While visiting my mother’s grave (Hazel Bowers), I had a pleasant chat with Mrs Tree and she mentioned the Heritage Society. My family owned Lodsworth Stores during the 50s. Born in 1955, I lived at Primrose Cottage up to the age of three.   I do have an image of the stores and a few family […]

Re: Sarah Fo(a)rd, born in 1800 in Petworth and buried on 29/06/1894 in Lodsworth aged 94 years. Please could you advise if any monumental inscriptions exist? I have visited the churchyard previously and did not manage to locate the grave. Her sister Mary Ann Fo(a)rd was born in 1802 in Petworth and died on 13/12/1871.

Hello, my name is Stuart Witts, I am a member of The Western Front Association (Wiltshire branch). I attended a lecture on the Angels of Pervyse in November 2014. Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm were both nurses at Pervyse, Belgium during WW1. I was fortunate to visit cellar house 1 in Pervyse last November, the

I have written a book of remembrance for Walhampton School including the biography of Roger Alexander Hammick who died in WW2 (tragically in a motorcar accident in Singapore, just after the Japanese surrendered).  His sister was Anne Felicity and his father was Admiral A.R. Hammick, both of the parish. I wondered whether anybody there knew

Hi from Australia. I am “doing” the family tree and have a branch of “Tilley”  that came from Lodsworth. Quite a large family, that apparently were not quite on the correct side of the law. Edward and John Tilley, both from Lodsworth, came out here in 1824 as convicts.  John went back later on and

George Thomas Carver was my great grandfather, my grandfather was George Henry Carver and my father was George William Edward Carver. I also have a photo of George Thomas Carver drinking a pint plus several more old photos. Would love to hear from you Susan Hunt ( Formally Susan Mary Carver)

Would you like photos of the Spooners working at the Lodsworth brickyard? Bruce Spooner

I have extracted the attached list of Leggatt burials in the 16th to 19th centuries from the Lodsworth St Peter’s burial register. I assume that Leggatt Hill was named after this family but it could of course be the other way round. James Tree LHS SURNAME FORENAME YEAR MONTH DAY AGE OTHER LEGATE Catheren 1626

I am interested in the origin of the name Leggatt Hill. I live in South Africa, but my family originated in Norfolk. A connection seems unlikely but one never knows. Hugo Leggatt

I often lead walks through Lodsworth and pass the small private burial ground where several generations of the Farthing family are buried – I have searched various locations to find more information on the family and why they are buried there but to no avail – maybe someone can email me the answers. Jenny Clark