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Pulham
Pulham is a village and civil parish in the English counties, county of Dorset in south-west England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, southeast of Sherborne. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census the civil parish had 105 dwellings, 103 households and a population of 269. Pulham was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was once owned by Cirencester Abbey, a connection remembered in the name of Cannings Court Farm (the "Court of the Canons").''North Dorset Official District Guide'', North Dorset District Council, Home Publishing Co. Ltd, circa 1983, page 45 Priests from nearby Milton Abbey also used to visit the village church; they resided above the porch in a priests' room, accessed via a staircase within the wall. Notable people George Saxby Penfold was Rector of Pulham from 1797 to 1832, but after 1815 held other livings as well. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Saxby Penfold
George Saxby Penfold (176913 October 1846) was a Church of England clergyman, Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector of several parishes and active as a visiting preacher. In 1825 the University of Oxford awarded him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. A Benefice#Pluralism, pluralist, for much of his life Penfold held the living of more than one benefice at once. Life Baptised at Epsom, Surrey, on 27 November 1769, Penfold was the son of Hugh Penfold, gentleman, of Epsom, and his wife Susan, and was educated at Merton College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 13 June 1788, aged eighteen. He graduated Bachelor of Arts, BA in 1792 and proceeded to Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), MA by seniority in 1814. On 3 June 1792, Penfold was ordained as a deacon of the Church of England by James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis, James Cornwallis, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and on 29 May 1796 as a priest by John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury), John Douglas, bishop of Salisbury. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
