St. Michael's Churchyard is the church and graveyard located in Mickleham, Surrey, England, belonging to the Church of England parish of Mickleham.
| St. Michael's Church, Mickleham | |
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| 51°16′03″N 0°19′24″W / 51.2675°N 0.3233°W | |
| Location | near Old London Road and Swanworth Lane, Mickleham, RH5-6 |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Consecrated | around 950 to 1180 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Norman |
| Years built | 950–1180 (original structure) |
| Specifications | |
| Number of towers | 1 |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Guildford |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Church of St Michael |
| Designated | 28 November 1951 |
| Reference no. | 1028835 |
History
editThe church building dates back to the Anglo-Saxon and Norman period from 950 to 1180, but some changes to the building were made in 1823, 1842, 1872 and 1891.[1][2][3]
Notable burials
editThere are 867 recorded burials, but more are accounted for since 1891, not including those from 950 to 1891. The graveyard is the final resting place of
- Philippa Walton (1674/5–1749), businesswoman and gunpowder factory owner[4]
- Thomas Grissell (1801–1874), public works contractor[5]
- Anne Manning (1807–1879), novelist[6]
- Maria Kinnaird (1810–1891), widow of Thomas Drummond.
- Trevor Lawrence (1831–1913), had famous orchid houses at Burford Lodge in the parish. He was the grandfather of Cyril Hare's wife.[7]
- Richard Bedford Bennett (1870–1947), Prime Minister of Canada and a member of the House of Lords. Bennett's grave is located steps from the front of the church doors and has a marker from the Government of Canada signifying the important figure buried there.[8]
- John Norton-Griffiths (1871–1930), "Empire Jack", the driving force behind the Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers in WW1, was buried here on 18 October 1930.
- James Jeans (1877–1946), physicist, astronomer, mathematician[9]
- Graham Gilmour (1885–1912), pioneer aviator. Killed in a plane crash in Richmond Park.
- Cyril Hare (1900–1958), detective story writer, who was born in Mickleham Hall in 1900 and died at Westhumble in the parish in 1958.
- Janet Gladys Aitken (1908–1988), socialite
- John Junor (1919–1997), controversial editor of the Sunday Express and The Mail on Sunday.
References
edit- ^ "Leatherhead, Surrey websites – a selection".
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Michael (1028835)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "History". St. Michael and All Angels Church.
- ^ Fairclough, K. R. "Walton [née Bourchier], Philippa (1674/5–1749), gunpowder manufacturer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48262. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Port, M. H. "Grissell, Thomas (1801–1874), public works contractor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49437. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Armstrong, Mary A. "Major-generals (act. 1655–1657)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17969. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Curthoys, M. C. "Lawrence [née Senior], Louisa (1803/4–1855), horticulturist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Leatherhead, Surrey websites – a selection".
- ^ Meadows, A. J. "Jeans, Sir James Hopwood (1877–1946), mathematician and astronomer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34164. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
