Srinagar is the capital of the most northern Indian state Jammu and Kashmir, and lies only 100 miles ENE of the Pakistani capital Islamabad. The city lies on the Jhelum River next to the Dal Lakeand is famous for its many waterways and houseboats. A large hill once called Takt-e-suleiman (now called Shankaracharya Hill) looms over the city, and on one summit sits the Shankaracharya temple.

Rev. Cecil Barton (1870-1909) lived in Srinagar for several years with his young family, and was the vicar of All Saints Church, a church which still exists albeit in a more modern building.


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Srinagar from the Fateh Kadal (bridge).


Same view in 1972 (image from http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5492315)



The Maharaja's Palace in Srinagar.



Central Church Missionary Society High School in Srinagar.



Boys and Cecil (saluting) jumping from the school classroom into the Jhelum River.

All Saints Church

All Saints Church, Srinagar, in the winter.


All Saints Church, Srinagar in the summer.




Interior of All Saints Church, Srinagar.

Barton house

The Barton house in Srinagar (near All Saints Church). Cecil and Esther sit in the ponytrap in front of the house.

The precise location of this house isn't yet known, but a commenter called Jehangir on this Kashmiri blog notes that "In the year 1962 the J&K State Government leased out Revd. Biscoe's and Revd. Barton's residences situated at Sheikh Bagh, Srinagar, to the C.M.S Tyndale Biscoe Memorial High School for a period of 40 years." The location of this school is shown below:

There is a Panoramio photo (below) taken in the same area which shows a building with the same style of wall and windows, but the photographer, Faisal Dedmari, who attended the Tyndale Biscoe School, thinks it is a different building entirely, and wasn't able to positively identify it or any other building as the Barton house.





Interior of the Barton house in Srinagar.