Church Piece

The footpath sign in the far left corner of La Flambé car park leads you through the field known as Church Piece to the east-west section of Barrett Lane.

Church Piece originally comprised the two fields shown on the 1839 map as #3 and #4: described in the 1839 Survey as 'Parsonage Close' and 'Church Piece' respectively. Both these fields were given to the parish, for the benefit of the parishioners, before 1618. In that year the Churchwardens went to Court to retrieve the land from the Church, which was using the land for its own benefit. The Court ruled in the village's favour; however, it was not until fairly recently that Kay Taylor re-discovered the historical documents relating to the land. The full story is related in her book: Kay Taylor, Sutton Benger from Saxon Times to the Dawn of the 21st Century (2000).