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From: "Eileen Price" <>
Subject: RE: [IoW] Church Location
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:01:03 -0000
In-Reply-To: <7b.3bffa905.2f0efbcf@aol.com>


Hi Clive,
You may like to look at this site, http://www.bonchurch.info/start.htm.

Although it does not mention your Thomas PRICKETT. It does give some
contact numbers you may wish to try if in the uk, or I will willingly
try for you if abroad.


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Subject: Re: [IoW] Church Location


Hello Clive

Bonchurch has two churches,the norman old church which is
opened at
least in the summer and there always used to be services on certain
Sundays in
the summer too,I don't live there now so I do not know if there still
is.The
new church is probably where your ancester is buried and the tablet
is,it was
built in the 1800s.Many famous people lived or stayed in Bonchurch
including
Charles Dickens who wrote part of David Copperfield at
"Winterbourne".Algernon
Swinbourne and his family lived there at East Dene which is near the
church,
and are all buried in the new churchyard in their family plot.I lived in

Bonchurch for many years and my own parents are also buried there.
What did your ancester die of ?,the area was thought to be
helpful for people with chest complaints and many died there also.One
person who
was there was the poet Keats.
Look on the Southern Life[UK] site,there is an article about
Bonchurch.Bonchurch is a very pretty village.
Regards Valerie



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