St Peter’s Church, Bekesbourne, which is given a. special mention in th_e'n'ew 
, Church Guide, just published in hardback and paperback. - '

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A NEW almanac which is
set to go laces includes a
few deta s on St Peter's
Church, Bekesboume.

‘ The Good Church Guide
includes historical back-
ground, architectural fea-

res and service details of
nfiarly 500 English chur-
c es.

And its author and editor,-
M.r_Tony Kilmlster, said:
“It occurred to me one
needed a. book which could
be kept in the glove com-
partment of a car, so that
when one was far away
from home on business or
on holiday, one could home
in on an away church — to
use the football term ‘

He has relied on friends
fining in a questionnaire as’
well as personal visits to
compile his facts. - -

He" has asked clergy

las Batteley, Vicar of St
Peter’s, who died in 1704,
and his wife Anne.

‘ The guide says these are

two of the best ledger

stones in the country.
Archbishop Cranmer’s
1548/1549 version of the
Book of Common Prayer
was written in Bekes-

'bourne and points of inter-

est in the gatehouse to the

old Archbiship’s Balace are .

noted, including er’s

cross and motto. ‘
Another celebrated resi-
dent in the de is Charles
Tilstone Be e, born in 1800,
who was well-known in the
19th Century for his ex-
loration of Abyssinia and
buried at Bekesbourne.

The Good Church Guide
is published in hardback by
Blond and Briggs at £10;95
and in géaggrback by Pen-

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‘ Mr Kilniister, £ro‘n'1"M:ld-‘
dlesex, describes himself
as a keen member of the
laity and is the executive
director of a- medical re-
search organisation in Kon-
don.

‘ He says the Bekesbourne
church is known as the
church in the garden be-
cause it is approached
throu hthe groundsofCob-
ham urt.

The guide describes its
Norman origins and mem-
orials -— including one to
Sir!-lenrivrfalmer, Admiral
of the veet during the
reign of Elizabeth I. who’
died in Bekesbourne in
1611. and another to Nicho-