An ecumenical matter

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK) | July 19, 2008 | Copyright

This week's quiz is all about West Country men of the cloth. Good luck.

1. Born in Ansford in Somerset in 1740, this clergyman is best known for his Diary of a Country Parson. Who was he?

2. This Wiltshire curate and poet was much admired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Can you name him?

3. A friend of Thomas Hardy, this Dorset clergyman wrote more than 800 poems, some in the local dialect. Clue - his statue can be seen in Dorchester.

4. This railway-mad clergyman lived in Stroud until his death in 1997. Who was he?

5. This fictional baby-eating clergyman figured in television's Blackadder ...

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