Lawrence Ashcroft Explained

Lawrence Ashcroft (1901–1996) was the Archdeacon of Stow from 1954^[1] to 1962.

Ashcroft was educated at Durham University and Lichfield Theological College; and ordained in 1927. After curacies in Ulverston and Egremont he was Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was Vicar of St Saviour, Retford from 1934 to 1940; a Chaplain to the Forces from 1940 to 1943; and Rector of St Michael, Stoke, Coventry from 1943 to 1953.^[2]

He died on 18 May 1996.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 4 February 1954; pg. 8; Issue 52847
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959-60 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
3. ‘ASHCROFT, Ven. Lawrence’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 May 2017