The prestige of the gentry remained high, since they often owned the advowson and had a cousin or an uncle in the rectory as well. |
He stressed that while the rectory is the vicar's home, the property belongs to the diocese, which made the final decision to carry out the work. |
The rectory blinked in amber glitters between a scraggly screen of kapok trees fronting it. |
Eusebio pointed with pride to its church and rectory, carpenter shop, blacksmith forge, and water mill. |
He will be residing in the refurbished rectory in Riverstown with his wife, Bridget and their three children. |
The venue for all this intellectual argy-bargy was the rectory of Sacred Heart Church in Hubbard Woods, where my Uncle Reynold was pastor. |