Welsh Bicknor Church and Courtfield Manor (General)

by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Monday, December 07, 2009, 21:14 (5539 days ago) @ xray2000

Thanks for pointing this out as I can now see where my ancestors would have attended church though they also had Mass in each other's houses too as my family handed down stories of having to mark their way on a Sunday with a cross to show that they had reached a certain point on the journey to the place where mass was to be said safely. This was because it was dangerous for them to go to Mass and they could be attacked at any time. In my family there are stories that they walked considerable distances on Sundays and that the priest, Fr Abbot, (signing his name as Mr. Abbott rather than Father Abbott) would write in advance to say whose house to go to.