 #Haworth Feed
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| On this
day in 1819 |
The resignation of the Revd. Samuel Redhead from the Perpetual Curacy of Haworth was officially recorded by the Bradford Parish Clerk.
Redhead had the shortest stay lasting just 3 weeks due to outrage in Haworth that he was appointed without consulting the local Trustees. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote:
"A man rode into the church upon an ass, with his face turned towards the tail, and as many old hats piled on his head, as he could possibly carry. He began urging his beast round the aisles, and the screams, and cries, and laughter of the congregation entirely drowned all sound of Mr Redhead's voice; and, I believe, he was obliged to desist." |
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