Arthur Reed and William Louch were born on 17th June 1839 in Poplar London to Henry, a ropemaker and Anna Louch nee Masterman. On the 1841 Census they’re shown living with their parents and sisters Ellen Masterman Louch and Ada Reed Louch at Manor Cottage, Poplar London. Henry Louch was to die in 1848 and the family rope making business dissolved by his widow and son Henry Louch in 1859.
Stanley Spencer painted The Angel (1953)The Angel which is on your left as you enter the church gate, and several paintings of the churchyard. The Angel also appears in the top right-hand corner of Parents Resurrecting 1933. The painting shows the stone angel with the church tower in the background. Further down on the left of the path is a memorial stone to the artist, with a Judas tree planted by the Friends of the Stanley Spencer Gallery to commemorate the centenary of his birth.
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