George Ayliffe Poole


George Ayliffe Poole was an English clergyman and author.

Life

Poole was a scholar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who graduated B.A. in 1831 and proceeded M.A. in 1838. He took holy orders in 1832, and was curate successively of Twickenham, of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh, and of St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury. On 16 March 1839 he was appointed perpetual curate of St James's, Leeds.
In 1843 Poole was presented to the vicarage of Welford, Northamptonshire. which he held until, in 1876, he was presented by William Connor Magee, Bishop of Peterborough, to the rectory of Winwick in the same county. He acted for some years as rural dean of the district.
Poole was a strong high churchman. He died at Winwick on 25 September 1883, having married a daughter of Jonathan Wilks of St Ann's, Burley.

Works

Poole, with John Henry Parker and Matthew Holbeche Bloxam, was a leading advocate of the Gothic Revival. His works, with sermons and tracts, were:
Chapel, from Architectural, historical, and picturesque Illustrations of the Chapel of St. Augustine, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, edited by George Ayliffe Poole