St Augustine's Church

Our present community is the result of two parishes coming together under the charge of one priest. St Augustine's serves Meir, which is a huge housing development on the southern edge of Stoke-on-Trent. St Mary's is the next parish out, so to speak, and located in open countryside on the edge of the Staffordshire Moorlands. St Augustine's parish goes back to 1934, and the building to 1957. On the other hand, St Mary's was built and consecrated in 1816 (according to legend, by the Parish Priest of the time personally!