tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post4936789989421155460..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: A reminder of mission connections at a meeting of USPG in LondonPatrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-49830333844111093582018-01-28T15:23:21.191+00:002018-01-28T15:23:21.191+00:00Thank you very much for this site, which has added...Thank you very much for this site, which has added much to my knowledge of Rev Willoughby Balfour. He was a former Rector of this parish where I worship. The full description of the parish at the time that he was Rector was Aston Flamville cum Burbage. There are two churches in the benefice; St Peter's at Aston Flamville and St Catherine's at Burbage. In the 19th century Aston Flamville was the mother church and Burbage a chapel of ease.This changed in the 20th century to make Burbage the mother church and Aston Flamville the chapel of ease. (Burbage has always been a much bigger population centre and we can speculate that the church at Aston Flamville was built on the site of a very old religious centre. <br />The patron of the living was Earl de Grey and I have found that the Countess de Grey was a close relation of Willoughby.<br />My very best wishes and God's blessings be with you.Donburbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362549991648668939noreply@blogger.com