Surname: Ditchfield Forename(s): Peter Hampson b. 20 April 1854. d. 16 September 1930. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, Church of England clergyman, editor, and historian. Alternative signature: “D.
H. Ditchfield.” Born in Westhoughton, Lancashire. Educated at Oriel College, Oxford.
Ordained a priest in 1879. Curate at St Michael’s parish church, Sandhurst, and Christ
Church, Reading, Berkshire. Rector of Barkham (1866-1930). Inspector of Schools at
the Diocese of Oxford (1886-1903). Married in 1898. Co-editor of three volumes of
Victoria County History (1907-1924). Secretary of the Berkshire Archaeological Society (1891-1929) and president
(1929-1930). Editor of Berks, Bucks and Oxon Archaeological Journal (1897-1930). Member of the Freemasons. Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for Ditchfield’s “A Stirrup-Cup Song,” published on 23 November 1901,
lists the author as Rev P. H. Ditchfield, of Barkham Rectory, Wokingham (NLS Dep 341/371).
Biographical information: Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ditchfield> (7 October 2021). (AC, CC)