Stocks
Stocks on road verge to South of Green Street. Square post, chamfered and stopped, repaired at base. Two hinged iron clasps, each with 3 saddles for wrists, and hasp
Stocks on road verge to South of Green Street. Square post, chamfered and stopped, repaired at base. Two hinged iron clasps, each with 3 saddles for wrists, and hasp
Peace Oak
The stump of this tree is all that remains of the Peace Oak, planted in the spring of 1919 to celebrate the end of the Great War, (1914 - 1918). The tree having succumbed to a fungus infection was felled in December 2011.
The young oak came from the estate of the Revd. Maryon Wilson, rector and squire of Great Canfield. The rector with the help of some seven other residents of the parish planted the tree. After the planting and to replenish their exhausted strength, the rector produced "a bottle" from which all involved assuaged their thirst. When the bottle was empty the rector suggested that all present should write down their names on a piece of paper and place it in the bottle. This was done and the rector asked Mr. Dudley Smith to bury the bottle in the roots of the tree, which he did.
The names of those present at the planting included the Revd. Maryon Wilson, William Smith, Dudley Smith, Bill Barwick, Tom Yeoman and Will Easter.
The Great Canfield Parish Council felt it appropriate to include on this plaque the names of the men of Great Canfield who gave their lives for King and Country during the Great War. Their names are commemorated on the memorial in St. Mary's church and recorded below.
Alfred James Attridge
Frederick Charles Easter
George Green
Augustus George Maryon Wilson
William Reeve
Charles Rogers
Walter Turner
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget - lest we forget.
A new Oak tree, the Jubilee Oak was planted close to this spot in 2012, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth ll. (1952-2012)
The stump of this tree is all that remains of the Peace Oak, planted in the spring of 1919 to celebrate the end of the Great War, (1914 - 1918). The tree having succumbed to a fungus infection was felled in December 2011.
The young oak came from the estate of the Revd. Maryon Wilson, rector and squire of Great Canfield. The rector with the help of some seven other residents of the parish planted the tree. After the planting and to replenish their exhausted strength, the rector produced "a bottle" from which all involved assuaged their thirst. When the bottle was empty the rector suggested that all present should write down their names on a piece of paper and place it in the bottle. This was done and the rector asked Mr. Dudley Smith to bury the bottle in the roots of the tree, which he did.
The names of those present at the planting included the Revd. Maryon Wilson, William Smith, Dudley Smith, Bill Barwick, Tom Yeoman and Will Easter.
The Great Canfield Parish Council felt it appropriate to include on this plaque the names of the men of Great Canfield who gave their lives for King and Country during the Great War. Their names are commemorated on the memorial in St. Mary's church and recorded below.
Alfred James Attridge
Frederick Charles Easter
George Green
Augustus George Maryon Wilson
William Reeve
Charles Rogers
Walter Turner
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget - lest we forget.
A new Oak tree, the Jubilee Oak was planted close to this spot in 2012, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth ll. (1952-2012)