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COMMON PRAYER AND PSALM BOOK

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c. 1900

Overview

Black soft cover with with gold lettering on front and on spine. Cover text [ihs]. Text on spine [COMMON / PRAYER / PSALM / A& M]. On first page written in pen is [Violet White / Kelmscott / W.A.]. On the next page is information about the book and publishing information. The book contains common prayers for the Church of England, administration of the sacrament and other rites and ceremonies and the psalms of David. Text printed in small font on rest of pages.

Historical information

The common prayer and psalm book was owned by Violet White, the daughter of Edward Wharton White. Edward was a railway surveyor who worked at laying out the timber railway lines associated with Canning Miles. Lionel White, Edward's brother managed the timber mill. The White family first lived at Canning Mills where the children were educated by Miss Spencer a governess. Around 1900 the family moved to Kelmscott and joined the St Mary's in the Valley congregation and the children attended the Kelmscott State School. The book was possibly acquired around the time the family moved to Kelmscott and joined the church. Stephen O'Brien, and relative of Violet White recalls his great aunt Julia telling him that in the early 1900s the children called Kelmscott State School 'Kemmy School'. In 1977 when Stephen was attending Kelmscott High School the students called the school 'Kemmy High School'.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2021.50

Themes

People
Social History

Inscriptions and markings

printer information [Oxford / Printed at the University Press / London: henry frowbe / Oxford University Press Warehouse / Amen Corner]

Keywords

OXFORD University Press

Church of England Anglican

LONDON England

Kelmscott

ST MARY'S in the Valley Kelmscott

Kelmscott Primary School

Kelmscott State School

WHITE Violet Miss

Year

c. 1900

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Prayer book owned and used by Violet White when she was a child and lived in Kelmscott with her family and attended the St Mary's in the Valley Anglican Church. The book represents the role organisations such as the church played in the daily lives of the community in the early 1900s. It also represents the daily activities of Kelmscott residents in the early 1900s. The prayer book is also associated with the first Christian church built in the district. St Mary's in the Valley was built in 1871.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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