Eric James Bodington was an eminent Anglican priest[1] and author in the early decades of the twentieth century.[2]

Born on 17 December 1862, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford[3] and ordained in 1886.[4] After a curacy at St George, Fordington he was rector of Christ Church, Burgersdorp, South Africa and then Warden of St Peter's Home, Grahamstown. Returning to England in 1894 he held incumbencies at Osmington,[5] Potterne[6] and Calne. He was Archdeacon of Wilts from 1912[7] to 1927; and of Dorset from 1927 until his death on 25 October 1929,[8] during which latter time he was also a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral.

Works by Bodington include "God and Ourselves" (1890); "A Short History and Exposition of the Apostles' Creed and of the first eight of the thirty-nine Articles of Religion" (1893); "A History of Devizes" (1903); and "God with us" (1923).

His scholarly contributions include a transcription of the 1649–1650 Church Survey in Wilts, in several volumes of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1918 onwards.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ↑ National Archives
  2. ↑ ‘BODINGTON, Ven. Eric James Bodington ’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 25 November 2012
  3. ↑ Oxford University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, 3 August 1885; pg. 8; Issue 31515
  4. ↑ The Trinity Ordinations The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 8 June 1887; pg. 4; Issue 32093
  5. ↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, 29 June 1894; pg. 11; Issue 34303
  6. ↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, 6 October 1899; pg. 8; Issue 35953
  7. ↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Saturday, 7 December 1912; pg. 11; Issue 40076
  8. ↑ Archdeacon Bodington The Times (London, England), Monday, 28 October 1929; pg. 19; Issue 45345
  9. ↑ Bodington, E. J. (1918). "The Church Surveys in Wilts, 1649–50". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 40 (129): 253–272 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  10. ↑ Bodington, E. J. (1920). "The Church Surveys in Wilts, 1649–50". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 41 (132): 1–39 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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