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About Godwin Birchenough
- The Very Reverend Godwin Birchenough (27 October 1880, Macclesfield, Cheshire – 3 March 1953) was the only son of Walter Edwin Birchenough and was the grandson of John Birchenough, a prominent Macclesfield silk manufacturer.
- Godwin Birchenough, who was also a nephew of Sir Henry Birchenough, the President of the British South Africa Company, was educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford.
- Birchenough was ordained in 1905 and was Vicar of Moor Allerton between 1913 and 1921.
- He became an honorary Canon of Chelmsford Cathedral in 1933 and in 1941 became Dean of Ripon Cathedral, becoming Dean Emeritus in 1951.
- An eminent author, he was also vice chairman of the Additional Curates Society between 1934 and 1944.
- Godwin Birchenough married Edith, daughter of Ernest Keay in 1912, he died on 3 March 1953.
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