| Venerable Bill Purcell
1912-1994 born 22 Jan 1912 in Norwich 1932 Cambridge University 1935 Westcott House Deaconed 1937, Priested 1938 1937 Curate St Michael's Headingley, Leeds, first met Kathleen 1939 Minor Canon, Ripon Cathedral 1941 Marriage to Kathleen 1943 Vicar, Holbeck, Leeds 1947 Vicar, Chapel Allerton, Leeds 1963 invited by Dr George Reindorp, Bishop of Guildford, to become Vicar St Martin of Tours, Epsom 1968-82 Archdeacon of Dorking died 1994 Bill lived came to Leatherhead in 1968, at Orchardleigh and in retirement moved to Windfield, occasionally taking services in the parish. |
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