The Rectory Society is constructing a listing of suggested or recommended reading of books that people may find of use or relevant to the world of rectories and vicarages whether historical, fictional or conservation linked. If you have other book suggestions to help us build our offering, please do let us know. See Contact Us page.
More Tea Less Vicar! - How to survive living in an English Country Vicarage when you're not the Vicar! by Jill Fraser
Publisher: Brewin Books
History and Geography of English Religion: Rectories,Vicarages,Clergy,Chapels, Peculiars, Guilds and Chantries (Paperback) by Frank Hansford-Miller
Publisher: Abcado (Dec 1990)
England's 1000 Best Churches by Simon Jenkins
Publisher: Penguin (Sept 2000)
England's 1000 Best Houses by Simon Jenkins
Publisher: Penguin (Oct 2004)
The English Parsonage in the Early 19th Century by Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Available at the end of July
The Old Rectory - The Story of the English Parsonage by Anthony Jennings
The Old Vicarage Much Wenlock by Marion Brettle - Ellingham Press published 6/8/2009