St. Michael's Churchyard, Mickleham Explained
| St. Michael's Church, Mickleham |
| Coordinates: | 51.2675°N -0.3233°W |
| Location: | near Old London Road and Swanworth Lane, Mickleham, RH5-6 |
| Country: | England |
| Denomination: | Church of England |
| Consecrated Date: | around 950 to 1180 |
| Style: | Norman |
| Years Built: | 950–1180 (original structure) |
| Tower Quantity: | 1 |
| Spire Quantity: | 1 |
| Diocese: | Guildford |
| Province: | Canterbury |
| Embedded: | | Embed: | yes | | Designation1: | UK Grade II* | | Designation1 Offname: | Church of St Michael | | Designation1 Date: | 28 November 1951 |
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St. Michael's Churchyard is the church and graveyard located in Mickleham, Surrey, England, belonging to the Church of England parish of Mickleham.
History
The 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]
Notable burials
There 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[3]
- Thomas Grissell (1801–1874), public works contractor[4]
- Anne Manning (1807–1879), novelist[5]
- 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.[6]
- 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.[7]
- 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[8]
- 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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Leatherhead, Surrey websites – a selection.
- Web site: History. St. Michael and All Angels Church.
- K. R.. Fairclough. Walton [née Bourchier], Philippa (1674/5–1749), gunpowder manufacturer. 10.1093/ref:odnb/48262.
- M. H.. Port. Grissell, Thomas (1801–1874), public works contractor . 10.1093/ref:odnb/49437.
- Mary A.. Armstrong. Major-generals (act. 1655–1657). 10.1093/ref:odnb/17969.
- M. C.. Curthoys. Lawrence [née Senior], Louisa (1803/4–1855), horticulturist.
- Web site: Leatherhead, Surrey websites – a selection.
- A. J.. Meadows. Jeans, Sir James Hopwood (1877–1946), mathematician and astronomer . 10.1093/ref:odnb/34164.
