St Leonards Church

St Leonard's church is an anglican ward church in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as an assigned Grade I recorded building. A significant part of the present building was raised in 1412 by Thomas Langley who filled in as Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor of England. He re-utilized the Norman entryway from a prior structure to make the pinnacle curve. Additionally particular in this piece of the world is the wooden turret tower. The congregation of St Leonard was finished in 1524 by Sir Richard Assheton, in festivity of the knighthood conceded to him by Henry VIII as far as it matters for him in the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

The Flodden Window, in the asylum, is believed to be the most seasoned war dedication in the UK. It recognizes on it the names of the Middleton bowmen who battled at Flodden. The congregation likewise has one of the best accumulations of stupendous brasses in the zone, incorporating the main metal in the UK of an English Civil War officer in full protection, Major-General Sir Ralph Assheton. In 1958 George Pace included another north patio and vestries. He likewise introduced light fittings, and planned a dedication to the First World War. In the augmentation of the churchyard are the war graves of two First World War warriors, and an aviator from the Second World War.