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Rev. John Russell Line was appointed by the Simeon Trustees in 1912. Before coming to Deane he was Vicar of Christ Church, Stone, in Staffordshire. At the Easter Vestry of 1913 the vicar informed the meeting that he had consulted the highest legal and ecclesiastical authorities and been informed that since the passing of the Local Government Act, Deane had no more right than any other parish to appoint more than two wardens. The Chancellor of the Diocese had agreed, however, that Deane, being an ancient church, might have three, of which the vicar might choose two and the vestry one, but the vicar agreed that the vestry should appoint two and himself one, which practice is still followed. Rev. J.R.Line had occupied the old vicarage for only a short time when it was sold and taken down. Parts of it were considered to be beyond repair. The vicar moved into a house on Wigan Road until such time as a vicarage could be purchased. Rev. J.R.Line retired in 1927 owing to ill-health.
Clergy
Rev.William Rothwell
Rev.Richard Grimshaw
Rev.David Dee
Rev.Lancelot Clegge
Rev.Richard Hardie
Rev.Alexander Horrocks
Rev.John Tilsley
Rev.John Angier
Rev.Richard Hatton
Rev.James Rothwell
Rev.Thomas Withnell
Rev.Robert Latham
Rev.Thomas Brocklebank
Rev.Edward Girdlestone
Rev.Francis Henry Coldwell
Rev.William Bashall
Rev.Henry Sheridan Patterson
Rev.John Russel Line
Rev.Robert Catterall Worsley
Rev.Kenneth Mackay Bishop
Rev.Roger Jackson
Rev.Ian Mainey
Rev.Dr.Terry Clark
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