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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
St Peter's Church, Elmton is in Elmton, Derbyshire, Churches in Derbyshire.
Commorative plaque to Jedidiah Buxon, a self-taught mathematical genius who addressed the Royal Society and who was born at Elmton, Derbyshire and who was buried in the churchyard at St Peter's Church, Elmton [Map].
The first church [Map] at Elmton was a wooden Anglo-Saxon church commissioned by King Sweyn Cilt who owned the manor bwteen 979-1017. The Domesday entry for 'Helmetune' mentions a church and a priest. At the time of King Hnery II the church was given by Ralph Deincourt to Thurgarton Priory, Nottinghamshire, who provided a vicar.
A second church at Elmton was built in 1550 and was described as 'a very large and spaciouos structure with a steeple and tower in the centre and three aisles.' By the 1750's the church had badly decayed and need to be pulled dow and rebuilt. An estimate of £1,288 was given to rebuild the church in its present form.
St Peter's Church, Elmton [Map] was completed in 1771, of simple Georgian style, consisting of a nave, chancel, and bell towe.r
Memorial at St Peter's Church, Elmton [Map] to brothers William Milnes, died of wounds, 15th May 1918, aged 26, Thomas Milnes, killed in action, 11th March 1917 aged 23, and Joseph Milnes, killed in action 1st July 1917, aged 27.