Person    | Male  Born 31/8/1816  Died 28/5/1884

Revd. W. J. Bolton

Categories: Religion

Born Bath. His father was American and the family moved there in 1836. He trained in art and became a designer and producer of stained glass windows. He returned to England in 1845 and set up in Cambridge. A few years later he entered the university and was ordained as a priest in 1854. 1878 as vicar of St Johns, Stratford he was Treasurer of the committee that had the Stratford Martyrs Memorial erected. Died Bath.

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Revd. W. J. Bolton

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Stratford Martyrs

The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...

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Alfred Wilson

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Bunhill Fields Burial Ground

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Manresa House

Manresa House

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Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg

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Rev. D. C. Delafosse,  MA

Rev. D. C. Delafosse, MA

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