Record Number: 5153

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At church twice today as usual; the Parson at his work amongst the children, armed with a huge octavo which he called Archbishop Secker's Lectures on the Church Catechism which he fired off to the confusion of the understanding of the children... If he be not tired, I know I am with hearing him.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

3 Sep 1826

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: church

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

'The Parson'

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Parson, South Cave, Yorkshire

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Robert Sharp and others

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Secker

Title:

Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5153

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Sharp

Editor:

J. E. Crowther

Title:

The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

62

Additional Comments:

and ed P A Crowther

Citation:

Robert Sharp, J. E. Crowther (ed.), The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave (Oxford, 1997), p. 62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5153, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None