History of Weston-in-Gordano
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Churchyard Plan and Plot Register
he Church Burial and Plot Registers, together with the associated drawings have been completed in electronic data format (.pdf), up to 1st September 2021 and is presented here for public consumption ; a printed version will be available for visitors use, on completion of the current church interior remedial works.
The modified version to the existing churchyard layout drawing is currently in preparation to incorporate the toilet block, later graves and cremation tablets, together with identified future plots, with the documents subject to updating as necessary, with future issues being available through the parish website.
Compiled by Alan Hebden for SSPP PCC
Updated 31st October 2021
SPSP-AH-B+P-001+001 Issue 5 - 05 Nov- 2021Roll of Honour WW1
Parishioners who gave their lives in The Great War
Bessant, Albert, Private, 190993, Hertfordshire Regiment & Labour Corps, 3rd Dec 1918, Age 37, Tournai communal cemetery allied extension, France.
Coombs, Herbert John (Jack), Private, 42275, Hampshire regiment, 1st Btn, 16th May 1918, Age 19, Le Vertannoy British cemetery Hinges, France.
Coombs, Walter Harry, Private, 5557, Australian Imperial Force, 19th regiment, 5th Aus. M.Gun company, 22nd Nov 1917, Age 21, Cabaret-rouge British cemetery Souchez, France.
Kitchen, Charles, Bombardier, 620032, Royal Horse Artillery, 29th Oct 1918, Age 26, Gaza War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine.
Lawson, Henry Sackville, Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, 4th North Midland Howitzer Brigade, 5th Feb 1918, Age 41, Montescourt-Lizerolles communal cemetery, France.
Llewellyn, Henry (Harry) Angus, Private, 202258, Somerset Light Infantry (att Royal Engineers), 2/4th Btn, 24th October 1918, St. Sever cemetery extension Rouen, France.
Oldfield, Charles Augustus, Private, 19365, Dorsetshire Regiment (formerly of the Somerset Light Infantry), 5th Btn, 13th April 1917, Age 19, Valenciennes communal cemetery, France.
Oldfield, Joseph George, 202223, Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 21st Nov 1917, Age 21, Jerusalem war cemetery, Israel & Palestine.
Pearce, Albert Edwin, Private, 215597, Labour Corps, 19th November 1918, Age 35, Weston-in-Gordano church yard.
Shufflebotham, Guy Mynors, Captain, Somerset Light Infantry, 7th Btn, 3rd Sept 1916, Age 20, Guillemont road cemetery, France.
Sulley, Lionel, Private, 20603, Somerset Light Infantry, 7th Btn, 16th Sept 1916, Age 22, Guards cemetery LesBoeufs, France.
Thill, J – research ongoing
Parishioners who served in and survived the The Great War
Bessant, Albert John, Private, 155393, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Burge, Albert, Driver, 94571, Royal Horse Artillery.
Burge, John, Army Service Corps.
Hinton, James King, Sapper, 177288, Royal Engineers, “Q” Special Company.
Parish Past
Weston in Gordano Manor House
Strictly speaking, Weston has had three manor houses over the centuries. As long ago as the 12th century – about the same time as the earliest part of the parish church was built – there was a moated manorial settlement some 200m south east of the church. This was probably a timber structure, and little […]
Fatal accident at Weston-in-Gordano
Western Daily Press OCT. 19, 1888 Threshing machine explosion. One dead. At Mr Perkin’s farm Weston-in-Gordano, yesterday, during some steam threshing operations, the engine boiler burst. The driver William Lodge of Yatton, who was the owner of the threshing machine, was so seriously hurt that he died shortly after. A dog was also killed. The […]
Dedication of a Lychgate
Western Daily Press NOV. 30, 1897 Jubilee memorial is dedicated in Weston-in-Gordano The jubilee memorial in this parish, which look form of a new lychgate at the entrance to the churchyard, was solemnly dedicated on Friday evening by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Bath. The gate is a massive structure of oak, resting on a […]
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, WESTON-IN-GORDANO
Bristol Times and Mirror SEP. 12, 1908 Dedication of stained glass windows at St.Paul’s Church At a special evening service on Friday a stained glass window was dedicated by the Bishop of Grahamstown. The window, which is situated at the west end, consists of three lights with tracery above, and represents three ancestors of the […]
English Folk Dances at Clifton
Western Daily Press FEB. 16, 1920 Sword dance by the Morris dancers of Weston-in-Gordano The Bristol branch of the English Folk Dance Society, which has been inactive during the war, has resumed its very delightful work, and on Saturday night at the Royal West of England Academy a large company of enthusiasts took part in […]
Somerset Church Fire Mystery
Western Daily Press FEB. 24, 1934 Police searching for unknown man. Rector’s mother-in-law collapses and dies. Car dash from Portishead! Mystery and tragedy are closely linked with the outbreak of fire in Weston-in-Gordano church yesterday which completely destroyed a 17th century screen. A woman is dead as a sequel to the fire and the Somerset […]
Portishead and Weston church fires
Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror FEB. 26, 1934 Local people suspect there is some connection Is there any connection between the mysterious fire at the ancient Weston-in-Gordano Parish Church near Portishead and the recent outbreak which destroyed the church at Weston-Super-Mare? This is a question which the people of Somerset are asking themselves because […]
Weston-In-Gordano Church Fire Tragedy
Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror FEB. 28, 1934 Mrs Quartly-Carter’s Funeral “Death from natural causes” was the verdict at the inquest at Weston-in-Gordano or Mrs Rose Harriet Quartly-Carter, mother-in-law of the Rev. Lach-Szyrma, vicar of the parish, living at Avon View, West Hill, Portishead, who collapsed and died after making the journey from her […]
PORTISHEAD WOMAN 100 TO-DAY
Western Daily Press NOV.18, 1938 Never “Believed” in Doctors Mrs MARY ANN TRIPP, of Kew Villas, Bristol Road, Portishead, today becomes centenarian. In many ways she is a remarkable old lady and never “”believed”” in doctors until this year, when she had slight fall. Before then she had never received medical attention. She is the […]
One legged man at Weston Lodge
Birmingham Daily Post NOV. 10, 1954 One legged man enters Weston Lodge to reclaim false leg. Eighteen months after a one-legged man had left his spare false leg with his landlady in lieu of rent, it was stated at Somerset Quarter Sessions yesterday, he re-entered the house to reclaim the limb because the false leg […]