Church weathervane, taken down for repairs
Church weathervane with Harry Wells in Park Road
In the background are Sid Garrett and Tommy Stimpson (his house)
The weathervane commemorates the occasion when the first Squire Watts Governor of Fort William in Bengal, was attacked by a wild dog and was saved by an arrow shot into the dog's paw.
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2002 commemoration of Squire Watts' murder in 1912
In 2002 a plaque was dedicated to the murder in the Grove.
Sid and Rita Garrett in costume for the dedication of a plaque commemorating Squire Watts' murder in 1912.
photo taken in 2002
St John Ambulance corps
1908, The year of winning the North Bucks Ambulance Cup.
Back row: C Eakins, F Tyte, J Bushell, A Ditum, A Herbert, W Stanton. Second row: A Greaves, J Jones, Dr W G Rutherford, E H Watts, President, J Herbert,
Seated: E Jones, H Williams, B Stanton, J Hawkes.
Squire Watts' funeral procession in Park Road, 26 July 1912
Edward Hanslope Watts, Squire of Hanslope Park, murdered in Park Road on 21 July 1912
Squire Edward Watts and his wife Edith c. 1910
Yew Tree farm 2001, inscribed Edward Hanslope Watts initials and 1874 on the porch gable.
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Photo from J. Geary