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WANTAGE RURAL DEANERY RECORDS

Catalogue reference: D/RDWT

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This record is about the WANTAGE RURAL DEANERY RECORDS dating from 1855-1969.

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Reference
D/RDWT
Title
WANTAGE RURAL DEANERY RECORDS
Date
1855-1969
Description

Records of the Rural Deanery of Wantage, comprising chapter minutes, conference minutes, statistical returns and miscellaneous records

Held by
Berkshire Record Office
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Wantage Rural Deanery</corpname>
Physical description
6 vols, 1 bdl, 1 doc
Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited in December 1985 (acc. 3726); in February 1990 (acc. 4546); in February 1991 (acc. 4731).

Cat: PD 9/86; SS 7/92

Schedule of accessions:

Acc. 3726: 1/2-4; 2/2; 4/1.

Acc. 4546: 2/1; 3/1.

Acc. 4731: 1/1.

Administrative / biographical background

Rural deans of Wantage, 1853-1994:

1853-1885: The Revd William John Butler, vicar of Wantage.

1885-1903: The Revd Thomas Henry Archer Houblon, vicar of Wantage.

1903-1915: The Revd Francis Archibald Pattullo Shirreff, vicar of Sparsholt.

1915-1924: The Revd George Clark Keble, rector of East Lockinge.

1924-1943: The Revd Henry James Moore Sanders, vicar of East and West Challow

1944-1952: The Revd Roscow George Shedden, vicar of Wantage.

1953-1954: The Revd William Francis Joseph George Coles, rector of Childrey.

1954-1966: The Revd Charles Wittwer Wilfrid Bourne, vicar of Grove.

1967-1977: The Revd Douglas Albert Pearce, vicar of Hanney.

1977-1984: The Revd Peter Aubrey Edwards, rector of Ridgeway.

1984-1992: The Revd Anthony Robert Wright, vicar of Wantage.

1992-1994: The Revd Ronald George Foster, formerly rector of Wantage Downs.

1994 [SYMBOL: right arrow]: The Revd Alan Wadge, rector of Ridgeway.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3574745b-628f-404e-a34a-a075796821e0/

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WANTAGE RURAL DEANERY RECORDS