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4 unusual facts about James Slade


James Slade

On May 18, 1812, he married Augusta Law, daughter of George Law, Bishop of Chester and under his patronage Slade was made Rector of Teversham, Cambridgeshire in 1813 and Prebendary (later Canon) of Chester Cathedral in 1816.

James Slade, M.A. (1783–1860), generally remembered as Canon Slade, was the Vicar of St Peter's Church, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England from 1817 to 1856.

James Slade was born in Daventry, Northamptonshire on May 2, 1783 to the Reverend James Slade and Elizabeth Slade (née Waterfield).

The following year, it was arranged for him to exchange his Teversham living for the position of vicar of Bolton le Moors, then a large parish in the Diocese of Chester with a fast growing population living in appalling conditions with only one town centre parish church.



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