A butcher from Beaminster
Peter Meech describes how his namesake made good but never forgot his roots in west Dorset
Published in April ’22
The portrait of Peter Meech as Master of the Butchers’ Company, now hanging in Beaminster Museum
TO dream of seeing your name on a gravestone is one thing; to see it in reality is quite another.
Some years ago, my cousin, Liz Crabb, took me to the graveyard of St Mary the Virgin in Powerstock to point out the imposing granite table tomb of one Peter Meech. After an initial shock, I realised that this must have been a man of some distinction and wealth – sadly, no relation – to have warranted such a memorial. …
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