St Michael and All Angels Church, Headingley

Headingley Parish Church or the Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels in Headingley, a suburb of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England is a Victorian Church of England parish church. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Headingley Parish Church
Parish Church of
St Michael and All Angels
53.8191°N 1.5760°W / 53.8191; -1.5760
LocationHeadingley, Leeds,
West Yorkshire
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipInclusive catholic church[1]
Websitewww.st-michaels-headingley.org.uk
History
DedicationSt Michael and All Angels
Architecture
Architect(s)J. L. Pearson
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseLeeds
Episcopal areaLeeds
ArchdeaconryLeeds
DeaneryHeadingley
ParishSt. Michael Headingley
Clergy
Vicar(s)The Revd Dr Angela Birkin
Curate(s)The Revd Josh Peckett
Laity
Churchwarden(s)Ann Dudzinski

History

The parish of Headingley was carved out of the once very large parish of Leeds, which at the time also included the districts of Armley, Beeston, Bramley and Hunslet. The first church on the site was built on land given in about 1620 by John Savile. This church remained in place for 210 years and could hold 200 congregants.

The Industrial Revolution brought population booms to northern England and the population of Headingley increased to 2,000 warranting the creation of a vicarcy in 1849 and the building of a larger, 600-seater, church in 1838 (architect (R. D. Chantrell).

However, this church was not to last. Further increases in population meant that a new church was needed. Today's church is the third on the site and was consecrated in 1886.

With the growth in the local population a new parish of Far Headingley was created, and St Chad's Church, Far Headingley was built in 1868. The two churches have worked together in matters of child welfare. The Headingley Team of St Michael's and St Chad's have a tradition of undertaking welfare work dating back to the late 19th century until the Second World War when St Chad's conducted a home for the friendless girls' societies in Leeds. In recent years, for the two churches hold early Sunday morning communion services alternately, and both participate in Churches Together in Headingley.[2][3]

Building and associated buildings
The iconic view of St Michael's from Headingley Cricket Ground.

The church was designed by J. L. Pearson, architect of Truro Cathedral. It was built from 1884 to 1886, and the north porch was added and the spire completed in 1890.[4] It is built of gritstone with a tiled roof, and is Grade II* listed.[5] The church wall and gate piers are Grade II listed.[6]

The Parish Hall was built in 1834[4] or 1844[7] as the Headingley National School, and is Grade II listed, as is the former Parochial Institute in Bennett Road, built in 1877 by George Corson and now used as offices.[8]

Services

Worship at the church is in the liberal catholic tradition of the Church of England, with both Sunday services being sung by the church's choir.[9]

Sunday

  • 10:00 am Parish Eucharist (Sung)
  • 06:30 pm Evensong (Sung)

Tuesday

  • 08:00 pm Compline (Said)

Wednesday

  • 10:30 am Holy Communion (Said)

Incumbents of Headingley
Period Vicar of Headingley
In 1632 Robert Dobson
In 1641 & 1642 John Greenwood
In 1650 ? Barratt
In 1657 ? Bates (? Alexander Bate)
1662–[1671] William Robinson
[1671]–1675 Richard Crashaw
1675–1676 John Briggs
1676–1711 Joseph Eammonson
1711–1713 John Benson
1713–1730 John Claphamson
1730–1732 John Murgatroyd
1732–1746 Samuel Dodgson
1746–1764 John Moore
1764–1769 Samuel Disney
1769–1782 William Lupton
1782 Jonathan Colton
1782–1836 John Smithson
1836–1863 William Williamson
1863–1865 William Fox Whitbread Torre
1865–1881 Henry Tuckwell
1881–1913 Frederick John Wood
1913–1918 George Arthur Hollis
1918–1933 Richard Henry Malden
1933–1956 Rowland John Wood
1956–[1966] Ralph Emmerson
[1967]–1981 Christopher Luxmore
1981–1991 Owen Arnott Conway
1991–[2001] Michael Cross
Period Priest in Charge
[2001]–2011 David William Peat
2012–2014 Michael Anthony Whatmough
Period Team Rector
2014 – 2020 Michael Anthony Whatmough
Period Vicar of Headingley
2021– present Angela Birkin

See also

References
  1. "Who We Are". All Hallows Leeds. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. "St Chad's Home For Girls". Retrieved 17 August 2021. The home closed at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 when the premises were commandeered for use as an Air Raid Precaution post.
  3. Kholi, M. (2003). The Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939. p. 234. [Leeds] Ladies Association For The Care of Friendless Girls...
  4. Wrathmell, Susan; Minnis, John (2005). Leeds. Pevsner architectural guides. Yale U.P. pp. 246–248. ISBN 0-300-10736-6.
  5. Historic England. "Church of St Michael (Grade II*) (1255967)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. Historic England. "Wall and gate piers to Church of St Michael (Grade II) (1255935)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  7. Historic England. "Headingley Parish Hall, St Michael's Road (Grade II) (1256120)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  8. Historic England. "Former Parochial Institute (Grade II) (1255909)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  9. "St Michael and All Angels' | Weekly Services". www.st-michaels-headingley.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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