As several readers may know, my day job is looking after Chedworth Roman Villa in the Cotswolds. Chedworth sits comfortably within a region that supported some of the most prosperous rural estates in Britannia. Yet the world that sustained and shaped the villa extended far beyond the Coln valley.
BOOK REVIEWS
Stephen Coan’s The Buried Man can only be described as magisterial. It is the culmination of decades of patient, methodical, and deeply informed scholarship. Coan has lived with, traced, and tracked H. Rider Haggard for much of his adult life, and this monumental volume represents the distillation of that long engagement. It is unlikely to be surpassed for a very long time.
BLUE PLAQUES
The congregation was established in 1865 . The first church building, known as the “Kruiskerk”, was constructed on the current parking area. The cornerstone of the current building was laid by Commandant General PJ Joubert on 12 April 1890. The “Kruiskerk” was demolished after the completion of the new church. The first minister of the congregation was Ds NJ van Warmelo.