Miles Atkinson (1741–1811) was an English cleric. He was one of the mid-century evangelicals in Yorkshire. Miles Atkinson Holl

Life

He was the second son of the Rev. Christopher Atkinson, rector of

Thorp Arch Thorp Arch is a village and civil parish near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. It sits in the Wetherby ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency. The village is on ...

, Yorkshire. He was born at Ledsham 28 September 1741, and educated at

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

(B.A. 1763). He became curate of the parish church of Leeds; head-master of the school of

Drighlington Drighlington is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan district, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village lies 5 miles (9 km) south-west of Leeds and 4 miles (6 km ...

, near Leeds (1764–70); lecturer of the parish church of Leeds, 1769; vicar of Kippax, near Leeds, 1783 and minister of St. Paul's Church, Leeds, 1793, which he founded at a cost of nearly £10,000. He was responsible for construction of St. Paul's vicarage in 1790. accessed 3 May 2022 Atkinson died on 6 February 1811.

Works

Atkinson published several pulpit discourses, and a collection of his ''Practical Sermons'' was published at London in two volumes, 1812.

References

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, Miles 1741 births 1811 deaths English Christian religious leaders 18th-century English people 19th-century English people Clergy from Yorkshire Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge People from Castleford