Holy Trinity, Christchurch, Newport 12 August 2017
Remembered on the family grave, another son fallen in WW1.
There is believed to have been a Saxon religious site here, but the first documented reference to a church here is 1112. Unusually, the church was little altered until 1877 following a disastrous fire which destroyed the roof. The church contains a 14th Century grave slab known as the Colmer Stone, reputed until the close of the 18th Century to have miraculous powers of healing. On Bonfire Night, 5 November 1949 the church was again gutted by fire, the cause of which was never confirmed. It re-opened in 1955 after complete restoration.
Holy Trinity, Christchurch, Newport 12 August 2017
Remembered on the family grave, another son fallen in WW1.
There is believed to have been a Saxon religious site here, but the first documented reference to a church here is 1112. Unusually, the church was little altered until 1877 following a disastrous fire which destroyed the roof. The church contains a 14th Century grave slab known as the Colmer Stone, reputed until the close of the 18th Century to have miraculous powers of healing. On Bonfire Night, 5 November 1949 the church was again gutted by fire, the cause of which was never confirmed. It re-opened in 1955 after complete restoration.