Miscellany 21 - notes
Meadow Brown butterfly 1-3: Three quick snaps of Meadow Brown butterflies taken on a hot afternoon in mid-July from the path that runs from the Bowling Club to the back of Dykes.
Gravestone: I was walking down from the south porch of St. Peter's Church towards the south gate and Church Lane on a sunny afternoon on the first day of August 2017, when this gravestone caught my eye for no reason. Perhaps it was the way the deeply cut letters stood out in the sunlight. It says: "In memory of Elizabeth, second wife of William Keywood who died November 20th 1853 aged 65 years." A little bit of research revealed that William Keywood - brewer and farmer - lived at New Inn and died there in 1842, aged 61. Elizabeth outlived him by 11 years. The stone was probably erected by William's son, also named William and also a later occupant of New Inn.
Strawberry Tree: This unusual tree is in the back garden of St. Peter's Cottage in Church Walk, and the owners pronounced it to be a Strawberry Tree, a kind of Arbutus. The tree is actually Arbutus menziesii - and the name Strawberry Tree can be applied to it but is more usually applied to Arbutus unedo. The more common name for the tree in the USA is Bearberry. The thin red bark distinctively peels away in layers like a plane tree.
Gravestone: I was walking down from the south porch of St. Peter's Church towards the south gate and Church Lane on a sunny afternoon on the first day of August 2017, when this gravestone caught my eye for no reason. Perhaps it was the way the deeply cut letters stood out in the sunlight. It says: "In memory of Elizabeth, second wife of William Keywood who died November 20th 1853 aged 65 years." A little bit of research revealed that William Keywood - brewer and farmer - lived at New Inn and died there in 1842, aged 61. Elizabeth outlived him by 11 years. The stone was probably erected by William's son, also named William and also a later occupant of New Inn.
Strawberry Tree: This unusual tree is in the back garden of St. Peter's Cottage in Church Walk, and the owners pronounced it to be a Strawberry Tree, a kind of Arbutus. The tree is actually Arbutus menziesii - and the name Strawberry Tree can be applied to it but is more usually applied to Arbutus unedo. The more common name for the tree in the USA is Bearberry. The thin red bark distinctively peels away in layers like a plane tree.