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Lincoln Theological College
Type	Private, Christian
Active	1874–1995
Location	Lincoln, England
Campus	Drury Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3BP

Lincoln Theological College was a theological college in Lincoln, United Kingdom.

History

Founded by Edward White Benson, when he was Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, the college opened on 25 January 1874. It was also known as Scholae Cancellarii. The building it occupied on Drury Lane, which was originally the county infirmary, closed in 1995 after having its permit as a college recognised for ordination training withdrawn by the Church of England owing to reduced numbers of residential ordination candidates nationally, with an increasing number training on part-time non-residential courses. The college had wanted to remain open, developing itself as a research institution, possibly affiliated to a nearby university. The buildings are now owned by the Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society (a registered charity), based at the University of Manchester, established in 1997 by Martyn Percy.

Once Lincoln Theological College had closed, the only Anglican theological college in the East Midlands offering training for those entering stipendiary ministry was St John's College, Nottingham, in Bramcote.

Name

Until the middle of the 20th century the college was known as Scholae Cancellarii (the Chancellor's School) or as Bishop's Hostel Lincoln. Warden Kenneth Sansbury introduced the name of Lincoln Theological College, as the Latin name 'meant nothing to the ordinary person', and Michael Ramsey suggested that Bishop's Hostel sounded like 'a home for rough boys'.^[1]

Curriculum

At the time of closure the Scholae Cancellarii offered training leading to externally validated and conferred BTh and MA degrees.

Affiliations

Lincoln Theological College worked closely with the then-named Bishop Grossteste College, which at the time was a Church of England teacher training college, and shared courses. It also worked with the University of Nottingham, which validated the BEd degrees of BGC.

In 2009 a School of Theology and Ministry Studies was formed following the signing, in Lincoln Cathedral, of an agreement between the University of Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste University College, the Diocese of Lincoln and Lincoln Cathedral on 14 November 2009.^[2]^[3]

Current situation

The college's former building on Drury Lane was renamed Chad Varah House,^[4] in honour of the Samaritans' founder, who was educated at the college and served his title in Lincoln. The building itself is a Grade II Listed building. The original County Hospital was built 1776–77, designed by John Carr of York and William Lumby. The chapel was added in 1906, by architect Temple Moore. At some point in the late 19th century a large house and water tower were added, and in 1962 the building was extended at the rear.^[5]

Notable alumni

Hugh Edward Ashdown
Henry R.T. Brandreth
Antony Bridge
Edwin Boston
Richard Chartres – former Bishop of London
John Dudley Davies
Patrick Evans
John Frewer
John Gibbs (bishop)
John Green – Royal Navy chaplain & Chaplain of the Fleet
John Grindrod
Lemprière Durell Hammond
Alfred Jowett
Charles John Klyberg
John Moses (dean)
Edward Norman
Michael John Nott
Paul Oestreicher
Regin Prenter
Gerald Sharp
John Shone
Ulrich Ernst Simon
Mark Strange – current Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Richard Henry McPhail Third
Kenneth George Thompson
Mark Tully – later BBC correspondent
Chad Varah – founder of Samaritans
Jeremy Walsh (Bishop)
Ambrose Walter Marcus Weekes
Alan Peter Winton – current Bishop of Thetford
John Yates (bishop)

Notable staff

Former Sub-Wardens

Michael Ramsey from 1930 to 1936 – later Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961 to 1974
Eric Lionel Mascall from 1937 to 1945
Basil Stanley Moss from 1946 to 1951
Thomas George Adames Baker from 1954 to 1960
David Lunn from 1966 to 1970 – later Bishop of Sheffield

Former Wardens

Lonsdale Ragg 1899-1916^[6]
Walter Julius Carey from 1919 to 1921
Alfred C. W. Rose 1921-1927^[7]
Leslie Owen 1928-1936^[7]
Eric Symes Abbott from 1936 to 1945
Cyril Kenneth Sansbury from 1945 to 1952
Oliver Stratford Tomkins from 1953 to 1959
Alan Brunskill Webster from 1959 to 1970
Andrew Graham from 1970 to 1977
Bill Jacob from 1985 to 1996

References

^ A History of Lincoln Theological College 1874-1974. Lincoln: Lincoln Theological College. 1974. p. 39.
^ "Church training school to go back to its roots". Lincolnshire echo. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
^ "Signing will develop Lincoln School of Theology". Lincoln, England: University of Lincoln. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ Joanna Lumley (12 November 2008). "A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Chad Varah CH – Extract adapted from a letter by Chad Varah to the Eagle Times 2002" (PDF). The Samaritans. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012. When De Montfort University spread to Lincoln, they bought my old theological college, no longer in use, and renamed it "Chad Varah House".
^ Historic England. "Lincoln Theological College, Attached Chapel, Water Tower and House (Grade II) (1388510)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
^ A History of Lincoln Theological College 1874-1974. Lincoln: Lincoln Theological College. 1974. p. 18.
^ ^a ^b A History of Lincoln Theological College 1874-1974. Lincoln: Lincoln Theological College. 1974. pp. 22–25.