Item 3 - Fr Graystone to Fr Wilson: CAFOD collection

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Reference code

GB ARCHON 2913 PA47-c-01-01-3

Title

Fr Graystone to Fr Wilson: CAFOD collection

Date(s)

  • 1982-10-3 (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

1 page; headed; typescript

Context area

Name of creator

(1921-2014)

Biographical history

Educated in Hull, Dublin and Devon, he left Blackburn to teach in Surrey, Devon and Kent before moving to Norfolk in 1981, where he co-founded the Catholic Grandparents’ Association.
Superior of the Marist Community in Blackburn in 1953 and served on the Provincial Council from 1957 to 1961. Head of Blackburn College from 1953 to 1961, it named a science centre after Fr Graystone in August 2007 and an annual prize for excellence in mathematics bears his name.
A talented author, archivist and religious adviser to Anglia Television. He wrote a number of books about England’s Roman roads, including one about the Ribble Valley.
Died on September 15 in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. His funeral was held at the Church of the Reconciliation, in Houghton St Giles, on September 30 2014.

Archival history

XPD 7

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

RCDEA Archive

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Sent proceeds of collection direct to CAFOD

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      Existence and location of originals

      PA47

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      210mm x 149mm

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      Status

      Draft

      Level of detail

      Minimal

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