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A small group of Soroptimists – Sally, Denise, Ivete, Lynda and her husband Martin – were guided through St Mary\u2019s Church, the churchyard and village hall on a wonderful sunny day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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St Mary\u2019s history dates from the Anglo-Saxon period around 692 in what was then known as \u2018Henbury in the Saltmarsh\u2019. It was then a large parish going as far north as Aust.<\/p>\n

The first Norman building was succeeded by the present one which was begun in the 12th century.<\/p>\n

In 1806 the medieval font, which is now in the churchyard, was replaced by the current black marble font.<\/p>\n

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Well known residents of the churchyard include the novelist and \u00a0Egyptologist Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards whose obelisk is decorated with the Egyptian hieroglyph \u201cAnkh\u201d, as a symbol of the cross because it had the similar shape. The meaning of \u201cAnkh\u201d is \u201clife\u201d.<\/p>\n

Amelia Edwards was instrumental in the foundation of the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. It was reorganised as the Egypt Exploration Society in 1919, and it remains the UK\u2019s premier body in the study, excavation and publication of Egypt\u2019s monuments.<\/p>\n

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No monument however is more poignant or more visited than that of Scipio Africanus, a pagan and a slave, servant to Charles William Howard, the Earl of Suffolk\u2019s and Bindon and his wife Arabella Astry, who died in 1720 aged just 18 years. Within 18 months his master and mistress, both under 30, had also died, all three possibly from smallpox.<\/p>\n

Monuments to slaves are few and the legend on the stones implies that Scipio was a valued servant.<\/p>\n

It has been suggested that, given his circumstances, it is likely that as a child his life began not in Africa, but in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

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We are left in no doubt about the involvement of the city of Bristol and its influential local families in the transatlantic slave trade.<\/p>\n

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After the church visit we got together at Denise and Duncan\u2019s garden for a most enjoyable and relaxed picnic. We couldn\u2019t have chosen a better day.<\/p>\n

Thank you Sally for organising this lovely morning for us.<\/p>\n

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