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Other Alkham Heroes
The Alkham Heroes page is dedicated to the men whose lives were lost in the First and Second World Wars and whose names are inscribed on the village war memorial. This page is dedicated to the men whose names are not on the memorial and lost their lives in the two World Wars.
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Leonard Saunders Leonard Saunders was the son of John and Charlotte Saunders who lived at Drellingore on the Alkham Valley Road. He was in the 17 Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery and he died on the 19th January 1943 at the age of 35. He is remembered with honour at Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery in Tunisia. Please click here for a picture of the cemetery. |
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There is a lovely Georgian style, late 17th century Rectory in the village and also a Vicarage.
There were also two Wesleyan Chapels in the village, one was pulled down and the other converted to a private house in the 1960's.
The Marquis of Granby, now known as Marquis,
stands next to Forstall Cottage, which in the mid nineteenth century was a
public house called the Fox and Goose.
The Marquis of Granby was owned privately
when it was built in 1810 but in 1928 it was bought by Fremlins Brewery. The pub
also served as a shop and a meeting place in its early years and was next door
to the village well. The pub passed into private ownership and in 2008 became a
high class hotel and restaurant .
There was another pub
at South Alkham called the Carpenters Arms but this closed some years ago when it went
into the ownership of Whitbread.
In the 1980’s an Iron Age cremation bucket was found near the church in
Alkham and it now resides in a London Museum. The Alkham Valley Historical
Research Group is carrying out further archaeological in the valley and if
you would like to find out more details please access their web site
www.alkhamarchaeology.co.uk
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