Ancestral stomping grounds

["Michael Reu" <mandnreu@charter.net>]

This has been a fun day for me and the Quartermans aren't 
even my ancestors!  But we dragged my husband along & 
maybe a few of his mother's genes sat up & took notice. 
 How she would have loved to be with us!

Our son & family live in Maidenhead, just west of London. 
 Today our daughter-in-law drove us up to Oxfordshire, 
just a short drive from here.  We went to St. Mary's, 
Chalford - such a quaint place, & we were able to get in 
the church & prowl around to our heart's content.  Bought 
some of the literature about the church, & took pictures, 
etc.  Then the key-keeper told us how to get to Rydcote 
Chapel - which was closed, but we took a couple of 
pictures there, too. From there to St. Mary's at Thame, 
where the nice people tending the church didn't know north 
from south but were able to make a call which solved the 
riddle of where the Quarterman tombs were.  I wasn't 
expecting brasses, too!  They said they don't allow 
rubbing, but I suspect my d-i-l will talk them into it - 
she'd love to take the our grand-children up there & that 
would be the lure.  The brasses aren't in very good 
condition, so I don't blame them for not allowing rubbing. 
 All in all, it was a fun day.  We aren't going to get to 
Bridport, as I had hoped, but this was great!

Nancy
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