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Crewe Road, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST7 2JE

Public house at the corner of Crewe and Station Roads; internally, two simple, traditional rooms, wooden panelling and open fires. The pub specialises in beers from micro-breweries: at my visit, Kelham Island Fairytale, Oakham Citra and Whims Flower Power were on offer. Listed in the 2013 Good Beer Guide. For some customer comments, see http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/20425/Lodge_Inn/Alsager

The church was established in 1834 to meet the needs of Methodists in the small community of Alsager, who had previously met in a loom shop. It was originally established as a one-room chapel in what is now the Sunday school, on a plot donated by Alsager land-owner John Plant. In 1852, a new church building was erected on the site to meet growing demand, as Alsager grew alongside the railways. In about 1912, the Methodist church at Wesley Place was opened to serve the other end of Alsager, with the older, smaller church retained and refurbished to serve the largely farming community. It closed as a place of worship on 13th December 2009. A blog entry written by a bookshop volunteer: https://alsagerbookemporium.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/how-did-it-all-start/

View from the east end: for the west end see Image The church's history and architecture are summarised in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church,_Alsager while the current website is http://www.christchurch-alsager.org.uk/.