The weather was very kind for the first outing of the
Society this season. It was a pleasure to explore All Saints’
Church and Churchyard in Little Bradley in the evening sunshine and
we were privileged to have a guided tour in the company of Wendy Barnes
,whose knowledge of her subject and communication skills brought the
past alive. There has been a church on this spot since the 10th or
early 11th century, and we were shown the building styles which proved
this. Wendy’s several years of painstaking research brought
these early worshippers close, and she could even name some of the
14th century villagers, many of whose names betray their Norman origins.
Inside this beautiful little church there are brasses and tombs of
local families in the 16th century, the most famous of whom is John
Daye, the printer responsible for ‘Fox’s Book of Martyrs’
which in its day was second in importance to the Bible. The Churchyard
has some interesting gravestones which are explained in Wendy Barnes’
book ‘Little Bradley - The People and their Church. The evening
finished with refreshments in the church and an opportunity to look
around.
Secretary
Dorothy Anderson
01440 820376
Events Secretary
Gillian Cooper
01440 820052
Next Meeting
Tuesday
21st June 2005
7.30 in the WI Hall
Douglas Baker
‘Sisters in the Canadian Wilderness’
This excellent speaker was a great hit at the WEA lectures last
year
New Members are very welcome.
Contact the secretary or have a look at the Local
History Society page
