John Christopher Atkinson

Revd. John Christopher Atkinson
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Born	1814
Died	1900
Occupation	church
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Vicar of Danby
Born on 9 May 1814 at Goldhanger in Essex,[1] where his father was then curate, he was the son of John Atkinson and the grandson of Christopher Atkinson (d. 18 March 1795), fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was educated at Kelvedon in Essex, and admitted as a sizar to St. John's College, Cambridge, on 2 May 1834, graduating B.A. in 1838.[2]
Atkinson was ordained deacon in 1841 as curate of Brockhampton in Herefordshire, and priest in 1842. He afterwards held a curacy in Scarborough. In 1847 he became domestic chaplain to William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe, who in the same year presented him to the vicarage of Danby, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, which he held till his death.[3]
Atkinson's parish was in rural Yorkshire, and on his arrival he found that clerical duties had been neglected. He set himself to learn the history of his parish cure and to gain the friendship of his parishioners; and learned local legends and customs. In 1887 he received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from Durham University, and in 1891 he was installed in the prebend of Holme in York Minster. In 1898 he received a grant of £100 a year from the civil list.[3]
Atkinson died at The Vicarage, Danby, on 31 March 1900.[3]
Atkinson was married three times: first, at Scarborough on 11 December 1849, to Jane Hill (d. 2 April 1860), eldest daughter of John Hill Coulson of Scarborough ; secondly, on 1 February 1862, at Frome Selwood, to Georgina Mary, eldest daughter of Barlow Slade of North House, Frome ; and thirdly, on 28 April 1884 at Arncliff church, to Helen Georgina, eldest daughter of Douglas Brown, Q. C ., of Arncliff Hall, Northallerton. He had thirteen children.

Publications

External Publications

History of Cleveland
Forty Years in a Moorland Parish 1891

• The Walks, Talks, Travels, and Exploits of two Schoolboys, London, 1859, new edition 1892.
• Play-hours and Half-holidays; or, Further Experiences of two Schoolboys, London, 1860, new edition 1892.
• Sketches in Natural History; with an Essay on Reason and Instinct, London, 1861; new edition 1865.
• British Birds' Eggs and Nests popularly described, London, 1861, new edition 1898.
• Stanton Grange; or. At a Private Tutor's, London, 1864.
• Lost; or What came of a Slip from "Honour Bright"', London, 1870.
• The Last of the Giant Killers, London, 1891, new edition 1893.
• Scenes in Fairy-land, London, 1892.

House Publications

ESL
population of Cleveland, Yorkshire [12 apr 1870]
ASL
on Cleveland Gravehills [2 feb.1869]
AI
nomenclature of Cleveland [22 apr.1873]
Danish nomenclature Apr. 22 1873