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  St George, Portobello

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St George, Portobello   On 16th July 1817 Archbishop Harcourt consecrated a new burial ground lying between Broad Lane and Portobello, then on the outskirts of the town. The site, which cost many hundreds of pounds, lay unused until the building of the Church of St George.

St George's was the first church to be built under the "Million Pound" act in Sheffield, at a cost of around £15,000, and was able to accommodate around 2,000 worshipers.

The first stone was laid on 19th July 1821 by Thomas Sutton the then vicar of Sheffield on the coronation day of King George IV, hence the name St George. The building work was completed in 1825 when the church was then consecrated.

The building was declared redundant in 1981, but the church still stands and is now used by the University of Sheffield

Baptism date from 1825, marriages from 1848 and burials from 1830.
For burial details 1830 - 1899 see Transcription Projects and Postal Publications The baptism registers contain entries from baptisms carried out at Jessop Hospital for women and the Sheffield Children's Hospital, for people from outside the parish.