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Isaac Wood (priest)

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Isaac Wood (11 May 1795 - 7 June 1865) was Archdeacon of Chester from his installation on 23 February 1847[1] until his death.[2]

Wood was born at Davenport Hall,[3] Astbury, Cheshire and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] He was ordained deacon in 1818 and priest in 1819. He held the living of Middlewich for many years[5] and is buried in the churchyard there.[6]

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  1. ^ Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M.; Mussett, Patrick (2004), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 11, pp. 45–47
  2. ^ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, June 17, 1865; Issue 8482.
  3. ^ "England and Wales, Census, 1861", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7KB-TFX : Mon Jan 20 22:14:24 UTC 2025), Entry for Isaac Wood and Mary Wood, 1861.
  4. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates– and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. vi. Square – Zupitza, (1954) p558
  5. ^ National Archives
  6. ^ photo of his grave