Ven Cecil Andrew PLAXTON [35967]
- Born: 1902, Wells SOM
- Marriage (1): Eleanor Joan SOWERBY [35979] in 1929
- Died: 2 Feb 1993, Devizes WIL aged 91
 General Notes:
1911 English Census.
Cecil Andrew Plaxton
Age 8
Estimated Birth Year abt 1903
Relation to Head Son
Gender Male
Birth Place Wells, Somerset
Civil parish Wells St Andrew and Wells St Cuthbert
County/Island Somerset
Country England
Street Address S Andrews Lodge, The North Liberty, Wells, Somerset
Registration District Number 313
Sub-registration district Wells
ED, institution, or vessel 07
Piece 14521
Plaxton, Ven. Cecil Andrew, (1902\endash 2 Feb. 1993), Archdeacon of Wiltshire, 1951\endash 74, then Archdeacon Emeritus of the Diocese of Salisbury.
Image Courtesy of J. Brown 2024
Research Notes:
Cecil Andrew Plaxton 1902-1993 the eldest son of JW and Mary Stone. In contrast to his father, Cecil had an easier start in life, being privately educated at Magdalen College School in Oxford and then St Edmund Hall. He followed his father into the church, training at Cuddesdon before being ordained in 1927. In 1929 he married Eleanor Joan Sowerby (1902-1989) in 1929, the daughter of Arthur Litchfield Sowerby of Salisbury. He did his curacy in St Martin's Salisbury, and was vicar of Weymouth, Pewsey and Devizes. He was Archdeacon of Wiltshire from 1951-1974.
He wrote a small book in 1971: Treasure of Salisbury: Life and Death of Saint Edmund of Abingdon.
Jane Brown 2024
Cecil married Eleanor Joan SOWERBY [35979] [MRIN: 13053] in 1929. (Eleanor Joan SOWERBY [35979] was born in 1902 and died in 1989.)
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