In the churchyard is a memorial, capped by a Celtic cross. This commemorates those people - including two unknown schoolchildren - who lost their lives in the tragic railway accident at Charfield in 1928.
ERECTED BY THE LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CHARFIELD OCTOBER 13TH 1928.
MRS CLARA ANNIE JOHNSON, AGED 46. SHEFFIELD
MISS MILLICENT SARAH RADFORD, AGED 47. DERBY
JOHN HENRY PINKNEY, AGED 27. GLOUCESTER
WALTER TOVEY, AGED 38. DERBY
RICHARD WHITEHEAD, AGED 57. LEICESTER
MRS ESTHER MATILDA WHITEHEAD, AGED 60. LEICESTER
MISS FLORENCE HYLDA CROSS, AGED 36. BELPER
WILLIAM LAWTON, AGED 53. TORPOINT, PLYMOUTH
MRS ELIZA JANE LAWTON, AGED 49. TORPOINT, PLYMOUTH
GOODWIN PHILIP JENKINS, AGED 22. MILVERTON, SOMERSET
TWO UNKNOWN.
John Wilkes of Cam
near Dursley, Gloucestershire
The Gloucestershire Photo Library
St. James at Churchend is the old church for nearby Charfield. It is now redundant and very rarely used. St. James Church occupies a prominent position overlooking the valley of the Little Avon. The church was built mainly in the 15th Century. The tower is of four stages with a saddleback roof enclosed within an embattled parapet. The diagonal buttresses are later additions. The North door with its remarkable tracery panelling dates from the 14th Century. The existing interior is startling bare. There is very little surviving stained glass. Many of the original stained glass windows were probably smashed as idolotrous during the Reformation. The stone tracery of the windows is noteworthy. The font has been removed to St. John's new church in Charfield. The octagonal pillars of the South aisle with floral decoration on the capitals are particularly fine examples of 15th Century stone carving.
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