This was almost a false trail. My wife's family history pointed once more towards this lovely small village close to Little Bedwyn and Great Bedwyn. It is situated in West Berkshire. There were Mills here as agricultural labourers, Pococks, Lovelocks. However I found none in the graveyard and none on the memorial. These are the other two churchyards I visited Little Bedwyn and Great Bedwyn. Even my SatNav "lost" the road to Little Bedwyn.
I did photograph the inside of the church and and a couple of interesting objects there. The church can trace its roots back to Norman times. It certainly has that low squat appearance that these churches can have. There seems to be little information on the web at all. Quite odd really. It was really quiet in the church but I just felt the need to hurry.
My intention was to photograph the memorial and transcribe the names. There was a framed roll of honour oddly titled "European War, 1914 - 1918" The 8 has been changed. This is shown below:
The inscription and the names are recorded below:
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| From the South entrance |
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| Looking towards the Alter |
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| Closer still |
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| The Tower |
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| I had trouble managing the lighting. I knew this was interesting There was no info beneath it and no one to ask! Sorry about the quality - an excuse to go back. This is quite large and can be seen in another of the pictures just to the left of the south door. |
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| Plaster. A really elegant bas-relief of a knight with a lance. |
My intention was to photograph the memorial and transcribe the names. There was a framed roll of honour oddly titled "European War, 1914 - 1918" The 8 has been changed. This is shown below:
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| 20 Names in all- the same names as the stone memorial below. |
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| The fallen from the Second World War are added below in the bottom panel. |
The inscription and the names are recorded below:
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
+TO THE HONOUR OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
MEN OF HAMPSTEAD NORRIS. WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED
HERE. THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
GREAT WAR. 1914 - 1919 PASSING FROM THE WARFARE OF
THE WORLD INTO THE PEACE OF GOD.+
ALBERT ADAMS. JOHN MORTON.
ALFRED ALLEN. PERCY MORTON.
CHARLES ALLEN. DENIS MAY.
ERNEST BARLOW. THOMAS NEWTON.
ARTHUR GILES. PERCIVAL NYE.
GEORGE GREENOUGH. CHARLES PIKE.
GEORGE HOLMES. GEORGE STEVENS.
STEPHEN JEFFREY. ERNEST WELCH.
GEORGE LAWRENCE. ARTHUR WHEELER.
DANIEL LAWRENCE. ERNEST WYLD.
ALSOTHE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 1939 - 1945
SAMUEL ARTHUR BARRETT. LESLIE FRANCIS BLAKE.
ROBERT NORMAN MEDWAY. ROBERT PHILIP NEATE.
EDWARD NEAL
CHARLES WILLIAM KITCHENER WHITE
This memorial is also recorded on the UK Inventory of War Memorials as
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