Heritage Open Days 2025
Friday 12th September 1pm–4pm
Saturday 13th September 11am-4pm
Sunday 14th September 1pm-4pm
Friday 19th September 11am-4pm
Saturday 20th September 11am-4pm
Sunday 21st September 1pm-4pm
Guides will be available to answer your questions and there are several signposts around church to follow. A detailed guidebook (£12) will be available to purchase. There will be some crafts for sale and a café selling tea/coffee and biscuits. There will be help available with your family history or graveyard research.
BELL RINGING
There will be opportunity to try the bells with the Sefton Bell ringers
Please note: Minimum age to ring is 10, and all ringers need to be able to take instructions and count to 8.
HERITAGE DONATIONS
If you wish to support the heritage of Sefton Church, we would be delighted. Your generous donation will offer all who love St Helen’s the opportunity to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of this ancient Mother Church and its work. All funds raised will be administered by the Church in a restricted fund, which will only be used for the upkeep of the Church and Churchyard.
To donate by Bank Transfer or Standing Order
Royal Bank of Scotland
Account: 10047948
Sort Code: 16-24-06
for bank transfers please use your name and the word HERITAGE for the reference eg: ThomasHeritage
If you prefer to donate by Cheque:
Please make cheques payable to: Sefton Church
And send to:
Mr J Sparkhall
Sefton Church Treasurer
105 Liverpool Road North
Maghull
Liverpool
L31 2HG
If you are a UK tax payer, by completing a Gift Aid declaration, which we can send to you, we can recover 25% tax from the Inland revenue.
Gallery Photos by Neil and published on Historic Churches UK. Used with permission
Sefton church was founded in 1170 by the Molyneux family, the local landowners. There is no trace of the original church beyond a few carved fragments. The tower and steeple and part of the north aisle remain from a 14th century reconstruction. The bulk of the church; chancel, nave, aisles and porch date from the early 16th century.
There was major restoration work in the 19th century and particularly in the early 20th century. The latter work was undertaken by the noted church architect, William Caroe and this included a fine carved ceiling, restoration of the rood screen and a new choir vestry.
The church contains some of the finest Tudor furnishings anywhere in the country with a set of elaborately carved screens, choir stalls and pews. There is a wealth of monuments ranging from 16th century brasses of the Molyneux family to the neoclassical memorial to William Blundell of 1807.
Willing volunteers care for the day to day maintenance of the building, and raise funds towards those tasks which need more professional detailed attention. Please contact us for further information
Family Research and Graveyard Enquiries
If you are interested in having research carried out to locate family buried at Sefton Church, please do email Jane Cave. Please furnish us with as much detail as possible.
Please note that there is a fee of £37 per hour or part thereof for the research as per Church of England Statutory Fees. Baptism Certificate copies can be provided – there is a statutory charge for this. Wedding Certificate copies must be applied for online