What a lovely experience. Where is the church located? State? City, etc. Laurie Sisson In a message dated 10/15/08 03:15:30 Eastern Daylight Time, sisson-request@rootsweb.com writes: Today's Topics: 1. Cranfield Village (Lawtons) (margo wilson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:12:52 -0700 From: margo wilson <mewslp@qwest.net> Subject: [SISSON] Cranfield Village (Lawtons) To: SISSON-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <EBA418EB-3C0D-4A7B-B627-A107876CEAC8@qwest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Saturday, Sept 27, 2008, we visited Cranfield Village, ancestral home of Thomas Lawton, father of Sarah Lawton, who married George Sisson. The moment we entered the church (St Peter & St. Paul) we were overwhelmed with people welcoming us, offering us coffee and treats, and offers to show us around the church. The church was having a full day of activities at the church to kick off a fund- raising effort for some remodeling in the church. I spotted a history of the church and asked if i could buy one - it had just been printed and this was the first day it was available for sale. The woman I was discussing it with took me around to some of the highlights of the church, and I eventually learned that she was the author and compiler of the history. Dr. Majorie Cotton, so modest that her name only appears on the last page of the history, also took the color photographs of the features of the church which are sprinkled throughout the 53 page book. It cost 5?; the back page says it is available from the author. No address given. I believe the Rector, who also spent a great deal of time chatting with us and showing us features of the church, could also provide copies. He is Rev. Hugh Symes-Thompson. I don't have an address for either of them, or the church, but feel confident that a letter to either of them in care of the church would reach them in this small village. There are no legible tombstones in the cemetery dating back to pre-1800's, and there are no references to Lawton, Salisbury or Baily in the book. There are no other very old structures in the village. I plan to write a short summary of the history for our Sisson website in the future. This was a wonderful experience for me and an amazing coincidence to visit on that particular day and be able to buy the book. Margo Wilson ------------------------------ To contact the SISSON list administrator, send an email to SISSON-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the SISSON mailing list, send an email to SISSON@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SISSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of SISSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 80 *************************************