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Sidney Lowe (priest)

Archdeacon of Bradford (1882–1968)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ7509210 ↗
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The Venerable Sidney Edward Lowe (22 March 1882 – 10 January 1968) was Archdeacon of Bradford from 1934 to 1953.

Lowe was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and the University of Birmingham and ordained in 1905. After a curacy at St James’, Gorton he held incumbencies at Holy Trinity, Colne St Peter's, Rochdale, All Saints’, Bradford, All Saints Otley and St Oswald's Guiseley

before his years as an Archdeacon.

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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—1882, 1968, 1934, 1953—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1882-03-22. For this dossier, Sidney, Lowe and priest is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Sidney Lowe (priest)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.