The Benedictine community at Pershore was established in 1913 in a renewed effort to maintain a Benedictine presence within the Church of England, following the secession to Rome in that year of the Anglican Benedictine monks at Caldey Island. In 1926, the community moved to Nashdom, Oxfordshire, following several years of antagonism with Pearce, bishop of Worcester, which Archbishop Davidson failed to resolve.

Journal references: 2

• 28 Feb 1918
• 3 Mar 1918