Really nice to have this letter, from the Knightwick & Doddenham, C.E. School, 1888, Black Box.
[Many thanks to Adrian and Karin Dunn]

This box is kept safe for posperity, by the owners of Knightwick School, Adrian and Karin Dunn, who kindly invited me to look through the records and to take photos, 27-09-2022.

This is a really interesting letter from John Francis Grewolde Williams [He died 6th July 1892, just over one year after writing this letter - his funeral was on the Saturday 10th of July at St Philip & St James Church, in Hallow]

Transcript of the above letter:

Henwick Grange
Worcester
10 June 1891

Dear Mr Wilson
Thank you for sending me the Government report of the School which is most satisfactory.
I should have returned it before but rather thought I might have heard from you again yesterday, and so retained it longer.
I was reading the inner report on the free education scheme last night, I shall be curious to see how it works out for Knightwick, you would as far as I can see have the 10/- grant per head all round. I think it may be of interest to our successors to know the cost of the Parish School, I am sending you an account of the expences if you'd like to put it with the other Parish papers.

With Kind regards to you and Mrs Wilson, I remain yours very truly, J. F. Greswolde. Williams

P.S. I have with Mr Rowe's occurrence determined to postpone the building of the new Chapel at Lulsley until the next spring. We have only now got the red tape past of the business finished, and it would be impossible to get out of the contracts and commence the work now in time to get the roof on before October, or November, even if the weather is fine. Mr Rowe is going to get all ready for sending out the particulars for estimates in the autumn. This will allow the contractor all the winter to quarry the stone and get it hauled to the site.

I wonder if the person he calls Mr Wilson was Joseph Bowstead Wilson the then Vicar of Knightwick.
The architect refered to is Henry Rowe, who would have been 70 years old, when this letter was written.

Below - Henwick Grange where Greswolde Williams lived is now a nursing home.

Below is St Giles, Lulsley.

St Giles was built of red sandstone in 1892 to replace a medieval church on the same site. The architect was Henry Rowe. The chapel was declared redundant on 30 May 1972, and is now deconsecrated . The 12th century font and sculptural fragments were moved to Alfrick church in 1974, after which the church was sold, and converted into a private house.

Its 12th century font, the table, a 12th century carved figure of a man with arms akimbo and the banner of St Giles may be found in the Lulsley chapel within St Mary's.

 ©peh