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, October 17, 2020

The Prodigal Father

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St. Mark’s Church was built in the early 1870s in Sunderland’s Millfield section, a growing working-class area. The Rev. William Proctor Sw...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

The Foote Business.

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All Saints, Clevedon There were numerous feuds between Victorian vicars and squires but few led to as much litigation as "the Foote bu...
Saturday, September 5, 2020

The Peeress and the Parson

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Elvaston Castle (derbyshire.gov.uk} Elvaston Castle, the Derbyshire seat of the Earls of Harrington, has been described as “perhaps the...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

Indecent Familiarities at St. Paul's Cray

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  Archaeologia Cantiana  1889 In North Kent lies the small village of Paul's Cray; the ancient church of St. Paul, though no...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

The Great Gloucestershire Hen Case

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In a remote corner of the Cotswolds lie the twin villages of Eastleach Martin and Eastleach Turville. "Few places are less known...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

"I Hope I Haven't Offended You."

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St. Michael's, Coningsby Everyone mentions the clock. The world's largest (working) one-hand clock is painted in white on t...
Thursday, June 4, 2020

The Northallerton Scandal

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In the vale of York stands the old market town of Northallerton. The ancient parish church of All Saints was much restored in the 1880...
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