Bergh Apton Local History Group – Village Archive
The people of Bergh Apton have, over many years, amassed a wealth of information about the village and its people.
You can search the latest index of the Bergh Apton Archive using the search box below – click the magnifying glass and enter some text. Please note that search text is case-sensitive (“school” is not the same as “School”).
Click on the little “eye” sign at the left-hand side of the record symbol to see the full index data available.
If you wish to view the full document then please get in touch, but do bear in mind that the archive is entirely run by volunteers, usually meeting once a month. Be sure to provide the “Full Ref” of the items you are interested in viewing as well as your contact details. We regret that we are unable to provide electronic or posted copies of archive material – you will need to make an appointment to come along to one of the regular archive sessions (usually a Wednesday afternoon at Bergh Apton Village Hall).
The History Group’s Policy for archive management can be found here.
The WW1 Commemoration Map
This map of Bergh Apton shows you where all the commemorative figures are placed throughout the village. In the great majority of cases the figure stands outside a house where we know a man lived during his life in the village. Others stand where our research gives us confidence that we know the road but not the precise house. In only five cases are we uncertain of the right place; three are at the church gates and two are at the junction of Dodger’s Lane – that was once known as Weddup’s Lane.
The key is as follows:
1. ALEXANDER, Walter 2. ANNIS, Arthur
3. BEAUMONT, Robert 4. BLIGH, Alfred
5. BOGGIS, Alfred 6. BRACEY William
7. CARR, Leonard 8. CUBITT, Alfred
9. DAVEY, Edward 10. ETHERIDGE, Horace
11. EVERETT, Leonard 12. GILLINGWATER, Victor
13. GREENACRE, Henry 14. GREENACRE, Charles
15. HARBER, Freeman 16. HARVEY, Albert
17. HUNT, Ernest 18. KEDGE, Sidney
19. KEELER, Sidney 20. KING, Alfred
21. LEEDER, Ernest 22. MACE, Albert
23. MARKS, Sydney 24. MAYES, Harry
25. MITCHELL, Reginald 26. PARKER, Albert
27. PRESTON, John 28. ROPE, Alfred
29. ROPE, Leonard 30. STARMAN, William
31. STONE, Aubrey 32. STONE Thomas
33. THROWER, Herbert 34. THROWER, Walter
35. WALL, Clement 36. WEDDUP, Charles
37. WRIGHT, James 38. ALL WHO DIED
We have made a start in the quite daunting task of providing you with a page of information and captioned photographs for each man.
“Daunting” because there are thirty-seven of them and our knowledge of each man is comprehensive. Thus we must take care to tell you what we know but in a form and volume that will not overwhelm! The same is true, in the case of many of our men, of photographs.
But the task has begun and, in due course, we will have put on record something about each one of these men whom we honour in these pages.