A moss-covered headstone at St. Mary’s Church in the Exmoor village of Luxborough marks the final resting place of my great-great-great-great grandfather and two of his grand-daughters[1]. On this occasion his name is recorded as Meaness BREWER, chiselled in the stone for as long as it can withstand the moss, damp and winds of the …
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