Joh. Bryan, Pastor of Trinity Church in Coventry. John Herring Minister in Coventry. Thom Boss Pastor of Rookbeby. Thom Hodgkinson, Pastor of Hilmorton. Nathan Macham Pastor of Dun-church. Job Pain Minister of Baxtenly. Rich Abel Pastor of Manceter. Joh. Roe Minister of Shistock. Nath Draiton Minister of Ansty. Tho Spencer Minister of Budbrook. Walter Smith Minister of Corley. Rich Vennour Pastor of the Church in the Parish of Mary in Warwick. HENRY BUTLER Minister of Nicolas in Warwick. Rob Ladbrook Minister of Solihull. Sam Wills Minister of Birmingham. Tho Hall Pastor of King's-Norton. Lect at Birmingham. Tho Dugard, Pastor of the Church at Barford. Alexander Bean Pastor of the Church at Stratford. JOH. TRAP Minister and Schoolmaster of Stratford upon Avon. Job Dowley Minister of Alveston. Tho. Richardson Minister of Thewbold Pacy. Job Harper Minister of Cubbington. Dan. Eyre Pastor of the Church at Hasely. Luke Melbourn Pastor of the Church at Wroxall. Ralph Hodges Pastor of the Church at Tanworth. Henry Cooper Minister of Stonely. James Sutton Minister of Fenny Compton. Tho Glover Preacher at Lemington priors. John Spencer Preacher of the Word at Hatton. Nic Clerk Minister of Sowtham. Henry Smithemin (?) Minister of Lillington. Nath Potter Pastor of Radford. Tho Francis Preacher at Luddington. George Lesley Minister of Arrow. William Hart Schoolmaster at Burton Pasie. Samuel Ticknor Minister of Alcester. Francis Smith Pastor of Bedworth. Benjamin Spicer Minister at Milverton. William Mede Schoolmaster at Alcester. FINIS. HE village church of Bickenhill stands on a slight eminence, about midway between Birmingham and Coventry. Most of us, when travelling from Birmingham towards Rugby, as the train drew near to Hampton-in-Arden Station, must have noticed its thin graceful spire, about half a mile away, on the right-hand side. The distance from Hampton to Bickenhill by the highway is two miles, but a pedestrian, after taking the road for half a mile, may find a footpath to the right which, if followed, will bring him, by an extremely pleasant and much shorter route, through fields, to the south side of the village, which, seen from this distance, has a pleasing and thoroughly rural aspect, the church forming the central and principal object. I am sorry to say that this pleasant first impression is somewhat marred when, on approaching the church, one finds the whole of the south side of the nave and chancel to be modern, it having been entirely rebuilt about forty years ago. Fortunately I am enabled to give a view of the south side as it appeared before restoration (Plate 1), the sketch having been copied from a drawing in the Aylesford Collection preserved in the Birmingham Reference Library. The valuable series of drawings, of which this is one, was probably executed between seventy and eighty years ago, but I well remember the church before this side was rebuilt, and made the sketches of the details on Plate 3 in the year 1852. |