page_title: St Luke's Church, Formby
section_title: Associated features
hierarchical_section_title: St Luke's Church, Formby / Associated features
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of St Luke's Churchyard, Formby, Merseyside
context_page_description: St Luke's Church is in St Luke's Church Road, Formby, Sefton, Merseyside, England, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool. The original chapel on the site was destroyed by a sandstorm in 1739. It was replaced by the present church in 1854, and this was extended in 1897. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
context_section_description: The oldest gravestone in the churchyard is dated 1666. To the south of the church is a cross base of unknown age that was moved here from Cross Green in 1879.  It consists of three square steps with a socket for the stem of a cross, and is designated as a Grade II listed building.  There had been a wooden cross in the socket, but by 1985 it had been removed. It was replaced by a new wooden cross as a Millennium project in 2000. Further to the south is an inscribed stone about 420 mm high of unknown age that has been traditionally associated with funeral rites.  It has an irregular shape with one flat face inscribed with a cross on a stepped base surmounted by a circle.  It is also listed at Grade II. The third object to be designated at Grade II are the old village stocks dating from the 18th century, which were moved from a site near Cross Green to the west side of the churchyard.  The stocks consist of two stone piers with slots for wooden boards, and between the piers is an iron bar. Also in the churchyard is the grave of Percy French (1854–1920), Irish songwriter and entertainer.
caption: St Luke's churchyard, showing the cross and, at the back of the churchyard, the stocks
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