Elmore was the village near Gloucester where several generations of my ancestors lived until the last one to be born there moved away to farm other people’s land and married in 1830. He returned to be buried like many other Vicks who had moved away.
St John the Baptist churchyard looking back towards the entrance through the trees
View of the church from the churchyard entrance. Anniversary celebrations to recognise 900 years of pastoral care were held during July 2015.
Area with some more recent burials
Church from the back where the really old Vick burials are located. I got distracted and don’t think I got all of the relevant monuments and the inscriptions on just about all I examined are so degraded that it will take forever to try and decipher whatever I do have. Fortunately I have good photos from another source.
Church porch
View over field with at least one Vick grave in view- not an ancestor. The churchyard is very well populated with visible and invisible Vicks including those with a direct relationship and those with more distant connections.
Vick heritage listed monuments on the right
Some Vick monuments including some heritage listed ones
Some impressive monuments. There are quite a few heritage listed monuments in the graveyard.
Variety of monument style and direction of movement since installation
Inside the church
Another view
Another side of the church
Kneeler cushion
More cushions, just a selection of many including ones like these reflecting the parish and made by locals
Very old parish chest. The parish chest held the BDM registers and other important documents in the olden days
Baptismal font
Country road around Elmore
Defibrillator in an old phone box, a new addition to the community and located near the community centre
An Elmore road and a roadside war memorial
Entrance to the property of the traditional lord of the manor from whom my ancestors rented some of their land including Elmore Farm, see below
Part of Elmore Farm farmed by ancestors
Part of Elmore Farm farmed by ancestors
Old farm house
I was fortunate in having a parishioner ferry me to and from Gloucester, provide access to the church and churchyard and later provide a cuppa with a tranquil view.