tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post8890423999332933277..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Save Church Farmhouse GardensMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-36067536122567748832014-03-03T08:29:42.608+00:002014-03-03T08:29:42.608+00:00That's really interesting, E Tyzacke: St Mary&...That's really interesting, E Tyzacke: St Mary's Finchley, you will be pleased to know, is still very much a parish church and has many of the orginal gravestones outside, although a few have been moved over the years. Have you contacted the local archives to see if there is any material about Lawson? Google Barnet Archives: the archivist is Hugh Petrie. <br /><br />I think my great grandmother Dionysia Wills was distantly related to another Australian explorer, William John Wills,born in Totnes, who had rather an unfortunate ending to his own journey into the unknown,the north to south crossing.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-33588741378129635752014-03-03T04:07:19.137+00:002014-03-03T04:07:19.137+00:00We have just celebrated the 200th anniversary of t...We have just celebrated the 200th anniversary of the crossing of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney australia. William Lawson, one of the explorers, was baptised in St Mary's Finchley in 1774. It is so sad to see heritage sites threatened. I am a descendant of William Lawson and regard the Barnet area as "holy ground".<br /><br />e tyzackehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637134153592072373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-9262135605329466142012-02-10T09:35:52.774+00:002012-02-10T09:35:52.774+00:00you migh try contacting Chris.Booth@barnet.gov.uk
...you migh try contacting Chris.Booth@barnet.gov.uk<br />or via 020 8359 7693LBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445471890988993369noreply@blogger.com