morton bagot

[celia]

now i know this church is no where near birmingham but i thought i would like to share this little gem of a church that has some of my family history conected with it

morton bagot is a tiney village in warwickshire that has a stunning 13th centary church that still to this day is still in use and has no electric running water or heating
the reason why i wont to share this with you is because my great grandfather edward morrell was born in the village and was christened at the church

so yesterday my partener drove me to morton bagot to see if we could find the church and if poss see if there where any morrell's buried there
unfortuneatly there were no morrell's there but we got the chance to enter this lovely little church
where for hundreds of years the villagers had worshiped there and my great grandfather was christened

it might not have been a grand church but its steeped in history and im proud to say i have family conections to it

 

[Astoness]

oh celia..and proud you should be..what a lovely church and in such stunning surroundings..thank you for sharing this little bit of your family history with us all...

lyn

 

[lynne webb]

Celia what a beautiful little church,is the village unspoilt.

 

[celia]

hi lynne
the village is very unspoilt
in fact so unspoilt all it has is half a dozen very old homes one large farm and the church the rest is just farm land and woodland
the nearest main village is studley 3miles away

 

[celia]

just thought i would add some more pics of the church

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church altar history of the church and the font

 

[Astoness]

lovely celia..thank you for posting them...

lyn

 

[Wendy]

Ceilia the village the church and its history are just wonderful. How lovely for you to have a connection to it. Thank you for posting the lovely photo's.

 

[pollypops]

What a lovely little church. It is so nice when you can visit places knowing your ancestors once stood there - especially in little villages like this as I doubt if it has changed too much. Also if churches have the original pews I always think - they may have sat here.
I love to see churches with a Lych Gate at the entrance to the churchyard - they look very pretty. I remember going to see one as part of a Junior School trip (we also visited a balcksmiths at the same time). They were made to put Coffins under and the funeral service started at the gate instead of in the church - I remember being fascinated at this fact - imagining all the coffins that had been there - funny how things like that interest you as a child.

Polly

 

[Old Boy]

Hi All,

Several of my Beresford ancestors are buried in that little churchyard at Morton Bagot but none of them have headstones. My Gt Gt Grandmother Mary Beresford nee Cox died there aged 99 years having lived there all her life. I doubt if she ever left the village except perhaps to walk across the fields to Studley,

Celia,

You might find it worthwhile to look at the registers of Studley Parish Church as some of my family were christened there. It was bigger than Morton Bagot and was, perhaps, a little more popular.

Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

 

[celia]

well pollypops i never knew that about the lych i always thought it was just there to make the church look pretty lol
thankyou for sharing that lovely bit of information you learn something new everyday

old boy we drove through studley to get to morton bagot its a lovely village
we did pass the parish church its a lovely looking church
your GtGt grand mother did well to live that long in those times must be all that fresh air and country living
but yes it is a lovely unspoilt village and i hope it stays that way

 

[JohnO]

Lovely pics Celia, thank you!

I have a little story about this place:

I visited this lovely wee church back in 1969, on a day-out to Henley-in-Arden with a mate. We'd come by bus and walked-out to Morton Bagot in the afternoon...it was further away than we thought. After an hour or so at, and around the church, we decided to try a different route back ... a big mistake! Eventually, having got thoroughly lost (no map!) we came across a bigger road and a bus-stop. There was a bus time-table in all it's complicated glory, stating that the last bus was due at 9.45 pm; which gave us enough time to get to Brum' to catch our bus back to West Bromwich. We had a wee nap in the late afternoon sun, and waited patiently for the bus...by this time, having asked a passing farmer, we had worked-out which way we were heading, so all was well. Or so we thought, until we saw the bus coming along...on the wrong side of the road. It was going in the opposite direction! We had read the time-table the wrong way about! We should have hailed the bus, as at least it was going somewhere; but we just stood like a pair of prunes as the thing hurtled passed!

Fortunately, it was a beautiful warm night, although it did get very chilly just before dawn. We walked for miles before getting back to Henley-in-Arden, by a very circuitous route, in time for the first bus homewards. No mobile-phones in those days ... just very angry/worried parents waiting at t'other end!

 

[celia]

oh johno what were you like
fancy miss reading the bus timetable and being stuck out there all night
when we went to find the church it seemed like we were driving for miles up the winding country lane and it was raining so the lane was flooded in places
when i looked on google maps it didnt look that far but it seemed far than i thought
we did find the church and then missed the turning so we had to drive a bit futher up the lane dodging tractors and the like to find a place to turn
but we got there in the end and the rain stoped and the sun came out

 

[JohnO]

Celia, I confess, I still can't read bus or train time-tables ... they remain a mystery to me ...

But I've learned to carry a map!