I had 2 reasons for going to Northants this weekend. Firstly to visit Auntie Mary but also to visit as it would have been Mum's 90th birthday. So I wanted to do some sight-seeing of the village of Stanwick I knew as a kid. Until I was 18/19 we used to go up every 6 weeks, or so.





Grandma & Granddad's graves



St Lawrence's Church Stanwick





The cross at the back, is an actual WWI marker from France

The intrepid explorer

The font, where mum was christened as a baby.

My Great grandfather's grave ... having travelled around a lot, he ended up dying in the village that he had been born in!

The house where Mum was born in 1928



The Gospel Hall - where Mum was baptised in 1943, and both my Grandparents had their funeral services, now a home.

Stanwick Hall

A sign on the old school rooms, now a village shop

The roll of honour lists all those from the village who acyually enrolled to serve during WWI - my great uncle is Alfred Edmund Burgess Hillson





When Mum was a kid, and in fact as I remember it, the village was surrounded by fields. However they have made a nature reserve there ... and Jiffy and I visited it in the afternoon -



There was a Roman villa locally - this celebrates this event



The amazing kids play area













The intrepid explorer is being busy, as ever










The barrow

The visitor centre