Cranfield Village is in Bedfordshire, England - not far from Oxford, very near Milton Keynes from their website: Cranfield is situated about 50 miles north of London, between junctions 13 and 14 and to the east of the M1 motorway, in the County of Bedfordshire. Bedford is 9 miles to the east of Cranfield and Milton Keynes is 6 miles to the west. The north of the village joins on to Cranfield University and Airfield and the other three sides are surrounded by farmland with good countryside views as the village is built on a hill. There has been a village here since Saxon times. The Saxon word field means a clearing in a forest so Cranfield means a clearing occupied by Cranes. The village is still ringed by woods which were probably part of the original forest. Cranfield was mentioned in the Doomsday book. The church of St Peter and St Paul Cranfield: The oldest part of the village church was built in the Norman period, and enlarged in the 13th Century. Margo Wilson On Oct 17, 2008, at 12:01 AM, sisson-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SISSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 80 (SissonVA) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:22:07 -0400 > From: SissonVA <sissonva@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [SISSON] SISSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 80 > To: sisson@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <170dd751.6d69.4b11.97e2.7b5846c1b802@aol.com> > Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 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. 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