All Saints Church, Ecclesall

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All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Sheffield, England. It is a Grade II listed building, and is located in Ecclesall, between Ringinglow Road and Ecclesall Road South. All Saints' emergent youth and young adults congregation is called "The Uncut Project".HistoryIn the thirteenth century Ralph de Ecclesall gave his mill on the River Sheaf to the monks of Beauchief Abbey. Out of the proceeds of the mill the monks were to provide a canon to officiate at daily services in his chapel. These services continued until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. In 1622 the chapel was restored and brought back into use as a chapel of ease to the parish of Sheffield. In the 1780s a new chapel was constructed a short distance from the old one, this opened on 13 December 1788 and the old chapel was demolished. This building was improved in 1843 and enlarged in 1864. The parish of Sheffield was sub-divided in 1845 and Ecclesall chapel became the mother church of the parish of Ecclesall. A new transept was added in 1907, and the church was reordered in 1964 by George Pace, and again in 1997.List of Vicars1849–1853 Rev William Humphrey Vale1853–1856 Rev Henry Farish1856–1880 Rev Edward Newman1880–1898 Rev George Sandford1899–1927 Rev Canon Thomas Houghton1928–1938 Rev Canon Herbert William Mackay1939–1960 Rev Canon George Jefferis Jordan1960–1967 Rev Richard Hanson1968–1990 Rev Canon John Norman Collie1991–2006 Rev Canon Dr Peter Williams2007–2012 Rev Canon Simon Bessant2012–2013 Rev Stephen Hunter (Acting)2013–Present Rev Canon Dr Gary Wilton