FRIENDS of LYDIARD TREGOZ Report No. 32
ISSN: 0308-6232 FRIENDS OF LYDIARD TREGOZ CONTENTS 3 The Conservation of Two Hatchments A Symposium 9 The Lydiard Tregoz Country Show, 1962-84 23 George Strange and the Strange family of Hook by Mark and Lorraine Child 26 An Account of the Painter Family and their links with Lydiard Park by R.W. Painter 32 Visits to Lydiard Tregoze by Kate Try on 41 The Rev. George Frederick St John (1795-1867), Rector of Mansion, Dorset 46 The Assessment of Lydiard Tregoze parish for Marriage Duty, 1696-1702 49 Swindon Borough Council Newsletter by Sarah Finch-Crisp 50 Shorter Notes: Rodney Family Tree The Mystery of the Beauchamp tomb in Worcester Cathedral Margaret Beauchamp - First Marriage A History of Sir Walter St John School, Battersea, 1700-1986 Susanna and the Eiders Malcolm Titcombe Boiingbroke Close John Whittokesmede 54 The Friends of Lydiard Tregoz: Officers, Membership, and Accounts Report no. 32 The FRIENDS OF LYDIARD TREGOZ was formed in 1967 with the approval and foil support ofSt.Mary's Church and the Borough of Swindon, The objects of the society are to: • foster interest in the Church, the House, and the Parish as a whole. • hold one meeting in the House annually, usually in mid-May, with a guest speaker. The meeting is followed by tea in the dining room and Evensong in the Paiish Church. (The meeting in 1997 was held at Battersea.) »produce annually Report, a magazine of articles which are concerned in the broadest way with the history of the parish, its buildings and people, the St.John family and its antecedents as well as more locally-based families, and the early years of the Sir Walter St.John School in Battersea.
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