Aynho Memorial Plaque - Northant's
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Norfolk12
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A plaque set into the wall of the Church of St Michael, In Ayno,a lovely village in Northamptonshire.
There is a similar plaque to those who fell during the Great War on the Tower of the church nearby.
Waymark Code: WM85AN
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/31/2010
Views: 1
The names are in gold writing which has faded and is hard to make out in places.
1939 - 1945
DAVID DE BOWER BANHAM
WILLIAM GEORGE VICTOR BUTLER
BERTRAM CROSS
ARTHUR GEORGE JAMES DELL?????
GEORGE HAWKINS
JOHN NOEL RONALD LOVEDAY
PHILIP GEORGE UPTON.
IN HONOURED AND GREATFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN FROM AYNHOE
WHO FELL IN WWII
The Village of Aynho, known locally as the Apricot Village due to the growing by all the cottages here of an Apricot tree on their front walls, as a tythe to Lord of the Manor who wanted no other tythe but the fruits of the trees.
Aynhoe Park as the house is known, was in part designed by Sir John Soane and is now one of the last houses in existance with original rooms still in his style. the church is on part of the estate , and has a road that you can walk down to view.
Date of Dedication: 01/01/1940
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: please use the car park and walk down to the church.
Location of waymark:
St Michaels Church
Aynho, Northamptonshire United Kingdom
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Commemoration: Fallen of Second World War
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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