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BEEDON is at junction 13 on the M4, a little way passed World's End on the A34. Excavation and geophysical surveys at Beedon (a little above World's End on the map to the right) have shown the area is full of archaeological features. Most features have been dated to the Iron Age but there is considerable evidence for Romano-British occupation

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Elijah and Sarah's gravestone still stands in Beedon Parish Church. It is a magnificent tombstone. Chris Willmore guesses, and I'm sure she's right, that his son John, by the time of Elijah's death a stonemason, had contacts in the trade.
Across the road from Elijah's magnificent tombstone, is his daughter's final resting place. IN LOVING MEMORY EMMA THE BELOVED WIFE OF WILLIAM BIRKENSHAW WHO DIED NOV. 1ST 1920 AGED 83 YEARS ALSO OF HERBERT W. BIRKENSHAW SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED OF WOUNDS AT ARRAS, FRANCE MAY 8TH 1917 AGED 40 YEARS PEACE, PERFECT PEACE ALSO OF WILLIAM BIRKENSHAW WHO DIED 9TH FEB. 1927 AGED 80 YEARS