St Michael's Church, Bournemouth
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St Michael's Church is a
Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
Gothic Victorian church in
Bournemouth Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...
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History

The church was built in 1875 and was consecrated on 20 January 1876. Together with St Swithun's Church, St Michael's was one of the town's two central churches to be designed by
Richard Norman Shaw Richard Norman Shaw RA (7 May 1831 – 17 November 1912), also known as Norman Shaw, was a British architect who worked from the 1870s to the 1900s, known for his country houses and for commercial buildings. He is considered to be among the g ...
. In December 1884, clergyman Dennis Hird was
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...
as a
Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...
deacon and appointed to St Michaels. In 2021, the church was renamed St Mike's to attract younger generations.


Gallery

File:Logo of St Michael's Church, Bournemouth.jpg, Symbol on the church gate. File:Clock on the Church of St Michael in Bournemouth.jpg, Church clock. File:Entrance to the Church of Saint Michael in Bournemouth.jpg, Church entrance. File:Tower of the Church of Saint Michael, Bournemouth.jpg, Church tower. File:Bournemouth, towards St. Michael’s along Terrace Road - geograph.org.uk - 2831652.jpg, The church from a distance way.


References


External links


Church website


See also

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List of churches in Bournemouth The following is a list of churches in Bournemouth, a coastal resort town on the south coast of England. Active *Moordown Baptist *Moordown, Church of the Nazarene *Northbourne, New Life Christian Fellowship *St Christopher's Church, Southbo ...
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