My mother had a cousin, Edith Morgan, who was a teacher and taught in a village in the Cotswolds named Eastleach. This lady arranged with friends for us to be accommodated for a short while until we could find long-term accommodation out of London.
Eastleach Characters Past & Present Gallery
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Bert Puffitt was born and lived at number 36, Eastleach.
He maintained a beautiful garden full of vegetables and flowers
Sir David John, KCMG, D.Univ (Glam), MBA (Col.NY), MA (Cantab) but to the family, after his appointment to the Water Park, he was simply Sir David John H2O:
Sir David John, KCMG, businessman, was born on July 20, 1938. He died from complications of motor neurone disease on October 27, 2019, aged 81
John Exelby was a committed Christian and churchgoer and in retirement trained as a lay reader, preaching and participating in his local parish of Eastleach.
Meet Tom Gabbitas… You will never meet someone more at home in a pub than the landlord of The Victoria Inn at Eastleach.
I saw this fabulous photo on the internet, and the owner Marion Radband kindly gave permission to post it.
“Never let it be said that I stood in the way of anyone having fun” Don’t worry, Martin, you never did. You never did.
ECT tenants Sam and Helen Wade have been commended by the Soil Association for their contribution to organic food and farming.
On Sunday 8th Feb 1942 at around 15:10 hrs a Wellington Bomber flying on a training exercise to locate homing beacons, struck a tree over Macaroni woods
Saw this lovely post on Instagram, and thought it would be nice to share it with the village……. “Celebrating Martin Squire. Such a privilege to have known this extraordinary, crazy, chaotic, clever man. A simple sheep farmer and extreme flirt. Every moment spent in his presence was a blast, […]
Nadezhda Leontievna Ustinova (Надежда Леонтьевна Устинова), née Benois (Бенуа), better known as Nadia Benois (1896–1975[), was a Russian painter of still life and landscape, and stage designer. She lived with her husband at no. 49 Eastleach, Gloucestershire, where he died in 1962. Her father Leon Benois belonged to the Benois family. Nadezhda studied how to be an artist […]
Peter Bayley Williams (August 1763 – 22 November 1836) was a Welsh Anglican priest and amateur antiquarian. It is also claimed that he led the first rock climb recorded in the United Kingdom He was ordained in 1788 and served in Eastleach Martin (Gloucestershire) Williams was the son of Peter Williams, a Welsh Calvinist Methodist clergyman and […]
The journalist, diplomat and intelligence agent, Jona von Ustinov, father of the actor Sir Peter Ustinov, died in Eastleach in 1962. His wife, the artist Nadia Benois also lived in the village. Some of her paintings depict local scenes. Jona Baron von Ustinov (also known as Klop Ustinov (Клоп Устинов)) (Russian: Иона Платонович Устинов; 2 December 1892 – 1 […]
Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust have awarded Phil Bower the “Holmes silver salver” for being the Best Fundraiser in the “70 and over category” of the Historic Churches Ride and Stride 2017. Phil bicycled to 29 churches, covered about 50 miles and raised £613.75, for the Trust. Phil would like to thank everyone […]
The Ernest Cook Trust has said a sad farewell to Deputy Land Agent Jonathan Stebbing, who retires after nearly four decades of service. Jonathan joined the Trust in 1978 after starting his career at Strutt & Parker in London. He rose to become Deputy Land Agent, jointly responsible for the day-to-day […]
Judith Hann is one of Britain’s leading science journalists and broadcasters known to millions after presenting BBC’s Tomorrow’s World for twenty years, as well as many other programmes on technology, health, food and the environment. Judith was born in Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire, England) the daughter of former Derby County footballer […]
Richard Fitz Pons (c. 1080 – 1129) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, active as a marcher lord on the border with Wales. He is described as a follower of Bernard de Neufmarche, and probably first builder of Bronllys Castle. He started construction at Llandovery Castle in 1116. His father was Pons […]