Originally Posted by
ChrisGeorge
Thanks, taffy. Wouldn't the parish church of Walton-on-the-Hill be as old as Garston? I seem to remember it has a Saxon or Norman font, and I do know the church was the parent church for St. Nicholas/St. Mary del Quay.
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Chris
Chris, I wasn't implying St Michael Garston was the oldest church in the Liverpool area. This is likely to be St Mary, Walton which is also felt to be a 7th C Celtic Church Foundation. Walton meaning of course Welsh Town. These churches are likely to have originally been simple wooden structures. Hence the first remains are usually a simple Saxon preaching cross planted on a pre-existing Christian site. There's one at Childwall too which again I believe is likely to be a Celtic Church foundation. There is a Celtic preaching cross at St Oswald, Winwick. Again suggesting an early Christian presence in the SW Lancashire area.
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