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Wickhambrook

Visitors' Book

Years 2005 - 2009

2009 - Highlights
Date	Author	Comments
20 Dec	Margaret Bevan Birkenhead	Lovely family service. I'm from Birkenhead. It was great to see the family of three with their Mum and Dad.
05 Dec	Emma Bury St Edmunds	Very Beautiful building! Plus very peaceful and reflecting.
09 Nov	Judy & Nick Cannell Tasmania, Australia	A Stigwood. Lovely old church Greatgreatgrandmother christened here.
21 Oct	Betty & Bill Fitches Oshawa, Canada	With our distant cousins - interesting church and well kept.
21 Oct	Sheila & Malcolm Fitches Knutsford, Cheshire	Thank you for having this lovely church open for us to see. Our ancestors John and Elizabeth Fitches were here at the Restoration.
14 Oct	D Willem Holland	Very nice.
05 Oct	Bernard Smith Maidenhead, Berks	Trying to trace family history. John Smith, parish clerk, Wickhambrook 1830s - 1860s.
22 Sep	Barbara Browne Gravesend	Looking for graves of Samuel Pitches/Pytches and James also Samuel's wife Elizabeth Argent who lived here 1861.
13 Sep	Cameron Newham Harrogate, Yorks	I commented in the visitors' book in 2005 about the church being boxed up (which was published on your website!) Glad to see it back to normal again! Thanks for having the church open.
09 Sep	Yvonne Turner Melbourne Australia	Many interesting headstones.
09 Sep	Antony Mason Bury St Edmunds	WCP to inspect steps.
04 Sep	Sean Yarnton Ipswich	Stone mason repairing tower stairs. Abbeygate Masonary
24 Aug	Steve Yarnton Ipswich	Stone mason repairing tower stairs. Abbeygate Masonary
24 Aug	John Hoskin Bury St Edmunds	Stone mason repairing tower stairs. Abbeygate Masonary
17 Aug	Keith Rowling Darlington	Thank you - I have many ancestors from here in the 1700s and 1800s.
13 Aug	Raymond Wilson Northgrave, E. Yorks	My grandmother Honor Pettitt born here in 1834. Thank you for opening your lovely church to visitors.
5 Aug	Ruth Waller nee Dimble Bromley, Kent	Descended from Thomas Dimble of Wickham House, Wickhambrook. Seeking graves of family members and found them! A successful trip. Thank you for keeping the graves tidy.
02 Aug	L Offord Newmarket	Came to check out to see if the head of Simon Sudbury was here - from the era of the Peasants Revolt - 14th Century. Unsuccessful. [Ed. The head you seek is to be found in St Gregory's Sudbury.]
24 Jul	John & Barbara Ward-Smith Bracknell, Berks	Came to visit where my ancestors if the 18th and 17th century would have been married and baptised their children (family name Smith, Smyth).
17 Jul	Gill & Marilyn -	Came back to see where our Great Grandparents got married - James Webb & Mary Honeyball
03 Jul	Tim Finn All over	very weird to come back to here. My dad was Vicar. Just come to see. Looks different.
30 Jun	Erin Flory Lafayette, Canada	Descendent of the Pattles, peaceful, beautiful.
26 Jun	Juliette Woollard Saffron Walden	Descendent of the Bromleys - beautiful, peaceful church.
26 Jun	Geoff Hewlith Perth, Australia	Thanks for being open.
21 Jun	Jean Impsan Sparham, Norwich	Beautiful, peaceful - Thanks for being open - well cared for. Called in during a walk in Wickhambrook.
14 Jun	Martha Whittle Newmarket Road	It is a nice cool church on a hot day :-)
4 Jun	Hugh Cobbald Little Bentley, Essex	Just passing and felt the need to pray for a friend. How grateful to find your church open, so peaceful. Thank you.
30 May	Graham & Valerie Shave Crowborough, East Sussex	My husband was tracing his ancestors. We were surprised how many Shaves lived in Wickhambrook. What a lovely and tranquil church this is, we are glad that we can here. By chance passing; what a beautiful haven of peace - thank you.
26 May	Douglas Foreman Victoria, BC, Canada	Great to visit my roots. Beautiful.
22 May	Evan & Hillary Waite Norwich, Norfolk	Just visiting on our way through village - lovely to find church unlocked - thank you.
12 May	Geoffrey Hare Colchester	Lovely, modest church where my Pryke ancestors are buried.
09 May	Carol & Roy Fuller Edgeware	Looking for ancestors from this village.
04 May	Michael Crofts Little Abington, Cambs	It seems that the family of my father's first wife are buried here. A joyful discovery and a beautiful church.
25 Apr	Mark & Susan Pledger Dover, Kent	Looking for Pledgers family lived here in 1700s.
13 Apr	Andy King Milton Keynes	Can to see where my ancestors worshipped by 1875 (Simsons)
07 Apr	Geoff Wiskin Warwick	Researching Wiskin in Wickhambrook and Denston.
30 Mar	Derrick & Janet Gee Spring Green, Wisconsin, USA	Wickhambrook residents 1966-1969. Thank you for keeping this beautiful place so well
15 Mar	Elizabeth Wickhambrook	Nice, unique and ?
05 Mar	Kate & Jacob Haverhill	We are on holiday and we absolutely love it.
14 Feb	Louise & Riccy Stradishall	Beautiful as ever. Can not wait for our wedding here. Thank you for keeping it lovely.
03 Jan	Jean Flack Shipwell	Lovely church. I am looking for Cooper, Rowlins ancestry.

2008 - Highlights
Date	Author	Comments
26 Dec	Revd Ann Bell -	A wonderful find on a Boxing Day walk.
11 Nov	Inkeke & Henk Yokolk Holland	Our love and thanks for friendship everlasting.
31 Oct	Pete Hill Ware Herts	Lovely church. Looking for family members. My tree starts with Thoma Foreman and includes the Claydons and Pattles.
08 Oct	Rosemary Beadle -	Researching family history - Clearke; Challis, Nunn, Copping, Woollard
22 Sep	Elizabeth (Hodgson) Clements Georgetown NZ	Lovely to come and see the "Clearlight" church my Father and Mother served in the 1960s. Also visited brother Philip's grave. I've bought a book. Thank you.
12 Sep	R Bennett Canada	Very interesting
02 Sep	Doug & Joan Durrant Royston, Herts	Granddaughter of Vicar Cooke
24 Aug	Randy & Mary Damom Bridgewater, MA, USA	-
31 Aug	Jeremy Harding Ingham, Bury St Edmunds	Back again trying the organ for another wedding. Beautiful church as always.
30 Aug	Carl King Barrow	Just cut the grass again next the Vicarage.
20 Aug	Sheila Masters Loughgilly, Co. Armogh	Attended Sunday school here in the 1950s.
16 Aug	Ray Bradfield Cambridge	Lived in Depden and schooled in Wickhambrook, but never been here before! Very quiet, peaceful and obviuosly well cared for.
7 Aug	Jean Dock Herts	Looking for grave of MAry Daniell buried 1858 - not found.
03 Aug	Richard Watkins Pinner, Middlesex	Last night I had a dream about the church being the centre of the community and how we all need feel that we belong. Today I found myself here.
27 Jul	David, May & Connie Pask Lancs	Relatives of the Pask family.
23 Jul	Brian Evesard Barrow, Cumbria	I came to see where my ancestors worshipped, very moving.
16 Jul	Emma Dubois France	A pretty place for peaceful thoughts!
23 Jun	Lynnette & Howard Fowler Rangrora, New Zealand	Thanks for leaving this fine place of worship open. Loved the Kiwi corner. My Savill ancestors may have worshipped here.
30 Jun	Lynn & David Laurie Stanford-le-Hope, Essex	Beautiful church. Ancestor came from Wickhambrook 1835.
1 Jun	Francis Kovais Beautiful church. (Visiting John at the Vicarage.)
30 May	Jeremy Harding Ingham, Bury St Edmunds.	Practising organ for wedding next week. What a beautiful church and organ
29 May	Ken & Josie S. East France	Looking for the Wiskin family. Catherine Wiskin was a midwife here born about 1779. There was a Wootton William Wiskin the mid 1800s and born in Wickhambrook.
25 May	Owen & Rosemary Barber Melbourne, Australia	Looking for the Barber tree.
24 May	Mr & Mrs Meekings Brentwood, Essex	Beautiful church
22 May	Ann Nichols Boaz, Alabama, USA	Lovely church
21 May	Colin & Carol Brans Fareham, Hants	Looking for Shave family graves
05 May	Jenny & Bob Lintoth Norfolk, Virginia, USA	No Comment.
04 May	Louise & Ricky Farley Green, Wickhambrook	Lovely church, very beautiful
26 Apr	Simon Knott No address given	Gradually working my may round Suffolk again, revisiting the churches I visited in 1998-2002, this time with a digital camera! New entry for Wickhambrook coming soon. Lovely to come back here only sorry that it has taken so long. [Ed: Wickhambrook entry]
19 Apr	Karen & Gareth Roberts Reading, Berks	Thomas Foreman married Sarah Simkin in this church 1711. My family tree starts with them. Sarah was from this parish Thomas from Kirtling. Had 11 children.
02 Apr	Tony Whiting Haverhill	Enjoyed the church and walk around Wickhambrook.
16 Mar	Elizabeth Crawley nee Cook Maidenhead	George Cook - 1850s was sextan here. Great to see where the family worshipped.
17 Feb	Rebecca Adams Woodbridge, Suffolk	Visiting graves of family members from long ago. Beautiful church!
15 Feb	R Marrow Hatfield Heath, Berks	Lovely church it has a nice structure.
15 Feb	E Marrow Hatfield Heath, Berks	Beautiful church. Very interested to trace my family history.
9 Feb	G Lees St Andrews, Scotland	Lovely church. Traced my ancestors here - Simpsons and Pryke
16 Jan	P Atkinson Montaille, France	In memory of an English childhood

2007 - Highlights
Date	Author	Comments
25 Nov	Paul Layton no address given	Researching family Howard born here circa 1720 [Ed: contact address available].
16 Nov	Mal Ward Tasmania, Autralia	Seabrook family - Revd Thomas Seabrook was vicar.
12 Nov	Richard Pettit Highland, Utah, USA	Church of my great great grandfather. Died 20th March 1834 - William Pettit 1757.
29 Sep	Stuart French Leighton Buzzard	Lovely church. Two great grandparents James French and Mary Level married here in 1825.
22 Sep	Andrew Coombs Lockley, Scotland	My father was the doctor here at the end of the war, taking over from Dr Walton.
11 Sep	Lynda Sharpe Accrington	Looking for relatives surnames Webb, William and Harriet Webb left in 1841 to come north leaving his widowed mother - Dale behind) to look for work in Rockdale. The church is obviously well loved and well kept. My church is also All Saints' (Clayton-Le-Moors).
06 Sep	Harry Smee No address given	Tracing Hockley, Pitt and Abbott
06 Sep	Maureen Budner(nee King) Felixstowe	Grandparents married here. Clement King (blacksmith here)
03 Sep	C Williams London	Related to George Crabbe
03 Sep	John Coldwin Australia	Tracing my family - names Pryke, Challis, Chapman, Cocckel 1700 - 1900
31 Aug	Carol Wright Mandurah, West Austraila	Related to the Doubles of Wickhambrook
31 Aug	Sonia Cresswell Wickengreeen Village, Australia	Related to the Doubles of Wickhambrook
25th Aug	The Pilgrims <-/td>	Walking from Hartford to Bury St Edmund
10 Aug	Alex and Helena Boxted, Colchester	A simple but attractive interesting church. Looking for my ancestors
05 Aug	Tracy Jakins St Neots Cambs	Lovely service, very enjoyable.
27 Jul	Ethel Duffy & Gordon Boody No address given	Betty Spalding will be buried 3/8/07 - This is a beautiful church.
16 Jul	Robert Feanley Ashfield Hall, Wickhambrook	Making hay on the glebe field next to the church.
08 Jul	Tracy Jakins St Neots, Cambs	Lovely church, great view.
26 May	Revd Sylvia Jacquest & Monica Place	Came using the church trail book. A lovely church.
22 May	Ernest Berghutt Stour Valley, USA	No Comment
19 May	No name No address given	Lovely church! My ancestor Sarah Mason lived at Duddery in 1841-1851. Then at Ashfield Green and Fullers Hill. She married Philip Nunn of Hargrave.
5 May	Ken Olney No address given	Came to visit Wickhambrook after finding out that my Grandfather has been Christened at the Methodist church in February 1879. George John. Any information about the Brown family in this area would be appreciated.[Ed. contact information available]
03 May	Pauline Rowlands Shoreham, West Sussex	My great grandmother, Julia Marrow, was baptised here in 1861. Her father and her grandfather were both called Josiah Marrow. Any information on them I would be very interested in. [Ed. contact information available]
21 Apr	Donna Hubbard No address given	I have family history dating back to the 1700s here. I now live here due to the military but my family has been in the US since the 1850s. So wonderful to get a chance to see where my ancestors come from.
18 Apr	Joan Williamson No address given	Accompanied by her son Nick and Roy and Irene March. My great grandfather George Benjamin Pymar lived here with his parents and grandparents Benjamin and Elizabeth Pymar in the early to middle 19th Century. Any information would be appreciated. Lovely church, beautifully kept - my first visit. Very peaceful. [Ed. contact information available]
16 Apr	Lizzy & Jeffrin Saji Kasala, India	Came from India. Very calm and amazing historic church it is.
16 Apr	Roger Carnt Stround, Glos	Very peaceful. Some carnts lived here previously.
17 Mar	Ray & Maureen Marrow No address given	We are here to see the church again. Nephew of Violet Marrow.
15 Mar	J B Turner No address given	Whose grandparents Robert and Susan Turner left Wickhambrook in 1850s for work in Middlesborough, Yorkshire. He was the son of William Turner of Crows Farm, Wickhambrook.. Lovely peaceful church. [Ed. contact information available]
26 Feb	Pat & Eve Stephenson (nee Orriss) No address given	Whose ancestor William Ornidge married Margaret Rutter in this church in 1755. Margaret Rutter born here in 1730 and died 1791. William died 1799. Thomas Orrige / Orriss born Wickhambrook 1756 married Susan Fitch in Hundon 1786. Beautiful church.
07 Jan	Edith & Berthold Wenbaum Strasburg, Germany	Thank you very much for looking in memorial of our church, we came from Germany to see the church where she got married in 1953
04 Jan	- No address given	How wonderful to find the church open. I was married here in 1973.

2006 - Highlights
Date	Author	Comments
23 Oct	Revd Dr F Crick Southampton	Good to see a couple of Crick stones near the gate! John was married to Mary here in 1754!
03 Nov	Darren & Julie Webb No address given	Searching for ancestors/ family history. Simeon Hurrell and Gertrude Edgeley and her family. Lots of Edgeleys in cemetery but not Gertrude, Arthur, Sidney. Can anyone help?
02 Nov	Celia Birch Chesterfield, Derby	Researching Pryke ancestors
28 Oct	Mr & Mrs BA Cooper Wisbech	Looking for ancestors
23 Oct	Annabel Jackson No address given	It is a very nice church and nicely kept and very clean.
04 Oct	Richard Saucier & Michael Reed Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	No comment
26 Sep	Anee & John Thurowell Barrow	What a lovely church and so well kept.
23 Sep	M & G Hicks Burwell, Cambs	A pleasure to find the church open and loved.
17 Sep	Karen & William Johnson-Williams No address given	My great great grandfather was a Revd Oct 1813 (Stephen Johnson). He served about four years. We stopped to find his grave.
17 Sep	Loretta Thomas No address given	My great-great-great (you get the idea) grandfather was a reverend at this church and supposedly first preached in 1813 and is buried here (died 1838). Stephen Johnson. Hope we were at the correct church!
15 Sep	Sheila Lockwood Little Whelnetham	Family history in Isaacson.
14 Sep	Steve Clark Somerset	Family research. My great grandfather x3 died here 1871 - George Clark. Trying to find grave.
13 Sep	Sarah Baker No address given	Family tree research Barber - My father's father side here in 1750s. Also Ashley and Cheveley
11 Sep	LD	So grateful to find the church open to pray in
09 Sep	Rosymary Lockwood Canada	Just visiting from Canada. Married here 34 year ago 9/9/72
09 Sep	Mr Pryke No address given	Descendant of George Pryke. Vicar 1821
08 Sep	E Woodhouse No address given	My grandmother Emma Cook - lived in this village and was christened or baptized here (we think!)
01 Sep	Teresa & Stuart Park Weybridge, Surrey	Retracing the steps of former Pasks who lived in this area
27 Aug	Richard Teverson Buchurst Hill	My family tree is based around Cowlinge and the first references to the name come from Wickhambrook in 17th century. A beautiful church.
14 Aug	Heather Williams Rainhill, Merseyside	Helping Phil to find his ancestor! Nice and peaceful, lovely church.
14 Aug	Philip Sturgeon Rainhill, Merseyside	My family was from around here about 150-200 years ago I believe (Cockfield I believe)
07 Aug	Mark & Suzanne Everitt	Thank you for keeping the church open
05 Aug	Mark & Eunice Mackenzie No address given	Lovely church
05 Aug	Susan & Terry Eagling Sheringham	Elizabeth's grandparents
03 Aug	Joyce & John Boyle Liverpool	This is befitting the house of God.
03 Aug	Joan & Carol No address given	(Nee Reed) Granddaughters of Revd Cooke. They lived in the old vicarage.
18 Jul	D Smith Bury St Edmunds	We are looking around the local churches using the new booklet "Explore Suffolk Churches". Very peaceful here.
10 Jul	C Bowther Bedford	Good to find the church open.
10 Jul	Aaron Grawshaw Haverhill	Thank you for being open.
08 Jul	Roy Scott Norwich	Looking at birth place of great grandmother Jane Turner whose parents lived in the Alms houses and are buried in the churchyard.
22 Jun	Anon No address given	Beautiful church! In search of Rutter families from Wickhambrook and Cowlinge. [Ed - Contact information available].
21 Jun	Peter Short Melbourne, Australia	Lovely church. Visiting Suffolk villages where forebears lived. Gt, Gt, Gt, Gt grandfather John Pattle was born and died in Wickhambrook (1778 - 1853). [Ed - Contact information available].
17 Jun	Michael & Beveley Rolph No address given	Return visit - we lived at Highpoint in the 80s and worshipped here with Revd Bill and Enid Davis - our son's were altar boys and Michael and I were confirmed at Bury St Edmunds under Bill's guidance. A wonderful time in our lives - still followers of the blessed Lord - God bless you all.
10 Jun	Russ No address given	A beautiful church in a beautiful village. Looking for Pearsons, Eagle and Husts circa 1850. [Ed - Contact information available].
05 Jun	D Sumner Upminster, Essex	Very lovely church and beautiful.
31 May	Korl Kallenbuch Dortmund, Germany	No comment.
20 May	June & John Meredith Southwell, Notts	My Gt grandparents were born in Wickhambrook - Rhoda Hicks, Charles Taylor, Cornelius Hicks.
10 May	Peter Stephans Norwich	Lovely church thanks for keeping it open.
30 Apr	Bill & Mary-Jo Brett Newtown, CT, USA	Grandfather was born in 1876 in Wickhambrook - youngest son of Samuel Brett (1832) and Harriet (1842). Lovely church - beautiful restoration.
30 Apr	Nigel Pearson Lincolnshire	Birth place of Gt-Gt-Gt-grandfather, Thomas O. Hassan in 1782 their family William 1824 and his family Harry, William, Henry, Humphrey, Sarah-Anne and Melinda between 1855 and 1872.
29 Apr	Jasper Kay Cottenham	With a group of Christian Aid walkers! Enjoyed our picnic in the churchyard.
27 Apr	Ann Howard Broomfield	Wonderful roof.
14 Apr	David and Lesley Beavis and daughter Catherine No address given	Good Friday 2006 my grandparents lived in Giffords Cottages in 1860 - John and Susan (nee Elsden) Beavis.
11 Apr	Steve Pink No address given	On pilgrimage from Lands End to Norfolk. Lovely and peaceful.
09 Apr	Mr + Mrs Joan Durrant Royston, Herts	Grandfather vicar of this church - Revd Cooke. Died 1968. Now living in Royston, Herts. Many memories!
06 Apr	Norman, Heather & David (Plumb family) No address given	Birthplace of Emma Plumb (our grandmother) Emma's parents Joesph and Harriet Edgley married Christmas Day 1885. Joesph buried in the churchyard.
02 Apr	Sue Coe & family Gawthorne, Berkshire	Lovely church, researching Prykes and Simpsons.
04 Mar	Fay, Kay & Ida No address given	Thanks for letting us film.
27 Feb	Richard & Tina Cooke No address given	Looking for the Cook family.
17 Feb	Sarah Barber Dereham, Norfolk	Looking to find any traces of my great, great, great, great grandfather John Barber who ws born here in about 1801. I have found his grave in nearby Depden church, but have been unable to find out who his parents were. Any information gratefully received. [Ed - Contact information available]
14 Feb	John Canham Oakland, California, USA	Visiting my brother and sister-in-law in the village. Surprised to find the church open. Thank you!

To date this year over 55 people have signed the Visitor's book. These include people from Australia, Germany and USA.

2005 - Highlights
Date	Author	Comments
No date	Michael Hewitt The Rectory Ridgewell	No comment
No date	G Halls Radwinter	Thank you for having this lovely church open.
11 Nov	Linda Moorhouse Lancaster	My Goymer ancestors lived here.
4 Nov	Barry Carr Frensham heights school, Surrey	My great uncle John was vicar here in 1932
21 Oct	Anne Harvey & Madge Spriggs Whittleset	My great grandmother was buried in the churchyard in 1939. We are tracing her life.
08 Oct	Ann Morley No address given	Travelling with Perretts Amusements open this weekend on the village playing field. My mother's grandmother lived in the parish a while, unfortunately no other details. Such a lovely tranquil atmosphere here in this church, and its unlocked, amazing.
18 Sep	Diana James (nee Coe) No address given	Looking up great great grandfather Abraham and May Ann Coe who lived at Chapman's Farm.
30 Aug	Cameron Newham Cranford	I certainly hope that ugly wooden frame around the monument is temporary! [Ed - Yes and was removed at the appropriate time]
29 Aug	Leslie B. Collins & Joyce Maylin (nee Collins)	Visited as descendants of of Jeremiah Bowers (born 1842 in Wickhambrook). His ancestors dated to a 1692. John's son. John Boers married Ann Gervase in 1694. All lived around here. My email address is leslie.collins1@btinteract.com Wonderful church, wonderful experience.
26 Aug	Mark Giles	Wonderful church didn't appreciate it when I lived here.
25 Aug	Val Smith No address given	Researching family history.
25 Aug	Sally McGuinn Banham, Norfolk	Came to find my great-grandparents' home (Wickham House) and also this beautiful church.
17 Jul	Jenny, Alex & Laura Smith Scotland	Came to see the completed restoration works and saw the clock strike. Well done.
08 Jul	Andrea Grimes Wickhambrook	A very special place. Thank you to all for your hard work in keeping / bringing the church to its present Glory
14 Jun	DJ Enl NSW, Australia	Just learnt great grandfather born in Wickhambrook.
05 Jun	Alan & Kathy Cordy Wickhambrook	Called in for coffee on Sunday morning. Very pleased to see the near completion of the restoration works.
22 May	Cathy Ferrese USA	No Comment
20 May	Jennifer Hart Canada	Grandma and Grandpa Hart were married here.
11 May	Sheila & Malcolm Fitcles No address given	Malcolm's ancestor Thomas Fitcles was baptised here 1658.
15 Mar	Steve & Chris No address given	Beautiful church, fantastic that it's open during the day. Keep up the good work.
27 Mar	Malcolm Brown Newmarket	I used to attend this church, 1955 to 1975 regularly, when resident in Wickhambrook with parents. Many fond memories are here. Mum used to take Sunday school class occasionally (Murial Brown).
21 Jan	Tom & Sandy Fullerton Sydney, Australia	Ex Wickhambrook circa 1950, now Sydney, Australia.
09 Jan	Margaret & Martin Canter No address given	Descended from John Ray of this parish (c16 c17).

This year over 40 people have signed the Visitor's book. These include people from Australia, Canada and USA. Visitor numbers are slightly lower this year due to the extensive restoration work being carried out.

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