The Crook Peak Hike, Part III, 'A Visit to Loxton Church & A Medieval  Ancestor  Eustace de Bologne'
Channel: semw52
Date: 2020-04-26

I have visited Loxton many times either  walking or cycling--it is cradled in the arms of the Mendip Hills with Crook Peak its ancient guardian---a village/hamlet full of history right back to the Normans, and the Anglo-Saxons, the Romans and beyond--Iron Age People roamed these hills near here---More about Loxton can be found online---On this day I discovered I had a link here back in the medieval times during the arrival of the Normans------Inside the church  laminated notes informed me that Count Eustace de Boulogne-----a Baron of William The Conqueror and my x26 Great Uncle was given  Loxton as a reward following the Battle of Hastings--Eustace  is depicted in the famous Bayeux Tapestry---his brother and my x26th great grandfather Lambert de lens of Boulogne married  Adelaide--the Conqueror's sister----this information has been within my medieval tree for several years following  much research and verification and has been examined by English Heritage several years ago---so now I know why Loxton has always  attracted me to it over the years---the ancestors are calling xx