Churchill and Sarsden in the Great War 1914-1918 2018
This timely exhibition not only commemorated those who died, but also remembered those who came back, and how the war affected the lives of everyone in the two villages.
This timely exhibition not only commemorated those who died, but also remembered those who came back, and how the war affected the lives of everyone in the two villages.
Elizabeth Bourne (1549-1599)
Who controversially petitioned for divorce from her philandering husband and left letters which are now considered a most significant and valuable historical source of early modern literature and inform a greater understanding of women’s negotiations for legal autonomy in the sixteenth century.
A seventeenth-century eccentric
Anne Walter (Unknown – 1707)
Who lived in fear of being murdered but left a trust which is still providing grants for education purposes.
A nineteenth-century grocer
Emily Jennings (1814-1885)
Whose legacy launched a village charity.
A twentieth-century High Sheriff
Judy Hutchinson (1916-1989)
Whose secret war work has never been fully acknowledged.