Henry Formby

Henry Formby (born 1816; died at Normanton Hall, Leicester, 12 March 1884) was an English Roman Catholic priest and writer.

Life

Henry Formby was educated at Clitheroe grammar school, the Charterhouse School, London, and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he took his M. A. Having taken Anglican orders, he became vicar of Ruardean in Gloucestershire, where in 1843 he completed his first book, "A Visit to the East", and he showed the interest in ecclesiastical music that always characterized him in a pamphlet reprinted from "The English Churchman" called "Parochial Psalmody Considered" (1845).

At this time he was profoundly influenced by the Oxford Movement, and soon after his friend John Henry Newman became a Catholic, he decided to resign his living and join the Catholic Church. His reception took place on 24 January 1846, at Oscott, where he continued studying theology till he was ordained priest, 18 September 1847.

He was attached to St. Chad's Cathedral.

Works

He published three works on plain chant:

Formby

Coordinates: 53°33′31″N 3°04′00″W / 53.5586°N 3.0666°W / 53.5586; -3.0666

Formby is a town in Merseyside. The area is a civil parish and within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It has a population of approximately 25,000, measured at the 2011 Census as 22,419.

Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday book under "Fornebei" as Halsall, Walton and Poynton. The town's early recorded industry points to cockle raking, and shrimp fishing (in addition to arable ventures) last through into the 19th century. By 1872, the township and sub-district was made up of two chapelries (St. Peter and St. Luke), and contained Birkdale township, the hamlets of Ainsdale and Raven-Meols and Altcar parish. Formby was built on the plain adjoining the Irish Sea coast a few miles north of the Crosby channel where the sands afford shelter to the towns.

Formby is affluent with high owner-occupation and car ownership. Strong economic ties are retained with nearby Liverpool to which it acts as a dormitory town for some of its residents.

Formby (disambiguation)

Formby may refer to: