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unusual facts about St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon


Temple Stanyan

Stanyan died at his seat, Rawlins Manor, on 25 March 1752 and was buried at the church of St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon, there is a memorial to him inside the church.


Checkendon

War artist Eric Kennington (1888–1960), who was churchwarden, is buried here.

The Hookend Recording Studio, in the manor house at nearby Hook End, was owned by David Gilmour of the band Pink Floyd and is now owned by Mark White, singer/songwriter with the band Godnose.

Eric Kennington

Kennington is buried in the churchyard in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, where he was churchwarden and is commemorated on a memorial in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Robert Marmion

Marmion was married twice, first, to Matilda de Beauchamp, by whom he had a son, Robert the Elder, and two daughters; secondly, to Philippa, by whom he had four sons; Robert the younger; William, who was dean of Tamworth; Geoffrey, who was ancestor of the Marmions of Checkendon, Stoke Marmion, and of Aynho, to which branch Shackerley Marmion the dramatist belonged; and lastly Phllip (died 1276).

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh

There is a memorial by Thomas Thurlow to George Crabbe the poet (d. 1832) and a monument to Lady Henrietta Vernon, d.1786.

Britten is also commemorated in a stained glass window by John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens.


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