The Macaroni Downs on the outskirts of the village of Eastleach get the name ‘Macaroni’ from an exclusive eighteenth century London gentleman’s club. Members of the ‘Macaroni Club’ often referred to as Macaronis or Dandies, regularly travelled to Cheltenham to see the horse racing, stopping en-route at Paul’s Castle to […]
Eastleach Characters Past & Present Gallery
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Sir Thomas Bazley, 1st Baronet (27 May 1797 – 18 March 1885) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician. He was born at Gilnow, near Bolton, Lancashire. His father, also Thomas, was a cotton manufacturer, mathematician and journalist. Following education at Bolton Grammar School, Bazley was apprenticed to the cotton-spinning […]
Maharajah Duleep Singh was born in Lahore in 1838, and came to the throne of the Punjab at the age of five years. After the annexation of the Punjab to British territories, the young Duleep Singh was brought to England in 1854. The Maharajah owned the Hatherop Estate, of which […]
On the 2 May 1801, William and James Jones of Eastleach were hanged at Gloucester County Prison, for burglary.
John Betjeman’s Eastleach Film Take a leisurely stroll around the picturesque Gloucestershire village Eastleach Martin with poet John Betjeman. Read the script of this film – click here. Nestling into Gloucestershire’s rolling hills alongside the River Leach, the village retains its picture postcard charm today. This is one […]
Anniversary of John Keble’s death Wednesday 29th March 2017, is the anniversary of John Keble’s death. We’re marking the occasions with a short service of Evening Prayer at St Andrew’s Eastleach at 5.00 pm – the first of this year’s weekly midweek services in the different churches of our Team. […]
Born in 1839 (17th June) in Eastleach , Robert Baxter was one of the last Eastleach Morris Men. He was an Agricultural labourer, and was said not to be literate. Williams, Alfred: WGS, who was collecting and recording folk songs met Rober Baxter around 1916 and recorded the following : “This charming little […]
Eastleach Characters – Stephanie Richards Gardeners who live in the southern reaches of the Cotswolds enthuse about Stephanie Richards’ magnificent garden at Eastleach House. Mid-winter exposes the structure of mature yew hedges, box paths, knot gardens and topiary close to the house and the landscape beyond it; frost or snow […]
Eastleach Characters – Deryk Arkell OVER seventy years after his World War Two service, retired British Armed Forces Captain Deryk Arkell, of Eastleach, on December 4 received the French government’s highest distinction, the Legion of Honour medal, for his efforts in liberating France in the winter of 1944. “The French […]
Eastleach Characters – Jean Steel The late Jean Steel, speeds about on her motor scooter, passing Bridge Cottage. Jean Steel formally lived at no. 11 Eastleach and was an active member of the local dramatic societies. Photo by kind permission of www.homersykes.com Taken for the Mail on Sunday “You Magazine” […]
Eastleach Characters – Albert Wearing Photo by kind permission of www.homersykes.com Taken for the Mail on Sunday “You Magazine” in the early 1990s for a feature on village life in the Cotswolds.
'ENGLISH VILLAGE FETE', DEREK EDWARDS, ONE OF THE ORGANISERS OF THE EAST LEACH TURVILLE VILLAGE FETE, PROCLAIMING THE WINNER OF THE RAFFLE TICKET COMPETITION.
Eastleach Characters – John Blackwell Johnnie Blackwell worked at Macaroni Farm for many years. He was a real character, living with his brother and sister in the village for many years, none of them married. He could be seen collecting the fresh river water for his brother who said he wouldn’t wash […]