All Saints Church, Ecclesall
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All Saints is a Church of England parish church
in Sheffield
, England
. It is a Grade II listed building, and is located in Ecclesall
, between Ringinglow Road and Ecclesall Road
.
All Saints' emergent youth and young adults congregation is called "The Uncut Project" and hosts "The Anvil"- All Saints' 7.45pm service.
to the monks of Beauchief Abbey
. Out of the proceeds of the mill the monks were to provide a canon
to officiate at daily services in his chapel. These services continued until the Dissolution of the Monasteries
in the sixteenth century. In 1622 the chapel was restored and brought back into use as a chapel of ease
to the parish of Sheffield. In the 1780s a new chapel was constructed a short distance from the old one, this opened on 13 December 1788 and the old chapel was demolished. This building was improved in 1843 and enlarged in 1864. The parish of Sheffield was sub-divided in 1845 and Ecclesall chapel became the mother church of the parish of Ecclesall. A new transept was added in 1907, and the church was reordered in 1964 and 1997.
Church of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...
in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is a Grade II listed building, and is located in Ecclesall
Ecclesall
Ecclesall Ward—which includes the neighbourhoods of Bents Green, Ecclesall, Greystones, Millhouses, and Ringinglow—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southwestern part of the city and covers an area of 9.4 km2. The population of...
, between Ringinglow Road and Ecclesall Road
Ecclesall Road
|thumb|200px|right|Ecclesall Road South, which runs through a large part of the Hallam Constituency, the second wealthiest in the UK.Ecclesall Road is a road in Sheffield that runs for about 3.5 miles south-west from Sheffield's city centre under the number A625...
.
All Saints' emergent youth and young adults congregation is called "The Uncut Project" and hosts "The Anvil"- All Saints' 7.45pm service.
History
In the thirteenth century Ralph de Ecclesall gave his mill on the River SheafRiver Sheaf
The River Sheaf is a river in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its source is the union of the Totley Brook and the Old Hay Brook in Totley, now a suburb of Sheffield. It flows northwards, past Dore, through the valley called Abbeydale and north of Heeley...
to the monks of Beauchief Abbey
Beauchief Abbey
Beauchief Abbey is a former abbey in Sheffield, England. Beauchief is prounounced bee-chiff.-History:The abbey was founded by Robert FitzRanulf de Alfreton. Thomas Tanner, writing in 1695, stated that it was founded in 1183...
. Out of the proceeds of the mill the monks were to provide a canon
Canon (priest)
A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
to officiate at daily services in his chapel. These services continued until the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
in the sixteenth century. In 1622 the chapel was restored and brought back into use as a chapel of ease
Chapel of ease
A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently....
to the parish of Sheffield. In the 1780s a new chapel was constructed a short distance from the old one, this opened on 13 December 1788 and the old chapel was demolished. This building was improved in 1843 and enlarged in 1864. The parish of Sheffield was sub-divided in 1845 and Ecclesall chapel became the mother church of the parish of Ecclesall. A new transept was added in 1907, and the church was reordered in 1964 and 1997.
List of Vicars
- 1849-1853 Rev William Humphrey Vale
- 1853-1856 Rev Henry Farish
- 1856-1880 Rev Edward Newman
- 1880-1898 Rev George Sandford
- 1899-1927 Rev Canon Thomas Houghton
- 1928-1938 Rev Canon Herbert William Mackay
- 1939-1960 Rev Canon George Jefferis Jordan
- 1960-1967 Rev Richard Hanson
- 1968-1990 Rev Canon John Norman Collie
- 1991-2006 Rev Canon Dr Peter Williams
- 2007–present Rev Canon Simon Bessant