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The first building on the site of the present church was a 'Chapel of Ease' (1823), as the area was part of the ancient parish of Ovingham. Mickley was given parochial status in 1867 and the 'Chapel' was extended in 1884 by the addition of a chancel, trancepts, and a porch and steeple. The original building became the nave and the church has had no further structural alterations since 1884. Both the building and alterations were paid for by Mr Battie Wrightson the land and coal owner of the period. [The Newcastle Diocesan Gazetteer (1982), page 38.]
In the vestry is a photograph of the choir dated 1936:
D. RUDDICK L. BROWN T. SPICER R. PRICE J. DONNELLY D. BALLANTYNE W. ROBERTS J. BATEY W. RIDLEY D. WILLIE P. HOWDEN T. NICHOLSON J. TURNER H. HOLDEN H. TAYLOR |
A brass plate on the organ reads:
and in Memory of RICHARD HERBERT WRIGHTSON Patron and Benefactor Erected 1894. |
One stained glass window behind the altar reads:
& MARY ANN LITTLE OF THIS PARISH BY THEIR SON JOSEPH 1921 |
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
St. George's church was formerly a chapel-of-ease to Ovingham, and was erected in 1823 by W.B. Wrightson who was at that time a land-owner in the district. The area surrounding the chapel was endowed with distrinct parochial privileges in 1857. The patronage of the parish passed into the hands of R.H. Wrightson who enlarged and improved the building in 1885 with the addition of a porch, two transepts and a chancel, giving sitting accomodation for one hundred and fifty persons. The patronage has been the responsibility of the Bishop of Newcastle since 29th July, 1924. The following is a list of the Vicars in the parish since its inception.
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