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Richard Parkinson
1797–1858
An English clergyman and scholar, he combined religious work with a lasting interest in history and local antiquities. His writing reflects a 19th-century world of theology, education, and careful historical record-keeping.
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The Old Church Clock
by Richard Parkinson
About the author
Born in Lancashire in 1797, Richard Parkinson was educated at Hawkshead, Sedbergh, and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in the Church of England and built a career that joined pastoral work, scholarship, and teaching.
He is especially associated with St Bees, where he served as principal of the theological college, and later with Manchester, where he became a canon of the cathedral. Alongside his church duties, he wrote on theology and took a serious interest in antiquarian research, helping preserve historical material connected with the North of England.
Parkinson died in 1858. He is remembered as a thoughtful Victorian churchman whose work moved between the pulpit, the classroom, and the archive.