Plant Names can be facinating
 

Amazing where plant names lead you.

Newish neighbour has an old apple tree which produces good fruit and a
friend of mine who works at Wisley took a couple to work to try to discover
it's name. Came back to me a couple of days ago and said it's an
"Arthur.W.Barnes".

Quickly I find it was registered in 1902 by an N F Barnes from Cheshire and
one parent is Cox's Orange Pippin.
Then I discover there is a memorial to those that fell in WW1 in Chester
Cathedral with the name of Arthur on it. Further investigation discovers he
was a Captain in the 9th Bn. Cheshire Regiment killed on 11/04/1918 aged 32
son of Nicholas Friend Barnes and Elizabeth Barnes of Eaton Gardens and
Morris Oak, Eccleston, Chester. He is listed on the Tyne Cot memorial in
Belgium, a memorial to those who do not have an actual grave.
Finally I wonder if the father who grew the tree was the Head Gardener at
Eaton Gardens which still exist on the Eaton Estate in Cheshire.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:01:17 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

Amazing where plant names lead you.

Newish neighbour has an old apple tree which produces good fruit and a
friend of mine who works at Wisley took a couple to work to try to discover
it's name. Came back to me a couple of days ago and said it's an
"Arthur.W.Barnes".

Quickly I find it was registered in 1902 by an N F Barnes from Cheshire and
one parent is Cox's Orange Pippin.
Then I discover there is a memorial to those that fell in WW1 in Chester
Cathedral with the name of Arthur on it. Further investigation discovers he
was a Captain in the 9th Bn. Cheshire Regiment killed on 11/04/1918 aged 32
son of Nicholas Friend Barnes and Elizabeth Barnes of Eaton Gardens and
Morris Oak, Eccleston, Chester. He is listed on the Tyne Cot memorial in
Belgium, a memorial to those who do not have an actual grave.
Finally I wonder if the father who grew the tree was the Head Gardener at
Eaton Gardens which still exist on the Eaton Estate in Cheshire.

Hmm.........that address certainly looks like Eaton Hall Gardens.
Eccleston is one of the villages of the estate. I've just remembered a
guy who repairs some of our small machines lives in Eccleston, I'll
try asking him if he can shed any light.

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Rod

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"Rod" wrote in reply to me...
Amazing where plant names lead you.

Newish neighbour has an old apple tree which produces good fruit and a
friend of mine who works at Wisley took a couple to work to try to
discover
it's name. Came back to me a couple of days ago and said it's an
"Arthur.W.Barnes".

Quickly I find it was registered in 1902 by an N F Barnes from Cheshire
and
one parent is Cox's Orange Pippin.
Then I discover there is a memorial to those that fell in WW1 in Chester
Cathedral with the name of Arthur on it. Further investigation discovers
he
was a Captain in the 9th Bn. Cheshire Regiment killed on 11/04/1918 aged
32
son of Nicholas Friend Barnes and Elizabeth Barnes of Eaton Gardens and
Morris Oak, Eccleston, Chester. He is listed on the Tyne Cot memorial in
Belgium, a memorial to those who do not have an actual grave.
Finally I wonder if the father who grew the tree was the Head Gardener at
Eaton Gardens which still exist on the Eaton Estate in Cheshire.

Hmm.........that address certainly looks like Eaton Hall Gardens.
Eccleston is one of the villages of the estate. I've just remembered a
guy who repairs some of our small machines lives in Eccleston, I'll
try asking him if he can shed any light.


Thank's Rod I'll be interested to see if your repairer comes up with
anything.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London