George Ratcliffe Woodward

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George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848 - 1934) was the Vicar of Walsingham in the 1880s. He was famous for reviving plainsong in religious music and wrote the words to the Christmas Carol 'Ding Dong Merrily on High'. He was buried in London.

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