Description:The Parish Church of St. Edward the Confessor is Leek's only medieval church, dedicated to Edward, King of England between 1042-1066. The original Norman church was burnt down in 1297, and re-built in the next century. Much of this fourteenth century building still remains, including the rose windows in the old north and south transepts, the intersecting tracery of the east window (north aisle), and the body of the west tower. The south porch and churchyard entrance date to a period of restoration work in the seventeenth century, although the most major alterations took place in 1839 and 1865-7 under the guidance of Ewan Christian and G.E. Street.