Hi Pete,

I have received from the Lambeth Palace Library extracts from the 1969-70 and 1980-82 editions of Crockford's Clerical Directory relating to Thomas Arthur Ryder. The relevant details are as follows:

1902 Born
1924 B.Sc (1st class) Bristol University
1927 Ph.D Bristol University
1929 Kings College London [presumably training for the ministry]
1929 Ordained as Deacon
1930 Ordained as Priest Gloucester

1929-33 Curate at Lydney with Aylburton
1933-37 Curate at Parkend
1937-70 Vicar of Cam

The 1969-70 extract records an additional book: Weather Whys by Thomas Arthur Ryder.

The assumption is that he retired in 1970 and his address in the 1980-82 extract is given as 2a Upthorpe, Cam, Dursley, Glos.

The entry in the 1980-82 extract may not necessarily mean that he was alive then; it could be that his death had not been reported to Crockford's Directory.

Mike Purton