Berwick St Leonard is a small village south of the great Salisbury Plain and was the centre of the KEYNES family for generations.

The area within which the village lies is described in tourist brochures as "an area of great natural beauty" and includes items of historical interest such as stonehenge and other prehistoric monuments. 

As with most small villages of the time, Berwick St. Leonard had its own church centrally located.  It was here that professional researcher  Harry Holyer from Wiltshire was able to discover the early family baptisms, deaths and marriages.  He was employed by Joan Mould, of Victoria, Australia.  Read about the difficulties of research he found.   The church description and history was prepared locally in Wiltshire.

Chris KEYNES, a family member who lives on the Isle of Wight, has visited Berwick St. Leonard and taken photographs of the area, including the church above.  The photograph here shows a field within which the 'old' B St. L village lay, comprising 'mud and wattle' cottages, now completely decayed.  Click on photograph for enlargement.  The church is in the centre of the photograph, with a farm building being to the right.