A couple of big days coming up in the Cathedral next week. I love this view, St Cedd in the window and a statue of the first Bishop of Chelmsford, who refused to wear his mitre & robe as he felt they presented a barrier between himself and the ordinary folk of the East End of London, including many refugees.

According to Wikipedia, John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield was an eminent 20th century Anglican priest and distinguished author. Educated at the Victoria University of Manchester and ordained in 1891, he began with a Curacy at St Peter Highgate after which he was Vicar of St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green. Following this he was a Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Cambridge University until his appointment to the episcopate as the inaugural Bishop of Chelmsford, dying in post. There is a statue to him within Chelmsford Cathedral.

What Wikipedia doesn't list is the persistent work he did in helping refugees with employment, housing and getting a fair deal.