ASTON JUXTA CHURCH - 31st March 2009

Welcome to Aston Parish Church, or the Church of Ss Peter and Paul, or Aston Juxta Church (Aston near Birmingham Church). A huge array of names and a history to match. On the day of my visit the church was closed for restorative work and so I went in.

There are monuments centuries old in the church, some with Latin inscriptions, and some so faded as to be illegible. I hope to revisit and photograph more of the tablets.

I was told by one of the ministers that the church is usually open when Aston Villa FC have a home match, although it was not made clear whether this was to pray for divine intervention before the match or possibly to seek solace afterwards.

More information and photographs will be added as I get the time to do so.

The church entrance.

A view of the church from the south-east.

13126 PRIVATE

S. EGGAR

WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT

1ST MAY 1920 AGE 26

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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

BY WIFE CORA AND

DAUGHTER FLORRIE

276374 PRIVATE

A.E. GOODE

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

1ST MARCH 1917 AGE 26

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HE ANSWERED THE CALL

R.I.P.

6637 PRIVATE

G. SCOTT

OXFORD & BUCKS.LIGHT INF.

3RD MARCH 1916 AGE 34

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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY WIFE AND CHILD

213051 GUNNER

J.A. WHILE

ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY

16TH OCTOBER 1918

A view of the graveyard.

A view showing the lower level of the graveyard.

The Ansell family memorials.

Another aspect of the Ansell family memorial.

The Wragg memorial.

The base of the Wragg memorial.

A headstone for John Fisher, not one of my ancestors though.

(I'm working on it)

The old font.

A tablet giving the names of some of those who died in World War 1. It is positioned just to the left of the main tablet shown in the next photograph. Click to enlarge.

This is the main tablet showing the names of those who perished in World War 1. Click to enlarge.

(I'm working on it)

South wall of church.

Stained glass windows in apse.

More stained glass windows.

The lectern.

Tomb of Sir Thomas de Erdington.

Private Stanley Riley.

A tomb below theWilliam Booth plaque.

Stained glass windows and William Booth plaques above the as yet unidentified tomb.

Top plaque reads:

Here lieth Will: Booth of Witto in com: War: Gent: who had 3 wifes the

firft Dorothe daugh of Rich: Dilke of Kerckby Malory in com: Leic; Efqr

by who he had iffue 6 sonns & 4 Daughters Will: Rich: Edw: Thomas

Percivall & George, Ann, Mary, Dorothe & Joan, the fecond Martha,

ye widdow of Will: Perfon of Bicknel in com: War: Gent: by whom he

Had iffue Will: Thirdly he Married Dorothe daugh: of Edward Sanders

of Flowke in com: Norc: Efqr. Wch Will: was buried Ap: 18. 1610

Lower plaque reads:

Here also lieth Will: Booth of

Witto in com War: Esq. sonn

& heire of ye abovefaid Willia(m)

who married Alice daugh'. of

Rich Foxe of Mofeley in co'. Wigo'.

Gent & had her 7 Sonns & 3

Daugh', Will: Rich: Jofeph, sam: Benja(min)'.

John & Tho: Elinor, Mary & Sarah.

Wch Will. died ye 23rd of Nov. 1637

I'm still working on the punctuation, it is difficult to read, hard to determine if marks are intended or just damage through time and there are inconsistencies.