John Wenban tipped out of cart before his time

By Michelle Nichols, Hawkesbury Family History Group
Updated April 8 2016 - 4:22pm, first published 10:25am
The vertical sundial carved by John Wenban. Picture: Michelle Nichols
The vertical sundial carved by John Wenban. Picture: Michelle Nichols

On the wall of Wilberforce’s St John’s Anglican Church is a vertical sundial with the initials J.W. and the date 1859. Who was J.W. and why that year?