Rectors of Abbotts Ann
1379-138? Walter Philippe 1541-1544 John Adamson 1570-1587 John Bonamie 1554-1569 Stephen Tennannt 1587-1595 Thus. Pembridge 1595-1599 Martin Heaton 1599-1633 John Johnson 1633-1666 Thos. Hyde 1667-1709 Samuel Stone 1710-1717 James Lambert 1718-1726 Robert Willis 1727 James Wendey 1728-1730 Charles Sutton 1730-1774 John Burrough |
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Hon & Revd Samuel Best | ||
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Revd Philip & Mrs Nancy Tidmarsh |
Revd Alan & Mrs Wendy Graham with Jack Sims |
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1774-1830 Thomas Burrough |
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1831-1873 Hon. Samuel Best |
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1873-1903 James Burrough Fenwick |
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1903-1929 Frederick de Paravicini |
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1929-1940 Herbert Steadman |
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1940-1967 P. Kingsford Venner |
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1968-1975 George Scaramanga |
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1976-1979 Philip Tidmarsh |
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1979-1984 Alan Graham |
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1985-1992 Michael Tristram |
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1993-1998 Peter Gilks |
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1999-2015 David Broad |
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2016–2021 Katrina Dykes |
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Revd Michael Tristram |
2022- Teresa Townsend |
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FOOTNOTE ABOUT: Revd. George Scaramanger Rector St Mary’s, Abbotts Ann 1968-1976
Ian Fleming’s use of the name for one of his villains in a James Bond novel turns out to be none other than Revd. George Scaramanger, Rector of St.Mary’s from 1968 to 1976. Neither of them hit it off during their time at Eton which is why Fleming chose it. My curiosity was aroused as a result of an article in the Times in September 2025. The subject family in the article like to give their children a middle name after Fleming’s villain characters. Dudley Alleway