THE CAFFIERI FAMILY OF CHELTENHAM by Richard Barton
Hector St Cyr Caffieri was closely involved with the building of the present St Gregory’s Church. At the first public meeting to discuss the project which took place in January 1853, he proposed that it be, “advisable to select from amongst our number the most energetic and influential, whose office will be to act as a general committee to determine the site and plans of the building”. His proposal was accepted and Caffieri became one of the five appointed to serve on the committee. Members of his family donated over £275 towards the new Church.
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PIO LEWIS FREDERICK CIANCHETTINI (1799-1851) of CHELTENHAM by Richard Barton
Glancing through copies of “The Cheltenham Looker-On” in the Cheltenham Public Library recently, I came upon a sad little notice entitled “The Late Pio Cianchettini” in an edition dated 19th July 1851. The article which recorded the death of the distinguished musician included an appeal for financial help for his eight-year-old orphan son who had been left unprovided for and wholly destitute. A group of his father’s friends and admirers were anxious to place the boy in a musical academy where his future education and maintenance might be provided for.
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DOM EDMUND CEOLFRID TREHEARNE O. S. B. – ‘MARTYR OF CHARITY’ by Richard Barton
Some years ago a member of the old Cheltenham Catholic Family of Rotundo gave me a photograph of Father Wilkinson, the Missionary Rector who completed St Gregory’s Church, together with one of his Coadjutor or assistant curate, Dom Edmund Ceolfrid Trehearne. I knew that Ceolfrid died young and, since owning the photograph, his short life has intrigued me. When visiting Douai Abbey at Woolhampton I have often admired the fine portrait of him which hangs in the Library.
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SARAH NEVE AND THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN CHIPPING SODBURY AND CHELTENHAM by Richard Barton
Dr George Oliver wrote of Chipping Sodbury in his ‘Collections…’ published in 1857: ‘Here Mrs Neve who realized the character given of Dorcas, Acts IX. 30., – “Haec erat plena operibus bonis et eleemosynis quas faciebat” – founded a mission for the Benedictines. For this purpose she bought convenient premises at the expense of £1,300 and added an endowment of £50 per annum. The Rev Thomas Rolling arrived here as the first pastor on 26th October, 1838, and celebrated Mass in the new chapel, which is 50 feet long by 25 broad, on Sunday, 2 days later.’
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WILLIAM NORWOOD OF LECKHAMPTON COURT by Richard Barton
William Norwood (1548-1632), the Lord of the Manor of Leckhampton and for a time High Sheriff of Gloucestershire and Lord of the Manor of Cheltenham, would seem to have been, a least for a period, a Catholic recusant.
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WILLIAM WELSTEAD K.S.G. (1847-1929) OF CHELTENHAM by Richard Barton
When I first became interested in the history of Saint Gregory’s Parish, Cheltenham, various older parishioners were keen to show me photographs of a man whom they affectionately knew as “Colonel” Welstead. From his photograph he appeared to be a distinguished looking man wearing dress uniform complete with ceremonial sword. This sword later came to light when rummaging through a cupboard in St Gregory’s Priory.
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