The Ven Edward Chance Henderson (15 October 1916 – 24 September 1997)The Ven Edward Henderson. The Times (London, England), Friday, 10 October 1997; pg. 23; Issue 66017 was Archdeacon of Pontefract from 1968New Archdeacon of Pontefract. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 10 April 1968; pg. 12; Issue 57223 to 1981.Church news. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 28 July 1981; pg. 18; Issue 60991
Townley was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and educated at Heaton Grammar School and the University of London. He was ordained Deacon in 1939, and Priest in 1940.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 > London, OUP, 1976 After a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne he was Organising Secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society from 1942 to 1945. He held incumbencies in Leeds, Halifax, Dewsbury and Darrington..'HENDERSON, Ven. Edward Chance', 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 28 July 2017
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