Christ Church Clergy 1861 - 2019
Priests
1853-1890
DODD, John. Born, St. Ann’s, London, 1829
Living April 1861, in Chester-le Street, Durham.
Univ. Coll Durham B.A.1850, M.A.1852
Deacon 1852, Priest 1853 and Curate of Lumley Parish, Chester-le-Street. 1862-1890 vicar of Christ Church Lumley
Author of “History of Chester-le-Street Church”.
Died 1890 in Great Lumley and buried outside east window of Christ Church.
1890-1926
STEWART, Harry William. Born 1854, Kensington, Middlesex
University College Durham, B.A. 1877;
Deacon 1877; Priest 1878 by Bishop of Durham
Deacon 1877, Priest 1878 Durham
Vicar Lumley, Diocese of Durham 1890, Patron, The Bishop of Durham
Income: £310 and house; Population 2484
Chaplain of Sir John Duck’s Hospital 1890, (income £10)
Formerly Curate of St. Hilda, South Shields 1877-1881
Acting chaplain to HMS “Wellesley” training ship 1879-81
Vicar of Holy Trinity, Gateshead 1881-1890.
Licensed to officiate in diocese of Hereford from 1929
Married Emma Smith 24 Aug.1891, Kensington, Middlesex
Died Church House, Ledbury, Hereford 1938
1926-1943
ELLISON, Robinson Walter Milson
London College of Divinity;
St. John’s Theology College Manitoba.
Deacon 1913; Priest 1914, Rupert’sland.
Vicar of Lumley 1926, Patron the Bishop of Durham, Fees £15.
Ecclesiastical Commission £378; other sources £10; gross income £403;
Net £288 and house; population 4160.
Formerly curate of Posen 1913-1916
Incumbent of Grand View, Manitoba 1916-1919: curate of Tudhoe, Durham 1919-1921; curate of Southmoor Durham 1921-1926.
1943-1959
CHESSHIRE, Howard Stanley (1889-1962)
Born Le Havre, France
Bp’s University Lennoxville B.A. (2nd class History ) 1910
Licentiate in sacred theology 1912; M.A. 1913
Deacon 1912 ; Priest 1913, Quebec, Canada.
Itinerating Missionary on Transcontinental Railway Quebec 1912-13;
Assistant Missionary at Thetford Mines 1915-16
Curate of St. Matthew Quebec 1916-17.
Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 1917-19.
Rector of Samon Arm, British Columbia 1919-22
Curate of East Retford 1922-23
Curate of Warmfield ( in charge of Sharlston ) 1923-25.
Curate of Ripponden ( in charge of Rishworth ) 1925-28.
Vicar of Harley Wood 1928-31
Chaplain of Devoto and Hurlingham, Argentina 1932-33.
Licence to officiate Durham Diocese 1937-38.
Rector of Jarrow Grange 1938-43.
Vicar of Lumley, Durham from 1943, (patron the Bishop of Durham).
Address Lumley Vicarage, Chester-le-Street, telephone C-le-St. 2228.
Died Dec 5th 1962 at Albury, Surrey. He asked that his ashes be sent to Lumley Parish Church and deposited in the grave of Magdalen Ann Chesshire.
1960-1963
HACKETT, Geoffrey
Kelham Theology College 1926;
Deacon 1933 ; Priest 1934, Wakefield;
Curate of Sowerby Bridge with Norland 1933-37:
Curate Heckmondwike 1937-42;
Curate Monk Bretton 1942- 44;
Perpetual curate of East Rainton, Durham from 1955- 60;
Vicar Lumley, Durham from 1960
Telephone Chester-le-Street 2228.
1964-1976
WEBSTER, David Robert
Selwyn College Cambridge, B.A. (3rd class Theology) 1956
Lincoln theology college 1956;
Deacon 1958 ; Priest 1959 Durham
Curate Billingham 1958-61;
Curate Doncaster 1961-64;
Chaplain Doncaster Royal Infirmary 1961-64;
Vicar of Lumley Durham from 1964; active in local political activities.
Currently Living in Hartlepool and assisting at various Churches.
1977-1988
BARRON, Leslie Gill
Born 1944
Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute 1969.
Lichfield theology college 1967;
Deacon 1970, Priest 1971;
Curate of Christchurch, Bishopwearmouth 1970-72;
Curate St. Mary with St. Peter conventional district, Bishopwearmouth 1972-75;
Curate Harton 1975-77;
Vicar of Lumley from 1977 - 1988
Address 9 Exeter Close, Great Lumley.
Priest in charge of Hendon and Sunderland 1988-90; Rector of Hendon 1990-94;
Priest in charge Ushaw Moor 1994-95;
Team Rector Bearpark and Ushaw Moor from 1995.
Currently living in Hartlepool.
1988-1998
STRINGER, John R.
Born 1933.
Associate of King’s College London.
Deacon 1962, Priest 1963;
Curate, Auckland St. Helen, Durham 1962-1963
Curate, Hebburn St. Cuthbert 1963-1967
Vicar of Cassop cum Quarrington 1967-1988
Rural Dean of Sedgefield 1984-1988
Vicar of Lumley 1988-1998
Honourable canon of Durham Cathedral 1988-1998
Retired 1998.
Permission to office, Durham 1998-2003
Living in Carlisle in 2008
Currently living in Walsall, Staffordshire.
2000-2004
ABBOTT, Barry Joseph
Born 1959
Sunderland University B.A. 1998
Member Institute of Environmental Health.
Newcastle College of Arts, Diploma E.H. 1981; Dip. TSM 1983;
North East ordinates course 1989; Deacon 1992 ; Priest 1993 ;
Non-stipendiary minister Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth 1992-98 ; NSM Silksworth 1998;
Priest in charge of Lumley 2000-04 ;
Area dean Chester-le-Street 2002-04 ;
Priest in charge Whickham from 2004.
2004- 2009 - Vacancy
2009
COLLINS, Richard Andrew
Kings College London Bachelor of Divinity 1992 ;
AKC 1992 ; St. Stephens Ho. Oxford 1992
Deacon 1994 ; Priest 1995 ;
Curate Whickham, Durham 1994-97 ;
Curate Bensham 1997-98 ; Team Vicar 1998-2003
Durham University M.A. 2000
Priest in charge Greatham from 2003 – 2009
Chaplain Greatham Hospital from 2003-2009
Priest in charge Lumley from 2009 to July 2017
Vicar Christ the Saviour, Ealing, London Sept. 7th 2017
Curates
There have been 16 curates of Christ Church, the following are those whose names we have been able to confirm:-
John DODD, curate in charge 1853-1862
Edwin DAVIS 1879-1880
Samuel GASKING circa 1882
George John TUCK 1885-1887
Ernest William Carlisle HAYES 1891-1895
Joshua Reynolds PARKYN 1897-1899
Leonard Faulconer Bury KNIGHT 1899-1904
Morris Morris PIDDOCKE 1904-1909
Donald James BRIMS 1911-(?)
Charles Stanley Allan HOWARD 1914-1915
James Vesey ROOME 1917-1919
James STONEHOUSE 1919-1920