St Oswald Church - Winwick
We welcome you to St Oswald's
Welcome to the website of the Church of St Oswald, Winwick. The Church is situated in the village and civil parish of Winwick in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Local legend tells how the site of St Oswald's church, Winwick, was decided by a pig that carried and laid the foundation stones where the church was subsequently built! The pig, so the story has it, is commemorated on the west wall of the tower. The historical record shows that a church existed here at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. The oldest part of the present church dates from the early 14th century. An inscription in the church commemorates King Oswald of Northumbria, a prominent Christian, who is said to have been killed here in 642.