As you enter the village of Moreton, from the direction of Wool, you will find a small car parking area on the left hand side of the road, just past the entrance to a cemetery. The gateway to the cemetery is rather grand. It originally stood at the entrance to the kitchen garden of Moreton House and was re-located here during the Second World War.

The cemetery itself is very small and if you follow the short pathway, leading from the entrance gateway, you are led to the modest grave of Lawrence of Arabia, who died at the age of 46 in a motorcycle accident.

The funeral took place across the road at St Nicholas Church in 1935 and was attended by many dignitaries, including Sir Winston Churchill, Florence Hardy, Lady Astor, Augustus John, representatives of the King of Iraq and many other people of note.

Needless to say there have been many conspiracy theories questioning whether the secret services were somehow involved in the "Accident". Much like Diana Princess of Wales, famous people cannot die in simple accidents! Was there a mysterious black car at the scene, or did he simply crash when trying to avoid two small boys on their push bikes?

One might expect Lawrence of Arabia to be buried in Westminster Abbey, so why Moreton of all places? At the time of his death Lawrence was living at Clouds Hill, a modest building located on the Frampton family estate, centred here in Moreton at Moreton House, located opposite the cemetery and next to St Nicholas Church.

The first Church was built in Moreton around 1190 and the local estate passed into the Frampton family in the 14th Century.

Memorials to the Frampton family can be seen in the Trinity Chapel, in patricular the carved marble tablet dedicated to Mary Houlton, the wife of James Frampton.

This was the work of Peter Matthias Vangelder of Amsterdam. The picture below shows the exquisite detail of the border area.

The interior of Moreton Church is exceptionally bright since the original stained glass windows are missing. These were created by Thomas Williment, one of the best known artists of his day. Unfortunately, during the Second World War a bomb, originally intended for RAF Warmwell, was jettisoned by a German aircraft. It landed close to the north wall of the Church, creating a large hole and blasting out all of the windows.

In the 1950s Sir Laurence Whistler was asked to submit designs for new windows. These windows are totally unique. All are in clear etched glass and include scenes of farming, fishing, lightning, a spiral galaxy, Moreton House in a snow storm, an aerial view of Salisbury Cathedral, scenes from the Battle of Britain etc.

My attempts to photograph these are hopeless and they in no way do the windows justice. Excellent pictures of the windows can be purchased in the Church.

On leaving Moreton Church, I would recommend you turn right and follow the road leading down to the river.

En-route you pass the Old Post Office and a small street which forms the centre of Moreton village.

Further down the hill you get to a long low footbridge across the river Frome.

The wide stretch of shallow water provides a popular play area.

Last but not least, on your way back to the car, you can stop at the Coffee Shop in the Old School House and visit the Morton Gardens and Plant Centre.