The Reverend Algernon Charles Dudley Ryder was rector for nearly 40 years until his retirement in 1941 at the age of 93.
Mr Ryder was a well-loved and respected figure in the village and an outstanding botanist. Many residents were grateful to him for kindling a love of plant life and encouraging the collection of specimens in their formative years.
He was the last rector to fully occupy and raise his family in the Old Rectory, ‘a large and noble residence’ built about 1872 during the ministry of the Revd J.B.M. Butler.
Left to right: Mr A.E. Cosham – Headmaster Maresfield Bonners School, Organist and Choirmaster; Mabel Weston – Pupil; Miss Phillipa Ryder – Rector’s daughter. In the Old Rectory garden (note the large radio set with valves on the extreme left).
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