Hello - First of all, please excuse me if I've sent this email to the wrong person, but perhaps you might be able to forward it to somebody to whom it would be relevant. (Of course, I found your email address on the Whiteparish website.) I'm interested in two Victorian residents of Whiteparish, both of whom are buried in your churchyard - there's a monument to them, which, some time ago, I photographed, copy appended. They are John Wiltshire Bennett and his wife Ann Bennett (nee Riggs) who died in 1884 and 1888 respectively. John Wiltshire Bennett was the eldest son of my ancestor John Light Bennett, a fairly well-to-do Dorset landowner. (I'm descended from his daughter, Mary Light Bennett). You would have expected him, as the eldest son, to have inherited the family home and other property, but, in fact, he is not mentioned in his father's will, and the entire estate was left, in equal shares, to his remaining children. The reason for his being disinherited is not known; my own best conjecture is that he married a woman of fairly low social status, of whom his father disapproved. (There's a family legend to the effect that he disapproved of my ancestress marrying a mere schoolmaster - but, at least, she got a share of his estate.) John Wiltshire Bennett first worked as a waiter, then became reasonably successful as a tenant farmer in various properties in Hampshire, moving to Whiteparish in the 1870s. He's recorded in the 1881 Census Return as being a butcher and a farmer of 10 acres. (He was nearing 70 at the time, and this appears to have been a 'retirement' job) As far as I have been able to determine, he and his wife left no wills, but they seem to have been moderately prosperous, witness the fact that they could afford a very respectable churchyard monument. However, financially, he appears to have missed out badly by being disinherited by his father. He and his wife had eight children who lived to maturity, and I'm in touch with one of his direct descendants, a lady who lives in South Africa. I would, of course, be delighted to communicate with anybody in Whiteparish with an interest in the period, or who has any additional information. Best wishes, Will Stevens