There is still time to visit the excellent local history exhibition, Acton through the ages, currently running in Acton Church. The exhibition is open between 11a.m. and 3 p.m. every day until 5th August. You may well have spotted the little signposts that point the way to the exhibition. These are based on Acton’s outstanding mediaeval brass of Sir Robert de Bures.
Sir Robert was a knight who served as a soldier in the reign of Edward I. In fact he was probably born in about 1265 and is known to have died in 1331 at his manor in Acton. For any history lover it is worth visiting Acton Church to see the brass alone. It was described some years ago at an exhibition about the mediaeval world at the British Museum as the most outstanding military brass in the country.
The exhibition is really excellent, being based on work done for regular exhibitions that have been staged in the past, but containing some new features including a time-line in which, if you are an Acton resident, you can enter notes about your own life in the Parish.
So get down to Acton Church before August 5th, and become part of history!
