Westbourne Worthies

The sight of the title “Westbourne Worthies” may prompt the question – what is “worthy”. The book asks itself the same question, and answers that those included are prominent persons because their contemporaries thought that they were. So – prominent people of their time.

The flavour of the book can be assessed by its chapter headings – Churchmen; Academics; Military Men; Administrators; Teachers (inc. Mr Covington, above); Entomologists; Tradesmen; Millers; Farmers; Doctors; Builders and Grocers& Bakers.

Those with some knowledge of Westbourne names from the past will enjoy reading a little more about Rev. Sperling, the Mee family, the Oldfields, the Morgans, the Terrys, the Edgells to name but a few and also many lesser known including Mr Buckler, the Entomologist.

WESTBOURNE WORTHIES