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.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

The Scandal in Hanging Heaton

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The village of Hanging Heaton in West Yorkshire gets its macabre name not from the gallows but from its topographical position on a steep...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

A Diabolical Slander

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Photograph by Dicky King In 1872, the Rev John Goodwin had been five years the vicar of St. Mary's in Moston. It was a new church ...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

The Twelfth Night Ball in Lowestoft

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Pakefield Church (Creative Commons) The Twelfth Night was the traditional end to the Christmas Season, to be marked with dinners and ...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Tittle Tattle or the Truth? A Northumberland Tragedy

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Seaton Lodge* on the magnificent coast of Northumberland, is "one of the most picturesque houses in the North of England." In 18...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

The Parson and the Actress

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The Rev. Edward Hutton Bell had won notice for his indefatigability as the young curate-in-charge at St. Mark's in Wimbledon. Beyond ...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

The Curate Left Lydd But Not Alone

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The Church of All Saints, sometimes called "The Cathedral of Romney Marsh," is far larger than the "primitive little villag...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

"Poor old Jimmy's been nabbed at last!" A Whitehaven Scandal.

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The Third Earl of Lonsdale left his wife, chased an actress across the American stage, and generally behaved in a manner that finally for...
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