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Tributes paid to first Surbiton woman to be ordained by the church

Surbiton.com: March 8, 2015 - 2:20am

Tributes have been paid this week to a former Tiffin Girls’ pupil who became one of the first women to be ordained by the Church of England.

Barbara Wollaston died in her sleep at her home in Guildford on February 19.

She is the aunt of Totnes MP Sarah Wollaston and was born in Teddington on October 12, 1930. Her family moved to Surbiton shortly after and she and her two younger brothers lived there until the 1970s. Ms Wollaston became interested in the church after regularly attending Saint Andrew’s Church in Surbiton. Her time with the church saw her travel the country and the world.

Ms Wollaston had reached the highest point she could as a woman in the Church of England when working at Southwark Cathedral. The year Ms Wollaston was retiring, in 1994, the church decided women could be ordained. She was also made a canon of Southwark Cathedral.

Miss Wollaston never married or had any children but doted on her seven nieces and nephews.

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