A Village Called Edith Weston – Memories and Photographs - By Liz Tyler
Published by the author at Edith Weston in 2008 - 106pp with illustrations - Price: £16.50
Available from the Edith Weston village shop, or contact the author by email at book@edithwestononline.co.uk
Like most Rutland villages, Edith Weston has changed almost beyond recognition in
the last thirty years. The buildings in the historic core have not changed that much,
but the social culture has altered dramatically, with incomers, known as ‘bottom
enders’ now comprising a large part of the population.
Before all knowledge of old village life was lost, Liz Tyler, and other Edithwestonians,
got together and organised village reunions for descendants and those who had moved
away. These proved a great success, and the resulting accumulation of memories and
old photographs gave rise to this book. It is a wonderful collection of well produced
photographs, information and anecdotes from the last eighty or so years. It could be a
model of how to pull together disparate information and record it for prosperity.
However, it does lack an index and seems to flow sporadically from photograph to
text as the reader is drawn around the village, and there are no chapters or headings
to help the reader. But the overall result from this muddle works well in recording life
and buildings in Edith Weston. Without the efforts of the author and friends, much of
this information would have been lost. A commendable effort.
Hilary Crowden