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Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen".
A charitable trust exists within the chapelry of Rowton entitled 'The John and Eliza Bourne Trust'. It was established in 1929, through a bequest of the late church warden and local philanthropist John Bourne, who left a quantity of shares in Barclays Bank, the dividends of which were to be paid to the poor widows and widowers of Rowton, Ellerdine, Cold Hatton and Sytch Lane in the parish of ...
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During this period (1640s and 50s) Richard Baxter the English Puritan church leader, (born at nearby Rowton in 1615) was an energetic campaigner for the establishment of a University, which would only have been the third in England, in Shrewsbury, utilising the then Shrewsbury School buildings, but insufficient funding prevented success. [15]
Margaret Baxter or Margaret Charlton (1636 – 14 June 1681) was a noble born English religious nonconformist during the English Civil War. She became a follower and later wife and patron of the preacher Richard Baxter.
WCNC TV news anchor Fred Shropshire is leaving the Charlotte NBC affiliate for a station in a larger market.. Shropshire will join NBC 10 in Philadelphia, WCAU, as a weekday anchor and reporter on ...
A post office was established at Baxter in 1875, and remained in operation until 1967. [2] The community was named for Richard J. Baxter, who owned a sawmill there. [ 3 ]
Michael John Baxter found his passion in journalism, exposing scandal as a Miami Herald reporter, then rising to deputy managing editor during a time when Miami was undergoing a turbulent ...