Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks
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Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks (1884-1956) was an English cathedral organist, who served in St Asaph Cathedral
St Asaph Cathedral
St Asaph Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in St Asaph, Denbighshire, north Wales. It is sometimes claimed to be the smallest Anglican cathedral in Britain.- History :...


Background

Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks was born on 21 October 1884 in Essendon, Hertfordshire
Essendon, Hertfordshire
Essendon is a Hertfordshire village and civil parish located 6 miles south-west of the town of Hertford on the B158 road.The village is 100 metres above sea level and offers views of the Lea Valley to the north. Although on an ancient site, St Mary's Church dates mainly from the 17th and 18th...

. He was the son of Walter Fryer Stocks and Marian.

As well as a cathedral organist, Harold Stocks was a composer, principally of church music, and the author of books on the training of choristers and cathedral organists.

Career

Assistant organist:
  • Ely Cathedral
    Ely Cathedral
    Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...

     1906 - 1909


Organist of:
  • Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil
    Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil
    The Church of St John the Baptist in Yeovil, Somerset, England was built in the late 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building....

     1909 - 1911
  • St Laurence Church, Ludlow
    St Laurence Church, Ludlow
    St Laurence's Church, Ludlow is a parish church in the Church of England in Ludlow.-Background:The parish church was established as a Norman place of worship in association with the founding of Ludlow in the 11th century AD. This parish church in Shropshire, England contains an extensive set of...

     1911 - 1917
  • St Asaph Cathedral
    St Asaph Cathedral
    St Asaph Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in St Asaph, Denbighshire, north Wales. It is sometimes claimed to be the smallest Anglican cathedral in Britain.- History :...

     1917 - 1956
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