Editing Knutsford (section)

===Ordination Test School===
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In 1919, [[Toc H]] founder [[Tubby Clayton]] opened a school (originally in the abandoned Knutsford Gaol) to begin the training of men leaving the armed forces, so that they might eventually train for [[ordination]]. This first Knutsford Ordination Test School, for service-men and funded by central church funds, was closed in 1922 and a new, private successor for civilians opened in a house in Knutsford called "Kilrie" in the same year.<ref>{{Church Times | title = The training of service candidates | archive = 1922_10_06_327 | issue = 3115 | date = 6 October 1922 | page = 327 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> The school moved to the Old Rectory in [[Hawarden]], Wales, where it was opened by [[A. G. Edwards (bishop)|A.&nbsp;G. Edwards]], [[Bishop of St&nbsp;Asaph]] and [[Archbishop of Wales]], and [[Cosmo Lang]], [[Archbishop of York]], on 26 January 1927.<ref>{{Church Times | title = The Church finance | archive = 1926_11_19_583 | issue = 3330 | date = 19 November 1926 | page = 583 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> By Michaelmas 1939, when the Old Rectory was required for housing refugees,<ref>{{Church Times | title = Theological colleges in war-time | archive = 1939_09_22_253 | issue = 4000 | date = 22 September 1939 | page = 253 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref> the school relocated one last time to [[Hawarden Castle (18th century)|Hawarden Castle]] before closing finally the next year.<ref>{{Church Times | title = (bottom, column B) | archive = 1940_05_24_381 | issue = 4035 | date = 24 May 1940 | page = 381 | accessed = 17 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1c14e139-e571-409b-9e14-5e41b183c39e |title=Knutsford Ordination Test School Knutsford Fellowship |website=National Archives |access-date=13 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401225416/https://monumentoffame.org/2018/02/16/the-first-world-war-and-clergy-training/ |archive-date=1 April 2023 |url=https://monumentoffame.org/2018/02/16/the-first-world-war-and-clergy-training/ |website=The Lambeth Palace Library Blog |title=The First World War and Clergy Training |date=16 February 2018 |access-date=13 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316144821/https://butleigh.org/images/GeorgeNGHawarden.pdf |archive-date=16 March 2016 |website=Butleigh |title=A brief History of the Old Rectory, Hawarden |author=E. Newman |url=https://butleigh.org/images/GeorgeNGHawarden.pdf |access-date=13 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/buildings/hawarden-ordination-test-school |title=Hawarden Ordination Test School |website=Architects of Greater Manchester |access-date=13 August 2024 }}</ref>

There were other Ordination Test Schools, including the predecessor of the [[House of the Epiphany]], Kuching.