George Addleshaw

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George William Outram Addleshaw (1 December 1906 – 14 June 1982) was an Anglican cleric who was Dean of Chester in the third quarter of the 20th century.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/1976 Lambeth, Church House Publishing (ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}, {{OCLC|25885092}}, {{OCLC|59162245}})

He was born in 1906 in Gorefield Vicarage, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the son of Canon Stanley Addleshaw.{{cite news |title=Births. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000536/19061207/140/0008 |access-date=11 September 2024 |work=Luton Times and Advertiser |date=7 December 1906 |page=8}} He was educated at Bromsgrove and Trinity College, Oxford.Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} Ordained in 1931, he was initially a Curate at Highfield Parish Church, Southampton. Following this he became Vice Principal of St Chad's College, Durham, then a Canon Residentiary at York Minster before his elevation to the Deanery of Chester."Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Chester". The Times Thursday, 8 November 1962; p. 7; Issue 55543; col D A man with extensive knowledge of church architecture,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39991 British History On-line] he died on 14 June 1982.The Times, Friday, 18 June 1982; p. 12; Issue 61263; col F "Obituary Very Rev George Addleshaw"

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In the 1950s, Addleshaw was living at 10 Precentor's Court, adjacent to York Minster.Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Historical Society (1952), p. 187