St Helen's Church, Tarporley

The first documentary evidence of a church on this site is in 1287. The earliest parts of the present church are the two chapels which date from the 15th century. In 1935 the Arderne chapel was provided with a stone altar and renamed All Souls' chapel. ==Architecture==

Exterior The church is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. The main monuments are to the Done and Crewe families. In the Utkinton chapel is a large medallion in mezzo-relief to Sir John Done who died in 1617, and a similar monument to John Crewe who died in 1670. In the north chapel is the monument to Sir John Crewe who died in 1711 with his semi-recumbent effigy in a flowing robe and weeping cherubs at his head and feet. The finest memorial is the altar tomb in the chancel to Jane Done who died in 1662, Mary Crewe who died in 1690, and her granddaughter Mary Knightley who died as a child in 1674. The three figures are in white marble on a black base, the adults recumbent and the child standing holding flowers. The organ was built by Henry Willis & Sons and restored in 1998 by Michael Fletcher. The parish registers start in 1558 and the churchwardens' accounts are almost complete from 1662. ==External features==

In the churchyard is a red sandstone cross base and shaft from the 15th or 16th century which is listed at Grade II. Also in the churchyard is a war memorial in Portland stone designed by Sir Percy Scott Worthington. It consists of a lantern cross containing a carved figure of Christ, and is listed at Grade II. The churchyard also contains the war graves of a Royal Engineers soldier and two airmen of World War II. The lych gate is also listed at Grade II. ==See also==