Eric James Bodington was an eminent Anglican priest[1] and author in the early decades of the twentieth century.
[2] Born on 17 December 1862, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford[3] and ordained in 1886.
Returning to England in 1894 he held incumbencies at Osmington,[5] Potterne[6] and Calne.
[citation needed] He was Archdeacon of Wilts from 1912[7] to 1927; and of Dorset from 1927 until his death on 25 October 1929,[8] during which latter time he was also a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral.
His scholarly contributions include a transcription of the 1649–1650 Church Survey in Wilts, in several volumes of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1918 onwards.