Events – Lighthorne History Society

Lighthorne on Channel 4

Wednesday 8th December 2021, 8 pm

George Clarke’s television series on Channel 4 “Old House New Home” will feature the renovation of Yew Tree Cottage, in Post Office Lane. The cottage was previously the home of the late Caroline Haynes, long-serving committee member of the Lighthorne History Society. She had a deep interest and thorough knowledge of all things historical. The programme will be fascinating.

All planned meetings and the 2020 and 2021 AGMs have been cancelled because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Committee has taken advice regarding exposure to the Coronavirus and has decided to postpone the AGM planned for 20th March until a later date. We regret any inconvenience caused but hope members will understand the exceptional circumstances

After several years of hard work we are pleased to report that this project is finished and the Excel spreadsheet can be accessed here.

There remain several tombstones which were viewed by the Rev. Bloom in the early 20th century and several viewed in the 1985 B.M.S.G.H. survey which we failed to locate. These are listed, as are a few more modern burials in unmarked graves.

Reference sketch plans of grave positions are available via a link on the Archives page. All visible gravestones have been photographed and these are held in the society archive.