St Michael and All Angels Church, Headingley

Headingley Parish Church or the Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels in Headingley, a suburban area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is a large Victorian Church of England parish church in the centre of the parish on Otley Road.

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
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipLiberal
Websitewww.st-michaels-headingley.org.uk
History
DedicationSt Michael and All Angels
Architecture
Architect(s)J L Pearson
Administration
ParishSt. Michael Headingley
DeaneryHeadingley
ArchdeaconryLeeds
Episcopal areaLeeds
DioceseLeeds
ProvinceYork
Clergy
RectorTony Whatmough
Curate(s)Kevin Ward
Assistant Curate
Clive Barrett
Associate Minister
Laity
Organist/Director of musicJason Hawkins
Churchwarden(s)Rebecca Crowson
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 work together, for example by holding early Sunday morning communion services alternately, and both participate in Churches Together in Headingley.

Building and associated buildings
The Church viewed from Headingley Lane
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.[1] It is built of gritstone with a tiled roof, and is Grade II* listed. The church wall and gate piers are Grade II listed.

The Parish Hall was built in 1834[1] or 1844[2] 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.

Services

Worship at the Church is in the liberal catholic tradition of the Church of England, with two of the four Sunday services being sung by the church's choir.

Sunday

  • 08.00 am Holy Communion
  • 10.00 am Parish Eucharist
  • 12.30 pm Holy Communion
  • 06.30 pm Evensong

Monday

  • 09.15 am Morning Prayer

Wednesday

  • 10.00 am Morning Prayer
  • 10.30 am Holy Communion

Thursday

  • 08.00 am Holy Communion

Friday

  • 09.15 am Morning Prayer

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 – Michael Anthony Whatmough

See also

References
  1. Wrathmell, Susan; Minnis, John (2005). Leeds. Pevsner architectural guides. Yale U.P. pp. 246–248. ISBN 0-300-10736-6.
  2. Historic England. "Headingley Parish Hall, St Michael's Road (1256120)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
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