John Pilkington Norris (10 June 1823 in Chester – 29 December 1891 in Bristol) was Archdeacon of Bristol from 1881District News. Bristol Mercury (Bristol, England), Wednesday, 29 June 1881; Issue 10335 until his death.Northern Echo (Darlington, England), Wednesday, 30 December 1891; Issue 6814
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Norris was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.Alumni Cantabrigienses, Venn,. Vol. iv. Kahlenberg – Oyler, p564: Cambridge, CUP, 1954 He was ordained deacon in 1849; and priest in 1850. After a curacy in Trumpington, he was a Schools Inspector until 1864Obituary.. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 30 Dec 1891; pg. 4; Issue 33521 when he began another curacy at Lewknor. He was Vicar of Hatchford from 1864 to 1870;A. R. Buckland, ‘Norris, John Pilkington (1823–1891)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 accessed 15 Feb 2016 of Brandon Hill from 1870 to 1877; and of Redcliffe from 1877 to 1882. He was appointed Dean of Chichester just four days before his death. The man appointed in his stead was Richard Randall.W.K. Lowther Clarke. Chichester Cathedral in the 19th Century. pp. 16 – 17
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