19 May 2022 update: I’ve been tidying up my notes today, and have completely forgotten how to re-blog on WordPress. If you want to know more about the Ingenious Mr Fairchild, who was born in Aldbourne, a really good reference is the Gardens Trust blog. Both articles were published in June 2017.
https://thegardenstrust.blog/2017/06/03/thomas-fairchild and https://thegardenstrust.blog/2017/06/17/the-vegetable-sermon
9 June 2019 update – editing my notes about Thomas Fairchild on the anniversary of his baptism in Aldbourne 352 years ago. The Wellcome Collection : The wisdom of God in the vegetable creation. A sermon preach’d in the parish-church of St. Leonard Shoreditch, on Whitson-Tuesday, May 19, 1730. At the first opening of an annual lecture on that subject, founded by Mr. Thomas Fairchild – Denne, John, 1693-1767 Date 1730 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/tnpdku9g/items?sierraId=b30374777&langCode=eng
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/thomas-fairchild-c-16671729-220972
November 2018: Aldbourne Community Heritage Group – ‘who lived in Aldbourne‘. An excellent presentation by Jan Lambourn, exploring Mr Fairchild’s ingenuity and curiosity.
June 2017: https://thegardenstrust.blog/2017/06/03/thomas-fairchild and https://thegardenstrust.blog/2017/06/17/the-vegetable-sermon
Jo Hutchings - Aldbourne Archive 
Thanks for the mention. I’m glad you think they were interesting. David