#vicar of dymchurch

[manibolly]

I think the character was based on Deacon Brodie.

[books0977]

The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn. Russell Thorndyke. London: Rich and Cowan, [1939]. First edition with 7s/6d price. Original dust jacket by Y. Carter.

Adventure and mystery, featuring the series character Doctor Syn, “vicar of Dymchurch by day, and Leader of the Romney Marsh Smugglers by night,” who is faced with the most dangerous enemy in his career, a captain of the Royal Navy.

[thisdayincomics]

April 6

Christopher Syn, born 1729, is a brilliant scholar from Queen's College, Oxford, possessing swashbuckling skills such as riding, fencing, and seamanship. Christopher became the last surviving Syn when his father and uncles were killed at the Battle of Culloden, fighting with the Scottish. His mother died of grief soon thereafter. He was content to live the quiet life of a country vicar in Dymchurch-under-the-Wall under the patronage of Sir Charles Cobtree, the father of his best friend Anthony Cobtree, until his beautiful young Spanish wife Imogene was seduced by and eloped with Nicholas Tappitt, whom Dr. Syn had considered a close friend. Christopher Syn set out on a quest for revenge, always managing to reach the eloped pair's destinations ahead of them just in time to terrify them against landing and facing him in a deliberate campaign of terror. While sailing from Spain to America in pursuit, his ship was captured by the pirate ship The Sulphur Pit, commanded by Captain Satan. In a one-on-one fight, Syn defeated and killed Captain Satan to take command of his ship and crew; among them was Mr. Mipps, a former Royal Navy carpenter with whom Syn had become friends in England after rescuing him from the Customs men. Mipps swore loyalty to Syn from that time onward.

[protestantfaceofanglicanism]

George Arliss as the benign smuggling vicar of Dymchurch in “Dr. Syn” (1937). Peter Cushing played the same role in the Hammer re-make.

The George Arliss version was directed by the same man who later directed “Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman”.

[airmanisr]

RD11891. DR SYN at New Romney. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD11891. The 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway's Pacific No.10 DR SYN at New Romney. Although mechanically similar to the other Pacifics on the line, it has the appearance of a Canadian or American locomotive - but with buffers. It was assembled in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Company in Sheffield using some parts originally built by Davey Paxman in Colchester. Dr. Syn was a fictitious vicar-cum-smuggler of the 18th Century who was based in the Romney Marshes. Saturday, 15th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

[ronnola]

[ronnola]

Dr. Syn: To Philip, to Kate, and the… Scarecrow fellow. Sir Thomas: Whoever and wherever he may be, scoundrel. Dr. Syn: /priceless face expression/

[ronnola]

[books0977]

Dr. Syn Returns. Russell Thorndike. London: Rich & Cowan, 1935. First edition. Original dust jacket.

Christopher Syn, tired of his life of piracy, tries to settle down as the vicar of the little town of Dymchurch in Kent, England. Syn's attempt to live an obscure life fails when he is drawn into the local smuggling trade.

[airmanisr]

RD11889. DR SYN arriving at New Romney. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD11889. The 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway's Pacific No.10 DR SYN arriving at New Romney. Although mechanically similar to the other Pacifics on the line, it has the appearance of a Canadian or American locomotive - but with buffers. It was assembled in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Company in Sheffield using some parts originally built by Davey Paxman in Colchester. Dr. Syn was a fictitious vicar-cum-smuggler of the 18th Century who was based in the Romney Marshes. Saturday, 15th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

[airmanisr]

RD11892. DR SYN at New Romney. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD11892. The 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway's Pacific No.10 DR SYN at New Romney. Although mechanically similar to the other Pacifics on the line, it has the appearance of a Canadian or American locomotive - but with buffers. It was assembled in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Company in Sheffield using some parts originally built by Davey Paxman in Colchester. Dr. Syn was a fictitious vicar-cum-smuggler of the 18th Century who was based in the Romney Marshes. Saturday, 15th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

[airmanisr]

RD11890. DR SYN at New Romney. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD11890. The 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway's Pacific No.10 DR SYN at New Romney. Although mechanically similar to the other Pacifics on the line, it has the appearance of a Canadian or American locomotive - but with buffers. It was assembled in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Company in Sheffield using some parts originally built by Davey Paxman in Colchester. Dr. Syn was a fictitious vicar-cum-smuggler of the 18th Century who was based in the Romney Marshes. Saturday, 15th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

[ronnola]