James Michael John Fletcher (29 September 1852 – 23 February 1940), was an

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clergyman of the

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Education

Fletcher was educated at

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Career

*Vicar of

Tideswell Tideswell is a village, civil parishes in England, civil parish, and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, ward in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. It lies east of Buxton on the B6049, in a wide valley on a limestone p ...

*Rector of

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*Canon of

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*Fellow of the

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Publications

*''Distinguished Alumni of Derby School'' (Derby Reporter, 1872) *''A Guide to Tideswell'' (1902) *''Mrs Wightman of Shrewsbury: The Story of a Pioneer in Temperance Work'' (Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1906) *''A Historical and Descriptive Guide to the Churches of Shrewton, Maddington and Rollestone in the County of Wiltshire'' by J.M.J. Fletcher and Arthur S. Robins (1920) *''The Boy Bishop at Salisbury and Elsewhere'' (Salisbury, 1921) *''The Black Death in Dorset'' (1923) *''Notes on the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Salisbury'' (Cathedral Chapter, Salisbury, 1924) *''The Stained Glass in Salisbury Cathedral'', in ''Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine'' vol. xlv (1930) *''Old Belfry in the Close'', in ''Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine'' vol. xlvii (1932) *''Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury'', in ''Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine'' vol. xlix *''Dorset Worthy, William Stone, Royalist and Divine (1615-1685)'' (in ''Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club'' volume 36) *''Dorset Royal Peculiar'' (in ''Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club'' volume 38) *''Sir Thomas Dackomb, Priest, Rector of Tarrant Gunville, 1549-1567, a Dorset Bibliophile'' (in ''Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club'' volume 44) *''Century of Dorset Documents'' (in ''Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club'' volume 44) *''Trio of Dorchester Worthies'' (in ''Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club'' volume 44) *''Dorset Men in London at the End of the 17th Century'' (in ''Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club'' volume 54) *''Thomas Bennet'' (1924) *''Incumbents of Salisbury Churches during the Commonwealth'' *''The Plague-Stricken Derbyshire Village: or What to See in and around Eyam'' (1930) *''Bishop Giles of Bridport, 1257-1262'' in ''Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine'' vol. xlvi (1934) *''Chained Books in Dorset and Elsewhere'' (Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Vol. 35) *

Editor

Fletcher edited the journal ''Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club'' between 1917 and 1932.

References

*''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (1935) *''Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club'' (1917–1935) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, J. M. J. 1852 births 1934 deaths People educated at Derby School Alumni of University College, Oxford English non-fiction writers People from Tideswell English male non-fiction writers