Reluctance to Live in Official Residence: Medieval Castles Six of the 12 dioceses _pro-pesed to be divided—London, Lich-field, Winchester, Oxford, Exeter, and "Peterborough—have a" domesti¢ refuse to live in their own houses. problem The six, Bishops flatly Division of their dioceses will come as a happy release to the prelates overburdened with palaces and castles of unconscionable size. Two of the Bishops whose dioceses are not.méentioned in the "division"' list, those of Carlisle and Bath and Wells, are awaiting an opportune moment to abandon their strongholds and go to live in sane. houses.
The modern progressive Bishop does not want to be saddled with an old historic mansion, however interesting it may be to live there. aot William "Cecil has never in the Palace at Exeter.
the war it was a Red Cross hospital, and is now a permanent! hospital under the Ministry of} Pensions. His lordship resides at Barton Place, a comparatively small country house about two milos from the city.
Dr. Stubbs, of Oxford, was the first Bishop to protest against living in an enormous palace. Cuddesdon is an isolated—spot,! and would have been sold if the! Bishop had had his way. Dr. Gora! refused to live in the fastnesses of Woresstershire at Hartlebury. Kempthorne has managed to dispose of his palace to the Lichfield Theological College.
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