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Black History Month: Yorkshire first Black parson is remembered

Black History Month: Yorkshire first Black parson is remembered

Thursday, October 16, 2025
AT ST MARGARET’s, Swinefleet, villagers are celebrating the life of an extraordinary man and pioneer: the Revd Edward Cragg Haynes, a Barbados-born man believed to be the first Black vicar in Yorkshire. It was at this church that Mr Haynes was Vic...