All Saints Church, Wilden
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All Saints Church in Wilden, Worcestershire
about one mile to the north east of Stourport. It was designed by W J Hopkins with funds provided by Alfred Baldwin very close to his own home, Wilden House and one of his large iron works
. It served the Baldwin family and their employees and was consecrated in 1880.
The original windows were replaced, between 1902 and 1914, with 14 designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, a brother-in-law of Alfred Baldwin—they were both married to members of the famous MacDonald sisters
. They are mostly dedicated to members of the MacDonald, Baldwin and Burne-Jones families; one shows Alfred Baldwin's only child, the future prime minister, Stanley Baldwin
, setting out on life's journey accompanied by a guardian angel.
The church has been linked in pastoral oversight with the parish church of Stourport, St Michael's and All Angels, for a number of years.
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
about one mile to the north east of Stourport. It was designed by W J Hopkins with funds provided by Alfred Baldwin very close to his own home, Wilden House and one of his large iron works
Wilden Ironworks
The village of Wilden is in the English county of Worcestershire. It was for many years the location of an ironworks.-Wilden Mill:Wilden was part of the demesne of the Bishop of Worcester's manor of Hartlebury. A mill was built on the River Stour in 1511 by William Baylly, a fuller...
. It served the Baldwin family and their employees and was consecrated in 1880.
The original windows were replaced, between 1902 and 1914, with 14 designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, a brother-in-law of Alfred Baldwin—they were both married to members of the famous MacDonald sisters
MacDonald sisters
The MacDonald sisters were four British sisters, notable for their marriages to well-known people of the Victorian era. Alice, Georgiana, Agnes and Louisa were four of the seven daughters and 11 children of Reverend George Browne MacDonald , a Methodist minister, and Hannah Jones .- Biographies...
. They are mostly dedicated to members of the MacDonald, Baldwin and Burne-Jones families; one shows Alfred Baldwin's only child, the future prime minister, Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...
, setting out on life's journey accompanied by a guardian angel.
The church has been linked in pastoral oversight with the parish church of Stourport, St Michael's and All Angels, for a number of years.