Edith Woodford-Grimes

Edith Rose Woodford-Grimes (1887–1975) was an English Wiccan who achieved recognition as one of the faith's earliest known adherents. She had been a member of the New Forest coven which met during the late 1930s and early 1940s, and through this became a friend and working partner of Gerald Gardner, who would go on to found the Gardnerian tradition with her help. Widely known under the nickname of Dafo, Woodford-Grimes' involvement in the Craft had largely been kept a secret until it was revealed in the late 1990s, and her role in the history of Wicca was subsequently investigated by historians.

Edith Rose Woodford-Grimes
Woodford-Grimes in 1917.
Born18 December 1887
Malton, Yorkshire, England
Died1975
Occupation(s)Elocution teacher; Wiccan initiate
SpouseSamuel William Woodford Grimes
ChildrenRosanne Woodford-Grimes
Parent(s)William Henry Wray; Caroline Wray

The reason for Woodford-Grimes' adoption of the pseudonym Dafo is unknown, with the researcher Philip Heselton believing that it was not her craft name but a nickname given to her by Gardner, possibly being based upon his experiences in eastern Asia, where it had been used to refer to certain statues of the Buddha.

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