Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Friday 03 January 1919
The Rev. A. E. Sorby, Rector of Darfield and Rural Dean of Wath, has been ordered away for six months’ complete rest, his health having broken down.
His parochial duties are being discharged by the Rev. J. Randolph Bayne, of London.
The functions of Rural Dean are being exercised by the Rev. Charles Steele, Vicar of Swinton.