LATER CLERGYMEN
William Frederick KIMM was the Trunch Rector from 1882-1910. He was born in Cambridge in 1842, the son of a school master. When working as a Curate in Poplar in London he met Maria Murray, the daughter of an accountant, whom he married in 1873. He was by then the Rector of Kirkdale in Lancashire and they had two daughters there, one of whom died at a young age. During his time in Trunch William lived in the Rectory with his wife and surviving daughter Amy Beatrice.
Reverend KIMM had a lot to do with the school as it was a Church of England establishment. He visited every week and sometimes every day to check the registers and to teach scripture, singing and reading. His wife and daughter also visited. In an obituary it was stated that he set up an evening school for village lads. There is an interesting entry in the school log in 1909 "The Reverend Kimm has ordered the mistress not to circulate the Fairy Tales from the library sent by the Norfolk Education Committee. He has sent 20 books to be circulated."
After he retired in 1910 Reverend KIMM, his wife and daughter moved to Bacton Road in North Walsham. After he died in 1912 a collection was made for a memorial in the church.
John Griffith CHESHIRE was only the Rector for 6 years, 1910-1916, but he was remembered fondly. He was born in Surrey, the son of a clergyman. He studied at Cambridge and was ordained in 1876. He was a curate and school master in various locations before becoming a Rector in Cambridgeshire in 1883. In 1891 he married Fanny Louisa Marsh from Hertfordshire and they had a daughter Harriet Mary in 1902. His time in Trunch was sadly marked by the First World War and he posted the names of all 65 serving soldiers and sailors in the church porch and he had to conduct the services for the fallen. He was also remembered for giving glebe land to the village for the building of a village hall. He died suddenly in his chair in the rectory on June 7th. 1916.
Following John CHESHIRE, Horace FARRELL was rector from 1916-1929 He was born in Ireland, then studied at Cambridge and held several clerical roles before coming to Trunch. He died in the Isle of Man, where his wife Annie came from, in 1949. His successor was Francis ROWLEY who was a chaplain in the Royal Navy from 1904 - 1919 and served in several different ships. After leaving Trunch he was a Rector in Somerset and he eventually retired to his wife's county of Northumberland, where he died in 1952.
Then came Percival GOODRICH Rector 1934 -1943 who wrote one of the few books about Trunch "The Story of Trunch" based on parish records and chats with older locals. He was born in Notting Hill in London in 1880, but in his youth his family lived on the Fruit Colony at Northwold. His father, a vegetarian, thought people could live on 2-3 acres and sell surplus produce, so he bought 160 acres and sold 2 acre plots to fellow colonists. It had some success but apparently failed in the marketing aspect and in 1905 Percival was ordained. In 1907 Percival married Eveline Goodrich from Great Yarmouth, whose father was a clergyman, and they had 2 daughters. During his time in Trunch he gave glebe land for the new cemetery.
Francis KAHN was Rector from 1943-47 His father Joseph was also a clerk in holy orders and he had been born in Cologne in Germany - hence the unusual surname. Francis studied at Cambridge, married Eleanor Sorrell in 1907 and was a YMCA Reverend during WW1. He gave the clock in the tower and died in retirement in Bacton.
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