The Ven Edward Chance Henderson (15 October 1916 – 24 September 1997)[1] was Archdeacon of Pontefract from 1968[2] to 1981.
[3] Townley was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and educated at Heaton Grammar School and the University of London.
[4] After a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne he was Organising Secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society from 1942 to 1945.
He held incumbencies in Leeds, Halifax, Dewsbury and Darrington.
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