Now! Then! Tag: Hook, Walter Farquhar (1798-1875)

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Known as Dr Hook, High Church and Vicar of nonconformist Leeds (1837-59), responsible for what is now Leeds Minster and many ecclesiastical and social improvements to the city .

5 March 1829: Henry Burton of Hotham tells a rowdy public meeting at Beverley to petition parliament against Catholic emancipation and preserve “the Protestant constitution”
22 November 1839: Bradford rejects its new vicar William Scoresby’s proposal for a church rate by a huge majority, inspiring a curious letter
13 December 1847: The Rev. Hook of Leeds (49) tells a Coventry colleague of his popularity among his fellow elderly
20 August 1852: Leeds unveils a statue modelled by someone believed to resemble Robert Peel (RIP)
27 October 1866: Dr Hook, Dean of Chichester, writes to his wife from his old vicarage in Leeds

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