CLERICAL ERRORS --- A VICTORIAN SERIES

An early Victorian observer decried the "superfluity of naughtiness" among the men of the Church of England. It was indisputable that whenever a clergyman was involved in a scandal of morals, the public attention it received was magnified exponentially. Clerical Errors: A Victorian Series, Volume 2, newly published in paperback and for Kindle, recalls the scandals that enmeshed five such Victorian clergymen.

Saturday, July 15, 2023

"A clerical slander case is always attractive to many people."

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Gower's Bridge, Trefriw (History Point) So two Welsh clergymen were having supper one early summer night in 1878. The setting was Trefri...
Thursday, May 11, 2023

"The Curate's Woman"

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  In 1869, the Rev Stewart George Holland was curate of the church of St James in the Suffolk market town of Bury St Edmunds. Only 30, he wa...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Trinity Barnes Dancing "The Perfect Cure"

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  According to modern guidebooks, the Barbican is now the tourist hub of Plymouth. In the Victorian period, it was an area of working docks ...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

A Clergyman at 80 - and his "Bastard" infant.

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Llanpumpsaint Church today In 1876, the Rev Henry William Powell was 80 years old. Citing health reasons, he resigned after more than 40 yea...
Sunday, December 11, 2022

"She never more will return."

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“If there be any man to whose happiness marriage is more necessary than to that of another, it is a country clergyman.” Trollope wrote that ...
Friday, November 11, 2022

"Dreadful Death of a Clergyman's Wife."

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A furious 14th Century storm destroyed the coastal village of          Skinburness, on the Solway - the firth that separates Scotland and  C...
Friday, September 30, 2022

The Hampstead Prima Donna

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The Rev Sherrard Beaumont Burnaby of Hampstead Parish Church was proud of his choir. He'd arrived at St. John's in 1873 and - under ...
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