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Andrew Woodhouse

British Anglican priest

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ16089719
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Andrew Henry Woodhouse DSC (30 January 1923 – 15 December 2019) was a British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1970 to 1982; and Archdeacon of Hereford from 1982 to 1991.

Woodhouse was educated at Lancing College and The Queen's College, Oxford. His time at Oxford was divided by wartime service with the RNVR. He was ordained in 1951 after of studying at Lincoln Theological College. After a curacy at All Saints' Poplar he was vicar of St Martin's West Drayton from 1956 to 1970, Rural Dean of Hillingdon from 1967 to 1970, rector of Wistanstow from 1970 to 1982 and a canon residentiary at Hereford Cathedral from 1982 to 1991.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1923, 2019, 1970, 1982—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1923-01-30. The account is most persuasive where Andrew, Woodhouse and British can be independently traced.
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