The Records Of Rochester..
Original lavender cloth, gilt, over bevelled boards with blind stamping to front. Spine sunned, and extremities worn. Occasional ink and pencil notes, and 1910 ink inscription on first free endpaper. Otherwise clean inside and a good copy.
£30.00
Details
SCARCE SURVEY OF ROCHESTER DIOCESE
Publisher
Snowden Brothers, West Kent Printing Works, Dartford.,
Date
1910
Synopsis
By revd. c.h. fielding, m.a., exhibitioner of tonbridge school, and lincoln college, oxford. author of 'memories of malling' 'a handbook of higham,' 'symbolisms,' etc.
Item Description
8vo. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. frontis. + 610 pp. Illustrated with three photographic plates, one serving as frontispiece. Inset: List of Subscribers.
Notes
This work is a comprehensive list of all the clergy that served the diocese from the 13th century to the date of publication, preceded by a list of bishops from 604. It is divided into two parts, the first arranged by parish (with a brief description of the church, its bells, plate, brasses etc.), and in the second part these lists are alphabetically arranged under one alphabet and cross-referenced. Cecil Henry Fielding (1846-1918), clergyman and naturalist, was educated at Tonbridge School and Lincoln College, Oxford, being ordained in 1870. He served as curate at West Peckham, Ide Hill, Teynham and from 1875 to 1885 at Higham. Appointed Chaplain of Malling Poor Law Union in 1889, he was still in office at the time of publication, residing in West Malling. He also served as president of the Rochester Naturalists' Club (later Rochester and District Natural History Society) and as joint editor of The Rochester Naturalist. His other publications were Symbolism (1877), A Hand-book of Higham (1882), Memoirs of Malling and its Valley. With a Flora and Fauna of Kent (1893) and A Malling Almanack, 1898. With a Short History of the Abbey of the Blessed Mary, West Malling. A scarce publication.
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