Editing Congleton (section)

==Religion==
[[File:St Peter's Church, Chapel Street, Congleton (NHLE Code 1330322) (May 2022) (9).jpg|thumb|St Peter's Church, Congleton, from the south]]

The four [[Anglican]] churches in Congleton (forming a partnership in the All Saints Congleton parish<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 July 2022 |title=New name for parish of Congleton as church looks to the future |page=Front Page |newspaper=[[Congleton Chronicle]]}}</ref>) are:
* St John's
* St Stephen's
* [[St Peter's Church, Congleton|St Peter's]]
* Trinity

Congleton Town Council lists eleven other places of worship in the town:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congleton-tc.gov.uk/community/places-of-worship/ |title=Places of Worship |access-date=12 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104224808/http://www.congleton-tc.gov.uk/community/places-of-worship/ |archive-date=4 January 2013 }}</ref>
* Congleton Community [[Baptist]] Church<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbaptist.org.uk/ |title=Congelton Baptist Church |access-date=12 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106164001/http://www.cbaptist.org.uk/ |archive-date=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Brookhouse Green [[Methodism|Methodist]] Church<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congletonmethodist.org.uk |title=The Methodist Church – Dane and Trent Circuit |access-date=13 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105053842/http://www.congletonmethodist.org.uk/ |archive-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* New Life Church<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nlchurch.org.uk |title=New Life Church |access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>
* Congleton [[Pentecostal]] Church<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crossstreetchurch.co.uk/ |title=Cross Street|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>
* Rood Lane Methodist Church
* Congleton [[Spiritualism (movement)|Spiritualist]] Church<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snu.org.uk/community/churches/congleton.html |title=Congleton Spiritualist Church |year=2011 |access-date=13 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828071119/http://snu.org.uk/community/churches/congleton.html |archive-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* St James' Anglican Church
* [[St Mary's Church, Congleton|St Mary's Roman Catholic Church]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/106085485806605143192/about?gl=uk&hl=en|title=St Mary R C Church|website=St Mary R C Church|access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref>
* Trinity Methodist Church
* [[Congleton United Reformed Church]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minshullchurch.urc.org.uk/?page_id=1725 |title=Minshull Vernon United Reformed Church |year=2013 |access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>
* Wellspring Methodist Church
* [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (Mormons)

Historically, Congleton has seen a wide range of Christian church denominations.

* The [[Society of Friends|Friends' Meeting House]] closed in 1741.<ref name=rels/>
* The [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan Methodist]] Trinity Chapel, in Wagg Street, was founded in 1766 and was rebuilt in 1808 and again in 1967; the [[Primitive Methodist]] Chapel was built in 1821 on Lawton Street, and rebuilt in 1890 on Kinsey Street; the [[Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion]] Methodist chapel was founded in 1822; the Congleton Edge Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1833 and rebuilt in 1889; the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Brook Street was built in 1834; the New Connexion Methodist Chapel in Queen Street was built in 1836 and closed in 1969; the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Biddulph Road was built in 1840; the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Rood Lane was founded in 1861 and rebuilt in 1886.<ref name=rels/>
* The [[General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches|Unitarian]] Chapel in Cross Street was founded in 1687 near the Dane Bridge and in 1733 moved to Cross Street, with the present building constructed in 1883 and closed in 1978. 
* The United Reformed Church ([[Independent (religion)|Independent]]/[[Congregationalist]]) was built in 1790 on Mill Street, and then rebuilt in 1876 on Antrobus Street.<ref name=rels>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/congleton.html |title=Congleton |publisher=genuki |date=1996–2012 |access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>