St John's Church and Churchyard, Ashley. Monumental Inscriptions ...

St Johns Church & Churchyard. Ashley 

St John’s Church and Churchyard, Ashley. 

Monumental Inscriptions and location plan. 

Recorded by Dorothy Camden in 1999 

Transcribed by Betty Coops 2004 

The following are the monumental inscriptions and memorial plans of Ashley church and 

churchyard these were recorded in 1999 prior to and during the construction of the new Chapter 

House. These recordings have NOT been checked and validated by myself, so I cannot testify to 

their accuracy. Their text and location are recorded only as a guide to their existence, if you feel 

that the recording may be inaccurate then it is expected that the verification is yours and yours 

alone to confirm whether the transcription is correct. 

Philip M Coops 2006 

Ashley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme of Staffordshire, England. According 

to the 2001 census it had a population of 508. The village is close to the border of Shropshire, adjacent to 

Loggerheads, and is 4 miles (6 km) west north west of Market Drayton 

The church of St John the Baptist possess a 17th century tower with the remainder built in 1860-62 by J. Ashdown 

of London in a style representative of the13th-14th century. The church is on a raised mound which would leave 

one to think originally of Saxon or pre-Christian times. 

It is well worth a visit for the spectacular tomb of Sir Gilbert Gerard (d. 1592) and his wife (d. 1608). 

Near to the church is a mound as yet unexcavated but thought to a burial ground from the time of the Black Death. 

This text taken from ©Wikipedia® 

© Philip Coops. (Betley) 2006 

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1a/ Hexagon shaped war memorial with 4 slate slabs. 

Panel 1 

This cross / is erected to the / Glory of God / and in perpetual / memory of / the brave men 

/ who gave their lives / for God, King / and country / in the Great War / 1914-1918 / Grant 

them, O Lord / eternal rest. 

Panel 2 

JOHN WILCOX JOHN H. HILTON 

JOHN W.C.PYE HERBERT T. BENNETT 

FREDERICK HOPWOOD. JOSEPH GATER 

HARRY F. WALTON ARTHUR J. HULME 

THOMAS HUGHES REGINALD P. BROW 

SAMUEL W. JONES. 

Panel 3 

Also / those who fell / in the / World War / 1939-1945 / 

BASIL L. RANDALL GEORGE WALLEY 

ALFRED J. GRIFFITHS JOSEPH TAYLOR 

EDWARD P. CROWLEY GEORGE A. BENNETT 

WILLIAM PARTON WILLIAM J. BAGLEY 

WILLIAM HOPWOOD PETER GATER 

WILLIAM GATHERCOLE WILLIAM G. BRADBURY. 

2A/ Four kerbs and corner posts plus twp piece vase holder. 

Top kerb 

Christ have mercy 

RH Kerb top surface 

Lord have mercy 

side surface 

MINNIE the beloved wife of C.A.A.ELLARD, Priest / Born November 28th 1877, called to higher 

service November 28th 1944. 

L.H. kerb top surface 

Lord have mercy 

Side surface 

Also of CHARLES ALFRED AUGUSTUS ELLARD, one time priest of this church / born April 20th 

1878 called to higher service November 25th 1948. 

Bottom kerb top surface 

Rest in peace. 

Side surface 

+ 

3a/ Flat shaped headstone, sandstone buried under grass. 

Sacred / to the memory of JAMES PLANT / late of ASHLEY who departed this / life December 

28th 1840 / aged 48 years / There was a warning that death......... / the like of 

.....................thee / therefore always prepared be. 

4a/ Flat shaped sandstone headstone buried under grass. Broken in half. 

In / memory of / CHARLES BENNETT senior / who departed this life Feb ry 24th / 1836 aged 84 

years / Also of ELIZABETH his wife who / departed this life Feb ry 25th 1836, / aged (72?) 

years / Also CHARLES their son who / departed this life Nov.30th 1834 / aged 42 years / 

The...........lovely and pleasant in their lives / ........their death they were not 

divided. / 2 B S A 1 chap 23v 



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1b/ Flat sandstone bodystone completely buried engraving along length of stone and very 

worn in parts/ 

Sacred to the memory of / JAMES SILLITO / ..........WELLING in this parish / ...........of 

his family / ............ember 1863 / aged..years / ......nted unto man, once to die and 

after death the judgement. 

(Note this stone commemorates the same person as the south side panel of B33) 

2b/ Completely buried flat slab of sandstone nothing on it at all, could it be face down?) 

3b/ Facing west, tall shaped sandstone headstone carved decoration at top, weathered. 

Sacred / to the memory of / GEORGE FOX / who died Sep r 16th 1849 / aged 82 years / Here 

lies an honest innoffensive friend / happy was his mind and peaceful to the end / sincere in 

word and in his dealings just / upright in mind and faithful to his trust / Also / ESTHER 

FOX / wife of the above died / August 16th 1847 aged 75 years / Why should we mourn 

departing friends / or shake at death's alarm ? / tis but the voice that Jesus sends / to 

call them to his arms. 

4b/ Buried slate flat bodystone. 

Sacred to the memory of / JOSEPH FOX / late of this parish / who died Oct.21st 1838 / aged 

46 years. 

5b/ Facing west, large squareed sandstone headstone, slight decoration at top. 

Left hand side. 

RICHARD / SMITH died / August the 13 / 1745 aged 77. 

Right hand side. 

Here / sleeps in hopes / of a joyful reus / rection ye body / of ELIZABETH / wife of RICHARD 

/ SMITH of ASH / LEY interred / novem br ye 9th / 1730 / in ye 65th year of / her age. 

6b/ Buried sandstone headstone laid flat. Broken in twHere / lieth the remains of / JOHN 

HENSHALL / who departed this / life April the 18th 1790 / aged 81 years / Also MARGERY the / 

wife of the above / JOHN HENSHALL. She / died November 21st 1797 / aged 77 years. 

7b/ Facing west, shaped sandstone headstone. 

In / memory of / EDWIN MARTIN / who died Aug 30th / 1855 / aged 6 years / A lovely bud so 

young anf fair / cut down by early doom ./ Just to show how sweet a flower / in Paradise 

could bloom. 

8b/ Buried sandstone slab engraved with two large circles containing inscriptions. Very 

worn. 

Left circle. 

In / the memory of H.....h / wife of J...... DI.... who died / .........66 aged 48 / 

..................... / .............. / ............... 

Right circle. 

To / the memory of / PETER LIGHTFOOT who died / 11th July 1821 aged 46 years / an 

u...............God. 

9b/ Buried sandstone slab engraved with two large circles. Parts worn. 



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Left circle. 

JOHN LIGHTFOOT / died Feb 27th 1847 aged 76 / ELIZABETH his wife / died Sept 13th 1846 aged 

?7 / JOHN their son / died Decem 3(1?) 18 aged. 

Right circle 

GEORGE LIGHTFOOT / died Aug 14th 1832 / aged 53 / ELLEN his wife / died July 1848 / aged 70. 

10b/ Sandstone cross on large square base. 

In memoriam / CATHERINE LIGHTFOOT / died October 31st 1886 / aged 64 / PETER LIGHTFOOT / 

died Nevember 2nd 1886 / aged 79 / "Requiescent in pace" 

11b/ Sandstone headstone shaped and weathered. 

Left side. 

In / memory of / THOS BUTTER / of HOOKGATE / who departed this / life August 4th 1823 / aged 

58 years. 

Right side. 

Sacred / to the / memory of / ELIZ th BUTTER / who died March / 24th 1847 aged / 72 years. 

Also WILLIAM BUTTER son of / THOS and ELIZ th BUTTER of HOOKGATE / who departed this life 

March .. 1816 / aged 1 year and 10 months. 

12b//Shaped sandstone. 

MARY the wife of / JOHN LIGHTFOOT, died / Nov r 2nd 1788 aged 44 years / DOROTHY, the 

daughter of / JOHN and MARY LIGHTFOOT died / march 5th 1797 / aged 21 years / JOHN LIGHTFOOT 

died April / 23rd 1805 aged 68 years. 

11a b/ Buried large flat sandstone slab in front of 13b/ nothing legible on it. 

12a b/ Buried large flat sandstone slab in front of 14b/ nothing legible on it. 

13b/ Sandstone headstone. 

The memory of / MARY the wife / of JOHN BOON late / of ASHLEY HEATH / who died Septem / ber 

18th 1778 aged 67. 


JOHN Y son / of RICh BROWN / was interred Jan / the 21 1743 / aged 26 / repent in time / do 

not delay / death in my prime / took me away. 

15b/ Shaped white headstone on plinth. 

In / loving memory / of / MARY / the beloved wife of / CHARLES MACHIN / and daughter of the 

late JOHN SWANN / THE FIELDS FARM, ASHLEY / who died October 15th 1845 / in her 59th year. / 

Also of the above / CHARLES MACHIN / late of THE FIELDS FARM / who died April 6th 1856 / in 

his 81st year / This memorial is erected by the wish of / their loving son, EHPRAM MACHIN / 

who died at CAVERSHAM, DUNED in, N.Z. / Nov 15th 1885,aged 62years / Blessed are the dead 

who die in the Lord / A.D.1887 / Also of ELIZABETH / daughter of the above / late of BAYHAM 

ABBEY / who died September 9th 1891, / aged 70 years / The hour of my departure's come / I 

hear the voice that calls me home / at last, O Lord, let troubles cease / now let thy 

servant die in peace. 



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16b/ Square sandstone headstone. 


JOHN SWANN / died August 1st 1809 / aged 60 / ANN his wife / died October 26th 1790 / aged 

40 / JANE their daughter / died July 23rd 1789 / aged 13. 

17b/ Large flat sandstone bodystone, buried no discernable markings. 


Sacred / to the memory of / EMANUEL HOWARD / who departed this life / Feb 19th 1846 aged / 

61 years / In / memory of / EMANUEL HOWARD / who died March 25th / 1828 aged 84 years / Also 

MARY his / wife who died / April 14th 1828 / aged 76 years / both of this parish. 


EDWARD LOWE / died Sepr ye 17th / 1740 aged 61 / weep not for me ye / sleeps here here in ye 

dust / prepare yourself for / follow me you must. 

20b/ Bodystne completely buried. Nothing readable. 

21b/ Body stone completely buried nothing readable. 

22b/ Shaped sandstone headstone. 

Sacred / to / the memory of / THOMAS JONES / (late of this parish ) / who departed this life 

/ June 12th 1852 / aged 64 years / when musing sorrow weeps the past / and mourns the 

present pain / how sweet to think of peace at last / and feel that death is gain. 


Sacred / to / the memory of / JOHN JONES / (late of this parish) / who departed this life / 

May 6th 1855 aged 69 years / see the inscription of his love / in earth below and heaven 

above / ........wide nature loudly tell / that Jesus hath done all things well / Also of 

ELLEN wife of the above / died 25th Dec r 1869 aged 78 years. 

On reverse of stone. 

In memory of / ELIZABETH JONES the / wife of THOS JONES of / ASHLEY who died / November 20th 

1744 / aged 71 / Also THOS JONES who / died December 24th / 1763 aged 82. 

24b/ Sandstone headstone fallen, broken in three pieces. 

Sacred / to the memory / RICHARD LAWTON / of this parish who died / July 15th 1854 aged 94 

years/ / Also / MARY his wife who died / March 12th 1840 aged 77 / years. 


Sacred / to the memory / of JOHN AVERILL / who departed / this life Decem / ber 1st 1836 

aged / 81 years / Aloving friend / a husband dear / a loving father / lieth here. 


Here / lies the body of HARRIET / daughter of JOHN and MARY / BADDELEY who died / Feb ry 2nd 

1804 / aged 9 years / Weep not for me my parents dear / I'm not dead but sleeping here / my 

end you know, my grave you see / and in a while you'll follow me. 



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To the / memory / of ELIZABETH, daughter of / NANCY BADDELEY who departed / this life 

October the 6th 1803 / aged 17 years 

In love I lived in peace I dyed / my life I craved but God deny'd / my virgin bloom he did 

deface / and sent me to a better place / so dear friends pray weep no more / I am not lost 

but gave before. 

28b/ Flat sandstone bodystone, buried. Nothing on it. 

29b/ Small shaped headstone. 

Here / lies the body / of THOS FARRINGTON / who died Sept r 14th / 1751 aged 39. 

30b/ Buried flat sandstone bodystone. 

In memory of GEORGE BUCKLEY of ............. / TOWN who died August 17th 1800 aged ...years 

/ Also ELIZABETH his second wife ...... died / March ...... 1805 aged 17 years. 

31b/ Covered sandstone bodystone, large. No discernable marks. 

32b/ Double grave, centre cross on three platforms, 3 kerbstones in tact 3 broken. Grey 

stone. 

One side of cross. 

In loving memory / of / JAMES SILLITO / of BROMLEY HALL / who died January 2nd 1895 / aged 

55 years / Also of CATHERINE SOPHIA his wife / who died Feb 9th 1915 aged 71 years. 

Second side of cross. 

In memory of MARY / daughter of the late / JAMES & CATHERINE SOPHIA SILLITO / of BROMLEY 

HALL / died May 10th 1918 aged 43 years. 

33b/ Large sandstone tomb, side panels very erodod and base starting to break. 

South side panel. 

...................... / (of THE WELLINGS ) / who died in the month of Sept 1863 / aged 68 

years. 

West panel. 

Also of ELIZABETH widow / of the late JAMES SILLITO / of THE WELLINGS / who died April 29th 

1887 / aged 78 years. 

East panel. 

Also JOHN, son of / JAMES and ELIZABETH SILLITO, / who died April,15,1846 / aged 6 months. 

(Note: the south side panel commemorated the same person as 1b). 

34b/ Flat covered in moss, bodystone. 

Here lies / THEOPILUS son of JOHN & ELIZ. WHARTON / of THE WELLINGS / whose conduct was 

unblamable / and behaviour truly pious / he died Agust 12th 1764 / aged 19. / Remember 

reader thou art born to die / and must return to dust as well as I / quit cheerfully thy 

earthly house of clay / God will restore it at the appointed day / restore it glorious if 

thou liveth well / watch then and pray; nor dread the solemn knell. 


Sacred to the memory / of MARY wife of THOMAS / ASTIN late of HINSTOCK. She / resigned up 

her spirit to / her merciful Redeemer. Nov / ember 10th 1786. ag........ / 

.................... / ................ / In kindred dust February / the 11 1782 aged 23 

years. 



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36b/ Sandstone headstone, engraved in two halves. 

Left side.. 

EDWARD / THOMPSON / the elder / was buried / Dec br ye 10th / 1717 

Right side. 

and / MARY / his wife / was buried / Oct r ye 23rd / 1729. 


Near this stone / lieth the bodied / of JOHN SAMUEL SARAH / ANN and SAMUEL sons / and 

daughter of SAMUEL / and ELIZABETH LAWTON of this / town all died young / Also MARGARET 

their daug / hter died Sept r 13 1787 aged / 17 / Mourn not for me my parents dear / lest 

God should on you frown / though I was young, the Lord was strong / and quickly cut me down 

/ He chose for me a bed of rest / and eased me of my pain / when Christ appears with joyful 

tears / I hope to rise again. 

38b/ Large shaped sandstone headstone. 

Left side. 

Sacred / to the memory of / SAMUEL LAWTON / late of this town / who departed this life / 

March the 14th 1810 / aged 79 years. 

Right side. 

To the memory of / ELIZ. wife of the sais / SAMUEL LAWTON / who departed this life / June 

13th 1811 / aged 85 years. 

In kindred dust there lies a happy pair / zeal to thier saviour was their greatest care / 

they taught their children, in their early age / to trace the scriptures each sacred page / 

and to instuct them in the paths of light / to know the gospel was their whole delight / 

steadfast in faith, grounded in charity / and to their neighbours ever kind and free. 

39b/ Bodystone, very worn 

Sacred to the / memory of.............. (rest unreadable). 


Sacred / to the memory of / MARY wife of WILLIAM HULME / she died Jan ry 23rd 1826 / aged 31 

years / Also JOHN son of the above / he died Sep r 8th 1826 / aged 8 months / Loving wife 

and friend sincere / a tender mother lieth here. 

41b// Sandstone headstone, half buried. 

Here lieth the / body of JOHN / WOOLLEY / of ye / RUDGE who dep / this life ye 5th of / 

April 1767 in / ye 32 year of his age. 


To / the memory of MARY ANN / AVERILL daughter of / RICH d and ANN AVERILL / of ASHLEY 

HATTER who / died May 11,1808 / aged 12 years / Blessed are the dead / that die in the Lord. 


Left side. 

To / the memory of / RICHARD AVERILL / of ASHLEY HATTER / who died Jan ry 30th / 1822 aged 

57 years. 



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Right side. 

Also / to the memory / of ANN his wife / who died Feb y / 24th 1833 aged / 72 years. 

Afflictions sore a long time I bore / physicians were in vain / God did please to give me 

ease / and free me from my pain. 

44b/ Small headstone. 

Here / lyeth the body of / MARTHA SUTTON / who departed this life / March the 24th 1781 / 

aged 75 years. 

45b/ Sandstone, four corner posts. 

In living memory of WILLIAM BILLINGTON of HOOKGATE who fell asleep June 4th 1899 aged 69 

years / Also SARAH his beloved wife who fell asleep June 2nd 1897 aged 64 years / "We shall 

be satisfied when we awake with thy likeness". 

46b/ New black marble headstone, vase in plinth.Shepherd etched bottom left. 

Treasured memories / of a dear father and mother / CLIVE BROOKES / HAMMERSLEY / died Nov.5th 

1945 / aged 38 / SARAH ELLEN / died April 14th 1980 / aged 74 / JOHN CLIVE / diedMay 6th 

1995 / aged 62. 

47b/ Cross, broken in half on a three tiered base. 

Top tier. 

In loving memory / of 

Middle tire. 

PRICILLA, beloved wife of / JAMES BRADBURY / of ASHLEY / who died July 25th 1897 / aged 26 

years. 

Bottom tier. 

Also HAROLD their son / who died Dember 7th 1895 / aged 6 months. 

48b/ White stone, three tiered base. 

Top tier. 

In loving memory of / SUSAN beloved daughter of 

Middle tier. 

PETER and MARTHA PEACOCK / of THE RUDGE, who died Dec 1st 1896 / aged 23 years./ Gone but 

not forgotten. 


In / loving memory of / WILLIAM HENRY COTTERILL / died March 15 1935 / aged 72 years / 

CHARLOTTE / beloved wife of the above / died April 1 1942 / Aged 70 years / CHARLES HUGH / 

died Aug 1 1900 / aged 2 years & 4 months / GEORGE LESLIE / died August 27 1912 / aged 3 

years / children of the above. 

50b/ Shaped sandstone headstone with carved decoration round stone. 

Scared / to the memory of / SARAH COOPER wife of / Mr. BENJAMINE COOPER of STONE / in this 

county who departed this life / at ASHLEY on the 10th day of May / 1857 aged 41 years / May 

death conclude my toil & tears! / May death destroy my sins and fears! / May death through 

Jesus be my friend! / May death be life, when life shall end! 

Mason. R.Shuker / Drayton. 



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51b/ Small sandstone headstone. 

Nothing readable. 


52b/ Shaped sandstone headstone with carved decoration top & sides. Leaning back slightly. 

Sacred / to the memory of / SUSANNAH ORWELL / who departed this life / August 8th 1859 / 

aged 51 years / Weep not! the land to which I go / is beautiful and bright; / there shall no 

tears of sorrow flow / and there shall be no night / Rejoice! we yet shall meet again / 

where none may say farewell, / and in one home of deathless love / together we shall dwell. 

Mason R.Shuker, Drayton. 

53b/ Shaped sandstone headstone and three kerbs, two corner posts. Headstone good but kerbs 

breaking. 

Vase. P. 

Stone. 

Treasured memories of / JOHN PRESTON / of WESLYAN ROAD, ASHLEY / died Dec 4th 1945 / aged 74 

years / "I know that my Redeemer liveth" / Also LUCY / beloved wife of the above / JOHN 

PRESTON / who died Feb.13th 1959, / Aged 88 years, "Re-united" / Also of EDITH NICKLIN / who 

died April 7th 1950 / Aged 75 years / "Duty nobly done". 

Mason. G.O.BURT / Newcastle. 

54b/ Facing west, shaped sandstone headstone carved decoration at top. 

Sacred / to the memory of HARRIET / daughter of DANIEL and / ELIZABETH CARSLEY who departed 

/ this life June 13th 1844 / aged 5 years. / Blessed are the the dead which died in the 

Lord. / Also to the memory of the / above ELIZABETH CARSLEY who / departed this life March 

31st / 1853 aged 41 years / I know that my Redeemer liveth. 

55b/ Child's grave, no stone, only plants and a teddy bear. 

56b/ New stone, small brown polished, on plinth containing vase holder. 

Treasured memories of / our daughter / MARINA ANN / PEAKE / 10 July 1956 - 6 Jan. 1958 / A 

ray of sunshine came and went / a beautiful treasure only lent / safe in the arms of Jesus" 

57b/ Child's grave, no monuments. Planted with pansies. 

58b/ Shaped sandstone headstone leanong slightly forward. 

Sacred to the memory of / ELIZA / (wife of CHARLES BEARD 0 who died May 27th 1873 / ahed 70 

years / This world is vain and full of pain / with care and trouble sore; / but they are 

blest,who are at rest, / with Christ for evermore. 

59b/ Shaped divided sandstone headstonLeft side. 

In / memory of / JA............. / who.............. / life May 21st 1.... / aged 60 years / 

Also.............. / ............... / ........................ 

Right side. 

In / memory of / ANN ORWELL / who departed this / life May 25th 1858 / aged 83 years / 

Afflictions sore long time I bore / physicians were in vain / till death did ease and God 

did please / to free me from my pain. 



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60b/ Four sandstone kerbs and corner blocks plus vase. 

Top kerb. 

In loving memory of 

Left kerb 

MARY ELIZABETH beloved wife of SAMUEL CORK died 13th April 1947 aged 79 years. 

Right kerb. 

Also SAMUEL CORK died 9th November 1950 aged 90 years. 

61b/ Dark grey polished cross on three tier base. Cross fallen and leaning against base. 

Top tier. 

In / loving memory / of / SUSANNA 

Middle tier. 

Beloved daughter of / WILLIAM & SUSANNA HEMMINGS / of HOOKGATE / who died Feb 16th 1909 / 

aged 10 years & 11 months. / Sleeping in Jesus. 

Bottom tier. 

Also of THOMAS S.R.HEMMINGS / who dies April 5th 1897 / aged 9 months. 

68b/ Four sandstone kerbs and corner blocks plus vase. 

Right kerb. 

MARY, beloved wife of JOHN CHARLES TYLER, of VALEVIEW, ASHLEY / called to rest Dec.8th 1945, 


Left kerb. 

Also JOHN CHARLES TYLER / called to rest 26th Feb.1969, aged 87 years. 

Mason. G.O.Burt. 

62b/ Shaped sandstone headstone, leaning back slightly, decorated at toIn affectionate 

rememberance of / LOUISA JANE / the beloved wife of / WILLIAM SYMCOX / of HOOKGATE / who 

died 13th Jan y 1877 / aged 30 years / also the above WILLIAM SYMCOX / who died Dec 11th 

1904 / aged 55 years / "The toilful day of life is o'er". 

63b/ Very large grave, fiur sandstone kerbs and large flat bodystone. Remains of iron 

railings and posts. 

ANN BARBER / 1865 / HARRIET HELENA / MARY BARBER / sister if the above named / ANN BARBER, / 

died 5-Nov-1883. 

64b/ Shaped sandstone headstone, topped with a decorated cross. 

In / loving memory / of / WILLIAM WAIN / of ASHLEY / who died June 7th 1887 / aged 54 years. 

/ "In the midst of life we are in death" / In / loving memory of / SARAH ANN WAIN / wife of 

the above died Feby 6th 1909 / Also JOSEPH LYCETT WAIN / son of the above / who died Jan 

21st 1875 / aged 1 year and 8 months / He gathers the lambs into his fold. 

65b/ Small sandstone headstone and cross, broken off, both lying on ground. 

Cross. 

In / loving memory / of 


ELIZABETH / EMMA / daughter of THOMAS / SWINNERTON and JANE REYNOLDS / born Dec r 20th 1867 

/ died April 5th 1876 / "Asleep in Jesus" 



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66b/ Shaped sandstone headstone carving at top, starting to flake. 

In / memory of / HARRIET / the beloved wife of / GEORGE WALTERS / of ASHLEY / who died Feb 

26th 1876 / aged 45 years / Thy will be done. 

67b/ Shaped sandstone headstone on plinth, leaning slightly forward. 

In / affectionate remembrance of / EMMA / the beloved wife of / JOHN GROCOTT WRIGHT / (of 

ASHLEY ) / who died February 18th 1875 / aged 61 years. / Her delight was in doing good. / 

Also of / JOHN GROCOTT WRIGHT / who died May 6th 1888 / aged 74 years. / Also FANNY GROCOTT 

BRAMMER, wife of / JOHN CHARLES BRAMMER, / and daughter of the above / JOHN WRIGHT / who 

died Sep. 21st 1919, / aged 72 years. / Sudden death is sudden glory. 

Mason Broadgate N,Castle. 

69b/ Shaped sandstone with carved decoration at top incorporating "IHS God is love". 

In affectionate remembrance of / MARY / wife of THOMAS SALT / of HOOKGATE / who died 13th 

February 1870 / aged 58 years / She rests in peace. / Also three grandchildren of the above 

/ THOMAS son of HERBERT W.HULME / who died 22nd January 1861 / aged 3 years. / Also MARY J. 

his daughter / who died 31st October 18.. / Aged 5 months. / Also JESSIE A. his daughter / 

who died 9th February 1870 / aged 1 year and 5 months. 

70b/ Sandstone table tomb. 

Sacred to the memory of / MARGARET wife of EDWARD J. THOMPSON / surgeon ASHLEY / who 

departed this life April 17th 1875 / aged fifty one years. 

71b/ Granite headstone on plinth - front polished. 

In / memory of / JAMES / son of / JAMES and ELIZA WARDLE / who died Janueary 9th 1878 / aged 

1 year and 9 months / Also of ELIZA WARDLE / who died Nov.r 18th 1884 / aged 33 years / Also 

ELIZABETH / wife of FREDERICK WARDLE / died May 30 1889 / aged 64 years. 

72b/ Tall shaped sandstone headstone with carved decoration at top. 

In affectionate remembrance of / SARAH / the beloved wife of / FREDERICK SALT / of HOOKGATE 

/ who died May 12 1887 / aged 39 years / "her sun went down ere it was day. / Also of HELEN 

SALT, / who died Sep. 26. 1887 / aged 55 years. / "She rest in peace. / Also of FREDERICK 

SALT / of HOOKGATE / who fell asleep Dec. 17 1912 / aged 67 years. / "Thy will be done." 

ROBERT H. GATHERCOLE 

RH kerb 

Also HANNAH, beloved wife of the aforesaid / who died Feb 12th 1953 aged 96 years. 

Mason Watt & Leeson. / Stoke. 

13c/ Shaped sandstone headstone with rose design carved at top. Slabs covered with 

chippings and overgrown with grass. Kerbs could have been removed. 

In loving memory of / FLORENCE WHITFIELD / youngest daughter of / MOSES AND EMMA PARTON / of 

THE MANOR HOUSE, / who died June 19 1922. / Aged 41 years./ "At rest" / Also of HARRY 

WHITFIELD / her beloved husband / who died April 5 1959 / aged 78 years / "Re-united" 

14c/ Dark grey polished stone on plinth. Church interior design etched on left. New stone. 

In loving memory / of / GEORGINA ALMOND / died May 14th 1928 . aged 49 years / Also her 

beloved husband / ALFRED JAMES / died Oct.31st 1943 / aged 66 years / "At rest." 



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15 c / Weathered white marble ornate headstone - scroll and pillars, on plinth, kerbs could 

have 

been removed. 

In / loving memory / of / WILLIAM COLLIER / THE TERRACE, ASHLEY / who died Aug 21st 1921, 

aged 80 years. / Thy will be done. 

17c/ White stone kerbs and corner posts, overgrown. 

Top kerb 

In loving memory 

LH kerb 

JANE ELIZABETH LOWE who died August 14th 1931 aged 69 years. 

RH kerb 

Also of WILLIAM LOWE. Who died January 29th 1933 aged 84 years. 

18c/ Obviously a grave under grass, a kerb runs along end of grave and no.15. No markings. 

19c/ Very small white marble stone leaning on a support. 

HILDA. 

1d/ Shaped sandstone headstone. 

In affectionate remembrance of / BENJAMIN FORRESTIR / of ASHLEY / late of PIPEGATE / died 

16th of July 1881 / in his 87th year / In my Father's house are many mansions ; if it / were 

not so, I would have told you. I go to / prepare a place for you. 

2d / Assume large headstone laid flat. No visible markings on surface. 

3d/ Weathered white shaped stone on plinth, carving of daffodils at top, carved outline 

round engraved lettering. Kerbs loose, top overgrown. 

In loving memory of / THOMAS PARTON / of JUG BANK, ASHLEY / who died January 1st 1895 / aged 

69 years / He patiently suffered / and peacefully died / Also ESTHER daughter of / THOMAS 

and HARRIET PARTON / who died December 19th 1888 / aged 18 years / The Lord is my shepherd / 

I shall not want / Also LUCY HARRISON / of JUG BANK ASHLEY / who died December 10th 1914 / 


4d/ Broken sandstone cross on a plinth. HIS on cross. On pile on ground. 

Plimth 

In loving memory / of / 

5d/ Sandstone headstone laid flat. Lot of surface flaked off. 

In the memory of / JOSEPH DAIN / died December 26th 1862 / aged 56 years / Also / MARY wife 

of the above / died December 1st 1880 / Age 67 years. / Also................er / 

die............1849. 

(Most of inscription taken from 1985 records, no longer legible). 

6d/ Four sandstone kerbs, top filled with earth and over grown. 

Only inscription is on bottom kerb 

Broadgate (mason?) 



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7d/ Shaped sandstone headstone, rose carved at top. Centre of stone flaking badly. 

In loving memory of / SARAH LATHAM / of NEWLAND FARM, COLTON, / died April 20th 1889 / Also 

JOHN............of the above / died February..........1892 / Aged 6(9?) years / "Be ye 

also...............hour as ye / think not...................th." 

8d/ Shaped sandstone, carved flower circle at top, badly eroded in centre. 

In memory of / JOHN......IAM / .............. / who died............1876 / 

ag...............rs/ Three more lines not readable. 

9d/ Shaped sanfstone with cross engraved at top surface badly eroded. 

In affectionate remembrance of / WILLIAM TOMKINSON / who departed this life / January 20th 

1....aged 73 years / Also ANN..............above / who................... / July 

22nd............... ears / Also SAMUEL LATHAM / aged 1 month / Nothing in my 

hand..............ing / Sim.y..............ing. 

10d/ One of a plot of three graves surrounded by raised kerbs. Each grave has small wall 

round it with a flat headstone lying on top third. All sandstone. 

Sacred / to the dear memory of / JOSEPH RICHARDS / who was called to a higher priesthood / 

on April 15th 1941,aged 74 years / Forty years rector of this parish / whose life was an 

inspiration / whose memory a benediction / Also MARY L. RICHARDS / his beloved wife / who 

passed away on December 24th 1957 / aged 91 years / Bravely she fought the good fight and / 

did not count the codt / an ever shining example of courage and faith / the joy in life - 

was their love and / devotion for this church and parish. 

11d/ One of a plot of three graves surrounded by raised kerbs, each grave has a small wall 

round it, with a flat headstone lying on top third, all sandstone. Sycamore tree growing on 

grave. 

In loving memory of / BERNARD GARNER RICHARDS T.D. / Major in the Royal Artillary / born 5th 

Feb 1903 / fell asleep 18th Aug 1972 / He remained Christ's faithful / soldier and servant 

unto / life's end / His boyhood was spent at / ASHLEY Rectory and he was a / devoted son and 

brother / loved all and was loved by all. 

12d/ One of a plot of three graves surrounded by by raised kerbs, each grave has small wall 

around it, with a flat headstone lying on top third, all sandstone. 

Military Emblem at top. 

In loving memory of / JOSEPH HAROLD WILLIAM / GARNER RICHARDS. O.B.E., D.L. / Brigadier in 

the Royal Artillary / Born 29th Aug. 1897 / fell asleep 3rd Nov. 1986 / His boyhood was 

spent at / ASHLEY Rectory and he was a / devoted son,brother,husband / and father / He 

always tried his best / no man can do more / In loving memory of his wife ENID / CLUNES 

MACKAY died 24th Nov 1980 / aged 82 years. Her ashes are scattered / in STRATHDALE,SCOTLAND. 

/ Her thoughts were always for others. 

13d/ All sandstone, ornate carved and shaped headstone. Roof shaped bodystone. Badly 

eroded. 

Headstone. 

In / memory / of / JOSEPH HOPE / who departed this life / May 1 (9?)th 186(6 or 3) / aged 

(70?) years. 

Raised shield on end of bodystone. 

He only / is my rock / and my salvation. 



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14d/. Group of two fallen stones and two small bits (which make one) in corner between oil 

tank and church wall. All sandstone. 

Stone 1. 

No legible inscription. 

Stone 2. 

+ / J B / 1750. 

Two small bits. 

Only initial H on this. 

15d/ Sandstone with engraved latters and border. Writing length ways. 

Sacred to the memory of ANN only / daughter of JAMES and PENELOPE BIDDULPH / who after a 

lingering and most painful disease / which she endured with exemplary patience / and pious 

resignation terminated this mortal / life on the 25th November 1818 aged 19 years. 

16d/ sandstone bodystone. 

Underneath / lies the body of / JOHN TOMKINSON / who died June 21st 1854 / aged 74 years / 

Also ANN his wife / who died Dec r 7th 1851 / aged 71 years. 

17d/ Sandstone headstone, badly eroded. HIS engraved at top. 

In the LOrd is my trust / in memory of ELIZABETH / wife of JOHN TOMKINSON / of ASHLEY / who 

departed this life / July 14th 18 (80?) / in the (64?th) year of her age / ......rejoicing 

in the Lord..........) / Also of / the above JOHN TOMKINSON / who departed this life / July 

14th 1.....1 / in the 64th year of his age / I lingered long in my disease / I suffered what 

my God did please / I wasted like the dew in sun / no help for me my race was run. 

Mason Furnival. 

18d/ Sandstone bodystone. 

No markings. Oon this Stone,, 

19d/ Large shaped sandstone headstone laid flat , badly worn. 

Memory of 

Left side of stone 

JOSEPH ......MS / ASHLEY / who died August 6th / 1867 / aged 11 years. 

Nothing on right side. 

1e/ Slightly weathered sandstone headstone. 

Left side 

In / memory of / WILLIAM FOX / of ASHLEY / who departed this / life.... April 1801 / aged 

53 years. 

Right side. 

In / memory of / MARTHA wife of / WILLIAM FOX / of ASHLEY who / departed this life / April 

13th; 1843 / aged 91 years. 

Accross bottom 

Not for the pious dead / let us disponding weep / sweet is their rest and soft their bed / 

who thus in Jesus sleep. 



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2e/ Shaped sandstone headstone decor at top. 

In affectionat remembrance of / JANE / wife of JAMES BARRATT / who died 24th January 1874 / 

in her 81st year / "I know whom I have believed ' 2nd Timothy ch:1, v 12. / Also of the 

above / JAMES BARRATT / who died 11th August 1880 / in his 89th year / His end was peace. 

R.Dobson / Mkt Drayton. 

3e/ Short, shaped sandstone headstone badly eroded. 

In / memory of / ............ / son of SAMUEL and ANN TAYLOR; / ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHESHIRE / 

departed this ......................... 

4e/ Very small sandstone headstonno words on front but decorated. 

Large letter B on the back. 

5e/ Sandstone headstone, shaped top. Divided into two sides badly worn. 

Sacred / to the memory of 

Left side 

WILLIAM STANLEY / late of HUNGERS / HEATH in this parish / who departed this / life June 

11th 1824 / aged....years / Also ELIZABET beloved daughter / of WILLIAM STANLEY / departed 

this life / (rest unreadable.) 

Right side Nothing written. 

6e/ Large square sandstone headstone. decorated at top. (Position changed due to Chapter 

House construction) 

Left side 

In / memory of / MARY wife of / ROBERT LLOYD,she died Nov r 26th / 1833 / aged 69 years / 

2nd ROBERT son / of ROBERT and ANN / LLOYD Junr. Died June 30th 1831 aged 2 years & 8 months 

/ Afflictions some long time I bore / physicians were in vain . till death gave ease when 

God did please / to ease me of my pain. 

Right side. 

In / memory of / ROBERT LLOYD / (of BLACK BROOK / who died / October 9th 1842 / aged 76 

years / two children of / ROBERT and ANN LLOYD / Junr. ROBERT died / May 25, 1838, aged 2 

years / and 7 months / Praise wrote on stone / is labour vainly spent / a man's good deeds / 

are his best monument. 

7e/ Large square sandstone headstone heavily decorated at top. 

In memory of / THOMAS / son of ROBERT and / MARY LLOYD, of MAER - / HEATH: who died 

Jan.18thth / 1826, aged 28 years. / By sudden death I'm snatched away / which scarcely left 

me time to say / the Lord have mercy on my soul / so absolute was his control / Reflect, 

when thou my grave dost see / the next thats made maybe for thee. 

8e/ Shaped top sandstone headstone, weathered. (Position changed due to Chapter House 

construction) 

Sacred / to the memory 

Left side 

In affectionate / remembrance of / MARY MARGARET PARTON / who died February 13, 1891 / aged 

62 years. 

Right side. 

MARY the wife of / JOHN PARR / who died July 12th / 1843. 

Gone but not forgotten 



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9e/ Shaped sandstone headstone, leaning. (Position changed due to Chapter House 

construction). 

Sacred / to the / memory of / ELIZABETH / beloved wife of ALFRED BROWN / of NEWCASTLE-UNDER- 

LYME / who died June the 7th 1865 / aged 33 years / Deeply lamented / " the memory of the 

just is blessed." 

Rhodes Newcastle. 

10e/ Square shaped headstone decor at top. (Position changed due to Chapter House 

construction). 

Left side 

In / memory / of / MARY / wife of JOHN TITLEY / died Mar ch 18th 1846 / aged 88 years. 

Right side 

Sacred / to the memory of / JOHN TITLEY / late of ASHLEY-HEATH / who departed this / life 

4th March 1829 / My det,s, are paid / my grave you see / stay awhile and / you follow me. 

11e/ Bodystone, engraved one section only. 

Sacred to / memory of .......... / CHRISTOPHER SPENCER / WOOD, son of JOHN / and CATHERINE 

WOOD / who died April 10th / 1833 aged ....months. (Rest unreadable) 

12e/ Shaped sandstone headstone, decor. at top. 

Erected / in memory of JOHN CHILD / late of MARKET DRAYTON / SALOP. who died Dec r 25th / 

1834. Aged 43 years / a loveing husband / and a tender father. 

13e/ Square sandstone headstone, heavily decorated. ( Position changed due to Chapter House 

construction) 

Left side. 

In / memory of / PETER HOPWOOD / who died Oct 15th / 1820. Aged 37years. 

Right side. 

In / memory / of ANN wife of / PETER HOPWOOD / who died Sept r 15th . 1812 aged 19 years / 

Also MARYANN / daughter of / PETER and ANN / HOPWOOD who / died Feb ry 14th . 1813 aged 4 

months. 

14e/ Shaped sandstone headstone. Position changed due to Chapter House construction 

Sacred / to the memory of MARY wife of / ABRAHAM HOPWOOD of this place / who departed this 

life Feb y 5th / 1833 aged 36 years. / Also ABRAHAM their son died July / 30th 1828 aged 3 

months / Also ISIAH died Sep m 1st 1831 / aged 6 months/ Also MATILDA their daughter died / 

Feb y 27th 1834 aged 13 months. 

15e/ Four sandstone kerbs and corner posts, fallen apart and broken. Poor condition. 

Top kerb. 


Left kerb 

FRANCIS PICKSTOCK who died November 1, 1893. Aged 55 years. 

Right kerb 

Also ANN, his wife who died February 10 1925, aged 77 years. 

Bottom kerb 

''Peace perfect peace" 



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16e/ Shaped sandstone headstone. 

In memory of 


Left side 

JOHN WHITTINGHAM / son of WILLIAM and / MARY WHITTINGHAM / of ASHLEY, who died / April 8th 

1854 age 19 / years, Also / HARRIOT WHITTINGHAM / who died November 7th / 1854, aged 21 

years Also / ANN COLSELLwho died / Feb y 3rd 1857 age 19 years / Also SARAH HUXLEY / who 

died in LONDON / December 7th 1852 / aged 28 years. 

17e/ Sand stone tomb one side panel missing. 

Sacred to the memory / of RICHARD HAND / of GERRARDS BROMLEY in this county / He departed 

this life 29th day of May / 1818 in the 56th year of his age. 

East end panel.(Badly eroded) 

Sacred / to the memory / of .............. / ...................... / 

............................... / .......................... / Feb........ 1821 / aged 23 

years. 

18e/ Two pieces of kerb. (Position changed due to Chapter House construction, could well be 

moved again to facilitate grass cutting, pieces are small) 

Kerb one. 

ARTHUR JONES / died Dec 6th 1932 / aged 65 years 

Kerb two 

Also ALICE HAND BR Kerb broken here) 

died April 11th 1935 / aged 58 years. 

19e/ Tall sandstone headstone damaged top and left side. Was completely buried, found 

during construction of Chapter House, broken in two by machine, now laid flat in new 

position. 

Resurrectionis Beata / Sepulius en /.......NRICUS TOMKINSON AB / Huyus Ecclesia Rector / 

....uadraginta et tres Annos / ......Dle Augusti / .....atis 77' / iam.. 1731' 

20e/ Small sandstone headstone damaged left sied and top. Completley buried found during 

Chapter House construction, laid flat in new position. 

JOYNSON / died Jany 5th / 1847. 

1f/ Sandstone headstone with cut out design at top, central area completely eroded. 

Inscription around cut out edge at top. 

Weep not for me my children dear, I'm not dead but sleepimg here; / My time 

was......................grief was less / I'm gone from............to happiness. 

(Nothing else readable) 

Mason. R.Dobson.Mkt.Drayton. 

2f/ Shaped sandstone headstone divided into two right half badly eroded in centre. 

Left side. 

Here / lies the body of / FRANCIS HOPWOOD / who died / August 27th 1808 / aged 52. 

Right side. 

SARAH HOPWOOD / died 181? 



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Across whole stone 

A loving friend, a husband dear / a tender father, lieth here. 

(Not sure about further writing below) 

3f/ Sandstone cross (fallen) now leaning against the two tier base. 

HIS engraved on cross. 

Front of top tier on base. 

In loving memory of / HARRIET / the beloved wife of JOHN LEIGHTON / of ROWNEY FARM. 

Front of bottom tier on base. 

Born July 18th, 1829. Died October 14 1894 / Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth. 

Right side of top tier. 

Also JOHN LEIGHTON / who fell asleep Mar.11.1909 / aged 84 years. 

4f/ Flat sandstone bodystone. 

In memory of / JOHN RYBURN / of CHATCULL VILLA who died / March 2 and was interred at / 

ASHLEY March 6th 1863 / aged 70 years / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. 

5f/ Shaped sandstone headstone leaning forward. 

In / memory of / ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS / wife of THOs GRIFFITHS / who died Aug.30th 1851 / 

aged 62 years / Weep not for me my children dear / I amd not dead but sleeping here. 

6f/ Shaped sandstone headstone. 

In loving memory of / + / CHARLED HAMPTON / of LORDSLEY / who died Oct.22.1865 / aged 65 

years / Also of / CAROLINE HAMPTON / wife of the above / who died June 14 1896 / aged 89 

years / JABEZ, son of the above, / who died July 24.1852 / aged 5 weeks / safe in the arms 

of Jesus. 

7f/ Shaped sandstone headstone, slight erosion. 

In / memory of / JOSEPH CHATTERLEY, late of WILLOWBRIDGE / who died November 10th 1864, aged 

72 years / Also MARY, the beloved wife of the above / who died November 29th 1866, aged 75 

years / Weep not for us our children dear / we are not dead but gone before / to those 

bright realms where angels dwell / to sing God's praise evermore / This stone is erected by 

dear son and / daughter WILLIAM and MARTHA CHATTERLEY. 

Mason Broadgate Newcastle. 

8f/ Shaped sandstone headstone. IHS engraved in circle at top. 

In affectionate remembrance of / HENRY COOPER / of ASHLEY / who died 20th November 1874 / 

aged 77 years / Also ELIZABETH wife of the above / HENRY COOPER who died Jan 31st / 1882 

aged 81 years / In sure and certain hope of the / resurrection to eternal life. 

9f/ Shaoed and carved sandstone headstone on plinth plus three kerbs, rose and flower 

design on top. 

In / loving memory / of / ELIZABETH / the beloved wife of / GEORGE LEIGHTON / of BARLASTON / 

who died Nov 2nd 1890 / aged 33 years.? Also of FLORENCE MARY / daughter of the above / who 

died Aug 30th 1883 / aged 1 year & 10months / Also of ELIZABETH / their daughter / who died 

April 5th 1891 / aged 5 months / fallen asleep in Jesus. 

Mason B.J.Evans Longton. 



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10f/ Extra wide grave, shaped sandstone headstone. 

In affectionate remembrance of / WILLIAM ALBERT / son of / JOHN and HARRIET LEIGHTON / of 

HOOKGATE who died / May 5th 1874, aged 2 years / Hush the little baby sleepeth / he 

sleepeth in Jesus / Also MARY EVA daughter of / FREDERICK & ETHEL LEIGHTON / of CHURCH FARM, 

ASHLEY / fell asleep April 14th 1917 / Also IDA, beloved daughter of the above / fell asleep 

Feb.22nd 1921 / aged 9 years / Thy purpose Lord, we cannot see. 

11f/ Weathered white stone cross on three tiered base. Bottom kerb loose. 

Cross. 


Top tier. 

ETHEL MARY / wife of 

Middle tier. 

FREDERICK LEIGHTON / fell asleep Sept 3 1923 / aged 37 years. 

12f/ Shaped sandstone headstone with Celtic type cross at top. 

In / loving memort / of / JAMES LYCETT / of ASHLEY / who died Sept 5 1887 / aged 78 years / 

Quick as the lightening's vivid flash / death took me from this world of care / grant, Lord, 

that we while staying here / may for a Heavenly life prepare. / Also of MARIA LYCETT, / at 

rets February 24th 1919, / aged 78 years. / Also of SARAH ALICE LYCETT / who fell asleep 

February 23rd 1919 / aged 43 years . Until the day breaks. 

13f/ Shaped sandstone headstone rose design carved at top. Badly eroded in centre. 

In loving memory of / .................. / ................. / .................... / 

................... / "Thou................ / .................. / daughter of the above / 

who died Nov. 7 1899 / aged 40 years / "Gone to be with Christ " / Also MARTHA wife of the 

above / who died ........1911 aged 81 years. 

14f/ Shaped sandstone headstone. 

In / affectionate / remembrance / of / WILLIAM MARTIN / who departed this life July / 17th 

1864; aged 29 years / Aloving child,a husband dear / a kind brother lieth here. 

Mason B.Dobson Mkt Drayton. 

15f/ Shaped sandstone headstone starting to erode. 

In affectionate remembrance of / the late / THOMAS GRIFFITHS / who departed this life in the 

/ TALKE-OTH-HILL COLLIERY explosion Dec.18.1866 / aged 31 years / a loving friend, a husband 

dear / a tender father lieth here. 

16f/ Shaped sandstone headstone, large rose carving at top. Starting to erode. 

In memory of / WILLIAM GROOM / of ASHLEY GREEN / who died February 27th 1883 / aged 76 years 

/ Why do we mourn departing friends / or shake at deaths alarm / 'tis but the voice that 

Jesus ....... / to call............... / Also CATHERINE wife of the / above who died August 

17th 1883 / aged 71 years / With all his saints he blessed / and softned every bed / where 

shall the dying sinner rest / but with the dying head. 

Mason Furnival. 



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17f/ Shaped sandstone headstone, bunch of flowers carved at top. Centre starting to erode. 

In loving memory of / ................TH / the beloved wife of / SAMUEL GRIFFITHS / of 

HOOKGATE / who died April 9.1886 / aged 60 years / So dear to our hearts, so s...y gone / 

and yet we must say, Thy will bedone. / Also of the above / SAMUEL GRIFFITHS / who died 

April 24.1905 / aged 80 years / "Gone but not forgotten" 

18f/ White weathered celtic cross on three tiered base and three kerbs. Cross broken and 

lying on top of grave. 

Inscription on top of cross. 

Thy will be done. 

Top tier. 

In most loving memory / of / the REV.D JOHN LOUIS / SPENCER B.D. 

Middle tier. 

Rector of this parish / who fell asleep Nov.16th.1900 aged 51 years / steadfast in the faith 

/ until the Easter glory lights the skies. / until the dead in Jesus shall arise, / and He 

shall come, but not in lowly guise."Good night." 

Bottom tier. 

Also in memory of / his loving son / CYRIL ARNOLD, Priest / 1946 / "Re-united" 

19f/ Grey polished headstone with flower design etched on either side.Kerb loose. 

In loving memory of / ROLAND HENRY / beloved husband of JULIA TOMKINSON / who passed away 

22nd May 1949 / aged 70 years / Church warden of this parish 1923-1949 / Also of JULIA 

TOMKINSON / who fell asleep 24th Nov.1966 / aged 88 years / Re-united. 

20f/ Short flat headstone and kerbs in weathered white stone. Bottom kerb loose. 

Top kerb 


R.H.kerb 

WILLIAM ARTHUR SHIRLEY, of "KENWYN, ASHLEY HEATH / who died 26th March 1936,in his 62nd 

year. 

Bottom kerb 

At rest. 

LH kerb. 

And his wife HARRIET SHIRLEY / who died 20th December 1943,aged 77 years. 

Headstone 

And VICTOR BADEN SHIRLEY / their beloved son / who died 17th May 1956 / aged 56 years. 

21f/ Brown polished headstone on plinth, bottom kerb loose. 

In loving memory of / MARTHA ELLEN / the beloved wife of / LOWEL FRANCIS / TOMKINSON / of 

HOOK GATE / who died 5th January 1936 / aged 56 years. / "Blessed are the pure in heart" / 

Also of the above / LOWEL FRANCIS / TOMKINSON / who died 4th Feb.1963 / aged 82 years / Reunited. 



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22f/ Large cross on three tier base and three kerbs in brown polished stone. 

This grave has been moved and put in good order. 

Top tier. 


Middle tier. 

FRANCIS GROCOTT WRIGHT / of CHURCH FARM, ASGLEY / who fell asleep Feb 25th 1901 / aged 55 

years / "Peace perfect peace" 

Base tier. 

Also of EMMA, relict of the above / bornn April 1st 1853, fell asleep January 18th 1905 / 

Till the last and brightest Easter day be born. 

23f/ Sandstone cross (IHS centre) on a three tiered base, weathered. 

Top tier. 

Sacred to the memory of 

Middle tier. 

CHARLES GROCOTT / who fell asleep Dec.28th 1912 / aged 66 years / "Looking unto Jesus" / 

Heb.X11.Base 

Also MARTHA wife of the above / who fell asleep Dec.23rd 1923,aged 77 / "Until the daybreak 

and the shadows flee away" 

24f/ Shaped sandstone headstone, 3 flowers carved at top. 

In loving memory of / GEORGE UNDERWOOD, / who died August 28. 1909 / "In the midst of life / 

we are in death". / Also of EMMA UNDERWOOD / mother of the above / who died March 1913 / 

aged 79 years / "Her end was peace". 

25f/ Shaped sandstone headstone, 3 flowers carved at top. 

In loving memory of / THOMAS / the beloved husband of / HANNAH MARIA ALCOCK / of ASHLEY / 

who departed this life March 12, 1909 / aged 83 years / "His end was peace" / Also of the 

above / HANNAH MARIA / who departed this life July 6. 1921 / aged 92 years. 

26f/ Small sandstone headstone. 

In / loving / memory of / SAMUEL HOWES / died Sep. 24th 1907 / aged 34 years / Also HARRIET 

/ his beloved wife / died Mar. 29th 1953 / aged 83 years / Thy will be done. 

27f/ Small shield shaped sandstone lying against pieces of sandstone. 

In / loving memory of / WILLIAM MILLINGTON / who fell asleep Nov 25th 1906 / aged 57 years / 

"Gone but not forgotten" / from his loving wife and / children. 

28f/ Tall shaped sandstone headstone, engraved garland around top. 

In / loving memory / of / HENRY THOMAS / son of / WILLIAM & MARTHA KETTLE / of BLACKBROOK / 

who died March 24th 1902 / aged 15 years / Sharp was the blow and quick I fell / I had not 

time to say farewell / Jehovah ever good and kind / will comfort those I leave behind. / "He 

only sleepeth" / Also MARTHA KETTLE / who died May 9th 1956 / aged 88 years. 

Mason Hilton. 



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29f/ Sandstone shaped stone topped with a cross. I.H.S. in centre. 

In / loving / memory of / JESSIE LEE GOMPSON / B.D. Rector U.S.A. / who died in ASHLEY / 

April 25th 1920, aged 41 years / One time organist of this church / "Peace perfect peace, 

with loved / one far away, in Jesus' keeping / we are safe, and they." / R.I.P. 

30f/ Shaped white marble headstone, flowers engraved at top. 

In loving memory / of / JOSEPH MARTIN / of HIGH ST. LONGTON / who died on April 23rd 1918 / 

aged 59 years / until the day break / and the shadows flee away. 

31f/ Tall sandstone headstone - shaped. Engaving of flowers entwined with "Thy will be 

done" at top. 

In loving memory of / HENRY AUSTIN TAYLOR / of BOONS BANK, ASHLEY, / who died November 17th 

1915 / aged 35 tears. / Also his Father / WILLIAM TAYLOR / who died May 10th 1919 / aged 81 

years / Also ELLEN / wife of the above WILLIAM TAYLOR / who died January 23rd 1922 / aged 82 

years. 

32f/ Shaped sandstone headstone I.H.S. engraved at top. 

In / loving memory / of / HELEN / the beloved wife of / LUKE CAULKIN / who died Oct er 27th 

1908 / aged 50 years. / Also of the above / LUKE CAULKIN / who died May 12th 1915 / aged 57 

years. / This is my rest for ever and ever / Here will I dwell for I have chosen it. 

33f/ Shaped white marble headstone, flowers engraved at top. 

In loving memory / of / MARY ANN MARTIN / beloved wife of the late JOSEPH MARTIN / of ASHLEY 

/ who died on Sunday Dec.21st 1913 / aged 65 years / Even so, Father, for so it seemeth good 

in Thy sight. 

34f/ In / loving memory / of / SARAH / beloved wife of / MARK BAKER / of HOOKGATE / fell 

asleep May 12th 1912 / aged 48 years / "Thy will be done ' / Also of the above / MARK BAKER 

/ fell asleep Jan 25th 1914 / aged 54 years / Though lost to sight to memory dear. 

35f/ Leaning grnite cross on 2 tier base. 

Top tier. 

In loving memory of / MARY BUTTER / of HOOKGATE. 

Base. 

who died Jan 12th 1907 / aged 59 years. 

36f/ White marble shaped headstone - flowers engraved at top. 

In loving memory / of / JOSEPH MARTIN / of ASHLEY / who died Nov. 7th 1902 / aged 72 years / 

"Until the day break and the / shadow flee away '. 

37f/ Four sandstone kerbs and corner blocks. 

Top kerb. 


Left kerb 

EMMA, beloved wife of MOSES PARTON, of THE MANOR HOUSE / died June 14th 1920 aged 78 years. 

Right kerb. 

Also MOSES PARTON, died May 14th 1926, aged 85 years. 

Bottom kerb. 

Peace, perfect peace. 



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38f/ Four sandstone kerbs and corner blocks. 

Top kerb. 

In loving memory of. 

Right hand kerb. 

GRACE beloved wife of HARRY KEY, of ASHLEY / who fell asleep Oct 26. 1918 aged 35 years. 

Bottom kerb. 

Asleep in Jesus / blessed sleep. 

39f/ Tall shaped sandstone headstone, flowers engraved at top. 

In loving memory of / DANN HILTON / (of LOGGERHEADS) / who departed this life Jan 1 1909 / 

aged 59 years. / on that happy Easter morning / all the graves their dead restore, / Father, 

sister, child and mother, / meet once more. / Also SARAH ANN / wife of the above / who 

departed this life July 29 1926 / aged 75 years / Al;so JOHN HENRY / youngest son of the 

above / killed in action in SALONICA / July 20. 1918. aged 27 years. / "Though lost to sight 

to memory dear." 

40f/ Small shaped sandstone headstone, fallen forward, with 3 buried kerbs. 

In loving memory of / GEORGE / beloved husband of / MARANDA STEELE / late of SILVERDALE / 

who died Sep 13th 1912, aged 66 years / "Nearer to God to Thee". 

41f/ 4 sandstone kerbs. 

Top kerb. 


R.H.kerb. 

ANNE MAY beloved wife of ALBERT JACKSON of HOOKGATE / died June 3rd 1911, aged 30 years. 

L.H.kerb. 

Also their daughters ANNIE MAY JACKSON / died January 10th 1914 aged 2 years. 

and VERA NELLIE JACKSON / died October 20th 1918 aged 13 years. 

Bottom kerb. 

With Jesus which is far better. 

42f/ Shaped sandstone, carved flower decoration at top. 

In loving memory of / THOMAS NICKLIN / of ASHLEY / who died June 11th 1908 / aged 69 years / 

"Fondly loved, sorely missed" / Also ANN / relict of the above / fell asleep March 3rd 1912 

/ aged 72 years. / "Peace perfect peace; with loved ones far away / in Jesu's keeping we are 

safe and they. ' / Also of / MARGEURITA E.M.PRESTON / grandchild of the above / who died 

Oct.1.1901 / aged 4 months. 

43f/ White stone, clasped hands decoration at top. 

In loving memory of / MARY / the beloved wife of / FREDERICK LEIGHTON / (THE ROWNEY FARM) / 

who fell asleep March 12th 1906 / aged 36 years / "Thy will be done '. 

44f/ Tall white stone, clapsed hands decoration at top. 

In loving memory of / WILLIAM / the beloved husband of / M.J.MYATT / of ROBIN HOOD ASHLEY / 

who fell asleep April 23rd 1904 / aged 66 years / "Blessed are the dead which die in the / 

Lord, for they rest from their labours. ' / Also MARY JANE MYATT / widow of the above / who 

died April 11th 1929 / aged 79 years / "He giveth his beloved sleep." 



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45f/ Tall white stone leaning slightly to left, carved decoration at top. 

In loving memory of / JANE / beloved wife of / HERBERT W. HULME, / of HOOKGATE / departed 

this life April 25. 1903 / aged 69 years. / "Until the day break and the shadows flee away." 

/ Sol.2.17. / Also the above / HERBERT W. HULME / fell asleep Dec.13.1914 / aged 84 years / 

"He bringeth them unto their desired haven." / Also HERBERT ALLEN HULME / son of the above / 

died April 20.1936, aged 82 years / "Loved, honoured, remembered." 

46f/ Tall weathered sandstone headstone with 3 kerbs, broken, carved decoration at top. 

In loving memory of / ANNIE ELIZABETH BIRCH, / beloved wife of THOMAS BUCKLEY / of ROWNEY 

FARM / who fell asleep Jan y 26th 1918 / aged 51 years. / "Until the day break." / Also the 

above / THOMAS BUCKLEY / PINEWOOD FARM, HOOKGATE / who fell asleep Jan y 21st 1937 / aged 76 

years. 

47f/ Sandstone cross on 3 tiered base. Bottom tier plus 4 kerbs buried. 

Cross, 

IHS 

Top tier. 

In / loving memory / of / RACHEL. 

Middle tier. 

The beloved wife of / JOHN EVERTON FELLOWS / of HOOKGATE / who fell asleep Aug.26th 1915, / 

aged 35 years. / In the midst of life / we are in death." 

Bottom tier. 

Also of HARRIET PARTON / widow of the late THOMAS PARTON / Mother of the above of JUG BANK 

ASHLEY / who fell asleep March 29th 1919 aged 78 years / "Thy will be done." 

48f/ Cross and top tier of base missing. @ tier base and four kerbs are left. 

2nd tier. 

ANN BRIDGET COLLIER / wife of WILLIAM COLLIER of ASHLEY / who died June 4th 1913 aged 72 

years / "In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me / never be confounded." / R.I.P. 

49f/ Brown stone- polished front, rounded top. 

In loving memory of / MOSES / beloved husband of / ANNIE TOMKINSON / of ASHLEY, / fell 

asleep Nov. 15th 1911 / aged 57 years. / "In the midst of life we are in death." / Also of 

the above / ANNIE TOMKINSON / who died April 26th 1941 / aged 85 years. / "At rest." 

50f/ Shaped sandstone, carved decoration at top, incorporating "Thy will be done." 

In loving memory of / MARY / wife of RICHARD BLACKBURN / of ASHLEY / who fell asleep Oct. 

18th 1906 / aged 62 years / "Be ye also ready, for in such / an hour as ye think not the / 

son of man cometh." / Also the above / RICHARD BLACKBURN / who fell asleep May 30th 1920 / 


51f/ Dark grey polished stone, etched church interior design top left. 

In loving memory / of / NANCY HUGHES / a caring wife / Mother and Nanna / died 3rd June 1992 

/ aged 66 years / "Forever in our thoughts"." 

52f/ Small earth rectangle cut out of grass, child's grave. 

Square terracotta vase. 

BERYL / R.I.P. 



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1g/ 12" x 18" stone slab. 


In / loving memory of / GEORGE / THOMAS / beloved husband of / LILY / CUMBERLIDGE / died 

12th Nov 1975 / aged 69 years / Rest in peace / Joined by / LILY / on 7th October 1978 / 

aged 73 years / Reunited in Christ. 

2g/ 12" x 18" slab. 

In / loving memory / of / MARGARET ANNE / TRENCHARD / died 21st Dec 1975 / aged 55 years / 

Also / beloved husband / LAWRENCE / CLIFFORD / TRENCHARD / died 1st Sept 1979 / aged 69 

years. 


In memory of / my dear husband / ERNEST ROBERT / KEY / died 4th June 1974 / aged 64 years / 

Alife well spent / ETHEL MACKLEY / KEY / his dear wife / died 16th NOv 1985 / aged 76 years 

/ Together again. 


In memory of / ISABEL MARGARET / PLATT / the beloved daughter / of / STANLEY & ISABEL / 

PLATT / of ASHLEY FARM / who passed away / 23rd October 1972 / aged 46 years. 

5g/ 12" x 18" stone slab plus stone vase. 

Vase. 

LIONEL / and / GRETCHEN 


In loving memory of / LIONEL JOHN / VAUGHAN / of ASHLEY / died 30th March 1976 / Also his 

dear wife / GRETCHEN LUCIE / died 17th Feb. 1996 / aged 89 years. 


In loving memory of / LILY / dearly loved wife of / FREDERICK / CHARLES MORRIS / of ASHLEY / 

died 1st July 1976 / aged 73 years / safe ashore / Also / FREDERICK / CHARLES / died 11th 

Oct.1988 / aged 85 years / Reunited. 


In / loving memory of / ISABEL ALICE / PLATT / died 22nd May 1977 / aged 85 years / Also / 

STANLEY EDWARD / PLATT / died 4th March 1978 / aged 87 years / Reunited. 


GRAHAM / COLCLOUGH / loved husband of / SHEILA / father of / GUY and MARK / born 15th 

October 1929 / died / 19th August 1977 / R.I.P. 

9g/ 12" x 18" stone slab and stone vase. 

Vase. 

Mizpah / PAUL / RAYMOND / TAYLOR 


Precious memories / of / a dearly loved son / brother and grandson / PAUL RAYMOND (TAZ) 

TAYLOR / born 5th November 1958 / died 19th February 1978 / "Resting where no / shadows 

fall. ' 



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10g/ 12" x 18" slab. 


In cherished memory of / a dear wife, mother / and grandmother / FLORENCE REBECCA / STEEL / 

born 19th Aug. 1898 / died 9th Dec. 1978 / Also her husband / ERNEST / born 10th June 1904 / 

died 15th Oct. 1995. 


HAROLD / MADDOX / died 12th Oct 1979 / aged 68 / Pax. 


AASE RIIS / JENSEN / 10-4-1913 / 22-10-1980. 



Treasured memories / of a devoted / husband and father / 'BERT' DAVIES / died 22nd Sept.1982 

/ aged 58 years / Always in our thoughts. 


Vase. Side. 

Dad / and / Mum. 

Front. 

BILL / and / AMY. 


In loving / memory of / WILLIAM / CHARLES / BLAKEMORE / born Sept.14 1911 / died May 5 1974 

/ Also / AMY ANN / BLAKEMORE / born June 3 1910 / died April 20 1983 / Always / in our 

thoughts. 

16g/ Hydrangea planted at head no other markings. 

17g/ 12" x 18" stone slab with stone vase. 

Vase. REG 


Treasured memories / of a devoted husband / Dad and Granddad / REG GATER / who passed away / 

April 9th 1983 / aged 64 years / Always in our thoughts. 


JAMES WILLIAM / ALEXANDER LOVATT / born in / NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME / August 26th 1904 / died 

at ASHLEY / July 8th 1978 / with hope. / Also his wife / MURIEL BETTY / Nee THOMAS / born in 

PENARTH / February 20th 1913 / died at BALDWINS GATE / March 18th 1995. 


In / loving memory of / a dear mother and / grandmother / LOUISA GARBUTT / died 13th April 

1978 / aged 81 years / At peace / Also / JOSEPH WILLIAM / GARBUTT / died 5th June 1982 / 

aged 87 years./ A dear father / and grandfather. 


ALAN ROWLEY / much loved husband / of CHRISTINE / and father of SARAH / who passed away / 

24th May 1990 / aged 52 years. 



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21g/ 12" x 18" stone slab and vase. 


Treasured / memories of / FRED LEAR / a devoted / husband & father / died 20th Feb. 1989 / 

aged 68 years. / Always / in our thoughts. 


In / loving memory / of / FRANCIS JERVIS / 3.1.1915 - 20.11.1988. 


WILLIAM ERIC / DANN / a dearly loved / husband & father / died 3rd Sept. 1988 / aged 52 

years. 

24g/ 12" x 18" stine slab and vase. 

In loving / memory of / STEPHEN EDWARD / GOODRICH / 3.7.1946 - 4.7.1988 / and his dear 

mother / IRENE ELIZABETH / TURNER / 1.4.1917 - 17.12.1993. 

25g/ 12" x 18" stone slab and a flower holder. 

In / loving memory of / DENIS BRAIN / loving husband of / DOROTHY / died 26.8.87 / aged 60 

years. 

26g/ 12 ' x 18 ' stone slab. 

In loving memory / of / MARGARET KATE / BROUGH / 1897 - 1987 / R.I.P. 


Vase. GEORGE. 

Stone. In loving memory of / GEORGE FREDERICK / WHITAKER / died 1st Sept. 1986 / aged 78 

years. 

28g/. 12" x 18" stone slab. 

ROSE VERA / ANGUS / 1919 - 1986 / JAMES ANGUS / 1912 - 1996 / R.I.P. 

29g/ 12 " x 18" stone slab. 

LIONEL / PIERPOINT / born 27th Dec.1922 / died 14th March. 1986. 


The Lord is my / shepherd / JOHN STVEN / RAMAGE / 1900 - 1986. 

31g. 12" x 18" stone slab and vase. 

In / loving memory of / a dear husband / and father / ALAN / CHYNOWETH / at rest 20th / 

February 1986 / aged 55 years / and a dear mother / JOAN / CHYNOWETH / at rest 28th Sept. 



In loving memory / of a dear wife / mother and nan / MARY ELIZABETH / RYDER / died 2nd Jan. 

1986 / aged 65 years / Always in our thoughts / Also grandson / MARK RYDER / died 8th March 

1994 / aged 31 years / ARTHUR W. RYDER / died 19th May 1994 / aged 76 year / now reunited. 



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In loving memory of / ELSIE / dearly loved wife of / ALFRED WILLIAM (BILL) / EVERY / at 

rest 23rd Sept. 1985 / aged 81 years / Also ALFRED WILLIAM / at rest 28th Feb. 1990 / aged 

88 years. 


HELEN COOKE / died 9 July 1953 / aged 39 years. / PERCY JOHN / COOKE / died 30 May 1985 / 



Vase. GERTIE. 

Stone. In / loving memory of / GERTIE COOKE / loving wife and / mother / died 9th Feb. 1985 

/ aged 79 years / Also FRANK COOKE / died 26th June 1988 / aged 83 years / R.I.P. 

36g/ 12" x 18" xtone slab. 

JOAN WALKER / died 12th Aug. 1984 / R.I.P. / and ALAN / died 2nd July 1992. 


KENNETH / CHARLES / STEVENTON / died 27th / November 1883 / R.I.P. 

38g/ 12" x 18" stone slab with white vase. 

In loving memory / FRANCIS ROBERT / COPESTICK / passed away / June 28th 1983 / aged 53 / 

Gone but not forgotten. 

39g/ Black polised stone laid at base. 

HARRY EDWARD / HOLDCROFT / died 8th May 1983 / At peace. 


In / loving memory / of / PETER ROPER / 1911 - 1991. 

41g/ 12" x 18" stone slab with dark grey vase. 

Vase. JOHN 

Stone. In / loving memory of / a dear husband / & father / PETER JOHN / KNOX / 1948 - 1991. 


In / loving memory / of / GLADYS / WAGSTAFF / died 21.10.91 / and her husband / FRED / died 

10.11.99. 


In loving memory / of / MABEL JOHNSON / died 1st Dec. 1991 / aged 84 years. 

44g/. 12" x 18" stone slab and terracotta bowl. 

In / loving memory of / EILEEN PRIOR / at rest / Dec.27th 1991. 



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In loving / memory of / IRIS MATHIESON / MACMILLAN / 1926 - 1992. 


Memories are a gift / to teasure ours of / you will last forever / RYAN JAMES GEAL / 9th Nov 

1973 - 16th Feb 1992. 


Vase. IA 

Stone. In loving / memory of / IRENE ALSOP / at rest / May 1st 1992 / Also JOHN / EDWARDS 

DYMOCK / ALSOP / Reunited / Jan. 5th 1996 / "At rest". 


MARGARET / IRENE / KIRBY / 1906 - 1992 / MEME / loved and missed / by us all. 

49g/ 12" x 18" stone slab and double vase. 

Vase. WENDY. 

Stone. Treasured / memories of / ELEANOR WENDY / COOKE. / At rest / 25th November 1992. / 

Dearly loved wife of / ROBERT / adored mummy of / HEIDI / and WENDY ANNE. 

50G/ 12" X 18" stone slab and rectangular flower trough. 

PAMELA DORIS / PYATT / aged 64 years / 1928 - 1993 / 'Unforgettable" 


JAMES T. BARKER / died 27-3-93 / aged 67 / reubited with / JOAN / died 16.6.86 / aged 61. 


BARRY BURGESS / died 18th August 1993 / aged 48 years / 'At peace" / "Just a thought away" / 

JOHN BURGESS / died 27th January 1996 / aged 80 years / HILDA MARY(BILL) / BURGESS / died 

19th January 2000 / aged 80 years. 

53g/ No markings. 


In loving memory of / GERALD JOHN JAMES / TOMKINSON / a dear husband / dad and grandad / who 

died on 17th May 1994 / aged 64 years / no longer in our lives to share / but in our 

thoughts / you are always there. 

55g/12" x 18" stone slab. 

MARJORIE WATKIN / died 26th Oct. 1994 / ever treasured / wife of PETE / Also PETE / who 

died on the / 22nd September 1999 / Together in eternity. 



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56g/ 12" x 18" stone slab with vase. 


GLADYS / AINSWORTH / died 25th March 1995 / aged 85 years / always loved / and remembered / 

wife of BILL / Also the above / BILL / AINSWORTH / died 22 nd Aug.1995 / aged 83 years / 

"Reunited". 

57g/ 12" x 18" stone slab, square terracotta pot and black flower holder. 

Pot. JOCK / R.I.P. / 18.1.34 - 9.5.95 

Stone. RON (JOCK) / JOHNSTONE / 9th May 1995 / loved and missed / by us all. 

Flower holder. In loving memory. 

58g/ 12" x 18" stone slab and roung metal vase. 

Vase In loving memory. 

Stpne. MARY / HAYWARD / died 12th May 1995 / aged 86 years / in loving / memory of / a dear 

Mum / Nan and Greatnan. 


In / loving memory of / VERA WATERS / died / 6th November 1995 / aged 72 years / dearly 

loved and / sadly missed / by all her family. 

60g/ 12" x 18"stone slab. 

PAMELA HILARY / BEBB / died 15th Sept.1995 / aged 50 years / "A treasured wife / and Mum, 

always / in our thoughts". 


Vase. IRIS 

Stone. JOAN IRIS / MINSHall / died 22. Dec.1995 / aged 81 years / wife of COLIN / Mum of 

BILL / WENDY and JOAN / adored Nanna / always in our thoughts. 


BARBIE DENT / born October 21st 1927 / died January 9th 1996 / a very much loved / and 

loving / wife and mother / God rest her soul./ 


RICHARD / WILLIAM / CHAPMAN / a loving / husband,Dad / and Grandad / 1937-1996 / Forever in 

our thoughts. 

64g/ 12" x 18" stone slab ans black metal vase. 

Vase. In loving memory. 

Stone. In memory of / NORMA EDYTHE / PROUDLER / 4th May 1940 - / -12th February 1996 / much 

loved wife / Mother and Nanna / a patient, gentle lady / who brought so much / sunshine into 

our lives / "Goodnight sweetheart". 



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In loving / memory of / CLARA ISABEL / NEVITT / 1925 - 1996 / a much loved and / admired 

schoolteacher / of Ashley Parish / for over 30 years. 


DAVID / HAROLD / BOURNE / 1958 - 1996 / a devoted / loving / husband / and Dad / forever in 

/ our hearts. 


CONSTANCE / MAY / BUTCHER / `CONNIE` / 29 May 192220 / 26 November 1996 / Remembered forever 

/ by the family / she loved so much. 


NANCY / TOMKINSON / much loved Mother / and Grandmother / 1st January 1915 / 30th April 1997 

/ cherished always. 


BRIAN / GEOFFREY / LESLIE / JEVONS / a loving husband / father / and grandfather / 1931-1997 

/ "Forever in / thoughts '. 


In loving / memory of / HAROLD / JOSEPH / COLLEY / born 5th Oct 1931 / died 4th May 1998. 


In loving / memory of / WILLIAM / CARR / 1930-1998./ "Forever in our hearts". 

72g/. 12" x 18" stone slab and vase. 

Vase. IVY. 

Stone. Treasured / memories of / IVY MAY / BENNETT / died 1-12-1998 / Aged 93 years. 


In / loving / memory of / JULIA / MARGARET / POWELL / 1944-1999. 


In / loving memory / of / ELSIE and BERT / ELIZABETH JAON WILSON / 12.10.1920 - 13.1.2000 / 

and / ALBERT HENRY / WILSON / 26.4.1920 - 24.5.1985. / Together again. 


In loving / memory of / ARTHUR / HODGKISS / born 27th Aug.1919 / died 8th March 2000. 


In loving / memory of / JOHN MARTIN / WALLER / born 17th February 1932 / died 26th July 2000 

/ "Resting where / no shadows fall ". 



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In / loving memory / of / PHOEBE / BENNETT / 1914-2000 / "At rest" 

78g/ Wooden seat with brass plate. 

In loving memory / of / JIM DOWLER. 


BETTY / HOLDCROFT / 17th January / 2001 / At peace. 

1h/ Small white plain stone and side vase. 

In / fondest memory / of / CHARLES LOWNDES / (ELLIOT) / at rest 18th Dec 1967 / aged 72 

years. 

2h/ Black upright headstone with vase. 

In / loving memory of / JANE / beloved wife of / GEORGE HENRY POVER / died 17th November 

1964 / aged 84 years / Also their daughters / NANCY CAPPER / died 19th August 1970 / aged 61 

years / ETHEL MOSS / beloved wife of BERTRAM MOSS / died 27th May 1989 / aged 76 years. 

On plinth. Forever in our thoughts. 

3h/ White stone, rose design in top corners. 

In loving memory / of / SYDNEY DENISON / the beloved husband of / BEATRICE ANNIE HULME / who 

passed suddenly on 24th May 1962 / aged 67 years. / "Until we meet again" / Also the above / 

BEATRICE ANNIE / passed away 23rd NOv.1975 / aged 71 years / Reunited. 

4h/ White stone integral vase at base. 

In loving memory of / a dear husband and father / HARRY EMERY / died Huly 12th 1961 aged 65 

years / Always in our thoughts / Also his wife / SARAH ANN / died Oct 23rd 1972 aged 76 

years. 

5h/ White stone book form. 

Left side. 

In loving / memory of / a beloved husband / and father / FRED SIMCOCK / died 29th / December 

1979 / aged 69 years / Peace perfect peace. 

6h/ Headstone witn vase at foot. 

In loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / ELIZA ELLEN HILTON / who fell asleep Oct 13th 

1959 / aged 69 years / Her life was a beautiful memory / her absence a silent grief / Also 

of WILLIAM ARTHUR / her beloved husband / died Oct 22nd 1962 aged 73 years / Reunited. 

7h/ Four kerbstones. 

Top kerb. In loving memory of 

R/H Kerb JOHN RICHARD PYE who died Jan.19th 1957,aged 68 years. 

Bottom Kerb. "Until the day break, / and the shadows flee away" 

Mason. G.O.Burt / Newcastle. 



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8h/ Vase. 

In loving memory. 


9h/ Broken wooden cross, vase and four kerbs. 

In loving / memory of / Mum & Dad / from BETTY / JACK / and family. 

10h/ Grey kerb stones. 

Top kerb. In loving memory. 

R.h. Kerb. JOHN ALLEN / beloved husband of ELIZA BENNETT of ASHLEY / who died 9th July 1952 

age 67 years. 

Bottom kerb. Peace perfect peace. 

Vase. A devoted father. 

11h/ Black headstone on plinth with vase. 

In memory of / DANIEL JOHN SHAW / who departed this life 24th April 1952 / aged 77 years / 

Also his beloved wife / GRACE / who passed away 5th Nov. 1956 aged 81 years / and DOROTHY 

their daughter / wife of / CHARLES E. HADDOW / who died 8th Nov 1960 / aged 57 years / Also 

ELLEN their youngest daughter / who died 31st Aug. 1995 / aged 84 years. 


Top kerb. In loving memory 

Left side. THOMAS beloved husband of ELIZABETH BEARDMORE died July 20th 1979 aged 87 years 

Right kerb. ELIZABETH second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.PYE of HOOKGATE and the beloved wife 

of THOMAS BEARDMORE / died March 29th 1949 aged 55 years. 

Bottom kerb. Thy will be done. 

13h/ White headstone with rose design at top. 

In loving memory of / SYNDEY E. CALLCOTT / who passed away Oct 3rd 1944 / aged 48 years / 

Rest in peace. 

14h/ Black stone vase on square plinth. 

Vase. Fondest memories. 

Plinth. In loving memory of / HARRY HERRIMAN / died Aug.13.1943 / aged 62 years. / Also 

FANNY / his beloved wife / died Sept. 30.1946 / aged 68 years / At rest. 

15h/ Four kerbs. 

Top kerb. In loving memory 

Left side GEORGE PARTON of HOOKGATE who died June 20th 1941 aged 87 years. 

Bottom kerb. At rest. 

Right side. Also ALICE PARTON who died December 4th 1948 aged 86 years. 

16h/ Grey headstone and three kerbs. 

In loving memory of / MAUDE BEATRICE / beloved wife of / JAMES THOMAS BARKER / of ASHLEY 

HEATH / aged 55 years / 'Thy will be done" 

17h. Four kerbs. 

Left side. In loving memory of THOMAS, dearly loved husband of SARAH ANN PARTON / of JUG 

BANK, ASHLEY,who died 13th May 1939 aged 72 years / I know that my Redeemer liveth. 



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Right side. Also of the said, SARAH ANN PARTON who died 13th Sept 1963, aged 85 years / 

"Reunited". 


In loving memory / GEORGE HENRY WILSON / the beloved husband of / JULIA MARY WILSON / who 

fell asleep 3rd November 1938 / aged 75 years / Also the above / JULIA MARY WILSON / who 

passed on 7th January 1948 / "In heavenly love abiding". 

19h/ Grey grnite headstone and three kerbs. 

In / affectionate remembrance of / ELLEN / the dearly loved wife of / ERNEST NICKLIN / died 

March 22nd 1958 / aged 58 years / He giveth his beloved sleep / Also of the above / ERNEST 

NICKLIN / died Aug 30th 1961 / aged 83 years. 

20h/ Four kerbstones and book shaped stone, vase. 

Vase. + / NELLY 

Stone. Left side. 

Sacred to / the memory of / FRANCIS ELLEN / beloved wife of / HAROLD T. BENNETT / who fell 

asleep / 30-5-37 / aged 41 years / Resting. 

Right side. Blank. 

21h/ Dark grey headstone with integral vase. Stone in book form right side blank. 

In loving memory of / EMMA ANN BARRATT / beloved wife of HARVEY / who died 31st May 1934 / 

aged 52 years / Also their beloved daughter / MAY BARRATT / who died 4th December 1997 / 

aged 87 years / "Rest in peace". 

Mason. Owens / M.Drayton. 

22h/ Small brown headstone, metal vase. 

Sacred / to the memory of / JUSTINE THOMAS / dearly loved husband of / EVELINE CROSBY WILCOX 

/ who departed this life 15th Feb 1933 / aged 37 years / In the midst of life we are in 

death. 

23h/ Black headstone, three kerbs. 

In ever loving memory of / ANNIE / wife of JAMES MADELEY, / of 22, NEWCASTLE ROAD, ASHLEY / 

who departed this life 23 July 1943 / aged 62 years / Also of the above / JAMES MADELEY / 

who died 18 April 1948 / in his 75th year / "Thy will be done." 

24h/ No markings. 



Top kerb. To the memory of 

Right side. MARY PARSONS, of ASHLEY DALE, widow of THOMAS PARSONS / Born 23rd February 1870, 

died 3rd Septmber 1938. 

Bottom kerb. G.O. Burt (Mon. mason) / "Joy cometh in the morning". 

27h/ Black marble vase. 

DOROTHY B. KIRKHAM / died Nov. 13. 1941 / aged 28 years / Thy will be done. 



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Top kerb. In / loving memory / of 

Right side. MARY ELIZABETH beloved wife of / CHARLES NODEN / of HOOKGATE, AHLEY / died 15th 

June 1942 aged 70 years. 

Bottom kerb. R.I.P. 

Left side. Also of the afore named CHARLES NODEN / who died 5th Nov 1947 / aged 77 years. 

29h/ Headstone, three kerbs and vase. 

In loving memory of / HENRY beloved husband of / NELLIE HOUGHTON / died April 14th 1943 / 

aged 52 years / At rest / Also of the above / NELLIE HOUGHTON / died Jan.23rd 1967 aged 68 

years / Re-united. 

30h/ Four kerbs and vase. 


Right kerb. WILLIAM HENRY BROWN,'THE OAKS" / ASHLEY / who fell asleep March 21 1945 aged 54 

years. 

Bottom kerb. Resting. 

Vase. B. 

31h/ Four grey stone kerbs, four corners and two mid posts. 

Top kerb. In ever loving memory of 

Top right kerb. LOUIE. Beloved daughter of / PERCY & ELSIE LEE of 20, SOVEREIGN LANE, ASHLEY 

Bottom right kerb. Passed away April 25th 1948 / aged 20 years. 

Bottom kerb. Always in out thoughts. 

Bottom left kerb. Also MARY LEE / died March 30th 1974 aged 71 years. 

Top left kerb. A devoted wife and mother / Also PERCY LEE / passed away 7th Septmber 1983 

aged 82 years / A very devoted dad. 

32h/ Mound planted with flowers, light grey vase and a buried vase. No inscription. 

33h/ Headstone and three kerbs, four corners and two mid posts. 

In loving memory of / ALICE MAUD / beloved wife of / MALVERN RILEY / who passed away 20th 

Oct. 1952 / aged 61 years / At rest. 

34h/ White stone and three kerbs. 

In loving memory of / LAVINIA / beloved wife of / EDGAR BARDBURY / died Aug.2nd 1953,aged 65 

years / "At rest" / Also of the above / EDGAR BRADBURY / died Dec.6th 1962,aged 80 years / 

"Re-united '. 

Mason. Oxley / Mkt. Drayton. 

35h/ Black headstone, plinth and vase. 

Fondest memories / MARTHA FORSTER / late of ROCK COTTAGE,ASHLEY / died 11th April 1955 / 

aged 77. 

36h/ White stone three kerbs. 

In loving memory of / JOHN BAKER / beloved husband of / FRANCES BAKER / of "WAYSIDE FARM" 

BLACKBROOK. / who died March 2nd 1956 / aged 70 years / "Thy will be done" / Also the above 

/ FRANCES BARKER / who died September 16th 1977 / aged 99 years / Reunited 

Mason. Mellor / Burslem. 



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37h/ Grey stone kerbs. 


R.H. Kerb. In loving memory of EDWARD LLOYD CAULKIN, beloved husband of ANNE CAULKIN, / of 

JUG BANK, ASHLEY / who mdied 3rd March 1957,aged 51 years. 

Bottom kerb. At rest. 

Mason. Mellor. Bursle38h/ Black kerbs and mid blocks and black vase. 


R.H.kerb, top half. A devoted husband and dad / CHARLES JOSEPH PYE, / of 106 THE DALE, 

ASHLEY. 

Bottom half. Who died 7th Nov.1959, aged 59 years. 

Bottom kerb. "Peace perfect peace". 

L.H.kerb. bottom half. Also HANNAH MARIA PYE, / his dear wife. 

Top half. Who died 22nd April 1974, aged 75 years. 

39h/ White stone headstone, rose design top corners, Three kerbs and vase. 

In loving memory of / my dear sister / NORAH MARY PARTON / who died 26th March 1960, / aged 

52 years / 'At rest'. / and her beloved sister / ANNIE MAY (NANCY) PARTON / who died 12th 

January 1982 / aged 73 yearsMason. G.O.Burt. 

40h/ Grey stone headstone, three kerbs and vase. 

In loving memory of / JAN STANCZAK / WARSZAWA / born Oct.2-1901 / died Sept.26-1961. 

41h/ Sandstone kerbs with corner blocks and vase. 


R.H.kerb. WILLIAM, beloved husband of LUCY WOODCOCK, died 10th July 1962,aged 43 years. 

Bottom kerb. 'Rest in peace' 

Mason G.O.Burt. 

42h/ White headstone, three kerbs and two black vases. 

Treasured memories of / HILDA MARY / beloved wife of CHARLES PYE / died February 18th 1964/ 

/ aged 53 years / Abide with me / Also her boloved husband / CHARLES CLEWLOW PYE / died 

October 6th 1977 / aged 77 years / Reunited. 

43h/ White headstone and three kebs. 

In loving memory of / a dear husband and father / WILLIAM HODGKISS / died Dec 19th 1964; 

aged 77 years / and his beloved wife / ROSETTA HARRIET / died March 25th 1977; aged 90 years 

/ God's gift; love and remembrance. 

Mason D.A.EDDIES. 



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44h/ White stone rose design top corners. Vase. 

In / loving memory / of / my dear husband / GEORGE LAWRENCE WYLDE / died March 6th 1965 / 

aged 62 years. / "Until we meet again" / Also his wife / FANNY GERTRUDE WYLDE / died April 

27th 1989 / ahed 83 years / 'Together again". 

Vase. Side one. In 

Side two. Memory 

Side three. For 

Side four. Flowers. 

45h/ Grey polished headstone. 

Loving memories / of / my dear parents / GEORGE GAULTON / 1907-1964 / SARAH ANN / 1907-1982 

/ sadly missed. 

Mason. G.H.DAVIES. 

46h/ Small headstone and three kerbs. 

In memory of / CYRIL BROWN / died 7th February1963 / aged 67 years / and his dear wife / 

MARY ALICE / died 23rd Decenber 1962 / aged 63 years. 

47h/ Open book headstone. 

Left side. 

In loving / memory of / REGINALD JOHN / TOMKINSON / who died / 25th April 1960 / aged 55 

years. 

Right side. 

And of his wife / CECILY MARY / TOMKINSON / who died / 18th Feb. 1974 / aged 70 years / 

Sweet are the / memories that / never fade!. 

48h/ Black polished headstone etched rose design top corners. 

In / loving / memory of / JOHN / WILLIAMS / died 22-6-1958 aged 52 / Also / SARAH ELLEN / 

WILLIAMS / died 15-5-1984 / Loving mum and dad. 

49h/ White headstone rose design top corners. Three kerbs. 

In loving memory of / SARAH ANNIE PENNILL / died Aug 16th 1956,aged 72 years / Also ARTHUR 

PENNILL her son / died March 1942 aged 27 years / Thy will be done. / Also EDITH RYDER / 

dear sister of the above / late of CHARITY FARM, ASHLEY / died Dec.1st 1973, aged 87 years. 

Mason. Oxley. 

50h/ White marble headstone, three kerbs one vase. 

In loving memory of / our dear parents / ANNIE LEAR / died Oct.15th 1953 / aged 75 years / 

ALBERT ASHLEY LEAR / died Mar,24th 1961 / aged 85 years / Reunited. 

51h/ Grey granite headstone. Three kerbs one vase. 

In loving memory of / THOMAS JAMES / beloved husband of / HARRIET HEATH / died Jan.14th 1953 

aged 57 years / "Thy will be done." / Also HARRIET HEATH / died July 10th 1958, aged 65 

years / Reunited. 

52h. Stone vase. No markings. 



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53h/ Open book headstone. 


Left side. 

In loving / WILLIAM / JOHN / BUSH / died 1950 / age 54 years. 

Right sied. 

Memory of / MABEL / GLADYS / BUSH / died 1985 / age 86 years / Reunited. 

54h/ Grey headstone, three kerbs, one vase. 

In loving memory of / JOHN SALT / of BIRCHWOOD PARK, FRADSWELL / who fell asleep June 21st 

1950 / aged 82 years / Also his beloved wife / LIZZIE EMMA / who fell asleep Aug 31st 1968. 

Bottom kerb. 

The eternal God is thy refuge. 

55h/ Black vase. 

Side one. In / loving memory of 

Side two EDWARD / SIMCOCK / 1883-1949. 

Side three 

Side four. And his wife / HILDA / 1890-1958. 

56h/ White marble headstone, three kerbs and vase. 

In loving memory of / MARTHA HOLLIS / died Decenber 3rd 1946 / aged 73 years. 

57h/ 

No markings. 

58h/ Grey granite headstone and three kerbs. 

Cherished memories of / HANNAH / dearly loved wife of / ROWLAND MELLOR / who died Feb.19th 

1941 / aged 74 years / Make her to be numbered with Thy / saints in glory everlasting. / 

Also ROWLAND MELLOR / husband of the above / who died June 11th 1944 / aged 72 years / "Thy 

will be done". 


Left side. 

In loving memory of ALICE JANE beloved wife of JOSEPH WILD / of ASHLEY HEATH who passed away 

July 10th,1940.Aged 59 years. 

Base. 

A loving wife/and tender mother. 

60h/ Inscribed stone, kerbs lifted onto bodystone. 

Top. In loving memory of 

Left. MARGARET, beloved wife of GEORGE PYE, of JUG BANK, ASHLEY / who died Jan 15th 1940, 


Right. Also GEORGE PYE, / died June 1st 1958 aged 84 years. 

Base. Rest in peace. 



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61h/ Headstone. 


To the memory of / MARTHA / the beloved wife of / JAMES SILLITO of THE ROWNEY / who died 11 

December 1937 / aged 65 years / Also of the above JAMES SILLITO / who died 21st May 1940 / 

aged 67 years./ At rest. 


Top In loving memory 

Right MARY ELIZABETH beloved wife of PETER CAULTON / of LOWER ROAD. ASHLEY / died 9th March 

1937 aged 63 years. / Affectionate wife and splendid mother. 

Left. Also PETER CAULTON died 23rd Decenber 1963 aged 90 years. 

Bottom. At rest. 

63h/ Light grey polished stone, six kerbs and vase. 

Top kerb.In ever loving memory of 

R.H.Top kerb ARTHUR, beloved husband of SARAH ANNN HODGKISS / of 191 CALIFORNIA, ASHLEY / 

died November 16th 1934, aged 57 years. 

R.H.Bottom kerb. Also SARAH ANN his beloved wife / died Jan 22nd 1956. At 22 ESSELIE AVE. 

ASHLEY / aged 77 years / A devoted father and mother. 

Bottom kerb. "Always in our thoughts". 

64h/ Sandstone kerbs with shaped corner blocks. 


R.H.Kerb. JOSEPH LAMONBY ALLAN of HOOKGATE / who died November 4th 1931,aged 72 years. 

Bottom kerb. "At rest". 

65h/ Headstone, three kerbs. 

In loving memory of / ARTHUR HOLLIS / beloved husband of ADA HOLLIS / died May 11th 1965 / 

aged 69 years / At rest / Also the above / ADA HOLLIS / died May 20th 1967 / aged 70 years / 

Reunited. 

66h/ In memory of / ELLEN / HANDLEY / 1901-1964 / and her husband / JOHN / 1896-1972 / 

"Reunited" 

67h/ Six small thin edged kerbs. 

No inscription. 

68h/ Light grey polished headstone, ive wreath engraved at top. 

In loving memory of / SAMUEL HILL / died Nov.6th 1961, aged 89 years / Also BERTHA 

ELIZABETH, / his beloved wife / died Feb.23rd 1962, aged 88 years. 

69h/ Black polished headstone, church interior design top left, three kerbs, tall white 

marble vase. 

Treasured memories of / my dear husband / JOSEPH HINTON / who died Nov 31st 1960 / aged 76 

years / It's hard to walk the road alone / instead of side by side / but to all there comes 

a time / when paths of life divide; / and when i'm sad and lonely / and wonder why you're 

gone / I ask God to forgive my tears / and help me to carry on / always remembered. / Also 

his beloved wife / SARAH ELLEN / who died Aug 12th 1974 / aged 91 years / Reunited. 



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70h/ Headstone and three kerbs. 


In loving memory of / our dear parents / MAUD UNDERWOOD / died 20th July 1959 aged 70 / and 

ERNEST UNDERWOOD / died 9th November 1960 aged 73 / Also their son / PERCY ERNEST UNDERWOOD 

/ fatally injured in 1932 aged 21. 

71h/ Four kerbstones, one vase. 

Top. In memory of 

Left side ANNIE SILLITO. Born May 17th 1888, died October 30th 1974 

Right side. ROLAND SILLITO, born April 13th 1882, died July 6th 1958 

Base. Fondest love. 

72h/ Headstone a.d vase./ 

In loving memory of / MARY JANE / the dearly loved wife of / JOSEPH BRADBURY / of THE 

SMITHY, ASHLEY / who passed away 5th Oct. 1956 aged 73 years / Jesus lover of my soul / Also 

of the above / JOSEPH BRADBURY / who passed away 21st Dec 1962 aged 86 years. 

Reunited. 

73h/ Vase only. 

In memory of / a dear mother / FLORENCE J.BROWN / (HAYES) / who died 1 Nov 1954 / aged 73 

years / R.I.P. 

74h/ Small headstone, grey, three kerbs and vase. 

In loving memory of / ANNIE FLETCHER / died 26th Jan 1953 / Also her beloved husband / 

ARTHUR MALLAM FLETCHER / died in April 1926 / Re-united. 

75h/ Light grey polished stone vase. 

Side one. In / loving memory of / dear ELSIE. / At rest. 

Side two. In / loving memory of / LIZZIE. 


77h/ Small wooden cross. No inscription. 

78h/ Sandstone kerbs with corner posts. 


R.H.Kerb. RICHARD PYE / died Sept.18th 1946,aged 84 years. 

L.H.Kerb. Also ROSETTA his wife / died August 23rd 1949. Aged 83 years. 

Bottom kerb. "Until the day break / and the shadows flee away." 

79h/ Sandstone kerbs with corner posts. 

Top kerb, In loving memory of 

L.H.Kerb. SARAH ANN, wife of JAMES PARKER, who died Jan 29th 1943,aged 78 years. 

R.H.Kerb. Also JAMES PARKER beloved husband / died Feb.19th 1948, aged 86 years. Reunited. 

Bottom kerb. Rest in peace. 

80h/ Grey granite headstone, light grey vase. 

In loving memory of / JOHN TITTENSOR / of MYRTLE COTTAGE ASHLEY DELL / who died 12th Feb 

1941 / aged 51 years / "Until we meet again". 



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81h/ Four kerbstones one vase. 



Top left. WILLIAM FURNIVAL of RUDGE DALE ASHLEY 

Bottom left Ar rest 1st June 1940,. aged 72 years. 

Bottom right Also his beloved wife LIZZIE. 

Top right At rest 22nd May 1958 aged 87 years. 

Base "Worthy of remembrance". 

82h/ White,upright headstone, integral vase. 

In / loving memory / of / RUTH E. BARROW / passed away / 15th Nov.1973 / Also of THOMAS 

BARROW / and of / DAVID BARROW / sons of the above / Also her husband / PERCY BARROW / 

passed away / 6th Jan. 1985. 

83h/ Grey stone kerbs. 


Left. THOMAS beloved husband of MINNIE CHIDLOW / who died Dec.23rd 1938, aged 62 years. 

Right. Also MINNIE CHIDLOW / who died April 14th 1952 aged 74 years. 

Base. Rest in peace. 



Left. SARAH JANE NICKLIN of ASHLEY died Oct 25th 1937 aged 66 years. 

Bottom. Where I am there shall also my servants be. 

Right. Also ALICE beloved wife of WILLIAM EMERY / who died 3rd June 1944 aged 87 years / 

God grant her eternal rest. 

85h/ Four kerbs and vase. 


Left. ELIZABETH beloved wife of HENRY NICKLIN of ASHLEY / died 21st May 1936 aged 74 years 

/ An affectionate wife & splendid mother. 

Bottom. At rest. 

Right. Also of the afore named HENRY NICKLIN / died 6th August 1939 aged 74 years. / A 

splendid father. 

Vase. In loving memory from friends & neighbours. 

86h/ Headstone. 

In loving memory of / ROBERT KEY / who died August 9th 1936 aged 82 years / Also ALICE his 

wife / died May 15th 1940 aged 90 years / Light at eventide. 

87. Indentation only. 

88h/ New headstone, plinth and vase. 

In loving memory of / devoted parents / and grandparents / ROBERT SAMUEL JAMES / WEBSTER / 

who died 3rd October 1965 / aged 59 years / and his dear wife / MARGUERITA ELLEN / who died 

29th October 1991 / aged 82 years / "Rest in peace". 



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89h/ Headstone, three kerbs and vase. 


In loving memory of / MARGARET IRENE GARTSIDE / died 14th Nov.1964 aged 59 years / Her life 

a beautiful memory / Her absence a silent grief / Also her beloved husband / FRED / died 

19th Dec 1979 aged 80 / Reunited. 

90h/ Grey granite headstone, three kerbs and vase. 

In loving meory of / a dear wife and mother / ROSE IRENE MACHIN / died Oct 30th 1963 / aged 

46 years / Always in our thoughts / Also / CHARLES HENRY MACHIN / died Sept.2nd 1972 / aged 

58 years. 

91h/ White headstone. 

Treasured memories / of / JULIA PENELOPE / dearly loved daughter / of / JOHN & SYLVIA / 

WALLER / who fell asleep / 6th August 1963 / aged 19 months. 

92h/ Small grey polished headstone. 

In / loving memory of / JOSEPH EDGE / died Jan.21st 1961 / aged 46 years / At rest. 

93h/ Small flat headstone with rose design top corners, three kerbs and vase. 

In loving memory of / JACK BARNARD / died Jan 29 1960, aged 58 years / Also MARY ELIZABETH 

his beloved wife / died Aug.22. 1960 aged 58 years / Re-united. 

94h/ Rough grey granite, polished at front, carnation design etched both side, granite 

vase. 

In loving memory of / NOAH THOMPSTONE / of BROMLEY HALL / who died 13th Oct 1958 / aged 82 

years / and EDITH LILIAN / his beloved wife / who died 25 th May 1960 / aged 74 years. / 

'Rest in the Lord. 

Mason. Reg No 876690. 

95h/ Headstone, three kerbs and vase, 

In loving memory of / JESSIE / beloved wife of ERNEST CHIDLOW / died Dec 20th 1955 aged 60 

years / At rest / Also of the above / ERNEST CHIDLOW / died Nov 5th 1962 aged 76 years / Reunited. 

96h/ Light grey headstone, three kerbs and vase. 

In loving memory of / HERBERT ARTHUR / the dearly loved husband of / NELLIE BRADBURY / of 

SUNNYSIDE, LOGGERHEADS / at rest 25th April 1954 / aged 73 years / Also his beloved wife / 

MARY ELLEN / at rest 19th November 1978 / aged 80 years. 

Bottom kerb. Loves last gift - remembrance. 

97h/ Four grey granite kerbs and vase. 

Top kerb. Treasured memories of 

Left side. ERNEST / the dearly loved husband of WINIFRED GATER / who fell asleep 24th Sept 

1951, / aged 69 years. 

Right side. Also of / WINIFRED ELLEN GATER / who fell asleep 15th Oct 1964 / aged 72 years. 

Vase. "Abide with me" 

Mason. O.J.Burt. 



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98h/ Light grey polished headstone with pillars either side. Vase in same stone.Five 

kerbstones. 

In loving memory of / THOMAS, / dearly-loved husband of / FRANCES EMMA JONES, / of VALE 

VIEW,LOGGERHEADS / at rest June 19th 1949,aged 79 years. / "This christian when life's 

trials close, / sleeps in refreshing calm repose. / he had no regrets." 

R.H.top kerb. Also of the said / FRANCES EMMA JONES. 

R.H.bottom kerb. At rest Jan.30th 1959, aged 86 years. / "Together again." 

99h/ New black headstone, plinth and vase. 

In loving memory / of / MARY JANE / ALMOND / died 17th Dec 1943 / Also her dear husband / 

VERNON WILLIAM / died 10th Feb 1959 / aged 79 years / "At rest." 

Owens Mk. Drayton. 

100h/ Four grey kerbstones and black vase. 


Left kerb. EVELYN dearly loved daughter of THOMAS & MARTHA BENNETT / who died Sep 25th 

1942 aged 38 years. 

Bottom kerb. Peacefully sleeping. 

Vase. Fondest / memories / of / EVELYN. 

101h/ Granite headstone. 

In / loving memory / of / LAURENCE HAMER PARR / beloved husband of / FLORENCE LILLIAN / of 

THE MILEHOUSE,LEIGHTON, CREWE / died Aug 16 1941 aged 51 years. / and of FLORENCE LILLIAN / 

his beloved wife / died May 16 1946 aged 42 years / To live in the hearts of those we love / 

is not to die. 


To the dear memory of / WILLIAM RHODES / of THE MOUNT, ASHLEY. Late of BURSLEM / who died 

10th May 1940 aged 72 years. / All that he came to give, he gave and went away. 

103h/ Grey headstone, fallen. 

In loving memory of / FREDERICK LEIGHTON / of CHURCH FARM,ASHLEY / died November 16th 1938 / 


"Peace" on bottom two corners. 

104h/ Four grey kerbstones. 

Top kerb. In loving memory of. 

Right side. ELIZABETH RHEAD, of TREVOR, ASHLEY HEATH & late of NEWCASTLE. / who died May 

21st 1938, aged 79 years. 

Left side. Also ANN WILTON of "BERWIN" BALDWINS GATE / who died Aug.4th 1943,aged 90 

years. 

Mason. C.Burt. Newcastle. 



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105h/ Small open book in white stone. 



Left side. 

CLARA PYE / died 22nd Dec.1937 / Aged 61 years. 

Right side. 

REDERICK PYE / died 12th April 1070 / aged 90 years. 

Re-united. 

106h/ Large celtic cross, four kerbs and vase. 

To the dear memory of / JESSE THOMAS / the beloved husband of / ALICE TOMKINSON / of JUG 

BANK, ASHLEY. . who entered into rest 17th July 1937. / Aged 53 years / Also of the above / 

ALICE TOMKINSON / died Aug 16th 1964 / aged 83 years. / "Nearer my God to thee nearer to 

Thee." 

107h/ Stone on plinth with vase. Words divided. 

In / loving memory of 

Left side. WILLIAM / beloved husband of / CHARLOTTE JERVIS / died Feb.21st 1937 / aged 74 

years / At rest. 

Right side. And / CHARLOTTE / died Aug. 5th 1980 / aged 99 years. 

Just a simple little prayer, God bless you / and keep you in His care. 

108h/ Headstone, three kerbs, two corner blocks and vase. 

In loving memory of / ELIZABETH / the beloved wife of / THOMAS LOCKETT / of "BANK HOUSE" 

MAER HEATH / who died 20th April 1936 aged 71 years, / Also of the above / THOMAS LOCKETT / 

who died 22nd March 1940, aged 79 years / and PTE. HARRY JAMES / KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT 

INFANTRY / killed in action 14th July 1918 aged 21 years / "Until the day break." 

109h/ Four kerbs, large stone cross laid flat. 


Right kerb. GRACE ANNIE BLADEN WRIGHT / of GORSEY BANK FARM, WOORE / who died 25th February 

1935 aged 30 years. 

1 I/ White marble stone in form of book. 

In / loving memory / of / ALICE / BEESTON / died Nov 21st 1965 / aged 54 years / in God's 

keeping. 

2 I/ Grey marble headstone with one vase. 

In loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / EMMIE FAIRWEATHER / died 12th Dec 1965 / aged 

72 years / Also PERCY FAIRWEATHER / beloned husband of the above / and dearly loved grandad 

of LYNNE / died 30th Nov 1971 / aged 73 years / Reunite. 

3 I/ Grey marble headstone on plinth. 

In / loving memory of / JOHN HENRY HOWES / who died Jan 11th 1966 / aged 64 years. 

4 I/ Grey marble headstone. 

+ / in / loving memory / of our dear sister / ELIZABETH DAVIES / died April 7th 1966 / aged 

66 / At rest. 



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5 I/ White marble headstone with plinth, vase, flower decoration at top. 

In / loving memory / of / HUBERT SYDNEY EMERY / died 2nd May 1966 / aged 71 / Also / 

MARJORIE JOAN EMERY / died 28th Oct 1998 / aged 91 years / Resquiescat in pace. 

6 I/ White marble headstone, flower decoration at top. 

In / loving memory / of / THOMAS RICHARD / dearly loved husband of / MARY ETHEL BRADBURY / 

at rest 7th June 1966 / aged 72 years / "The day thou gavest / Lord, is ended " / also the 

above / MARY ETHEL / his much loved wife / at rest 5th Jan 1997 / aged 94 years / "In life, 

in death / Lord, abide with me." 

7 I/ Small, grey headstone and black vase. 

In / loving memory of / THIRZA / beloved wife of / the late / JOHN EGBERT GARTON / died June 

17th 1966 / aged 93 years. / Reunited. 

Vase. Fondest / thoughts / from / JACK / and LILY. 

8 I/ Black, marble heastone on plinth. 

In / loving memory of / ANNIE BENBOW / died Aug 31st 1966 / aged 87 years / Also her dear 

husband / WILLIAM J.BENBOW / died Oct 19th 1975 / aged 94 years / FLORENCE E. MANFORD / 

daughter of the above / died Oct 28th 1982 / aged 78 yerars. 

9 I/ Granite headstone, flower decoration in left corner. Vase. 

In / loving memory / of / ERNEST DEAN / who died 18th Oct 1966 / aged 72 years / MAY 

WINIFRED / who died 12th Dec 1980 / aged 86 years. 

10 I/ Black marble headstone, plinth and vase, decoration on left side and on plinth. 

In loving memory / of / a dear husband and father / GEORGE PARTON / died 23rd October 1966 / 

aged 75 years / Also a dear wife and mother / ADA / died 19th June 1976 / aged 84 years / 

Also their daughter / MARGARET CHALLINOR / a beloved wife,mother and nanny / died 29th May 

aged 66 years / "Only goodnight beloved not farewell." 

On the plinth "At rest." 

Owen. Mk. Drayton. 

11 I/ White vase only. 

Always / remembered / Mum and Dad. 

12 I/ Brown marble headstone and vase. 

Treasured memories of / WILLIAM THORNHILL / died Feb 11th 1967 / aged 59 years / Also mother 

MARTHA ELLEN / died June 16th 1968 / aged 76 years. 

13 I/ White marble headstone decoration down left side. Vase. 

Treasured memories of / a dear mum and nan / MARY ELLEN / MADELEY / who departed this life / 

20th April 1967 / aged 75 years / Her life a beautiful memory / her absence a silent grief. 

14 I/ Grey marble headstone, decoration on left side. 

Treasured / memories of / our dear parents / FRANCIS PCKSTOCK BENNETT / died 1st Aug 1967 - 

ged 72 years / LOUISA BENNETT / died 19th Feb. 1968 aged 72 years. 



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15 I/ Douible headstone and grave, picture down the middle, plinth and two vases. 

Across the top BROWN. 

Left side CHARLES / HENRY / aged 66. 

Right side. BERTHA / EVELYN / aged 63 

At the bottom Whose journey ended 13th August 1957. 

16 I/ Grey marble headstone with plinth and vase. Flower decoration. 

In / loving memory of / ANGUS DUNCAN MUNRO / died Aug 21st 1967 / aged 63 / and his dear 

wife / HILDA MUNRO / died March 5th 1991 / aged 85 / "Reunited" 

17 I/ Black marble headstone and plinth, cross at top and flower decoration, vase. 

+ / in loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / PEGGY ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS / who departed 

this life 27th August 1967 / aged 40 years / Thy will be done. 

18 I/ Small granite headstone. no plinth. 

In loving / memory of / ROBERT ERIC CORK / died Jan 10th 1968 / aged 67 years. 

19 I/ Black marble headstone and plinth, vase. 

In loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / GRACE MARSON / who departed this life / 22nd 

January 1968 / aged 51 / Your memory is our greatest treasure / God bless / BERNARD STANLEY 

MARSON / dearlt beloved husband of / KATHLEEN / and the late GRACE / devoted father and 

grandfather / passed away 29th March 1998 / aged 80 years. 

On plinth. The years we shared together, the happy days we knew. / are lived again so often 

in our memories of you / We lived in hope, we prayed in vain that God would make you well 

again / but someday God will tell us why he broke our hearts and took you from us / to us 

you are someone special, God must have thought so too. 

20 I/ Brown marble headstone on plinth and vase. 

In / loving remembrance / of / FRANK STANLEY EDGE / 1893 -1968 / and hid dear wife / NANCY / 

1898 - 1992 

21 I/ No headstone plinth only. 

No inscription. 

22 I/ Small white marble headstone, cross on each side, vase. 

In / memory of / my dear husband / FRANK A. TITTENSOR / died 13th May 1968, aged 72 / Also 

his beloved wife / FLORENCE EMILY / dies 28th May 1981 aged 76. 

23 I/ Small white vase only, flower decoration. 

In memory of / ADA HOUGH / died 15th May / 1968 / aged 83 years. 

24 I/ Black marble headstone with plinth, vase. 

Treasured memories of / JULIA JANE / LOGAN / loving wife and mother / died June 23rd 1968 / 

aged 23 / Also Dad / VINCENT BENNETT / died August 10th 1979 / aged 61. 



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25 I/ White, smooth granite headstone, flower decoration and cross on left side. 

In / loving memory of / BEATRICE MAUD / beloved wife of / GEORGE EDWARD ALLEN / of 186, 

HOOKGATE, ASHLEY / who died 25th June 1968 / aged 70 years / "Peace perfect peace" / Also / 

GEORGE EDWARD ALLEN / her beloved husband / who died 9th February 1973 / aged 83 years. / 

Reunited. 

26 I/ Granite open book. 

In / loving memory / of / a dear husband / and father / MARK / HOLLAND / died 28th July / 

1968 / aged 64 years / At rest. 

27 I/ Dark grey polished headstone. 

In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / ERNEST COLCLOUGH / who died Aug 3rd 1968 

/ aged 62 years / "At rest". / GLADYS MARY COLCLOUGH / his beloved wife / who died June 27th 

1993 / aged 85 years / Reunited. 

28 I/ White stone headstone, narrow stone vase at side. 

In / loving memory / of / FANNY J. MADDERS / died 6th Aug. 1968 / aged 96 years / wife of / 

DORNING H. MADDERS / died 22nd Spet. 1907. 

29 I/ Headstone with two vases incorporated on eithr side. 

In loving memory of / my dear wife / MYRA SMITH / (LILAC COTTAGE) / died 5 Sept 1968, aged 

74 / "In God's keeping" / Also her husband / HAROLD MEDMORE SMITH / died 3 May 1973 aged 83. 

30 I/ Grey polished headstone. 

In / loving memory of / MARY / wife of JAMES MOORE / dear mother of her children / died 1st 

October 1968 / aged 37 years / Peacefully sleeping / Also / MARK JAMES MOORE / dear brother 

son and fiancee / died tragically on 29th August 1985 / aged 22 years. / MARK to me you were 

so very special / and so you shall remain / thoughts of you will always be with me / until 

we meet again / all my love MARIANNE. 


In loving memory of / a dear husband - father / ALBERT PARTON / died 24 Oct 1968 aged 72 / 

'Rest in peace" / Also a dear wife / mother and granny / ELIZABETH G. / PARTON / died 28 Nov 

1973 aged 74 / 'Reunited'. 

32 I/ White headstone with cross centre top. 

In loving memory of / ANNIE ASTLE BUCKLEY / beloved wife of WILLIAM LESTER BUCKLEY / of THE 

HOLLIES, ASHLEY HEATTH, / who died Nov 14th 1968 / aged 68 years / Also her beloved husband 

/ WILLIAM LESTER BUCKLEY / who died June 17th 1988 / aged 87 years / "Forever in our 

thoughts" 

33 I/ Dark grey polished headstone, rose design at top. 

Treasured / memories / of our / dear brother / SIDNEY /CHARLIE / TOMKINSON / died 3 Feb 1969 

/ aged 63 years / "Rest in peace". 

Mason. Richards Memorials. 

34 I/ Large black vase with rose design. 

WILFRED / CAULKIN. 



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35 I/ White headstone cross engraved top left corner. 

In / loving memory / of / FRANK WILLIAM / LOWE / berloved husband of ANNIE / died 19th July 

1969 / Also ANNIE / died 16th June 1993 / "Reunited" / "The Lord is my shepherd." 

Mason G.O.Burt. 

36 I/ White headstone, Virgin Mary engraved down centre. 

Left side In loving / memory of / GIOVANNI / EMUELLI / at rest / 26.July 1969 / aged 78 

years. 

Right side. And his / beloved wife / wife / CAROLINE / at rest / 11. Feb 1981 / aged 86 

years. 


In loving memory / of / ARTHUR JOHN CEDRIC JONES / who died 15th Nov 1969 / in his 85th year 

/ Also his wife / ALICE / who died 22nd May 1973 / in her 90th year / and their daughter 

MARYAN ELIZABETH ROBERTS / who died 30th July 1996 / in her 88th years. 

Mason. Owen. 

38 I/ Dark grey polished stone with roses etched in top corners. 

In / loving memory / of / a dear wife and mother / JOAN DOROTHY ALCOCK / at rest 2nd Dec 


Mason. G.O.Burt. Newcastle. 


In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / JAMES HENRY PYE / (THE DALE) / died 18th 

Feb 1970 / aged 69 years / "At rest" 

Mason. Richards memorials. 

40 I/ Rough hewn granite headstone. 

In loving memory of / FREDERICK MANN / died 12th July 1970 / Also NORAH MANN / died 4th May 

1979. 

41 I/ No memorial at all but wreath laid at Christmas. 

42 I/ White headstone with wreath engraved on right. 

In / loving memory of / ALFRED ALLEN / died August 21st 1970 / aged 82 years. / Remembered 

always. 


In / loving memory of / VIOLET MAUD SEAL / died August 25th 1970 / aged 83 years. 

Mason. C.H.Davies. Shrewsbury. 



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44 I/ White headstone, rose engraved top corners, vase. 

Stone. Treasured / memories of / a dear son and brother / EDWARD ARTHUR BOOTH / died as a 

result of an accident / 30th October 1970, aged 17 years. 

Vase. Remembered / by his fellow / workmates at / WILLIAM / BOULTONS. 

45 I/ Dark grey polished headstone, cross on left side. 

In memory of / FRANCIS ROLAND SOUTHALL / born June 27th 1917 / died Dec 15th 1971 / "Always 

remembered". 

46 I/ A wooden cross with brass plate. 

EDWARD / BREEZE. 

47 I/ Dark grey polished stone. Church interior scene etched on left with gold highlights. 

In loving memory / of / ALBERT HIND / died 18th May 1972 / aged 74 years / And his dear wife 

/ FLORENCE / who entered into eternal rest / on 31st December 1991 / aged 84 years. / "At 

rest." 

Mason. Owens, M.Drayton. 

48 I/ White headstone incorporating vase on right. 

In / loving memory / of / JACK / beloved husband of / NELLIE D. DAVENPORT / and a dear 

father / died 23rd Nov 1972 / aged 75 years / Also his dear wife / NELLIE / died 3rd June 

1982 / aged 83 years. / Together again. 

49 I/ Small white headstone, sied vase, flowers top left. 

In loving / memory of / JESSIE SHAW / died / 31st January 1973 / aged 74 years / Also / 

GEORGE SHAW / died 8th June 1975 / aged 76 years / Reunited. 

50 I/ Small headstone, side vase. 

In / loving memory of / ALBERT OSWALD / (WAL) / dearly loved husband of / JOYCE MARY EDGE / 

a dear father / and grandfather / died 1st July 1973 aged 58 / At rest. 

51 I/ Black marble headstone and plinth. 

Treasured memories / of / RAYMOND (RAY) / dearly loved husband of / IVY ROWLEY / died 

November 23rd 1973 / aged 64 years / Reunited with his dearly loved wife / IVY / died 

September 6th 1998 / aged 88 years / In heavenly love abiding. 

54 I/ Black marble headstone,vase in plinth, cross on left side. 

In loving memory of / KATHLEEN / beloved wife of / HARRY CAMPBELL TAYLOR / died June 14th 

1974 / aged 64 years / R.I.P. / Also / HARRY CAMPBELL / her devoted husband / died Nov.7th 

1985 / aged 77 years / Reunited. 

55 I/ Small white headstone, plinth and side vase, decoration top left. 

In loving / memory of / GEORGE HENRY / WALKER / beloved husband of / BARBARA / dear dad of 

/ VALERIE & DARREN / who died Sept. 6. 1974 / aged 42 / Sleeping peacefully. 



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56 I/ Grey headstone, plinth and vase. 


In / loving memory of / ANN WILSON / who died / 18th September 1974 / Also her dear husband 

/ WILLIAM / who died / 31st October 1975 / R.I.P. 

57 I/ In / loving memory of / EVELYN MARY / KEAY / died 30 September 1974 / aged 75 years 

/ and her husband / ALBERT KEAY / died 15th January 1992 / aged 87 years / Together again. 

58 I/ Small black headstone, plinth anf vase. 

In / loving memeory of / WILLIAM H. FURNIVAL / died 17th April 1975 / aged 74 years. 

59 I/ Black headstone cross in centre, plinth and vase. 

In loving memory of / MARTHA HALL / 1913 - 1975 / SYDNEY HALL / 1911 - 1983 / "To see a 

world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower." 

60 I/ Small black headstone, plinth and vase. 

In / loving / memory of / JOHN JAMES ROBERTS / 1904 - 1975 / Also his wife / ALICE MADELINE 

ROBERTS / 1911 - 1982. 

61 I/ Grey headstone cross on left side, plinth and vase. 

In / loving memory of / a dear husband / and father / WILFRED JESSE / TOMKINSON / died May 

18th 1976 / aged 87 years. 

62 I/ Grey headstone. 

KENNETH MARK / PERRY / D.S.M. / 1920 - 1976 / dearest husband of HILDA. 

63 I/ Black headstone, plinth with vase and seperate vase. 

Cherished memories / of / RUPERT / 1920 - 1977 / beloved husband of / DOROTHY WILSON / You 

are my love / you are my light / Christ is the resurrection / and the light / until we meet 

again sweetheart. 

On vase. Dearest dad. 

64 I/ White headstone, side vase. 

In / loving memory / of / GEOFFREY BUTTERS / died 8th December 1976 / aged 75 / Also 

KATHERINE ANNICE / dearly loved wife of / the above / died 2nd Sept 1979 / aged 74. 

65 I/ White headstone in open book form. Stone vase. 

Left side. In / loving memory / of / GLADYS / beloved wife of / JOSEPH COLLEY / and a 

devoted / mother & granny / who died / 28th Dec 1976 / aged 70 years. 

Right side. Also / JOSEPH / COLLEY / who died / 10th August 1983 / aged 76 years / 

Reunited. 

Metal container. "in loving memory". 

Stone vase. Granny / Grandad. 

66 I/ Black headstone, picture left side, plinth with vase. 

In ever loving memory / of / DONALD ALMOND / who died March 25th 1977 / aged 67 years / and 

his dear sister / HILDA ALMOND / who died 8th Jan 1996 / aged 70 years / Also their brother 

/ REGINALD VERNON / ALMOND / who died 14th February 1998 / aged 91 years. 



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67 I/ Grey headstone, decoration top left, plinth with vase. 

Treasured memories of / a dear son and brother / ANDREW LESLIE / RUSCOE / who passed away as 

a result / of and accident 21st May 1977 / aged 20 years / Also a beloved husband / father 

and grandad / LESLIE HAROLD / RUSCOE / who passed away 11th November 1964 / aged 62 years / 

Also a devoted wife and mother / and grandmother / MARY PATRICIA RUSCOE / who passed away 

8th May 1997 / aged 75 years. 

68 I/ Grey headstone, plinth with vase and seperate vase. 

Treasured memories of / HARRY HODGKISS / beloved husband and father / who passed away / 

November 17th 1977 / aged 59 years / Always in our thoughts. 

69 I/ Small white headstone. 

AUGUSTUS BEECH / SMITH / of THE ASHLANDS ASHLEY / died 30 Nov 1977 / aged 81 years / Also 

ETHEL SMITH / beloved wife of the above / died 24 June 1988 / aged 92 years / Reunited. 

70 I/ White headstone, plinth and vase. 

Loving memories of / a dear wife / and mother / LILIAN FANNY / HOLBROOK / who died 8th 

Dec.1977 / aged 78 years. 

71 I/ Black headstone, plinth and vase. 

In / loving memory of / a beloved wife and mother / ETHEL SCOTT / died December 25th 1977 / 

aged 67 years / "Enriched through his eternal love ' / Also beloved husband / ERNEST EDWARD 

/ died 17th July 1991 / aged 78 years / A loving father. 

72 I/ Black headstone picture bottom left, plinth and vase. 

In / loving memory of / a beloved husband and father / ARTHUR VENABLES / born July 24. 1924 

/ died March 23. 1978 / A dear wife and mother / EDITH JOAN / VENABLES / born December 21 

1924 / died December 3 1996 / Together again. 

73 I/ Black headstone on plinth, two vases. 

Treasured memories of / EDITH FLORENCE DAVIES / who died 28th April 1978 / aged 73 years / 

dearly loved wife of / ROLAND / a devoted mother and nana / Also / ROLAND CHARLES / died 3rd 

February 1985 / aged 85 years / Dearly loved husband / of EDITH / a devoted dad / and 

grandad / Reunited. 

Left vase. God bless / nana / and / grandad. 

Plinth. In heavenly love abiding. 

74 I/ Dark grey headstone on plinth. 

In / loving menory / of a beloved / husband,father / and gradad / RICHARD SHUKER / died 6th 

June 1978 / aged 72 years / At rest. / Also / his devoted wife / GLADYS MAY / a beloved 

mother & grandmother / died 12th Dec.1981 / aged 76 years / Reunited. 

75 I/ Dark grey headstone on plinth integral vase. 

In / loving memory / of / MAUDE ALICE / COLCLOUGH / died 12th June 1978 / aged 90 years / 

Also / MARY ALICE / COLCLOUGH / died 31st March 1981 / aged 58 years. 

76 I/ No memorial. 



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77 I/ Dark grey headstone on plinth with vase. 

Treasured memories / of / DOROTHY CATHERINE NODEN / born 4th August 1911 / died 8th October 

1978 / and / THOMAS LOUIS NODEN / born 2nd February 1907 / died 2nd May 1988. 

78 I/ Vase only, no inscription. 

79 I/ Wooden cross with silver plate. 

JOHN / BREEZE. 

80 I/ Black headstone plinth with vase. 

In loving memory of / THOMAS BENNION / died 17th January 1979 / aged 72 years / and his 

beloved wife / GLADYS / died 6th April 1979 / aged 72 years / "And when life's day is over / 

shall death's fair night discover / the field's of everlasting life." 

81 I/ White marble headstone. 

In / loving memory of / ARTHUR THORLEY / at rest 7th Feb 1979 / aged 70 years / ALAN LESLIE 

HOUGH / born 12th January 1959 / died 25th October 2000 / Re-united with Grandad. 


83 I/ Black headstone on plinth with vase. 

In loving memory of / JAMES KENNETH / FARMER / beloved husband of / ELIZABETH / died 3rd 

July 1979 / aged 63 years / Until we meet again / Also / ELIZABETH / his beloved wife / died 

21st May 1983 / aged 63 years. 


In / loving memory of / a dear father / and mother / REGINALD FROST / 1896 - 1978 / ELSIE 

FROST / 1901 - 1980. 


In / loving memory of / MARGARET HELEN SCOTT / died Jan 31st 1980 / aged 79 / and ERNEST / 

dear husband of MARGARET HELEN / died Nov 25th 1980 / aged 77 / Perfect peace. 


Treasured memories / of / a loving son and brother / DAVID JOHN REARDON / born Septmber 8th 

1965 / died February 12th 1980 / Also LUCY ELLEN / a devoted wife and mum / born 12 th 

January 1935 / died 19th Septmber 1983 / Also / HARRY REARDON / a very dear dad and grandad 

/ born 4th November 1932 / died 6th Dember 1986. 


In / loving memory / of / GEORGE / dear husband of / ALICE KNIGHT / dear dad & grandad / 

died 29th April 1980 aged 66 years / Forever in our thoughts / Also ALICE / beloved 

wife,mother & garndmother / died 13th November 1987 / aged 70 years. 


In / loving memory of / a dear husband / and father / HAROLD EDWARD / ASHLEY / born May 1917 

/ died May 1980. 



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In / loving memory of / a beloved wife / and mother / DOROTHY HELEN / SIMCOCK / died 30th 

May 1980 / aged 53 years / God bless you always / til we meet again / They that beleive in 

Me shall never die. 


Sacred / to the memory of / JOHN ROBERTS / beloved husband of / ELLEN / a dear dad and 

grandad / died 27 june 1980 / aged 67 years / Grant him eternal rest. 


In / loving memory of / KENNETH / dearly loved husband of / MARIAN CLOUGH / who died 15th 

Ju;y 1980 / aged 59 years. 


In / loving memory of / MALCOLM RONALD / HODGSON / died 16th September 19809 / aged 44. 

93 I/ White headstone on plinth with vase. 

At rest / JOHN CHIDLOW / 1912 - 1980 / Also his sister / EDITH ELLEN CHIDLOW / who died 

14.4.1991 / aged 82. 


In loving memory / STANLEY F. LEIGHTON / died March 29th 1981 / aged 73 years / Also wife / 

ANNIE / died 22nd Oct 1989. 


In / loving memory of / BERTIE SILVESTER / passed away 13 April 1981 / age 76 / dear husband 

of LOUISA ANN / and dear dad and grandad / R.I.P. / Also his dear wife / LOUISA ANN / passed 

away 27 August 2000 / age 92 / A dear mum and nan / Together again. 

96 I/ Small wooden cross - no name. 


Loving memories of / IAN / dear son of / DOROTHY and MICHAEL / THOMAS / Also brother and 

grandson / Nov 20th 1981 aged 17 years. 

98 I/ Small grey headstone on plinth with vase. 

In / loving memory of / IVY HITCHINGS / a dear wife and mother / born 13th Nov 1919 / died 

30th Jan 1982. 

99 I/ Small grey headstone. 

In / loving memory of / SARAH A. WILSON / (SALLIE) / wife of THOMAS / and mother of BARBARA 

/ born 15-9-1906 / died 2-7-1982. 

100 I/ Grey marble headstone on plinth with vase. 

In / loving memory of / F.C.GODFREY HART / died 6th July 1982 / aged 80 years / and his dear 

wife / A.M.ELSIE HART / died 4th February 1994 / aged 87 years / Reunited. 



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104 I/ Dark grey polished marble headstone. 


In / loving memory of / ANNIE PYE / died Jan 27th 1983 / aged 79 years / Rest in peace / 

Also her beloved husband / GEORGE ERNEST PYE / died Dec 6th 1984 / aged 81 years / Reunited. 

105 I/ Polished black headstone. 

In / loving memory of / MURIEL IVY / dearly loved wife of / LESLIE THOMAS / FROST / died 5th 

April 1983 / aged 78 years / Also the above / LWSLIE THOMAS / died 20th April 1999 / aged 83 

years / Together again. 

106 I/ Black polished marble headstone. 

In loving memory of / JEREMIAH DOOLEY / who died June 28th 1983 / aged 82 years / Also his 

beloved wife / WINIFRED / who died December 7th 1995 / aged 97 years / And KATHLEEN MARY / 

DOOLEY / a dear daughter and sister / who died February 9th 1991 / aged 62 years. 


In / loving memory of / a beloved husband / and father / ERNEST WILLIAM / TOMKINSON / died 

September 15th 1983 / aged 76 years / Also his dear son / ROLAND JAMES / died October 9th 


108 I/ Grey marble polished headstone. 

In / loving memory of / FRANK SALTER / died 15th Nov. 1983 / aged 77 years. 


In / loving memory / of / FREDERICK / BEESTON / a beloved husband / father and grandad / 

died 6th March 1984 / aged 77 years. 

110 I/ Dark grey marble polished headstone. 

in loving memory of / ELSIE ALLEN / died 25th July 1984 / aged 83 years / At rest. 


Treasured memories of / MARY ALICE PEAKE / at rest 18th July 1985 / aged 81 years / Devoted 

mother of / EDGAR and GEORGE. 

112 i/ dARK GREY POLISHED MARBLE HEADSTONE. 

iN / LOVING MEMORY OF / 'SID' / SIDNEY JOHN BRADBURY / died 5th November 1985 / aged 79 

years / At rest / "In heavenly love abiding". 

113 I/ Pink polished open book design headstone on plinth. 


Left side. 



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PHILIP THOMAS / JOHNSON / a dear / husband / and father / born / 19 . 3 . 1900 / died / 17 . 

4 . 1988. 

Right side. 

SARAH ANN / JOHNSON / a devoted / wife / and mother / born / 6 . 4 . 1904 / died / 27 . 4 . 

1986. 

On plinth. 

Always in our thoughts. 

114 I/ Dark grey polished marble headstone, one vase. 

Loving memories of / a dear husband and father / ALAN GEORGE JERVIS / who died 30.May 1986 / 


On vase. 

Dearest / Dad. 


In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / KENNETH ROBINSON / at rest 6th June 1986 

/ aged 51 years. / "Gone from us but not forgotten". 


In / loving memory of / a very dear mother / and grandmother / PHYLLIS GERTRUDE / THORNTON / 

died 1st Dec. 1986 / aged 66 / "While you rest in peaceful sleep / your memory we will 

always keep." 


In / loving memory / of / ANTHONY DANIEL McKENDRY / died 11th May 1987 / aged 81 years. 


In loving memory of / OVE TROND VOLD / died 7th June 1987 / aged 44 years / rest in peace. 

119 I/ Black marble headstone. 

In loving memory of / a dear wife / mother and grandma / NANCY CARTLIDGE / born 25th Oct 

1929 / died 12th July 1987 / Forever in our thoughts. 

120 I/ No memorial on this grave, but it is the grave of EVELYN BRADBURY, buried on August 

4th 1987 also her husband HAROLD BRADBURY, who passed away on 10th April 1994,aged 81 years. 


At peace / JOHN (JACK) PYE / died 3rd December 1987 / aged 77 years / God bless / Also his 

wife / MAY PYE / died 3rd May 1988 / aged 73 years / Together in life, together in death. 


123 I/ Grey polished marble headstone. 

In / remembrance of / JOAN LEIGH-SIMPSON / at rest 26th September 1988 / aged 46 years / 

dearly loved mother of JUSTINE, / CLAIRE and DANIELLE. / "Suddenly taken, sadly missed." 


In ever loving loving memory of / a dear husband and father / JOHN WARRACK ,M.B., 

CH.B.,D.P.H. / who fell asleep 2nd December 1988 / aged 82 years / At rest. 



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In loving memory of / EDWARD JOHN LILLIE / a dear husband dad and grandad / died 27th Dec 

1988 / aged 69 years / Rest in peace. 

126 I/ Grey unpolished headstone. 

Remembrance / VIVIAN EDWARD WILKIN / born 19th November 1921 / died 4th February 1989. 


In / loving memory of / a dear husband / father and grandad / JAMES HENRY PHILLIPS / who 

departed this life / 19th February 1989 / aged 61 years / "Always remembered." 

128 I/ No stone. dark grey marble vase on base, inscription on two sides. 

1st side. GEOFFREY PICKSTOCK / 2.7.1919 - 1.7.1989 

2nd side.In loving memory. 


In loving memory / of / 'GINGER' / CLARENCE KEMLO / a dear husband,dad and grandad / died 

4th October 1995 / aged 70 years. 

On plinth. "Always remembered". 

Mason. Owens. M.Drayton. 

130 I/ New mound, no memorials. 


Treasured memories / of / GEORGE THOMAS / HARRIS / 21.4.1923 - 1.3.1995 / A dearly loved 

husband / dad and grandad / sadly missed by all. 



In loving memory / of / FRANCES DOROTHY GROCOTT / died 13th November 1994 / aged 84 years / 

and her husband / JOSEPH MELVILLE / GROCOTT / died 2nd October 1998 / aged 91 years. 

Mason Owens. M.Drayton. 


Treasured memories / of / a loving wife, mother / and grandmother / MARY EMILY / WARD-BEST./ 

1900 - 1994. 

Mason Owens M.Drayton. 


In loving memory of / JAON BUCKLEY / 1928 - 1994 / and GRAHAM BUCKLEY / 1927 - 1998 / much 

loved parents of / MELVYN,HELEN & KAREN. 


In loving memory / of / MARTIN BAYES / DAINTON / 30.X1.1934 - 19.V1.1994 / missionary to 

Indonesia / lay-reader in this parish. 




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136 I/ Black polished headstone on plinth. 


In loving memory / of / CHRISTINE ELSIE / SHUFFLEBOTHAM / who died 14th March 1994 / aged 88 

years / "Rest in peace" / born and raised in Ahley village. 



Sacred to our treasured memories / of / FRANK CLIVE CAULKIN / 1923-1994 / childhood 

sweetheart / and beloved husband of DOROTHY / and a dear father of DIAN and CLIVE / he lived 

life with great courage, on land and sea / so special and unforgettable. 



In / loving memory of / 'BOBBY' / ROBERT ANDREW LAMBE / a dear husband and father / who fell 

asleep 10th October 1993 / aged 32 years / "Only goodnight beloved not farewell". 



In memoriam / JOHN ALBAN NODEN / died 9th September 1993 / aged 81 years. 

Mason W.Burt. Trentham. 

141 I/ Brown polished headstone. 

Treasured / memories of / 'Nick' / NICOLA JANE WILLIAMS / a very special daughter and sister 

/ taken fron us 15th May 1993 / aged 21 years / "In life she asked for so little / but gave 

us so much." 


142 I/ Black polished headstone. 

Loving memories / of a dear husband, dad and grandad / HENRY STRELAU / who entered into rest 

26th April 1993 / aged 71 years. 

On plinth. 

"No longer in our lives to share / but in our thoughts you are always there," 

Mason. Owens M.Drayton. 

143 I/ No memorial.ON this Grave 

144 I/ Rough grey headstone, front polished black. Half moon plinth. 

In / loving memory of / my dear husband / WILLIAM HENRY PYE / passed away 8th Feb 1993 / 

aged 64 years / sadly missed by his loving wife PEGGY / rest in peace / Also the above / 

PEGGY PYE / passed away 8th April 1995 / aged 75 years. / Reunited. 

Mason J.E.Young. Whitchurch. 



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145 I/ Rough grey headstone front polished black. Half moon plinth. 

In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / GEORGE JAMES LESLIE / POWIS / died 19th 

Nov 1992 / aged 74 years / Always remembered / Rest in peace. 

Mason. J.E.Young. Whitchurch. 


Treasured memories / of / a dear husband / dad and grandad / who passed away / 26th 

September 1992 / aged 73 years / "Sadly missed," 



In loving memory / of / a dear dad and grandad / HAROLD WILLIAM / KEAY / who died 5th July 

1992 / aged 72 years. / "Rest in peace." 



149 I/ Sandstone heastone. 

WALLACE / WRIGHT / 1899 - 1992 / Remember / VIOLET FLORENCE / WRIGHT / 1905 - 1973. 


Cherished sweet memories / of a dear wife / FRANCES / SHUFFLEBOTHAM / died June 22nd 1991 / 


Mason H.H.Leese. 


JOHN KNIGHTS / 29.4.1924 - 12.6.1991 / a dearly loved husband / father and grandfather. 


152 I/ Light grey polished headstone. 

In memory / of / THOMAS SHAW / 'TOM" / 1896 - 1991 / "At rest." 



RICHARD KANE / FITZPATRICK / 30th January 1916 - 16th October 1990 / R.I.P. 


154 I/ Dark grey polished headstone on plinth with bowl. 

At peace / MARIA CATHARINA / HAMER MEESEN / * 6-8-1919 / + 27-3-1990 / and / WILLIAM HAMER / 

* 24.10.1921 / + 23.2.1992. 

Mason Owen M.Drayton. 

155 I/ Polished black headstone. 

In / loving memory of / ADA MARY FURNIVAL / died August 5th 1989 / aged 81 years / Also / 

STEPHEN FURNIVAL / died June 4th 1990 / aged 84 years / R.I.P. 

Mason. Owen M.Drayton. 



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156 I/ Rough light grey headstone, polished back and front. 

In loving memory of / JAMES TIMMS / who died 12th July 1989 / aged 57 years / "Rest in 

peace". Mason Owen. 

157 I/ Black marble headstone with plinth and two vases. 

In loving memory / of / ANITA / SARGEANT / devoted mother to / RICHARD and / CHRISTOPHER / 

died 22nd December 1995 / aged 45 years / "Resting where no shadows fall." 

On plinth. Nee CHAPLIN. 

158 I/ Dark grey headstone on plinth two vases. 

In loving memory / of / ROSE ANN / SERGEANT / nee McCRORY / a dear wife, mother / granny 

and great granny / departed in peace 25th March 1996 / aged 72 years. 

On plinth. Forever remembered. 

159 I/ Black headstone, plinth and two vases. 

In loving memory of / a dear mum.nan.great nan and sister / EDITH NEWTON / wife of the late 

RAYMOND / who died 17th October 1996 / aged 80 years. 

On plinth. "Always remembered." 

On one vase. In / loving / memory. 

160 I/ Black headstone, plinth and two vases. 

In loving memory / of / a dear husband, dad / grandad and great grandad / EDMUND MOSES / 

EDWARDS / who died 23rd Nov. 1996 / aged 82 years. 


In / loving memory of / BERNHARD BURTON / (WOLFGANG BERNHARD LEHMANN) / died 26th November 



In loving memory / of / GARRY JAYSON / MIDDLETON / beloved son of / TRISHA and DEREK / born 

16th Sept 1975 / Fell asleep 23rd Dec 1996 / In heaven one day we'll find you / and all our 

hurt will go / We'll put our arms around you / and never let you go. 

On plinth. Gone from our sight but never forgotten. 

163 I/ Dark grey polished marble headstone, on plinth with vase. 

Treasured memories / of / our dear son / WILLIAM MARK HAMER / who fell asleep 18th January 


Vase. Brother. 

On plinth. Safe in the arms of Jesus. 

164 I/ Dark grey polished marble headstone, wooden cross at foot. 

Everloving memories / of / KARL THOMAS / dear husband of MARGARET / devoted dad to CHRIS and 

EMILY / who fell asleep 4th March 1997 / aged 46 years. / If all the world was ours to give, 

we'd give it back and more / to have you back to share our lives, the way you did before. 

Plate on cross. KARL / always thinking / of you. 



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Cherished sweet memories / of / JOHN BRIAN / CHESHIRE / died 6th March 1997 / aged 58 years 

/ most beloved husband of CHRIS / devoted father of ADAM, GARY & ANGELA / and a dear 

grandad./ May we always be close to you. 


Treasured / memories of / ERIC BELL / dearly loved husband of / JOYCE / devoted dad and 

grandad . who fell asleep on 4th May 1997. 

On plinth. Memories will never fade. 

Wooden cross at foot. In memory of / ERIC W. BELL. 

167 I/ Dark grey polished stone. 

In loving memory of / a dear husband, dad and grandad / ALFRED ONIONS / who died 9th July, 

aged 81 / Also to remember / a dear wife, mum and nanny / GWENDOLINE LOUISE ONIONS / who 

died 4th April 1988, aged 71 / and her dear daughter WENDY / who died 9th August 1994, aged 

46 / who are interred in BIRMINGHAM. 

On plinth. "Happy memories - until we meet again" 

Mason Owens, M.Drayton. 


In loving memory / of / COMMANDER / WILLIAM HENRY / SUTTON R.N. / a devoted husband / father 

and grandfather / who died 17th September 1997 / aged 72 years. 

Wooden cross at foot. WILLIAM HENRY SUTTON / died 17th Sept.1997 / aged 72 years / R.I.P. 


169 I/ Dark grey polished stone on plinth. 

In loving memory / of / NORAH WEAVER / who died 14th November 1997 / aged 84 years / Her 

beloved son GEORGE EDWARD DAVID / who died 4th February 1998 / aged 54 years / and her dear 

husband / WILLIAM EDWARD WEAVER / who died 22nd February 1998 / aged 84 years / Sadly missed 

Mother,Father and brother. 

On plinth. Gone from us but not forgotten. 


171 I/ Grey headstone on plinth with vase. 

Treasured memories / of / LEONARD JOHN / BOSSOMATER / a dearly loved and devoted / husband 

and dad / 1915 - 1977 / forever in our hearts. 

172 I/ Grey headstone on plinth with vase. 

Cherished memories / of / ISOBEL MAY / SHUFFLEBOTHAM / died 13th April 1998 / aged 96 years 

/ a much loved sister / and dearest aunt / rest in peace. 

On plinth. "Forever in our thoughts". 

173 I/ Light coloured stone on plinth. 

ERIC ALCOCK / 7TH mAY 1927 - 26TH dEC 1998 / AND / margaret alcock / 8TH oCT 1928 - 4TH mAY 

1999 / Remembered / with love and gratitude. 



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174 I/ Black headstone on plinth. 


In fondest memory / of / DOREEN / GALLAGHER / a dearly loved wife / mum and nan / who passed 

away 27th Oct 1999 / aged 72. 

On plinth. Deep in our heatrs you'll always stay / loved and remembered every day. 

175 I/ A wooden cross with plate. 

PERCY B. SALT. 

176 I/ New grave no memorial. 



1 J/ Shaped sandstone headstone. 

In affectionate remembrance of / JANE / wife of CHARLES BLACKBURN / of ASHLEY DALE / Died 

August 4th 1881 / aged 66 years. / Afflictions sore long time I bore / physicians were in 

vain / til God did please my grief to ease / and free me of my pain / Also the above CHARLES 

BLACKBURN / who died June 11th 1888 / aged 69 years / but what things were gain to me / 

those I counted loss for Christ. 

2 J/ Shaped sandstone headstone 

In loving memory of / JOHN SKELLHORN / of ASHLEY / who died Nov.3.1883 / aged 63 years / 

Also of MARTHA / wife of the above / who died Nov.7.1895 / aged 75 years. 

3 J/ Shaped marble stone on plinth. 

In / loving memory of / MARY / the beloved wife of / JOHN MARTIN, of ASHLEY / who died Dec 

16th 1885 / in her 86th year. / Though lost to sight, to memory dear. / Also of the above / 

JOHN MARTIN / who died March 4th 1893 / in his 95th year / At rest with Jesus. 

4 J/ Small sandstone headstone lying on ground. 

J.H. 

1 K/ Large sandstone headstone, no discernable markings. 

2K/ Large sand stone headstone, no discernable markings. 

3 K/ Sandstone headstone laid flat by church wall. 

Here lyeth into......... / the body of........... / son of TH............ON / PAD........... 

who died Sep / tember y 6.......1724 / he................... / ..................... / of 

peace and................ 

4 K/ Upright square monument, sandstone. 

Left side. In memory / of / SAMUEL HARDING JUNIOR / ............. he died / Nov.18th 185 (7 

or 2) aged / 51 years. 

Front. 

In memory / of / ELIZABETH the wife of / SAMUEL HARDING JUNIOR of / LEA HEAD in this county 

/ died January 12th 1851 / aged 25 years. 



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5 K/ Sandstone headstone laid flat. No discernable markings. 

6 K/ Sandstone headstone laid flat by church wall. 

Left side. 

To the / memory / ............. / .............. / departed this life / March 1[6]th 1801 / 

aged 60 / ............. / .............. / ................ / ............... / 

.............. 

Right side. ...................... / ..................... / ................... / 

...................... / who died............ / April.............. / 

aged..................... 

7 K/ Sandstone headstone laid flat along church wall. 

Here / lieth the body of JOSEPH / L'ARMER / late of CHEBSEY who / departed this life July 

10th / 1807 aged 36 / .................illegible verse. 

8 K/ Shaped sandstone headstone laid flat. 

Sacred / to the memory / .................... / ........... / ...... March. 

9 K/ Shaped sandstone headstone laid flat along church wall. 

In loving memory of / SARAH / wife of JOHN DAIN / of ASHLEY / who died Nov.er 5th 1884 / 

aged 45 years / In the midst of life we are in death. 

10 K/ Shaped sandstone headstone laid flat along church wall. 

In affectionate remebrance / MARY JACKSON / who died Sep 22nd 1873 / aged 62 / years / Weep 

not for me my children dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / my end you know my grave you 

see / therefore prepare to follow me. 

11 K/ Shaped sandstone headstone laid flatalong church wall. 

In / memory of / HENRY READE / late of LORDsley / died April 7th 1867 / aged 43 years / Man 

that ... born of woman is of few days / ....... full of trouble he cometh forth like/ / a 

flower and is cut down ; Job X1V.1.2 

12 K/ Small square sandstone headstone incorporated into retaining wall. 

Here lyeth ye body / of MARY the wife / of WILLIAM BUTLER / of ASHLEY who departed / this 

life August the 6th / Anno dom 1728. 

13 K/ Small shaped sandstone headstone incorporated into retaining wall. 

EDWARD / TOMPSON ye you n / ger, & MARY his wife / were buried Augs ye 29th / and Sep br ye 

25th / Anno dom. 1727 / Remember you ye do pass there / as you are now so once we were / as 

we are now so must you be/ / prepare your ways to follow 



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INTERIOR. 

Above entrance porch. 

1/ Red marble pillars, centre inscription on white marble. 

n memory of / ANNE / relict of / SAMUEL HARDINGE SQ re / late of / WILLOUGHBRIDGE / in this 

county / who died Dec r 30th 1859 / in her 83rd year / Also two children of the 

REVD.T.H.HARDINGE 1 x D / for many years Rector of this parish vis / CATHERINE ELIZABETH 

died June 24th 1841 / aged 1 year 10 months / EMILY MARY died Sep 2nd 1846 / aged 2 years 2 

months / the above are buried in DR.HARDINGE vault. 

SOUTH AISLE. 

2/. Black rectangular charity board. 

Benefactors to the / poor of the town & / parish of ASHLEY in / the county of STAFFORD . 

Pounds. 

THO S BOWYER MINISTER 10 

JOHN NEEDHAM, WELLINGS 10 

EDW D KENDRICK LONDON 5 

CATHERINE BOOD ASHLEY 20 

JOHN DENSTONE ASHLEY 10 

R.STEELE MINISTER LONDON 10 

WILL M COTTON BELLAPOT 10 

STE H DENSTON ASHLEY 100 

WILL M UNWIN CLAYTON 20 

The above sums were laid / in land the out rents of which / are distributed yearly / to the 

poor on St Thomas's Day. 

3/. Stained glass window depicting St.Andrew with cross, Saint Peter with book and keys and 

St John with bible. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise three. 

4/. On wall White marble wall plaque on black marble background, small open book at top and 

pillar effect sides. 

Book. Them that / sleep in Jesus / will God bring / with him. 

Plaque. 

In affectionate remembrance of a beloved brother / this tablet is erected by his sorrowing 

relatives / to whom he was endeared not more by the / ties of relationship than by an 

amiable / disposition and a loving heart. His early years / gave promise of an useful life 

but that life / was not to be of earth. It pleased his heavenly / Father to call him in the 

morning of his days. / to a happy and glorious rest . WILLIAM TURNER ASTON / died October 

13th 1857 aged 13 years / "Of such is the KIngdom of Heaven." 

Mason Dodson, Shrewsbury. 

5/ Stained glass window. Three lights depicting three angels. 

Scroll held by first angel. Ave gratia plerma [dom] us hium. 

Across the bottom. To thee all angels cry aloud:The heavens and all the powers 

there in. 



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6/ Wall hanging, scroll of honour, two column, in wooden frame. 

Roll of honour / for King and country / names of those who have joined / His Majesty's 

forces from / the / parish of ASHLEY. 

LEFT SIDE 

North Staffs Reg. Wm PARTON. 

K.S.L.I. ALBERT BIRD. 

2nd South Staffs. Wm HOPWOOD 

7th Leicester Regiment. ARTHUR BRADBURY. 

Kings Liverpool. EDWARD RILEY 

R.F.A. Wm GATHERCOLE. 

R.F.A. HOWSON GATHERCOLE 

R.F.A. GEORGE WINFIELD 

6th Border regiment. CHARLES PEPPER 

6th Border Regiment. GEORGE GATER 

R.F.A. THOS. A. BRADBURY 

K.S.L.I. GEORGE WHALLEY 

13th Royal Fuseliers. JOSEPH TAYLOR 

10th Cheshire Regiment. GEORGE A. BENNETT. 

K.S.L.I. HAROLD J. BENNETT. 

K.S.L.I Wm BAGLEY 

R.F.A. ALBERT PARTON 

A.S.C. GEORGE PARTON. 

A.S.C. HENRY PARTON. 

R.G.A. HARRY PYE. 

R.F.A. GEORGE SHUFFLEBOTHAM. 

A.O.C. CHARLES WARD. 

Hydererbad Lancers. ALFRED ERNEST PARR. 

11th Hussars CLIFFORD HEATLEY PARR. 

2nd Royal Irish Fuseliers. FRANCES H. BILLINGTON. 

16th Royal Warwicks. HAROLD RICHd BILLINGTON. 

R.A.M.C. SIDNEY GUY BILLINGTON. 

Durham Light Infantry. BENJAMIN DAIN. 

R.G.A. JOSEPH HAROLD D.G.RICHARDS. 

Motor Transport. JOHN Wm BARNETT. 

Royal Lancaster. HENRY EDGE. 

K.S.L.I. PETER GAITER. 

Sherwood Forresters. JOHN BRADBURY. 

K.S.L.I. WILLIAM BRADBURY. 

Royal Engineers. WILLIAM WILCOX. 

A.V.C. WILLIAM MEREDITH. 

R.F.A. HARRY BEDOWES. 

R.F.A. HARRY PLIMBLEY. 

Lincolns BENJAMIN WHITTAKER. 

Lancashire Fuseliers. HARRY EMERY. 

Lancashire Fuseliers JOHN Wm PYE. 

R.G.A. EDWARD B. SIMCOCK. 

Highland light Infantry. GEORGE PLIMBLEY. 

RIGHT SIDE. 

CHARLES TITTENSOR. Royal Scotts. 

FRED HOPWOOD. 7th North Stafford. 

LOWELL FRANCES TOMKINSON R.G.A. 

JOHN RICHARD PYE Royal Navy 

MOSES JOHN TOMKINSON Royal Engineers. 

HARRY F. WALTON Manchester Reg. 



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JOHN FERNYHOUGH East Surreys. 

FRANK TITTENSOR A.S.G. 

ROWLAND M. MELLOR Royal Welsh Fuseliers. 

FRANCIS P.BENNETT R.F.A. 

JOHN WILCOX 4th North Staffords. 

THOMAS HUGHES Sherwood Forresters. 

CHARLES MEREDITH 4th Lincolns 

FRED CHALLINOR 6th Leicester Reg. 

JOHN TITTENSOR R.G.A. 

JOHN S.T.CORK. R.F.A. 

SAMUEL JONES. T.R. 

CHARLES PYE R.F.A. 

THOMAS HOLBROOK R.F.A. 

ROLAND DAVIS 

GEORGE MOORE. 4th Lincolns. 

CHARLES JOSEPH PYE. 

GEORGE RYDER 

WALTHEN G. WILCOX. 

7/ Large brass circular offertory plate on metal stand incorporating metal rigs from two of 

the three original bells given to the church in 1613. 

Top ring. + Jesus be our spede 1613. 

Bottom ring. + Gloria in excelsus deo 1613. 

8/ Hanging in roof Standard of the Royal British Legion, ASHLEY & DISTRICT branch. 

Unioin Jack at top left, standard has a blue band for top third, bottom two thirds are 

yellow, name written accross centre. 

9/ Hanging in roof Standard of the Royal British Legion, Womens Section, ASHLEY & DISTRICT 

branch. 

Union Jack at top left, standard has a blue band for top third, bottom two thirds are 

yellow, name written accross centre. 

10/ To the left of choir vestry door. 

The sound system was given in memory of / MARTIN BAYES DAINTON / (1934 - 94) / in 

thanksgiving for his life of / Christian service. 

11/ CHOIR VESTRY. 

A brass plaque on metal cabinet containing the recordings of the bells. 

These recorded bells / were presented to / ASHLEY CHURCH / by MRS. LUCY PRESTON / in memory 

of her family / January 1959. 

12/ Below organ loft. 

Decorated wall plaque. 

To the glory of God and in affectionate / remembrance of FREDERICK LINDLEY MEYNELL / of HOAR 

CROSS who so generously restored / and beautified this church and whose / memory will ever 

be cherished. This / tablet is erected by the parishioners / and tenants of the WILLOWBRIDGE 

ESTATE. 

13/ Under front of organ loft, facing the alter. 

Brass plaque. 

In . loving . memory . of / THOMAS . NODEN / for . 12 . years . churchwarden . of this 

parish / who . died . January . 7th . 1889 / aged . 76 

13a J. Blogg. R.I.P 



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NAVE. 

14/ Stone, ornate wall plaque. 

Sacred to the memory of / the late WILLIAM JONES / of the parish gent / who died the 6th of 

/ Octr, 1787 aged / 68 years. 

15/ Decorated marble and stone wall plaque. 

Centre. 

Sacred / to the memory of 

Left side. MRS ANN BARBER / wife of the late / THOMAS BARBER Esqr / of AWRE, COUNTY 

GLOUCESTER / daughter of / WILLIAM & MARY JONES / named in the tablets here under / who died 

March XX1X, MDCCCXXXVI / aged LXXXI. 

Right side. JOHN JONES Esqr / late of HIGHGATE in the county of MIDDLESEX / who died March 

XXI, MDCCCXLIII / aged LXXXIV years. 

16/ Grey stone wall plaque. 

Sacred / to the memory of the late / MARY JONES of the parish / of SI PAUL, COVENT GARDEN / 

widow / who died Octr 28th, 1800 aged 80. 

NORTH AISLE. 

17/ Brass wall plaque. 

The BARBER charity / by will of MISS HARRIET H. BARBER who died November / 1883 / The sum of 

1000 having been bequested to the poor of / ASHLEY PARISH and the Rector and church wardens 

having been / directed by the will to invest the same sum of 900 (The amount / remaining 

after payment of legacy duty) was handed over to / the official trustees and charitable 

funds and invested in their / name in the purchase of consolidated 3 per cent annuities. 

18/ Brass wall plaque. 

Deo opt max et piam memoriam / HUGONIS FRANCISI MEYNELL INGRAM et / uxoris ejus EMILIA 

CARLOTTA MEYNELL / INGRAM har ecclesia renovata et adornata / est. opus perferit frater 

ejusdem EMELIA / CARLOTTA MARENS dulcissima amictia / memor. a.s.mcmx. 

19./ Funeral hatchment hung as a diamond. 

Motto:- Timor omnis abesto. (Kinnersley family crest.) 

20/ Stained glass window, three lights. 

Light one, Isiah holding scroll with :- Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son. 

Light two, Daniel holding scroll with :- After three score years and two weeks shall 

Messiah ......................... 

Light three, Hosia holding scroll with :- On the third day he will raise up. 

The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee. / Ad majorum dei gloriam et in memorium 

WILHELM et MARIA ELIZABETH GARNER filia eorum MARIA L. RICHARDS hanc fenestram dedicat. 

21/ List of Rectors in a wooden frame. 

St. John The Baptist Ashley./ Inducted Recto. 

1250 PHILLIP DE BROMLEY 

1299 ROBERT DE BEYSIN 

1315c JOHN DE BROMLEY 

1326 JOHN DE BEYSIN 

1353 JAMES DE AUDELEGH 

1354 ADAM WAUNCY 

1414 THOMAS TAVENOR 

1435c ROBERT STEELE 

1445 GERARD NICHOLAS 

1458 WILLIAM PRICE 



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1468 THOMAS OLDE 

1497 ANDREW ROODE 

1535 JOHN HAMPTON 

1543c RICHARD ASTON 

1551 ANDREW BOWYER 

1574 ROBERT FREEMAN 

1608 EDWARD SHIPTON 

1630 DR JOHN LIGHTFOOT D.D. 

1675 JOSIAH LIGHTFOOT 

1684 CHARLES SHAW 

1688 HENRY TOMKINSON. 

1731 DANIEL G. GIBERNE. 

1749 WALTER CARLESS 

1757 THOMES MOULD 

1793 WILLIAM ANWYL B.A. 

1827 JAMES TROUGHTON M.A. 

1836 DR THOMAS H. HARDING M.A. 

1873 ARTHUR H.R. HEBDON 

1879 STIRLING C. VOVLES M.A. 

1894 JOHN LOUIS SPENCER B.D. 

Right side. 

1901 JOSEPH RICHARDS 

1941 PERCY HAROLD MILLS. 

1944 CHARLES A.A.ELLARD. 

1946 RICHARD H. HANSON 

1951 PERCY G. HARDING B.A. 

1957 DAVID H.N. WELLS 

1965 MAURICE F.L. CLARKE M.A. 

1977 ALFRED V.ALBUTT 

1985 MARH R.H. TURNER M.A. 


22/ Stained glass window three lights depicting St Alban, St Stephen and St George. 

Across the window The noble army of martyrs praise Thee. 

Along the bottom. To the glory of God and in memory of JOSEPH RICHARDS Rector of this 

parish for 40 years. This window is dedicated by his wife MARY RICHARDS. 

23/ Hanging in the roof. 

A standard with orange background and green centre. 

Top wording. Juvenile branch of Court / 7099 A.O.F. ASHLEY. 

In centre. Picture of a boy and a girl on either side of a sheild with a stags head 

on top. A lion and a lamb below. 

Lower wording. Benevolence and / unity concord. 

24/ Stained glass window with three lights depicting St Mattew, St Mark and St Luke. 

Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting. / To the glory of God and in 

memory of MARY L. RICHARDS wife of JOSEPH RICHARDS this window dedicated by their sons. 

Weirs Glass Ltd. Stoke on Trent. 

25/ Over entrance to Gerard Chapel. 

Dark stone tablet with light stone above and below. 

Sacred to the memory / of MARY daughter of WOLLOSTON / PYE Esq of WILLOWBRIDGE and / MARY 

his wife who died August / 15th 1770 aged 10 weeks / Also the said MARY PYM died / Jan 9th 

1786 aged 55 / Also the said WOLLOSTON PYM Esq / died June 3rd 1786 aged 61. 



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26/ In Gerard Chapel over entrance to north aisle. 

Funeral hatchment to HUGO MEYNELL INGRAM 

Motto - Resurgam. 

27/ West window of New Chapter House. 

Stained glass window two lights depicting Christ and a disciple. 

This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. 

In memory of MAJOR BERNARD RICHARDS / and BRIGADIER HAROLD RICHARDS sons of the late / 

REVERAND J. RICHARDS. 

28/ Chapter house foyer to left of door into church. 

This Chapter House extension / was dedicated to the Glory of God / by CHRISTOPHER, BISHOP OF 

STAFFORD / on 9th Dcember 2000. 

29/ High up over window to west of Gerard Monument. 

Marble bust on wall. 

To the memory of / the RIGHT HONble CHARLES LORD GERARD of GERARD'S BROMLEY / who died the 

12th day of April in the year of our Lord 1707 aged 48 years / and lies interred near this 

place, he marryed MARY the daughter / of St JOHN WEBBE of HATHEROPP in the county of 

GLOUCESTER BARRt / by whom he left no surviving issue. / The said MARY LADY GERARD survived 

him many years / and died at JOPPA in the year of our Lord 1734 / in her return from the 

Holy Land. 

30/ On west side of Gerard Monument. 

Engraved into stone. 

Here lyes the body of / THOMAS Ld.GERARD which / dyed Ld President of Wales / Oct; the 7th 

Anno-1617 / GILBERT Ld GERARD dyed / May 11th Anno -1623 / DUTTON Ld GERARD dyed / April 

24th anno 1640 / CHARLES Ld GERARD dyed / December the 28th 1667 / DIGBY Ld GERARD dyed / 

November the 8th 1684 / CHARLES Ld GERARG dyed / April the 12th 1707. 

31/ In Gerard Chapel. 

Description of Gerard Monument:- Described by Sir John Betjeman as the largest Elizabethan 

manument in an English church. 

In 1612 THOMAS, LORD GERARD, built the chapel and the magnificent monument in Burton 

alabaster to his father and mother. The life size figures of SIR GILBERT GERARD and LADY 

ANNE RADCLIFFE of WIMMERSLEY in LANCASHIRE, lie side by side. He is dressed in the armour of 

the period with spurs, helmet abd gauntlets. She is richly dressed with a little dog, a 

talbot, nearby. THOMAS kneels at the head, and RADCLIFFE, the younger son at their feet. The 

four daughters are carved in relief at the back, and two small figures, children who died in 

infancy kneel at the side. The black robed figure lying under the tomb is probably an 

earlier GERARD funery figure, carved in their funeral shroud. 

The Armorial bearings over the tomb are those of SIR GILBERT and his wife. Those of LADY 

ANNE on the right hand side bear the mullet and bars (stars and stripes) of the WASHINGTON 

family to whom she was related. The Tudor rose is carved many times on the tomb. 

32/ On the Eastern side of Gerard monument. 

Engraved into stone. 

Oray for the souls of / HUGO CHARLES MEYNELL INGRAM of / HAOR CROSS in this county and of / 

TEMPLE NEWSAM in the county of / YORKSHIRE, son of HUGO MEYNELL and the / HONOURABLE 

ELIZABETH INGRAM daughter / of CHARLES, 9th VISCOUNT IRWIN, died 1869 / GEORGIANA MEYNELL 

INGRAM, daughter / of F. PIGOU Esquire, wife of / HUGO CHARLES MEYNELL INGRAM died 1868. / 

ADMIRAL HENRY MEYNELL, brother of / HUGO CHARLES MEYNELL INGRAM, died 1865 / ELIZABETH 

WAYMOUTH sister of / HUGO CHARLES MEYNELL INGRAM died 1865 / COLONEL SAMUEL WAYMOUTH, died 



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1863 / LOUISA MEYNELL INGRAM, died 1870 / GEORGIANA ELIZA MEYNELL INGRAM died / 1903. 

Daughters of HUGO CHARLES / and GEORGIANA MEYNELL INGRAM / buried below this chapel. 

33/ MEYNELL chapel. 

Decorated with urn draped with cloth. 

In the memory of / ISABELLA and EDWARD FRANCIS / daughter and son of the late / HUGO and the 

honourable ELIZABETH MEYNELL / of HOPE CROSS in this county. 

34/ North wall of MEYNELL-INGRAM chapel. 

Wall monument of white marble on a black base. Cherub angel statue standing to the left side 

of plaque, on top urn draped with cloth. 

In memory of / THE HONOURABLE / ELIZABETH INGRAM / daughter and heiress of / CHARLES the 

last / VISCOUNT IRWIN / of TEMPLE NEWSAN / in the county of YORK / and relict of / HUGO 

MEYNELL Esq.re / of HOAR CROSS in this county / who died August 21st 1817 / When the ear 

heard then it blest her / and when the eye saw her it gave witness to her / because she 

delivered the poor that cried / and the fatherless and him that had none to help him / This 

tablet was erected by her son / HUGO CHARLES MEYNELL INGRAM Esqre. 

35/ On north wall of MEYNELL - INGRAM chapel. 

Small brass plaque under incense burner. 

In grateful memory of beloved parents / WILLIAM RICHARD HAMER (1883-1964 ) / and ETHEL CLARE 

HAMER (1881 - 1962 ) 

36/ MEYNELL Chapel. 

Stained glass window, two lights. 

Depicting conception and the resurrection. 

Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium / ave maria (on the angels staff) 

1st window. Ecce ancilla dominum 

2nd window. Magnificat juima mea dominum. 

37// MEYNELL chapel. 

Stained glass window with three lights. 

1st light. Dominations / beata maria virgo/ad majorem dei gloriam / et in memoriam. 

2nd light. Potestates / inri / salvator mundi. 

3rd light. Thro'm / sanctus ioannes / FREDICI GEORGEII LINDLEY MEYNELL HANC. / Fenestram 

filius Franciscus deicat. 

38/ MEYNALL chapel. 

The wooden screen seperating the chapel from the sanctuary. on the top are the coat of arms 

of the MEYNELL INGRAM family underneath the carved motto:- "For God and King" it is 

actually in Latin. Ung Diru ung Roi. 

39/ MEYNALL chapel. 

Monument carved canopy supported bt buttresses each bearing angels carrying enamelled coats 

of arms to families related to the MEYNELL INGRAMS. Two coats of arms are missing. 

"Orate pro animabus Hugonis Francisci Meynell-Ingram, / De Hoar Cross in hoc comitatu / et 

Temple Newsam in comitatu eboracensi, / filii Hogonis Caroli Meynell-Ingram et Georgiana 

uxoris ejus / qui obdormivit XXVI Die maii a.s. MDCCCLXXI / et uxoris ejusdem Hugonis 

Franicisci / Emiliae Carlottae Meynell-Ingram, filiae Caroli ist comitis Grey / Eq. gartni. 

quoe obdormivit XXI, die Decembris A.S. MCMIV / Quorum animabus misereatur deus. 

40/ On pillar in northwest corner of choir stalls. 

Brass plate with angels and clouds engraved at top. 



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In perpetuam rei memoriam / manubias deo / DAVID KENRICUS, pietas ejus memoriae / hoc 

virtutis praemiolum dicavit. / Mira cano, pietas saevis reperitur in armis ! / Aedificat 

bellum sternere quod soleat ! / Hanc sacram ftruxit miles memorabilis aedem. / Principe sub 

nigro, quem meruisse ferunt, / DAVID KENRICIS: DAVIDE beatior illo / templumicui superis 

aedificare nefas / fair virtue's deeds transmit a glorious name . that lives on records of 

eternal fame! / This holy edifice / Arising from the spoils of a conquer'd enemy / was 

dedicated by DAVID KENRICK, / to the omnipotent, / Hail wondrous piety when seen in arms! / 

whose balmy breath a hero's bosom warms / to build, & not destroy with impious ire. / the 

solomn temple and the sacred choir! / KENRICK. to early scenes of slaughter led / by 

EDWARD'S son in toils of battle bred, / this pile erected, by his God a[pprov'd, / his 

country honoured and his prince belov'd. / Happier than David he allow'd to raise / an alter 

sacred to Jehovah's praise. 

41/ On pillar on southwest corner of chancel. 

MRS HANNAH KENRICK / late wife of / MR JOHN KENRICK / of ASHLEY. Was here / interred July 

the 12th / Anno Domini 1732 / aged 60 years. 

42/ Marble bodystone on chancel floor. 

Siste viator gradum / hic jacet / DANIAL GABRIEL GIBERNE / A.M. Eccles', Lincoln', Prebend / 

& Hutus ecclcfiax nuper rector / erat. / Eccles' Anglicanae pro viribus / Defenor / pro rege 

& patria femper. / Requiefeat in pace / Natus Vo 8 Junij 1692 / Denatus Mo 17. Junij 1749 / 

Aetatis 57 / Vale lector, & Farreaude. / Quod es, fui, / et ut fum eris. / Refurgam. / in X 

to Salus. 

43/ Brass plaque south east pillar in chancel. 

M.S. / JOHANNIS CHETWIND / Filii JOHANNIS CHET= / =WIND DE RUDGE. GENE= / =ROSI. Quil natus 

6. / Sept bris 1592 / Mortibus 23 / Novem bris 1634 / Suseptit ex Susanna / uxore 5 filios, 

et / dilas filias. 

44/ The chancel. 

Black basalt funeral urn. 

Beneath the urn. 

'He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.' 

Tablet. 

Sacred to the memory / of WILLIAM LORD VISCOUNT CHETWYND / who died April the 111 A.D. / 

MDCCLXX / aged LXXXVII years. 

45/ The chancel. 

Blue standard with gold cross ;- 

St John the Baptist / Mother's Union. 

46/ Sanctuary. 

Wall plaque. 

The sanctuary lights were given in memory of / ALFRED VICTOR ALBUTT / 1922 - 1993 / Rector 

of this parish / 1977 - 1985 / by his widow WENDY ALBUTT. 

47/ Decorated reredos oak panels depicting Mary and the child Jesus. Lower panel the 

Annunciation. These are flanked by figures representing bishops of the early church. Around 

the alter in gil are the words:- 

Sanctus.sanctus, sanctus, Diminus Deus Omnipotens. 

48/ Above Rectors vestry. 



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Marble wall plaque. Above weeping cherub statue, by the famous Dutch sculptor Joseph 

Nollekens in 1800. 

Sacred to the memory / of HUGO MEYNELL / who died May, 1800. 

49/ Stained glass window, two lights depicting Christ with children. 

Suffer little / children to / come unto Me. 

For such is / the kingdom / of Heaven. 

Presented by FLORENCE EMMA GOODHALL / in memory of her parents / FRANCIS GROCOTT WRIGHT and 

EMMA WRIGHT. 

D.BROOK. Wiers Glass Ltd. Stoke on Trent. 

(Mrs. FLORENCE GOODHALL left money and land to be used for the church school and village 

children.) 

50/ Kinnersley chapel. 

Decorated with statues of children. 

Sacred / to the memory of / ANNE / the beloved wife of / THOMAS KINNERSLEY, / of CLOUGH HALL 

/ in the county of STAFFORD / who departed this mortal life / March fourth 1843 / in the 

fifty second year / of her age / Her delight was in doing good / and many have cause / to 

bless her. 


Large monument depicting three angels in marble, centre cross inscribed:- I.H.S. 

"The morning cometh, and also night." / "The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be 

raised." / Sacred / to the memory of / THOMAS KINNERSLEY Esq / of CLOUGH HALL in the county 

of STAFFORD / who departed this life on the fourth day of February 1855 / aged 72 years / 

His remains are deposited in the family vault beneath this chapel / The remembrance of his 

many virtues is deeply imprinted / on the heart of his affectionate sister / ELIZABETH 

KINNERSLEY / who has caused this monument to be erected / as a tribute of her affection and 

gratitude / to a much beloved brother 


Marble wall plaque and tomb. 

Decorated with statue of a woman with book and cross. 

Sacred / to the memory of / HARRIET / daughter of THOMAS KINNERSLEY of CLOUGH HALL in the 

county of STAFFORD / who after much patient suffering and with a steadfast faith and hope / 

in the merits of her saviour / departed this life / most deeply and deservedly lamented / 

May 4th 1843, aged 42 years / Her remains / are deposited in the vault beneath / In deep 

affliction for her irreperable loss / and as a last sad tribute of / the sincerest affection 

/ this monument is erected by / her constant companion and sister / ELIZABETH KINNERSLEY. 


Stained glass widow with two lights depicting four coats of arms. 

Top left. THOMAS KINNERSLEY / 1782 - 1885. 

Top right, ROBERT WILLIAMSON / 1780 - 1869. 

Bottom left. GEORGE ATTWOOD / 1777 - 1850 

Bottom right Lt. Col. HENRY HEBDEN / 1790 - 1879. 


Marble wall plaque situated below the window. Decorated draped headstone with the name 

ATTWOOD in the centre of a wreath. 



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MARY ATTWOOD / wife of GEORGE ATTWOOD of EDGBASTON PRIORY in the county of WARWICK / and 

daughter of THOMAS KINNERSLEY of CLOUGH HALL in this county / departed this life, dearlt 

lamented / on the 13th day of April 1823, in the 38th year of her age / leaving issue, one 

daughter. / Her remains were interred in the vault of her family / in this church / and this 

monument was erected by her surviving husband / as a memorial of her worth and of his 

irreperable loss. 


Large marble sculpture of THOMAS KINNERSLEY reclining on a couch decorated all round. 

Memorial written underneath. 

Sacred / to the memory of / THOMAS KINNERSLEY / of CLOUGH HALL in the county of STAFFORD / 

born December 18th 1751, died November 3rd 1819 / The awful moment of separation from his 

beloved family / was sudden and unexpected / with the faith of a Christian, the affection of 

a husband / and the love of a father he looked upon his wife and children / who gathered in 

sorrow around him. / And died so calmly they scarce beleived it death / the placid smile of 

hope and resignation remaining / on his honoured countenance / As the immortal spirit sought 

the bosom of God / Let me die the death of the righteous / and let my latter end be like his 

/ MARY KINNERSLEY relict / and for forty one years the affectionate and exemplary / wife of 

THOMAS KINNERSLEY, departed this mortal life / full of faith and hope June 30th 1828 aged 67 

years / beloved and deeply demented. 

Sculptor Chantry,Sc 1826. 

56/ Marble monument on black background high on wall depicts statues of two angels either 

side and surmounted by an urn and three angels heads. 

Sacred / to the memory of / ELIZABETH KINNERSLEY / who died on the 4th of January 1865 / 

aged 73 years / Deeply regretted. 


Stained glass window, two lights with smaller one centre top. Depicting five coats of arms. 

Top centre. EDWARD KINNERSLEY / 1788 - 1868 

Left light. WILLIAM KINNERSLEY 1726 - 1778 

Right light WILLIAM SHEPHERD KINNERSLEY / 1780 - 1823 

Bottom left THOMAS KINNERSLEY / 1751 - 1819 

Bottom right THOMAS KINNERSLEY / 1782 - 1855. 


Marble wall plaque with carved statue depicting braken column with a drape across also medal 

depicting the head of the deceased. 

In memory of / WILLIAM SHEPHERD KINNERSLEY / of NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME / eldest son of THOMAS 

KINNERSLEY of CLOUGH HALL / in the county of STYAFFORD / he represented his native town in 

two successive parliaments / and closed his short but useful life / deeply lamented by his 

family and regretted by all who knew him / on the 8th July 1829 / aged 42 years / "The 

memory of the just is blessed" / in affectionate remembrance of a beloved brother / this 

monument is erected by THOMAS KINNERSLEY / of CLOUGH HALL. 

59/ Kinnersley chapel, high on west wall. 

Funeral hatchment of KINNERSLEY family. diamond shaped crest with lion rampant in centre. 

Timor omnis abesto. 

60/ Kinnersley chapel, high on west wall. 

Funeral hatchment of KINNERSLEY family, shield shaped crest - lion rampant in center with 

eight crosses around. 



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61/ Kinnersley chapel, in north west corner. 

Banner, blue background, red edge at bottom, tree in centre. 

ASHLEY / Junior church. 

New chapter house. 

Stone plan, 

1. PHOEBE/BENNETT. 

2 In memory of / LOIS & ISAAC MILLER. 

3. In memory of / WALLACE & VIOLET / WRIGHT. 

4. SAMUEL ARTHUR / GEORGE RILEY. 

5. HAMISH. 

6. The SHROPSHIRE family. 

7. ISOBEL,MARTHA / JESSICA,JAKE / & CONNAL PLATT. 

8. THOMAS MARK / DEAKIN / Baptised 29.7.97 

9. REBECCA EMILY / DEAKIN / Baptised 25.6.00 

10 KATIE ELIZABETH / DEAKIN / Baptised 25.6.00 

11. KATHLEEN / MARSON 

12 PETER MARSON / & Family 

13 ELEANOR & ROBERT / HEGARTY 

14 DAVID & KATHLEEN / WARDLE 

15 TERRY, CHRIS / CARMEL & ANDREW / PARTON 

16 ALLAN & DORA / MYATT 

17 ANGELA & DAVID / PYATT 

18 In memory of / JOE & DOROTHY / GROCOTT 

19 In memory of / ALAN ROWLEY 

20 In memory of / ERIC DANN 

21 MARY M. / RAMAGE 

22 The LEIGH Family 

23 KITTY WILKIN 

24 HAROLD DAVIS 

25 JOSE & BRANDON / FINNEY 

26 A.C.HANNAN 

27 WENDY, ROGER / ELLIE & HILDA DAVIES. 

28 STEPHEN, MICHAEL / & LOUISE ROCHE 

29 BERNARD & DOROTHY / ROCHE 

30 PETER & MIN / DAVIES 

31 JOHN & CYNTHIA / BATER 

32 JOSHUA & HANNAH SEDGLEY 

33 Mr & Mrs / R. SHUBOTHAM 

34 DAVID YENDALE 

35 JEAN & JOHN SHARP 

36 KEN & HILDA / PERRY 

37 HENRY, PHYLLIS & DENIS / GOLDS 

38 In memory of / JACKIE ANN DOWLER / Our baby daughter. 

39 In memory of / JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT. 

40 MAY & REG / BLADEN 

41 In memory of / JIM DOWLER 

42 MABEL G. LILLIE 

43 H.A.PROWSE 

44 K.PROWSE 

45 SYLVIA & BRIAN / CARTWRIGHT 

46 Mr & Mrs W.H.LUNT / PATRICIA, JOHN & ANGELA 

47 M. & D. ALCOCK 

48 E.M. & G. WOODCOCK 

49 Mr I.A. & Mrs C.M. / WALLIS 

50 LIZ, ALISTAIR, REBECCA / SARAH & WILL BEACON 

51 BARBARA & DAVID WHALLEY / & Sons RICHARD & PAUL 

52 DABORAH, ANTHONY / EDWARD & CHARLES / STONE 



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53 In memory of THOMAS MORREY / 1875-1962 / & His son FRANK / of HUNGERSHEATH FARM 

54. In memory of / GODFREY & MARY / SILLITO / Of THE WELLINGS 

55 The KNOX Family 

56 In memory of JOHN KNOX 

57 KATHLEEN LEIGH / DRING 

58 GEORGE DRING 

59 HAROLD & GRACE / PLATT 

60 Mr & Mrs / C.W.LOWE 

61 The MARSH stone 

62 LOGGERHEADS / Parish council 

63 J. & E. ARMSTRONG 

64 MICHAEL & MARGARET / WILLIAMS 

65 PETE, VICKI / GINA & TRIONA / SHENTON 

66 In gratitude for grandchildren 

67 INA & RANDOLF / DRAPER 

68 H. & S. JONES 

69 OLWEN & NORMA 

70 FRANK & EILEEN / WALFORD 

71 CHARLES & DOROTHY / KEEN. 



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