Cousin Colin and the family villages...Part 2

Tuesday 24th May - (Catch-up)

After taking the photos of Codrington Court grounds, we headed down to Little Sodbury, via a very narrow lane. No trouble finding St Adelines church and the village which is only a cluster of really nice homes (probably some have been re-done). The church was rebuilt in 1859, from the stones originally used for the original chapel. It is where William Tyndale worked on his translation of the Bible.

There are only fairly modern burials in the churchyard (e.g. post-1859), and Lee believes from her research that most ofd the burials in the 1600/1700's were in Old Sodbury.

 

We met a man and his daughter who were having a jog, and he explained to Lee that Little Sodbury is right on the edge of the Cotswolds, and, and it is Sodbury Vale where the countryside flattens out. He also said that Chipping Sodbury was built in the 1200's or possib;ly earlier and was to replace Old Sodbury, which he said was a 20 minute walk, but we decided to drive!

Had lunch at The Dog Inn, (circa 1590), but not a memorable one as the quiche was zapped in a microwave. On up the hill to the Old Sodbury Church, which is in a fabulous location, overlooking Sodbury Vale. Some stones were still readable from the 1700's, but lots of unmarked and/or unreadable ones as well.

Lovely church inside. There were some plaques on the wall for the name Brookes, and we took photos as there are some Brookes/Brooks family connections that were in Old Sodbury, (Mary Brooks married William Beazer - Gordon's 4 X Great Grandfather).

Our final visit was to the Cross Hands Hotel, which has been renovated and bears no real resemblance to its earlier days, so we took a photo from across the road, just for the record.

Not a bad morning of discovery, but both tired now and back to the hotel for the requisite nana nap.