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Majorman · Apr 30, 2022

The church across a rape field is Beeston here in Norfolk. This is where a number of my relations including my paternal grandmother and great grandmother are resting. It is also part of the history of members of the USAAF as it is close to the Wendling air field which flew Liberators in WW2. In his early RAF career, my father stood guard over crashed aircraft and deceased airmen in the fields around the village as they awaited recovery.
Beeston Church

woodbutcher · Apr 30, 2022

Good picture.

Butch

rick n ohio · Apr 30, 2022

Nice picture and story thanks for posting it

grandpa Love · Apr 30, 2022

Great picture and story...... Almost the same as canola?

wjytexas · Apr 30, 2022

valleview · Apr 30, 2022

Nice photo- thanks for the history.

Richard G. · Apr 30, 2022

Thanks for posting.

Majorman · Apr 30, 2022

Yes, it has been known as rape in this country for at least 100 years. Now people want to change it as it offends some. No problem posting on here but when I put the full village name in, it got rejected for a rude word. The villages full name is Beeston-C U M - Mileham which means Beeston with Mileham in old English.

SweetFeet · Apr 30, 2022

Neat.

I'll bet pollinators are happy around there.

Bill(Wis) · Apr 30, 2022

The name change also worked out good for marketing. Simmilar to the Patagonian Toothfish. You couldn't give them away until someone changed their name to Chilean Sea Bass. Now they're in danger of becoming extinct there's such a demand for them.

Tom in TN · Apr 30, 2022

Majorman,

My favorite television program is a BBC series called Escape to the Country. It has to do with people moving to their new homes in Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each program features three houses that the prospective buyers might be interested in. The houses are all really old buildings that have been renovated. They show the area around the houses and give some background information.

Just absolutely beautiful. I just wish that the folks could speak real English instead of their strong English accents. (LOL).

Tom in TN

warbaby · Apr 30, 2022

Nice! You could spend an entire summer visiting these historical British churches and still not see them all.

This one of yours reminds me of the 14th century church in Henlow, Bedfordshire (Ste. Mary's) where I attended a wedding a decade ago. The church was just down the lane a bit from RAF Henlow (1918-2023) where they were busy flight-testing a few WWII Hurricanes and one of the two AVRO Lancaster bombers still flying, getting them prepped and sorted out for that summer's air show circuit.

Those pilots used Ste. Mary's belltower as a marker, flying out and around it several times every day- probably less as a navigational aid and more so as a salute to the many soldiers and RAF crewmen that are buried in its cemetery, including the groom's grandfather who flew on several missions (and survived a few Flak derived crash landings) in Landcasters as a navigator, right up to VE-Day.

Crookedwrench · Apr 30, 2022

Majorman
I will be visiting the UK in early June. Will be on a tour, but might be close to you at some time ? Where do you live?
Crookedwrench

showcrop · May 1, 2022

My wife and I were in the Peterborough area some twenty years ago and happened by an old WWII airfield. I had noticed a monument out by the road so I drove in to see the remains of the strip and a few buildings in an agricultural field. I remember it being near a very large race track and the remains of an aquaduct.

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