ANGLO-CATHOLIC HISTORY SOCIETY

LECTURE NOTES PUBLISHED SINCE FOUNDATION

1.  ‘Inaugural Lecture. ‘Prejudices & Perspectives Anglo-Catholic History Reconsidered’
By Geoffrey Rowell.
26 June 2000. St. Mary’s, Bourne Street SW1.

2. ‘Tractarian Architecture on the ground’
By Roderick Gradidge.
6 November 2000. St. Barnabas, Pimlico.

3. ‘Alfred Hope Patten — His Place in the Catholic Revival’
By Michael Farrer.
12 February 2001. St. Mary’s, Bourne Street SW1.

4. ‘The British Museum Religion — Percy Dearmer in context’
By Donald Gray. 8 May 2001. St. Mary’s, Bourne Street SW1.

5. ‘Head Lice and Diamonds — The Birth of the Sisterhoods’
By Susan Mumm.
3 November 2001. All Saints’ Margaret Street.

6. ‘A Lost Hero of the Faith— Richard Kerr Kirkpatrick, priest 1821-1916’
By A Priest of the Society of the Holy Cross.
11 February 2002, St. Augustine’s, Kilburn.

7. ‘Sacramentalism and Pastoral Care — The Oxford Movement and The Anglican Pastoral Tradition’
By Peter Davie.
11 November 2002. St. Mary’s, Bourne Street SW1.

8. ‘The Quest for Travers’
By Michael Yelton and Rodney Warrener.
17 February 2003. St. Augustine’s, Queen’s Gate.

9. ‘The Fantasy of Reunion — The Rise and Fall of the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom’
By Mark Chapman.
19 May 2003. SPCK Bookshop.

10. ‘Charles Gore — Radical Theologian and Defender of the Faith’
By Paul Avis.
14 October 2003. Grosvenor Chapel, London.

II  ‘Donnish, Unrealistic, or even Insincere — Sir Will Spens and Liberal Anglo-Catholicism 1900-1940’
By Alan Pigott.
5 February 2004. St. Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge.

12. ‘Archbishop William Laud: A Study in Failure?’
By Professor Kenneth Fincham.
19th.May 2004. Charterhouse, London.

13. ‘William Dodsworth 1798 - 1861: The Origins of Tractarianism in London'
By Stephen Young.
April 2002 St. Mary's, Bourne Street SW1.

14. ‘Anglo-Catholic Congresses in the Provinces 1920 - 1934'
By John Gunstone.
18 October 2004 St. Alban's, Holborn, London.
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15. ‘A Glimpse of Heaven - The Kebles at Fairford'
By Hugh Greenhalf.
31 January 2005 St. Mary's, Bourne Street SW1.

16. 'The Outer Limits of the Church of England'
By Michael Yelton.
9 May 2005. St. Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge.

17. 'Being High Church in the Early Eighteenth Century'
By Archdeacon William Jacob.
24 October 2005. St Giles-in-the-Fields Church, London WC1.

18. 'Church and Party; Anglo-Catholicism and Preayer Book Revisions 1927 - 1928'
By John Maiden (Stirling Univercity).
23 January2006 St. Mary's, Bourne Street SW1.

19. 'Priests Pineapples and Prostitutes'
By The Revd Trevor Jones, SSC Rector of St. Peter's, London Docks.
28 February 2006 St. Peter's, London Docks.

20. 'Mt. Purchas and the Protestants'
How the battle of Brighton undermined the Evangelical Crusade against the Ritualists.
By Dr. Charles Sandeman-Allen.
5 February 2007 St. Mary's, Bourne Street, SW1.

21. 'Communicants' Guilds in the Late 19th Century: Implanting Anglo-Catholicismin the Parishes'
By Jeremy Morris, Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
22 May 2006. St. Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge.

22. 'Anglo-Catholicism and the Orthodox East: William Birkbeck & the Quest for Unity 1888-1916'
By Jeffrey Bibee.
8 October 2007 St Barnabas' Church, Pimlico, Westminster.

23. 'Their Proper Place. Archbishop Lang & Anglo-Catholicism 1928-1942'
By Revd Robert Beaken.
25 February 2008 St Mary's, Bourne Street, SW1.

24. 'Anglo-Catholicism, Theology and the Arts 1918-1970'
By Peter Webster.
2 June 2008 St. Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge.

25. 'Hymns & the Anglo-Catholic Revival@
By Canon Hilary Davidson.
20 October 2008 St. Mary's, Bourne Street SW1.

26. 'H.P. Liddon & the Priestly Ideal'
By Barry Orford.
10 February 2009 St George's Church, Bloomsbury.

All on Sale at £4.00 per copy, post free.
Obtainable from George Skelly, 24 Cloudesley Square, London N1 0HN
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MARTIN TRAVERS was one of the most versatile ecclesiastical artists of his generation whose work can be viewed with increased objectivity now more than fifty years have elapsed since his death. He was not only one of the foremost stained glass painters of his time, but also a notable church furnisher and a designer both of new buildings and graphics.

This new and definitive study describes for the first time his life in detail, and also looks in depth at all his work, both actual and projected: it is lavishly illustrated both in colour and black and white with drawings and photographs and contains a valuable and comprehensive catalogue and gazetteer.

The book also sets Travers’ work in the context in which it was carried out and looks in particular at the Back to Baroque Movement in the Church of England, while making it clear that Travers was far more widely influential than some may have thought.

The authors have both been interested in Travers for over thirty years. Their book is the result of much patient research and a good deal of collaborative detective work.

RODNEY WARRENER is now retired after a career in estate management and lives in Kent.
MICHAEL YELTON is a Circuit Judge in Essex, and lives in Cambridge.

Details: Hardback with colour book jacket, page size 234 x 156 mm,
352 pages with over 150 b&w drawings and photographs + 8 pages of
colour illustrations.
ISBN 0 906290 70 8 Published by Unicorn Press in April, 2003.

Price: £35. 00

Copies obtainable from Unicorn Press,
76 Great Suffolk Street,
London SE1 OBL
telephone 020 7928 ll9l, fax 020 7633 9996
e-mail unicorn@tradford.demon.co.uk

 

FRANCIS MURRAY OF CHISLEHURST
by Jean M. Pailing

price £10.00

This book describes the life and work of the Rev. Canon Francis Murray. Born in 1820, he was the son of a Bishop of Rochester and, somewhat in opposition to his father’s views, he absorbed the mind of the Oxford Movement becoming well-known as a leading Tractarian. He transformed the church in Chislehurst during his incumbency of fifty six years.

The village of Chislehurst in Kent had long been a favoured place. In the sixteenth century, its distance from plague-ridden London together with its proximity to Greenwich made it a convenient and attractive resort for those connected with the Royal Household or the Government. The influx of wealthy residents continued, accounting for Chislehurst’s heritage of large and imposing properties. Thus it was that a strong feature of Chislehurst society was its well-heeled urbanity. This was still true when Francis Murray became the Rector at the Parish Church of St Nicholas in 1846, where he remained until his death in 1902.

His incumbency was by no means a cosy affair: altering the church and style of worship involved battles with formidable figures like Lord Sydney. However, such was Murray’s conviction that he carried his congregation with him in turning St Nicholas’ into an important example of restrained Anglo-Catholic worship. Under his leadership, what was originally a Chapel of Ease in the poorer part of the parish became The Church of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. His capacity for inspiring the generosity of his parishioners enabled him to push forward the foundation of St Katharine’s, Rotherhithe, a church set in one of the most deprived areas of south London.

For more than twenty years he was a leading member of the Society of the Holy Cross, a brotherhood of priests who aimed at the highest standards of personal holiness and discipline. Through this he enjoyed friendship with Charles Lowder, ‘one of the great slum priests of the century’, who became the famous Vicar of St Peter’s, London Docks.

Not to be forgotten is Francis Murray’s role in the publishing of Hymns Ancient and Modern: indeed, it was a casual remark of his, during a train journey with a fellow priest, that set the enterprise in motion.

I hope that my book will appeal not only to local residents but also to those interested in the amazing history of the Church of England in the nineteenth century. This is a record of how the Oxford Movement ideals filtered down into just one of England’s villages. The story reveals the stubborn rejection of secular interference by Parliament.

Francis Murray set great store by celebratory events and would approve of our making the book launch an ‘occasion’. The present Rector has agreed that it should take place in St Nicholas’ Church on the evening of Thursday 10th October, 2002. Ideally, I should like purchasers to join in the celebration and collect their copies in person. However, delivery arrangements will be made for those who cannot attend.

JMP

Copies obtainable from Jean M. Paling, 9 Adcock Walk, Orpington, Kent BR6 9SY
Cheques payable to: Jean M. Paling

 

Notes towards a history of
ST. BARNABAS CHURCH
BECKENHAM

by PETER MARR

41 Pages. A4. Ring Bound with Black and White Illustrations

A History of this noted Anglo-Catholic Church from its beginnings as the Private Chapel of a large country house to its building as a suburban parish church in the I 870s and its subsequent development to the bastion of the Faith it still is today. Its early days in particular bring in connections with a number of characters well known in the Anglo-Catholic network in Victorian times.

The author, the Reverend Dr. Peter Man is just retiring from being Vicar of St. Barnabas, having been there since 1992. He is a member of the Anglo-Catholic History Society.

Copies can be obtained from Mr. Patrick Collins, 2 Cator Court, Southend Road, Beckenham Kent. BR3 5AQ.

Price - £6.50. Including postage and packaging.
Please make out cheques to St. Barnabas, Beckenham PCC

 

The Story of
ST. HILDA’S
CROSS GREEN, LEEDS

by STEPHEN SAVAGE

61 Pages - A5. Black and white photographs and illustrations.

A History of a notable Anglo-Catholic church in Leeds, which was formed out of the parish of St. Saviour’s and whose consecration took place in 1882, just after the death of the great Dr. Pusey who had given money for its foundation as an extension to the original foundation of St. Saviour’s, which had been his gift. St. Hilda’s has been served by a succession of hard working priests and has seen in itself all the history of the Anglo-Catholic movement in its life and witness and still thrives today with the noble architecture of J.T. Micklethwaite still giving evidence of the dedication that has gone into its story over the years.

Price - £5.00. Including postage and packing.

To obtain a copy send cheque payable to STEPHEN SAVAGE to:
Mr. Stephen Savage
4 Austhorpe Gardens
LEEDS LS15 8TF

 

PETER LAISTER
A Memoir

by MICHAEL FARRER

This is a Biography of Fr. Peter Laister, a very remarkable priest who died in October 2002 and whose outstanding service in the Royal Navy, as Chaplain at The Middlesex Hospital, Vicar of Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell and St. Clement’s, Philadelphia in America made him very well known to a number of people, particularly in the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Church of England as well as of the Episcopal Church of USA.

This small book has been highly acclaimed by those who knew Fr. Laister to be one of the most notable priests of his generation.

A5 - 27 pages.

Please make out cheque for £4 per copy (which includes Postage) to the Anglo-Catholic History Society

Available from G. B. Skelly, 24 Cloudesley Square, London N1 0HN
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PIETY AND LEARNING
The Principals of Pusey House Oxford 1884-2002

Essays presented to the Revd. Philip Ursell by Barry A. Orford and William Davage.

113 Pages. A5. with Illustrations.

Copies are available from The Revd. William Davage,
Pusey House
Oxford
OX1 3LZ

Price £10.00 per copy. (including postage and package)

This a Limited Edition of only 300 copies, many of which are already sold, so speed is advised and some hopeful purchasers may be disappointed.

 

ST SAVIOUR’S HOXTON
An Extraordinaiy Story

by MICHAEL FARRER

44 Pages. AS. Four black and white Photographs.

An Occasional Paper written for the Anglo-Catholic History Society. 2002

The history of a particular Anglo-Catholic Parish in London, culminating in its extraordinary stance at the time of the First World War of going completely ‘Roman’, to the extent of using the Roman Rite in Latin and completely obscuring any sign of adherence to the Church of England. This was set in motion by the Bishop’s objections to their holding out of doors Processions of the Blessed Sacrament with Benediction, to the public horror of the supporters of John Kensit’s Protestant Truth Society. Eventually, a later incumbent established peace with Bishop Winnington Ingram after a decade of estrangement.

Price - £7 postage and packing included

Cheque payable to Anglo-Catholic History Society to
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A LIFE SIMPLY OFFERED
A Life of Fr. H.A. Wilson of Haggerston

by THE REVEREND TREVOR JONES. S.S.C
of St. Peter’s, London Docks

2nd edition revised by Michael Yelton

64 Pages with Black and White illustrations

This is a very appealing biography of a noted Anglo-Catholic priest of the East End of London, Er. HA. Wilson of St. Augustine’s, Haggerston, who died in 1954. He was noted for his many publications, including the famous Haggerston Catechism and his descriptions of life in an East End parish. He was also earlier very instrumental in setting up the first Anglo-Catholic Congress of 1920 and the subsequent 1923 Congress when Bishop Frank Weston made his great appeal to the social conscience of Catholics. The description of his happy childhood and his up bringing at St. Michael’s, Croydon is a glowing evocation of what a truly dedicated Catholic Anglican household can be.

This is the second publication by the Anglo-Catholic History Society of which the author is a member,

£12 plus postage

Cheques payable to Anglo-Catholic History Society

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Anglican Papalism: A History by Michael Yelton

Published by Canterbury Press - September 2005
ISBN 1 85311 655 6
£30 hardback
Available in all good bookshops
Or direct from the publishers on 01603 612 914
or visit www.canterburypress.co.uk

 

Aspects of Anglican Identity by Colin Podmore
Published by Church House Publishing
31 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BN
ISBN 0 7151 4074 4
£14.99
Available online at www.chpublishing.co.uk

 

"Father Atlay's Congress"
The Organisation of the First Anglo-Catholic Congress
Tuesday 29 June - Friday 2 July 1920
by John Gunstone

 

Alfred Hope Patten
His Life and Times in Pictures
by Michael Yelton
£12 plus postage
The Treasurer, Anglo-Catholic History Society
24 Cloudesley Square, London N1 0HN