All Saints is a Church of England parish church in

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, England. It is a Grade II

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, and is located in

Ecclesall Ecclesall Ward—which includes the Areas of Sheffield, neighbourhoods of Banner Cross, Bents Green, Carterknowle, Ecclesall, Greystones, Millhouses, and Ringinglow—is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, City of Sheffield, England. I ...

, between Ringinglow Road and Ecclesall Road South. All Saints' emergent youth and young adults congregation is called "The Uncut Project".

History

In the thirteenth century Ralph de Ecclesall gave his mill on the

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to the monks of Beauchief Abbey. Out of the proceeds of the mill the monks were to provide a

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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 by

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, and again in 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 *2007–2012 Rev Canon Simon Bessant *2012–2013 Rev Stephen Hunter (Acting) *2013–2019 Rev Canon Dr Gary Wilton *2021-Present Rev Canon Mark Brown

References

External links

All Saints Church websiteThe Uncut Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ecclesall, All Saints Church Churches completed in 1788 18th-century Church of England church buildings Churches in Sheffield Church of England church buildings in South Yorkshire Grade II listed churches in South Yorkshire Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield 1788 establishments in England

History

List of Vicars

See also

References

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