Penny was born and brought up in Yorkshire: specifically, the West Riding of Yorkshire, first in the Calder Valley and then in Doncaster. So Yorkshire is close to her heart and a love of its hills and dales. Having retained her Yorkshire accent, she confesses to calling a spade a spade!
Penny studied History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne: her first choice would have been theology, but women weren’t able to be ordained into the Church of England at that time.
She was (briefly) an auditor and then a research historian; very useful skills for being an Archdeacon! She started a family which grew and grew until there were six children.
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Archdeacon of Sherborne |