File. Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly

Reference No:: U DMS/8/1/3
Dates:: 4 Aug 1932-25 Nov 1965
Description:: File containing notes and correspondence between Miss Jean Austin Dobson, Miss Ivy Shotter, and Miss D. Hobson as the contacts for Bishop Rock Lighthouse, J. Gillett as Mission chaplain for the Scilly Isles, and Captain G.L Parnell as secretary for the Lightships and Lighthouses Committee of the Missions to Seamen. Includes references to the following: Guild of St Anne (Kew Parish Church) as 'Parent' for Bishop Rock Lighthouse; G.P. Hicks as Attending Boatman to Hobson then Shotter as Parent Leaders; sending of parcels to lighthouse; names of lighthouse keepers; the Parent group for Bishop Rock being constituted in 1925 under the Missions to Seamen 'Adoption' scheme; fundraising and list of contents re Christmas hamper for keepers; special centenary celebrations at St Mary's Church, Isles of Scilly; contributions towards the hire of a launch to take the Mission chaplain of the Isles of Scilly to Bishop Rock for services; contributions towards launch hire to take the Mission Chaplain to Bishop Rock Lighthouse.
Format:: Archive Item
Extent:: 1 file
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Access Conditions:: Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:: Hull University Archives
Collection:: Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)