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, April 30, 2016

The Curious Incident of the Sandwiches in the Sunshine.

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One hot August afternoon in 1890, Mrs. Louisa Burnham, wife of the rector of St. Peter's, Cogenhoe, hosted a lawn tea for the local me...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

"Bonking Vicars"

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"No issue of a British tabloid newspaper is complete without a headline featuring 'bonking schoolgirls' or 'bonking vicar...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Beware Berkshire's "Unfrequented Lanes."

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Mary Russell Mitford The novelist Mary Russell Mitford lived for thirty years in a house with no room larger than 8-feet square! No w...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The Clergy are an Exceptional Case

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In November 1849, the Rev. Charles Rookes, rector of the small Devon village of Nymet Rowland, was adjudged to be no longer worthy of bei...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The Rhyl Tragedy: Painful Revelations

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Viewing this BBC photo of old Rhyl, the Westminster Hotel is along the terrace to the left of the pier. The Westminster opened in 1878 an...
Monday, April 18, 2016

"Remember, I am to have the housemaid!" - The Rector of Fincham, Norfolk

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  Fincham, in the Victorian directories, is uniformly described as a “neat village on the Swaffham road.” And so it is today on what is ...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

The Case of the Red-Headed Curate

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The arrival in the village of the handsome, unmarried, red-headed curate set the ladies aflutter. No, this wasn't Grantchester. This a...
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