Dorchester Missionary College Explained

Dorchester Missionary College, also known as the Dorchester College of St Peter and St Paul for Foreign Missions was a theological college in Dorchester, Oxfordshire.^{[1] [2]} The college was established in 1878 to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England overseas,^[3] and by 1903 was an associated theological college of Durham University.^{[4] [5]} It closed in 1944 due to the recommendation by the Archbishops' commission to end missionary colleges.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3554144 National Archives
2. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/nc-dorchester%20missionary%20college%20dorchester%20oxfordshire%20england/ World Cat
3. Book: Our Schools and Colleges . 377. 1. Frederick Shirley Dumaresq de Carteret-Bisson. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1884.
4. Web site: Archives and Special Collections: Durham University Records: Information. Colleges. 2 November 2021.
5. Book: Durham University Calendar 1903–1905. 425. 1903. Durham University.
6. Book: Shaw's Academical Dress of Great Britain and Ireland - Volume II: Non-degree-awarding Bodies. 123. Nicholas Groves. The Burgon Society. 2014. 9780992874001.