Joseph Crompton
1813/14–78
Clergyman. MA, University of Glasgow, 1834. Unitarian minister at the Octagon in Norwich, 1839–52. Founder and minister of the Free Christian Church. President of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, 1869–71. Joined the Church of England, 1875. Curate of St Mary-at-Coslany with St Michael-at-Pleas, Norwich, 1872–6; rector of St Lawrence, Norwich, from 1876.
Sources
BMD (Death index)
Crockford’s clerical directory 1878
Roll of the graduates of the University of Glasgow
Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society 1 (1869–74).
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
Crockford’s clerical directory: The clerical directory, a biographical and statistical book of reference for facts relating to the clergy and the church. Crockford’s clerical directory etc. London: John Crockford [and others]. 1858–1900.
Roll of the graduates of the University of Glasgow: A roll of the graduates of the University of Glasgow. From 31st December, 1727. To 31st December, 1897. Compiled by W. Innes Addison. Glasgow: James MacLehose & Sons. 1898.
