976 641
- Opening hours
- Open everyday.
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas
- Website
- https://waddington.church/
Overview
Domesday Book records a church and priest at Waddington. The medieval church, of twelfth-century origin and rebuilt in 1721, was destroyed by a German landmine on the night of 8 May 1941 during a raid associated with nearby RAF Waddington. A large stiff-leaf capital from the old church survives.
The present building, of Ancaster stone with a north-west tower and a large west window, was built in 1952–54 by R. Corless of Skipper & Corless of Lowestoft and consecrated in 1954. The churchyard includes Commonwealth war graves from both world wars. This is Waddington in Lincolnshire, not the Yorkshire village of the same name.