Pulham (St Thomas à Becket)

St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Pulham, Dorset [May 2011]

Sources:

• John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson, Westminster: J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1861-1873.
• Arthur Mee, ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, pp. 197-198.
• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, pp. 351-352.
• Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 3, Central Dorset. London: HMSO, 1970, pt. 2, pp. 231-233.

St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Pulham, Dorset [May 2011]

Bishop William Ridley

Gravestone of Bishop Ridley, Pulham, Dorset [May 2011]

William Ridley (1836-1911) served as Bishop of Caledonia (British Columbia, Canada) from 1879 to 1905. He is buried in the churchyard at Pulham (his brother was Rector).

For more information on Bishop Ridley, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ridley_(bishop)

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