The distinctive headstone marks the last resting place of Victor-Joseph De Martelaere, a Belgian soldier who was seriously wounded following Germany's invasion of Belgium in 1914. He, along with other wounded Belgian soldiers, was evacuated to England, first to a hospital in Birmingham and then to the newly established V.A.D Hospital at Norton Hall, Mickleton. ...
Originally this was the front of the vicarage and the front door was where the bottom centre window is now. It is thought that the change was made in Victorian times and a new entrance with a porch was built on to the front.
The Old Vicarage is a Georgian house built in 1805 directly opposite the church. Originally the front door was on the other side of the house but the porch and room above are said to have been added in Victorian times and became the front entrance.
The inscription reads: DE MARTELAEREVICTOR-JSOLDAT2nd REGT DE CARABINIERSNE A MASSEMENNE 18 JUILLET 1882MORT POUR LA BELGIQUELE 4 DECEMBRE 1914See website for more information.
Large cellar below the sitting-room with areas for storing bottles & dairy produce and hooks in the ceiling for hanging meat and game.
In the walled courtyard behind the old coach house - now a garage - and outside the kitchen, there is a well, which presumably supplied water to the house. There is also a pump, which is no longer working. In 2011, a pair of robins built their nest in vegetation growing on the inner wall of ...
Three cloth bound volumes, each containing 12 months worth of parish magazines, covering the years 1913, 1914 and 1915. The magazines are copies of 'The Dawn of Day, a monthly magazine published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K.) with items of news specific to Mickleton confined to a single page inserted inside the ...