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Densham, himself, created the strange scene. At the time of his appointment, the patron of the living was not known locally, and so the new incumbent was an utter stranger, unknown to the Parish Church Council.
Nov 3, 2021 · Discover Reverend Densham’s Paint Patch in Warleggan, England: The tale of this reverend and his parish is colorful in many a way.
Oct 18, 2023 · Reverend Densham was greatly influenced by the work of Gandhi and coming to a remote parish in Cornwall after India, with its different culture, must have been quite a shock.
Jun 25, 2023 · It was in 1931 that the Rev. Densham came to Warleggan where its villagers generally held very conservative and insular Cornish attitudes. This probably through Warleggan’s isolation and lack of regular worldly contact with larger communities.
The isolated Cornish village of Warleggan, which lent its name to the eponymous villain of the Poldark series, was briefly famous in the 1950s following the incumbency of Rev. F W Densham.
By 1921, Densham decided to enlighten foreigners and travelled to Natal in Africa as a missionary. He was unsuccessful and after learning of the teachings of Gandhi, applied to work in India but was turned down.
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The Reverend F.W. Densham arrived to take up the incumbency of St Bartholomew’s Church, in the remote and isolated village of Warleggan, in 1931. He was sixty-one years old - a thickset, square-jawed man, who had travelled extensively and was set in his ways.
