The forgotten Georgian graves of Elmdon Church
A site survey. St Nicholas church is located in the ancient manor of Elmdon, near Solihull, England. Legend says that a young Thomas Beckett travelled through the area circa 1135 - 1140 AD within the first few years of The Great Anarchy. He was said to have planted two trees, an Elm and a Spanish Chestnut, whilst he was here. This is how Elmdon, which means The Hill of Elms, got its name. The Elm has long gone but the Spanish Chestnut still exists today at nearby Long Heath, and is nearly 1000 years old. A Medieval church once stood upon the site of the current church, as did a Medieval Manor House, named Elmdon Manor.
The current church, St Nicholas, was built in 1781 by an Abraham Spooner, a rich banker from nearby Birmingham. The Medieval church was just a ruin when he bought the whole estate, so he cleared the site and built the current church next to Elmdon Manor. Elmdon Manor House was finally demolished in 1956 and the whole area today is a park and nature reserve.
This footage has been uploaded for the sake of posterity, to capture the few Georgian and Victorian graves which still exist within the Graveyard. They are few in number and have not been tended by surviving relatives in decades. Very soon all these graves, which are in a sad state of neglect and decay, will be gone forever and their legacy to history forgotten. This is the same story with Georgian and Victorian graves up and down the whole United Kingdom. Now they are frozen in time within this upload, so that when they are all gone, future generations will have a record of their vanished past.
To view the Spanish Chestnut planted by Thomas Beckett, called Gaia by local Witches who use it as a place of Pagan worship today,
See also :
Witching Tree : Gaia of Solihull ( Long Heath )
The forgotten Victorian graves of Earlswood Church
A site survey. Earlswood Church is dedicated to St Patrick and is located in Earlswood, near Solihull, England. It was built in 1860. This upload is to act as a legacy for the many forgotten Victorian graves which exist - unloved and uncared for by any surviving relatives for decades. Victorian graves are currently in a bad state of decay across the whole United Kingdom, after 150 years worth of exposure to time, vandalism and the elements. Very soon this important part of our historic past will be gone, and once gone they are gone forever. This is the same story on a European and even International scale. Within 25 - 30 years, only one generation, we risk losing these precious relics of our past. Therefore this upload is to act as last will and testament of beautiful Victorian Gravestones, so that in the decades to come, when they have all vanished, future generations will be able to view their lost heritage.
There are no recorded hauntings at St Patrick Church, however there is a famous local haunting less than a mile away at Earlswood Lakes. Built in the 1820s, these lakes were designed to act as a water source for the canal which runs nearby. During the construction of Earlswood Lakes, which took 5 years to complete, many of the workers were French prisoners of war, captured during the Napoleonic Campaign. The treatment many of them suffered caused several to die, usually worked to death. These French prisoners were not afforded a christian burial, and were buried in paupers graves on the lake bed itself before the lakes were filled with water. Denied funeral rites, their Ghosts still haunt the shoreline of Earlswood Lakes.
See also :
The haunting of Earlswood Lakes
The Ghosts of Earlswood Lakes
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Nichola + Andy Wedding Highlights
Filming Nichola and Andy’s wedding near Aylesbury marked the furthest we’ve travelled to shoot a wedding. And the travel was worth it – as we were treated to a cracking wedding!
Nichola and Andy’s ceremony took place at the beautiful St Mary the Virgin Church in Weston Turville. Weston Turville is a quaint little village near Aylesbury and south of Oxford.
From there, we switched gears and moved to Notley Tythe Barn, a lovely converted barn venue in the nearby town of Long Crendon. Buckinghamshire really is a splendid part of the country and these venues all had a very British appeal!
The reception had a really upbeat vibe with plenty of cool people and the party kept going late into the night. A real highlights for us was one of the greatest Best Man speeches we’ve ever witnessed (just hilarious, hitting all the right notes, whilst being both emotive and laugh-out-loud funny!) Look out for a short sampling of that in the Highlights Clip above.
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Acocks Green | Wikipedia audio article
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Acocks Green is an area and ward of southeast Birmingham, England. It is named after the Acock family, who built a large house there in 1370. Acocks Green is one of four wards making up Yardley formal district. It is occasionally spelled Acock's Green. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.Stockfield was once a separate village located in the north of the ward. It merged with Acocks after housing developments during the 20th century. The ward now covers an area 4.773 square kilometres (2 sq mi), including the Edenbridge Road Estate, Gospel Estate, Pemberley Road Flats, Stockfield Estate, part of the Tyseley Estate and the Yarnfield Estate. The ward covers parts of the B27 and B11 postcode areas.
Annette + Paul Wedding Highlights
You can tell that Annette and Paul are very much in love. As testament to that, check out our latest Wedding Highlights clip that we think goes a long way to proving this fact!
There were some really special moments during this wedding and a couple of firsts for us as videographers. We’ve never seen an owl deliver the rings at a ceremony (pretty cool!) – check that out in the Highlights clip. And we’ve also never had a bridal baby confession during the speeches!
Annette and Paul’s picturesque ceremony took place at St Peter’s Church, Dumbleton. This is where the now notorious owl spectacle took place…as well as their vows, of course!
The rather grand Dumbleton Hall was host to the reception. If you haven’t been to Dumbleton Hall, it’s based near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and is one of the Cotswolds best venues!
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