St George's Church is on Church Street, Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Mottram, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2] It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.[3]

History

St George's was built in 1831–32 to a design by T. W. and C. Atkinson.[4] A grant of £4,788 (equivalent to £560,000 in 2023)[5] was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission.[3] It was originally a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Stockport.[6] It became a parish church in 1842, with its ecclesiastical parish initially being the whole township of Hyde.[7] A shallow chancel was added in 1882–83.[4] The interior of the church was remodelled in 1885, the pulpit being moved from its previous central position, the seating was changed, and the organ was relocated.[2] Considerable damage was done to the structure and furnishings of the church in the 1980s by dry rot.[4]

Architecture

The church is constructed in stone with a slate roof.[2] Its architectural style is Gothic Revival.[3] The plan consists of a seven-bay nave with north and south aisles, a single-bay chancel, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages and contains a west door above which is a four-light window. The middle stage contains circular clock faces, and in the upper stage are two-light bell openings. At the top of the tower is a coped parapet. On the corners of the tower, and at the corners of the body of the church, are octagonal columns rising to form pinnacles.[2] Along the sides of the church are lancet windows.[4] The east window has five lights. On the wall of the south aisle is a sundial.[2] In 1838 a two-manual pipe organ by Samuel Renn was installed. This was rebuilt in 1912 by Ravensdale of Stockport, but is no longer in the church.[8] There is a ring of eight bells, all cast in 1920 by John Taylor and Company of Loughborough.[9]

External features

Outside the church are two associated structures, both of which are listed at Grade II. At the entrance to the churchyard on the north side is a lychgate dated 1855. It consists of a stone base with octagonal stone piers and timber posts supporting a slate roof. The ridge of the roof consists of pierced tiles, and on the gables are cross finials.[10] To the northwest of the church is a hearse house constructed in stone with a slate roof. Its keystone is inscribed with the date 1841 and a skull and crossbones.[11] The churchyard contains memorial headstones commemorating six soldiers of World War I who buried in it, but whose graves are not individually marked.[12]

List of vicars

The list of vicars of St George's church, Hyde since the church was built in 1832; source:[13]

  • Herbert Allkin (1832–1849)
  • Alexander Read (1849–1875)
  • William H. Lowder, M.A. (1875–1888)
  • William G. Bridges, M.A. (1888–1906)
  • John A. Davys, M.A. (1906–1916)
  • Harold J. Graham, M.A. (1916–1931)
  • Frederic C. Sellar, M.A. (1932–1933)
  • Edward V. Dawson, B.A. (1933–1942)
  • Thomas A. Parker, L.TH. (1942–1955)
  • Duncan Baird (1955–1967)
  • L. Roy Lawrence, M.A. (1968–1975)
  • Michael W. Walters, BSc (1975–1982)
  • Geoffery H. Greenough, B.A. B.D. (1982–1987)
  • John H. Darch, M.A. (1988–1999)
  • T. S. McCabe, BSc (2000)
  • Steven J. Wilson, Btech (2000–2010)
  • Joanna C. Parker, M.A. (2011–2017)
  • Jeremy Bentliff (2018–present)

See also

References

  1. ^ St George, Hyde, Church of England, retrieved 18 April 2012
  2. ^ a b c d e Historic England, "Church of St George, Tameside (1068080)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 April 2012
  3. ^ a b c Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 331, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
  4. ^ a b c d Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 409, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
  5. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 7 May 2024
  6. ^ Church History, GENUKI, retrieved 18 April 2012
  7. ^ "No. 20185". The London Gazette. 10 January 1843. p. 89.
  8. ^ Cheshire (Manchester, Greater), Hyde, St. George (N02077), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 18 April 2012
  9. ^ Hyde, S George, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 18 April 2012
  10. ^ Historic England, "Lychgate at Church of St George, Tameside (1068081)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 April 2012
  11. ^ Historic England, "Hearse house at Church of St George, Tameside (1356446)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 April 2012
  12. ^ HYDE (ST. GEORGE) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 6 February 2013
  13. ^ "Vicars of St George's (C) Gerald England". www.geograph.org.uk.
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