Peter Ditchfield

Rev. Peter Hempson Ditchfield, FSA was a Church of England priest, an historian and a prolific author. He is notable for having coedited three Berkshire volumes of the Victoria County History which were published between 1907 and 1924.

Ditchfield was born in Westhoughton, Lancashire in 1854. He was schooled at the Royal Grammar School, Clitheroe and studied at Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1878 and priest in 1879. Ditchfield served his title as curate of St. Michaels parish church, Sandhurst until 1880, followed by a second curacy at Christ Church, Reading.

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