On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 17:49:15 -0000 "TimBrown" <tim@brownt22.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > I am spending a week in Hampshire looking at family connections etc. > from the 4th May. I want to have a look at the Churches, and if > possible see some graves for Kingsmills. Can you give me any > suggestions. What would the burial site have been for Sydmonton? Kingsclere, Ecchinswell and probably Sidmonton have Kingsmill burials. Old Burghclere had one listed in the MIs but the churchyard has beeen cleared and access is via a private drive. The Ascension, Burghclere has none. The church at Sidmonton was closed some years ago and is now inaccessible to the general public (thanks to Andrew Lloyd Webber). There are a number of graves in St. Lawrence, Ecchinswell new churchyard (the MIs fiche lists eleven in all), most close to the porch so easy to find. You would need to make arrangments to see the interior during weekdays as it is no longer open except for services (thanks to vandals) If you do visit St Lawrence say hello to my Cooper rellies (most of whom worked for the Kingsmill family) who are buried in the next row. There are two tablets inside St. Mary, Kingsclere. None recorded for the churchyard and in any case nearly all have been removed to line the edge of the path (still more vandals at work) -- John Lewis <jayell@ntlworld.com> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK using Mandrake GNU/Linux 8.0 and Geneweb genealogy software Main Family Names in HAM are: Kingsclere area: BUTLER, COOPER, FISHER, FOSTER, GIRDLER, HAWKINS Hazeley Heath: BARKER, CHANDLER, LEWINGTON, NEVILL(E) Main Family Names in GLA are: Vale of Glamorgan: GRIFFITH Rumney: LEWIS Aberdare: HOPKINS & JENKINS and CMN: HOPKINS & DAVIES