St.
Andrews Church, Hyde Heath, Buckinghamshire
The Church was built in 1910 by Mrs. Hampton, who specifically arranged
that it should be outside the Little Missenden Parish Boundary. It took
a special document signed by H.M. The Queen to rearrange the Parish
Boundary to bring the Church into Little Missenden Parish in 1956. The
building was originally used as a Mission Room and only later came to be
used as the Church you see today.
The Frescos scene on the East Wall behind the Altar was painted by local
artist Mrs Joy Trotman Brand, and her sister, Miss Anne Trotman, carved
the wooden surround in English oak, donated by Robin Brazil. Miss
Trotman still comes regularly to oil the wood and keep it in good
condition.
The painting has many local connections Mrs Brand's daughter Marjorie,
was the model for the little girl in green and the Border Collie dog is
the Trotman family pet, Gwillym. The shepherd is the son of Mrs Birch.
She was the church caretaker for many years. The trees in the picture
represent White's Wood, the haystack and barn in the background are at
Nash's Farm, and the stream in the foreground is the Misbourne at Little
Missenden.
The cross on the roof was presented by Mr Baker, a lay reader here for
many years and other work in the church has been carried out by local
people, with the enthusiastic encouragement of the then Vicar of the
parish, the late Canon Francis. Roberts, my grandfather.