Tithe Apportionment for Chevening
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Some Monumental Inscriptions of Chevening Church
Some Monumental Inscriptions of Chevening Church, noted by Leland L. Duncan August 1921.
Kindly typed up for the website by Pat Tritton
West part of churchyard
1. William BIRD died 29 July 1850 aged 82 years. Elizabeth his wife died 4 December 1851 aged 78 years. George, son of the above died 28 February 1836 aged 23 years. William, son of the above died 30 December 1860 aged 60 years.
2. John COUCHMAN died 9 April 1815 aged 43 years. Elizabeth his wife died 30 November 1853 aged 82 years.
3. Edward YOUNG of this parish died 21 November 1846 aged 59 years. Hannah his wife died 27 June 1865 aged 76 years.
4. Coped stone. Thomas IVERY of this parish died 30 May 1859 aged 64 years.
5. William STEERS died 12 January 1790 aged 66 years. Also 2 children in their infancy. Elizabeth his wife died April 4 1797 aged 68 years.
6. Sarah Jane WARING, born at Shoreham 1789 died at Chipsted 1842.
7. Robert Paul WARING, born at Shoreham 1751 died at Chipsted 1836.
8. Anne, wife of Robert Paul WARING, born at Shoreham 1758 died at Chipsted 1809.
8a. George, husband of Emily HEATH died 27 May 1868 aged 32 years. Emily, widow of the above died at Tunbridge Wells 18 November 1907 aged 72 years.
8b. Mary Ann WARING died 19 February 1881 aged 88 years.
9. Catherine, wife of William SINNOCK died 22 March 1845 in her 81st year. William Sinnock died 23 February 1857 in his 80th year.
10. Elizabeth, wife of George GOWARD died May 10 1787 aged 52 years. James, son of the above died 20 January 1785 aged 6 years.
11. George GOWARD died 8 July 1820 aged 78 years.
12. Coped stone. Sophia, wife of George HAMMOND junior of the Manor Farm, St Mary Cray died 2 February 1859 aged 25 years. Also an infant daughter of the above.
13. Mrs Jane PITT, wife of James Pitt, Esq. died 15 March 1797 aged 73 years.
14. Jeremiah HUNT died 16 March 1809 aged 98 years.
Northern part of churchyard
15. Ann COOK, wife of John Cook died 7 August 1719 aged 41 years.
15a. William BASSET, senior, departed this life May 13 in 1712 aged 79 years.
16. Mary COOK, daughter of John and Ann Cook died 20 April 1717 aged 9 years.
17. William SPARROWHAWK died 26 March 1887 aged 80 years. Mary Ann Sparrowhawk, wife of the above died 21 September 1881 aged 80 years.
18. Thomas BAKER died 15 May 1811 aged 85 years. Also Mary PALMER, 2nd daughter of the late John and Mercy MOSS and niece of the above died 9 September 1822 aged 63 years.
19. John MOSS, 52 years an inhabitant of Chipsted died 12 February 1805 aged 76 years. Mercy his wife died 26 March 1806 aged 80 years. Thomas Moss, son of the above, late of Ludgate Street, London died 18 March 1823 in his 69th year.
20. Thomas WELLS died 22 February 1808 aged 75 years. Elizabeth his wife died 13 January 1820 aged 80 years.
21. John WEBB died 17 March 1843 aged 37 years. Sarah his wife died 22 April 1859 aged 47 years.
22. Abraham KING died 17 November 1841 aged 69 years. Erected by his widow and 7 surviving children in grateful remembrance of his strict integrity. In October last he received a premium of three pounds from a society as a reward for long servitude and good character. He lived 45 years in the service of Mr TONGE of Morants Court. Also Elizabeth his wife died 29 June 1850 aged 79 years.
23. William, husband of Maria EASTWOOD died 16 April 1870 aged 45 years. Also Ellen Maria Eastwood, daughter of the above died 24 December 1863 aged 13 months.
24. William, son of William and Ann WOOD of this parish died 10 July 1843 aged 29 years. Elizabeth, daughter of the above William Wood junior died 16 May 1842 aged 18 months.
25. Henry, son of William and Ann WOOD of this parish died 1 October 1856 aged 27 years.
26. Harriott, wife of Edward YOUNG, daughter of William and Ann WOOD died 29 July 1858 aged 37 years.
27. Charles WOOD, son of William and Ann Wood died 16 December 1859 aged 32 years. James, son of William and Ann Wood died 6 December 1864 aged 32 years.
28. Ann WOOD, wife of William Wood died 14 February 1861 aged 68 years. William Wood died 29 May 1866 aged 76 years.
29. Sarah, wife of John BUXTON died 6 February 1843 aged 58 years. Charles, son of the above died 10 August 1836 aged 12 years. Henry SALTER, grandson of the above died 29 December 1838 aged 6 weeks. Also John Buxton died 2 March 1860 aged 81 years.
30. William BARTON died 20 March 1866 aged 74 years. Deborah Barton his wife died 15 October 1867 aged 72 years. Sarah, daughter of the above died 4 February 1839 aged 1 year 6 months. Henry, son of the above died 6 July 1842 aged 12 years. Emma, daughter of the above died 19 March 1855 aged 28 years. Alfred, son of the above died 15 April 1855 aged 20 years.
31. John William HODGE died 4 May 1884 aged 33 years.
32. Edmund LEPHARD died 28 March 1860 in his 82nd year. For many years in the service of Frederick PERKINS Esq. of Chipstead Place. Hannah Lephard his wife died 11 October 1864 aged 76 years.
33. Sarah NOON died 20 July 1860 aged 70 years. For many years a faithful servant in the family of Frederick PERKINS Esq. of Chipstead Place, by whom this stone is erected.
34. John WHITE died 6 September 1839 aged 27 years. A faithful and trustworthy servant and fulfilled for 8 years duties of his situation with zeal and honesty in the family, by whom this tablet is erected.
35. Jemima DRAPER died 6 November 1857 in her 68th year. Erected by Frederick PERKINS of Chipstead Place, Esq. to whom she had been a faithful servant for 28 years.
36. Hall HARRIS died 27 January 1833 aged 47 years 10 months. A devoted husband and father. Erected by the family to whom for 18 years he was an honest, sober and faithful servant.
37. Thomas WARNER died 29 July 1844 aged 43 years. For 17 years servant to the Rev. John AUSTEN, Rector of this parish, who placed this.
38. Cross. Charlotte TAYLOR died 13 May 1867 aged 63 years. 25 years a valued servant of Rev. W.C. F. WEBBER.
39. Susan, wife of Charles SWINDELL died 29 July 1862 aged 42 years. Nearby William and Sophia COWARD of this parish, father and mother of the above Susan Swindell.
North Eastern and Eastern part of churchyard
40. Lilly WICKENDEN, born 19 March 1882 died 18 March 1891.
41. Sarah GOLDSMITH, daughter of the late Thomas and Sarah Goldsmith of this parish, died 19 August 1890 aged 72 years. Harriett Goldsmith died 13 April 1894 aged 87 years.
42. John HODGE died 5 August 1890 aged 79 years. Harriet, wife of the above died 24 December 1901 aged 86 years.
43. Henry PUCKNELL died 19 January 1890 aged 62 years. Edwin Alfred Pucknell died 6 January 1885 aged 16 years. Sydney Philip Pucknell died 16 August 1877 aged 2 years. Sons of the above.
44. Small cross. Agnes Joan, daughter of John and Joan AYLMER, born 1 November, died 12 November 1919.
45. Cross in rails. George Frederick PERKINS of Chipstead Place died 15 December 1895 aged 26 years.
46. Moulton WARREN born 26 May 1828 died 4 July 1905. Many years head keeper on the Chevening Estate and for 70 years a faithful servant and friend of four Earls Stanhope. Erected in affectionate remembrance by the Stanhope family.
47. Frank SMITH died 5 November 1905 aged 23 years.
48. Cross. Thomas Frederick STEPHENS died 28 June 1905 aged 46 years.
49. John TURNER died 18 June 1905 aged 69 years.
50. Elizabeth Taylor MARTIN died 13 April 1894 aged 64 years.
51. Anne SCOTT died 13 December 1893 aged 60 years. Edward Scott died 6 July 1911 aged 80 years.
52. Amos OSBORN died 6 February 1897 aged 69 years.49 years faithful servant of Mr G. DARK who erected this.
53. Annie FLINT died 22 September 1895 aged 40 years.
54. George John RUSSELL, born 6 March 1832 died 30 March 1901. Mary Ann Russell his wife, born 2 September 1833 died 7 March 1899.
55. Emma, wife of William STEVENS died 10 April 1876 aged 28 years. Farewell my husband and children dear.
56. Tomb. Ann, wife of William TONGE of Morants Court in this parish died 13 February 1851 aged 66 years, leaving issue an only son, John. William Tonge of Morants Court died 6 July 1863 aged 88 years.
57. James KING of Froghall Farm, born 4 March 1806 died 23 July 1875. Mary Ann King, wife of the above died 20 July 1888 aged 82 years.
58. Coped cross. Matilda HAMOCK, late Britwell (?) House, Oxfordshire, relict of the late Samuel Hamock Esq. and daughter of the late Elias HAMERTON Esq. Alderman of London. She died at Chevening 11 January 1861 in her 36th year.
59. Susan PRESNAIL, wife of James Presnail died 22 September 1861 aged 56 years. Also James Presnail died 12 February 1871 aged 65 years.
60. John SPICKETT died 29 September 1885 aged 67 years. Jane Spickett died 4 February 1909 aged 88 years.
61. Maria, wife of Charles COUCHMAN died 8 May 1882 aged 79 years. Also Charles Couchman died 29 January 1883 aged 81 years.
62. Maria, 3rd daughter of Thomas Harvey and Elizabeth Martha WHITE of Park House, Chevening died 16 August 1877 aged 19 years.
63. Caroline HENHAM, daughter of Richard and Harriet Henham of this parish died 11 February 1870 in her 27th year. It was Consumption gave the fatal blow. Harriet Henham, mother of the above died 19 December 1884 aged 73 years.
64. Ann COOMBER, late wife of Thomas Coomber of the parish of Brasted died 21 March 1813 aged 21 years. Thomas Coomber, late carpenter of the parish of Brasted died 17 January 1822 aged 37 years.
65. William HEATH died 25 January 1870 aged 57 years.
66. Mary, wife of William HEATH died 12 October 1901 aged 85 years.
67. Small cross. Thomas Alexander TILLEARD, son of John Alexander and Kathleen Tilleard, died 8 November 1884 aged 9 months.
68. Lydia Ann VARLEY, wife of Samuel Varley died 7 May 1817 aged 77 years. Also their daughter Lydia Ann FERGUSSON, wife of James Fergusson died 27 February 1813 aged 36 years.
69. Eliza COWLARD died 6 February 1894 aged 65 years.
70. Thomas GOLDSMITH died 9 August 1855 aged 80 years. Sarah his wife died 19 December 1856 aged 74 years.
71. Sarah, wife of Thomas HOOK died 18 August 1831 aged 88 years. Thomas Hook of this parish died 27 April 1830 aged 95 years.
72. Coped cross in rails by Rectory gate. Revd. Thomas SIKES M.A. for 34 years Rector of this parish died 4 December 1888 aged 83 years.
73. Covered in ivy, under east window. James GILBERT of this parish died 17 December 1845 aged 69 years. Elizabeth his wife died 25 February 1853 aged 75 years.
74. William GILBERT died 9 September 1861 aged 43 years. Charlotte his wife died 20 May 1900 aged 84 years.
75. Mr John BRAMPTON of this parish died 23 January 1919 aged 61 years. William Steers Brampton, son of John and Elizabeth Brampton died 8 October 1806 aged 6 months. Mrs Elizabeth Brampton, relict of the above John Brampton died 3 December 1851 in her 83rd year.
76. Deborah BRAMPTON, wife of John Brampton. She died in childbed 7 June 1789 in her 31st year. Also her infant.
77. Ann BRAMPTON died 27 November 1778 aged 50 years. Erected by her husband John Brampton. A tender mother. Henry Brampton their son died 23 August 1778 aged 7 years.
78. John BRAMPTON died 11 April 1791 in his 62nd year. Erected by his children.
79. Mrs Eme ROCHENET of this parish died 1 June 1819 aged 76 years.
80. William WALKLING died 9 June 1873 aged 65 years. Eliza Walkling his wife died 23 February 1881 aged 71 years.
Four under east window, south Chapel.
81. Mary Eleanor FULLER died 26 April 1822 aged 18 years.
82. Ann SANDERS, sister to Edward FULLER of this parish died 3 October 1829 aged 74 years.
83. Edward FULLER died 13 January 1849 aged 78 years. Mary his wife of this parish died 5 September 1846 aged 72 years.
84. Dorothy THORN of this parish died 5 November 1839 aged 83 years.
85. Lucy Elizabeth ELLIOTT died 12 June 1788 aged 4 months. Lucy Elliott died 4 June 1791 aged 10 months. Father of the above, James Elliott died 9 November 1805 aged 44 years. Lucy his wife died 2 May 1829 aged 65 years.
86. Elizabeth, wife of Mr John ELLIOT died 6 September 1784 aged 59 years. John Elliott died 11 February 1785 aged 72 years.
South of South Chapel
87. Jane SCARFF, in acknowledgement of whose service of 12 years the Earl and Countess Stanhope erect this stone. She died 2 April 1776 aged 55 years.
88. Small stone, 18th century. Mary, wife of Daniel THORPE ……. (under grass).
89. A good altar tomb, first ½ of 18th century. Crest, an animal rampant, not a lion. Here …… of / Char …. CHI..WOOD Esq. / who … day / of (all gone).
90. John DURRANT died July 4 1746 aged 52 years.
91. Frederick KING of Crayford, Kent died 27 February 1865 aged 36 years. Jennet, youngest daughter of John and Sarah BUXTON, relict of the above and the beloved wife of Alexander SCENLING, died at Edmonton 18 June 1877 aged 48 years.
92. William, son of William and Harriot GU././(?) and grandson of James and Elizabeth KING of this parish died 2 December 1831 aged 6 years.
93. In memory of the many virtues and faithful service of Mr George FENDER, nearly 40 years gardener at Chevening who died 24 January 1837 in his 87th year. Erected by Philip Henry, Earl Stanhope.
94. Sarah Catharine HE(I)NRICH who was born on 11 July 1840 and died 10 November in the same year. This tablet is erected by her parents, Anton HEINRICH and his wife.
95. Mr Anton HEINRICH, a native of Germany and during almost 40 years faithful servant of Earl Stanhope by whom he was highly esteemed and whom he survived only 4 months, died 2 July 1855 aged 63 years. Also Mehetabell, widow of the above died 29 March 1883 aged 82 years.
96. Ann, wife of William SWANSBOROUGH of Tunbridge, Kent died 21 December 1847 aged 59 years. William Swansborough died 25 June 1853 aged 62 years.
97. Elizabeth, wife of William SWANSBOROUGH of Chipstead died 1 March 1842 aged 85 years. William Swansborough died 10 October 1843 aged 86 years. Elizabeth Ann Swansborough, granddaughter of the above, born 13 October 1817 died 8 June 1818.
98. Lucy, wife of Nicholas SWANSBOROUGH senior died 7 April 1745 aged 52 years. Near lies Martha, daughter of Nicholas and Lucy Swansborough, who died 11 May 1725 aged 4 years. Nicholas Swansborough died 23 February 1750 aged 63 years. Also Mary, wife of Nicholas Swansborough, junior, died 18 February 1754 aged 24 years.
99. Nicholas SWANSBOROUGH died 2 April 1788 aged 65 years. Elizabeth his wife died 12 February 1800 aged 77 years.
100. Joseph RI../ ..l ../ (Foot) I.R. 1773.
101. Thomas BEAUMONT, yeoman late of this parish who departed this life September ...... aged ?37 years. Also Elizabeth Beaumont his wife died February ye 1 17.. aged 55 years. Also Mercy Jane, wife of Richard … r who died … (Foot). T.B. E.B. M.L. 1743
102. William WELLER died 6 July 1777 aged 60 years. Hannah his wife died 19 May 1789 aged 69 years. John and William, sons of the above. John died 25 March 1766 aged 10 years. William died 11 November 1766 aged 11 years.
103. Mrs Elizabeth FOREMAN, wife of Mr William Foreman of Seven Oaks and daughter of William and Hannah WELLER of this parish died 10 August 1812 aged 58 years. The above Mr William Foreman died 9 February 1830 aged 74 years.
104. Mr James WELLER of Riverhead in this county, malster, died 5 March 1832 aged 69 years. Ann Weller, sister of the above, of this parish died 29 November 1834 aged 75 years.
105. William NICHOLLS of this parish died 2 April 1874 aged 70 years. Sophia his wife died …… 1880 aged 78 years.
Plot south of South Aisle
106. Thomas BAKER, yeoman of Otford died 29 July 1792 aged 76 years. Mrs Sarah Baker his wife died 1 June 1803 aged 81 years.
107. Elizabeth, wife of John STILES died 9 November 1729 in ye 81st year.
108. Francis ALLSOP, youngest son of William and Dorothy Allsop of Stramshall, Staffordshire died at Chevening 6 April 1866 aged 85 years.
109. Small old stone. William, son of Thomas BAKER of this parish, who deceased February 13 1705 aged 30 years.
110. Mary, wife of Joseph USHER of Blunham, Bedfordshire died 27 July 1872 in her 60th year.
111. James EAGLES died February 9 1710 aged 69 years.
112. George EAGLES of this parish died 19 March 1746 aged 65 years. Elizabeth Eagles his wife died 27 May 1774 aged 85 years.
113. Mary MACKIE, widow of Alexander McKenzie Mackie, daughter of the late James LANDLES Esq. of Berwick upon Tweed died 13 February 1877 aged 76 years.
114. Elizabeth, wife of Samuel WALLIS died 14 March 1791 in her 70th year. Samuel Wallis died 9 September 1797 aged 64 years.
115. John HEATH died 21 December 1885 in his 21st year.
116. Richard HARMAN died August ye 23 1719 aged 40 years. Near here also lye ye bodyes of a son and daughter of Richard and Mary Harman. Richard dyed January ye 9 1703 aged 12 weeks. Priscilla died 7 March 1720 aged 5 years. Also Mary Harman, wife of Richard Harman died December 30 1712 aged 43 years.
117. S.R. 1753.
118. Near this place lyeth the body of Thomas WAKER and Mary his wife. Thomas Waker dyed August 17 1679 and Mary his wife died some time before him. Also Mary Waker, one of the daughters of the said Thomas Waker and Mary his wife. She died May ye 20 1725 aged fifty three years.
119. Richard WAKER died 12 August 1734 aged 63 years. Mary his daughter aged 2 months. Left issue one daughter – Mary.
120. Here lyeth Elias and Joseph, the sons of Elias and Hanna LOCK, who died in their infancy. Elias died 12 September 1702. Joseph died Aprill 17 1706.
121. Nicholas WAKER of Otford died May 17 1774 aged 84 years.
122. Thomas RICHARDSON of this parish, son of John and Sarah Richardson of Shoreham in this county, died 15 August 1759 in his 39th year.
123. William, son of Thomas and Sarah RAWLISON died 15 March 1789 aged 52 years. Mary LOCK, sister of the above died 25 December 1799 aged 47 years.
124. John YOUNG died 25 March 1879 aged 74 years. Parish Clerk for 44 years. Elizabeth his wife died 31 July 1892 aged 88 years.
125. Sarah, wife of Charles HEATH and daughter of John and Elizabeth YOUNG died 11 November 1876 aged (?3)2. Charles Heath died 18 February 1877 aged 37 years. Henry Heath, 2nd son of the above died 13 September 1877 aged 10 years.
Bordering path by Porch
126. Sarah, wife of William RAWLISON died 2 March 1756 aged 83 years. Also Sarah, wife of Thomas Rawlison died 2 November 1755 aged 55 years. Two kind neighbours and w…..s most dear and loving mothers lyeth here.
127. 1681 Hear lieth the body of /oh/ /AMHU//T (? John Amhurst) deceased September the 28.
128. Ann, ye wife of James ENGLISH of this parish died April ye .. 1702 aged 56 years.
129. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Sarah RAWLISON died 10 May 1778 aged 40 years.
130. Sarah, wife of Edward STRINGER died 1 March 1795 aged 59 years.
Plot west of Porch
131. John WALKLIN died 26 May 1829 aged 74 years. Elizabeth, wife of the above, of this parish died 11 April 1825 aged 60 years.
132. Robert HARDS, son of William and Ann Hards of this parish died 27 February 1767 aged 36 years. Left issue one daughter, Elizabeth. Also Mary WALKLIN, daughter of John and Elizabeth Walklin died 8 July 1795 aged 12 months.
133. William HARDS of this parish died 29 July 1761 aged 77 years.
134. H……/…of ….so/ …../who……/……/1710 aged 40 years. (Perished).
135. Mary HUNT, wife of John Hunt of this parish died 19 June 1753 aged 37 years.
136. Mary, wife of the late George GOODALL of Chevening died 5 November 1889 aged 74 years. Mary Georgiana, their only child died 24 January 1890 aged 36 years. Also George Goodall died in the Isle of Madeira 22 January 1853 aged 31 years and was interred there.
136a. Richard HILLS died March ye 10 1733 aged 86 years.
137. Sarah WALKIN daughter of John and Elizabeth Walkin of this parish and granddaughter of Robert HARDS died 25 January 1810 at the end of her 18th year.
138. Mary JESSUP, wife of Richard Jessup of this parish died 5 August 1792 aged 54 years.
139. Daniel, son of Daniel and Mary EVEREST who dyed June ye 9 1721 in the 25th year of his age. Also Frances Everest died July the 25 in the 88th year of her age.
140. John SPARKS died 23 November 1816 aged 65 years.
141. Elizabeth, wife of John SPARKS died 28 October 1807 in her 51st year.
142. Thomas RICHARDS died 4 June 1820 aged 35 years. Martha Richards his wife and daughter of John and Mary TEDMAN died 15 January 1818 aged 24 years.
143. John TEDMAN died 2 January 1839 aged 69 years. Mary his wife, of this parish died 22 February 1818 aged 57 years.
144. Rachel BATTIST, 2nd wife of John Battist died 9 September 1821 aged 46 years. Ann Battist, first wife of John Battist died 7 January 1819 aged 66 years. The above John Battist died 24 December 1826 aged 74 years.
South Yard
145. James WARD senior died 11 March 1802 aged 68 years. Mary, wife of James Ward died 29 August 1806 aged 72 years.
146. Cross. Sarah Ann, wife of William BOOKER died 22 August 1905 aged 64 years.
147. Jane BATTY died 31 January 1886 aged 53 years.
148. William DUDMAN died 24 August 1863 aged 84 years. Edward Dudman, brother of the above died 7 May 1877 aged 83 years.
149. Fanny WOOD died 9 December 1878 aged 78 years. John Wood, husband of the above died 3 April 1880 aged 80 years.
150. Edward LEWIS died 3 November 1906 aged 68 years. Eliza his wife died 24 January 1907 aged 74 years.
151. Alice COWLARD died 30 January 1892 aged 43 years. Our dear father Charles Cowlard died 27 November 1895 aged 58 years.
152. George COWLARD died 17 July 1883 aged 77 years. Eliza his wife, our dear mother died 30 December 1901 aged 93 years.
153. Three crosses. Edith, wife of J.N. TONGE of Morants Court, Chevening, born 14 March 1863 died 18 January 1893.
154. Cross. William John TONGE of Morants Court, born 6 April 1838 died 17 April 1891.
155. Cross. John Norton TONGE of Morants Court, born 9 July 1865 died 8 July 1903.
South Yard (centre)
156. To our father Richard SHEPHERD died 1 June 1890 aged 53 years.
157. John SHEPHERD died at Green Lane Farm 29 September 1875 aged 76 years. Formerly of Skipsea, Yorkshire. Also Doce his wife died 3 April 1881 aced 81 years. Frederic Shepherd, grandson of the above died 13 June 1877 aged 21 years. Elizabeth, wife of Richard Shepherd died 1 June 1886 aged 38 years.
158. Cross. Catherine BROOKS, wife of the late William Brooks of Maidenhead, Berkshire. (No date, but modern).
159 Benjamin MARCHANT died 16 June 1788 aged 29 years. Ann his wife died 2 April 1833 aged 76 years. Left issue 3 sons and 2 daughters, Thomas, William, Benjamin, Elizabeth and Ann.
160. Coped stone. Mary Ann EMINTON, 2nd daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Esther Eminton died 8 April 1862 aged 18 years.
161. Samuel SMITHERS died 9 June 1854 aged 56 years. Elizabeth his wife died 8 March 1865 aged 66 years.
162. William MITCHELL died 22 May 1889 aged 70 years. Elizabeth Mitchell his wife died 18 April 1903 aged 80 years. Dear Children now my life is past.
163. Amos COUCHMAN died 27 February 1876 aged 38 years.
164. Mabel Valentine MASON died 5 August 1879 aged 3 years 6 months.
165. William Joseph MASON, born 7 September 1846, died 23 January 1905. Waggoner on the Chevening Estate for 39 years, he died suddenly while engaged on the work he had loved and done so well. Erected by James, 7th Earl Stanhope and his mother.
166. Joseph WEARENEAR of Chevening, for upwards of 40 years faithful servant in Lord Stanhope’s family, born 16 July 1822 died 21 June 1880. Also Ann Wearenear his wife died 14 April 1895 aged 75 years. Erected as a token of affectionate remembrance by Arthur, Earl Stanhope.
167. John TEDMAN of this parish died 31 August 1875 aged 79 years. Elizabeth his wife died 25 February 1877 aged 76 years.
168. Catherine, youngest daughter of John and Elizabeth TEDMAN died 11 March 1866 aged 21 years. Martha, eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth Tedman died 14 July 1867 aged 43 years.
169. Martha CHARMAN died 24 May 1877 aged 16 years. John Charman died 22 February 1866 aged 7 months.
170. Cross. John BACK died 9 June 1889 aged 46 years.
171. Cross, opposite lychgate. Winnie GRIBBLE child of J & S WISDOM of this parish died 9 March 1899 aged 5 years.
South Western plot
172. Hannah, wife of June YOUNG died 15 October 1806 aged 80 years. Mary OLIVER, daughter of the above died 10 March 1775 aged 23 years.
173. Edith YOUNG, daughter of Thomas and Ellen Young, born 2 December 1856 died 26 February 1876. Walter, son of Thomas and Ellen Young, born 11 May 1861 died 22 September 1863.
174. Edward HALL of T//vens (Turvens) in this parish who died January 20 1695 aged 58 years. Ann his wife died February 4 1700 aged 49 years. Had issue by her 3 sons and 4 daughters.
175. Hester, wife of William YOUNG of the parish of Sevenoaks died 1 February 1829 aged 42 years. Elizabeth, 2nd wife of the above died 7 October 1842 aged 59 years. The above William Young of this parish died 22 October 1863 aged 78 years.
176. Henry NO(?R)..S alias WO/…. of this parish who ………1702 aged 44 years.
177. Robert, ye son of Henry NICHOLL …………1697 MDCXCVII
178. Sarah HUTCHINGS died 9 July 1888 aged 92 years.
179. Mary ye wife of William JAMESON of this parish died 20 December 1704 aged 28 years.
180. John IEMTON died February 27 1724 aged 56 years. (Foot). I.I. 1724.
181. Susan, wife of Richard INKPEN (under grass – ? 18th century).
182. Mary, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Letitia HOLMES died 23 September 1859 aged 21 years.
183. Elizabeth Letitia, wife of Thomas HOLMES died 7 December 1839 aged 35 years. Thomas Holmes of this parish died 2 June 1849 aged 51 years. Henry Edmeads Holmes, grandson of the above, died 27 March 1858 aged 4 months. Also Thomas Garner Holmes, grandson of the above died 12 June 1864 aged 7 months.
184. Thomas HOLMES of this parish died 12 March 1799 aged 41 years. Hannah his wife died 2 June 1825 aged 69 years. Thomas GAIN, grandson of the above died 23 January 1825 aged 6 months.
185. Mary HOLMES, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Holmes died 14 August 1828 aged 34 years.
186. Thomas KNIGHT died 1 September 1867 aged 46 years. Ann his wife died 14 September 1899 aged 85 years.
187. Charles PIDDING, born 4 January 1799, died 14 April 1886 at Bessels Green in the parish of Chevening.
188. Altar stone. Judith BARHAM, widow of aforesaid Benjamin Barham, died 26 September 1809 aged 73 years. Benjamin Barham of this parish, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Barham of Harrietsham in this county. He died 18 December 1785 aged 37 years.
189. Altar stone. Abraham BARHAM, only son of Benjamin and Judith Barham. He was born in the parish of Harrietsham on 28 November 1773 and died at Chipsted in this parish 2 February 1849, where he resided upward of 70 years.
Against West wall.
190. Cross, head. Edith FLINT died 5 April 1875 aged 4 years 8 months.
191. Francis SWAN died February ye 2 1702 aged 43 years.
192. Martha, wife of John HAYMAN died 3 June 1792 in her 65th year. A good mother.
193. Thomas HOLLAND of this parish died 13 January 1843 aged 80 years. Mary his wife died 13 February 1844 aged 75 years.
194. Mary SURTEES, daughter of John and Elizabeth Surtees of Billingham, Stockton on Tees, born 1 January 1795, died 19 June 1848. For 33 years faithful servant to the Misses MARKHAM who placed this stone.
195. Eliza, wife of Henry STEVENS died 1 June 1870 aged 32 years. Henry Stevens her husband died 13 September 1875 aged 35 years. Erected by his sister.
196. Thomas Faulkner MIDDLETON, lost in HMS Captain 7 September 1870 aged 21 years. A kind brother. Also Henry Harding Middleton, lost during a gale from HMS Repluse in the Pacific 10 February 1876 aged 24 years.
197. Henry Harding MIDDLETON died 28 June 1866 aged 56 years. Elizabeth his wife died at Chipstead 18 June 1897 in her 78th year.
In the South East corner
198. Thomas BRAND died 25 December 1824 aged 69 years. Mary his wife died 17 January 1842 aged 77 years. Mary, daughter of the above died 20 October 1828 aged 22 years. Mary Ann MEAD, granddaughter of the above, died 1 January 1824 aged 6 months. Stephen, son of the above died 17 September 1859 aged 56 years.
199. Annette Eliza WOOD, daughter of Henry and Mary Wood of Green Lane Farm died 13 July 1900 in her 14th year. George Henry Wood, eldest brother of the above died 7 January 1907 aged 37 years. Victoria Elsie, youngest daughter of the above Henry and Mary Wood died 16 April 1909 aged 17 years.
200. James BARNETT died 3 August 1891 aged 77 years.
201. Cross, head. Harriet HALLIDAY died 25 February 1891 aged 38 years.
202. Matilda TOWLER died at Chipsted 3 September 1890 aged 26 years.
203. Albert RANGER died 27 November 1890 aged 57 years. Harriet, wife of the above died 22 April 1919 aged 87 years.
204. Cross. Joseph RICHARDS died 2 December 1892 aged 81 years.
205. Altar stone. On West end, Arms. A goat or antelope rampant, horned crest, a demi goat rampant Georege Skinman STEINMAN Esq. F.S.A. of Sundridge died 12 February 1893 aged 81 years.
206. Cross. Julia Mary GRAY died at Chevening 29 April 1887 aged 15 years.
207. John STAPLES, husband of Sarah Staples died 12 December 1887 aged 53 years. Sarah Staples his wife died 28 February 1902 aged 62 years. Also children of the above, Rosina died 9 April 1876 aged 7 years. Sidney died 11 April 1882 aged 3 years.
208. Louisa RANGER died 27 April 1889 aged 26 years.
209. Annie NAREY died 4 March 1908 aged 46 years. For 14 years personal maid to Evelyn, Countess Stanhope who placed this.
210. Barnard CLARKE, born 6 July 1854, died 7 May 1911. For 23 years house carpenter on the Stanhope Estate. Placed by James, 7th Earl Stanhope and his mother in friendly regard.
211. Henry HEATH died 11 September 1911 aged 69 years. Phebe his wife died 19 March 1909 aged 70 years.
212. Thomas WATKINS died 23 July 1909 aged 66 years. Mary his wife died 31 December 1889 aged 42 years. Interred in Tooting Cemetery.
213. John CHARMAN died 7 July 1915 aged 87 years. Ann his wife died 4 September 1907 aged 72 years.
214. Cross. Gertrude Cécile BEESLEY of Beckenham died 27 August 1906.
215. Sarah TURNER died 1 November 1908 aged 73 years.
216. Caroline COUCHMAN died 1 October 1908 aged 80 years.
217. Clara Sophia KNAGGS died 31 October 1907. Also Ellen CARR her sister died 30 June 1912 aged 90 years.
218. A curb. Winifred Edith PHELPS died 26 December 1907.
In modern part
219. A churchyard cross to Arthur Philip, 6th Earl STANHOPE. With his arms (Quartlery ermine and sable) and those of Canterbury and Rochester dioceses.
220. A coped cross to Arthur Philip, 6th Earl STANHOPE who was born 13 September 1838 and died 19 April 1905.
221. Edith STANHOPE 26 November 1881 – September 9 1912.
222. Cross. Annie, wife of Percy William Heseltine PECK born 23 April 1865, died 19 January 1912.
223. Arthur Talbot BEVAN, born 22 January 1843, died 9 July 1918. Magdalen Frances his wife born 20 December 1840, died 18 August 1918.
224. Henry Seymour KING died 7 February 1920 aged 67 years.
225. Elizabeth BOOKER, wife of William Booker, born 10 May 1852, died 4 May 1919.
226. Ephraim DANIELS died 1 July 1911 aged 86 years. Sarah his wife died 28 May 1909 aged 81 years.
227. Henry CARTER, born 6 October 1841, died 21 February 1913.
228. Emma WARD died 15 December 1910 aged 84 years.
229. Alfred SHOUBRIDGE died 19 March 1910 aged 33 years.
230. Alfred KING late of Bangor, North Wales died at Chevening 23 February 1911 aged 71 years.
231. Ella, wife of George KING died 2 December 1918 aged 30 years.
232. Delia Jane SHOUBRIDGE died 11 December 1918 aged 28 years.
233. Ivy Maud PACK died 9 September 1915 aged 18 years. William Edwin Noel SNARTT died 23 October 1915 aged 10 years.
234. William Martin BURFOOT 2nd Lt. R.A.F, only son of W. Burfoot, lost in a flying accident 22 May 1918 aged 23 years.
235. Margaret Annie GRENDON died 25 February 1912 aged 31 years.
236. 4386 Sapper A. WAITE, R.E. died 23 January 1915. Husband of Mrs A. Waite, St Helens, Lancs. R.I.P.
237. Lewis Macdonald JOYCE, born 30 April 1900, died 27 January 1915. Erected by the managers of Chevening Church School recording unbroken school attendance of 8 years.
238. 1292 Driver Edward Wright PADGHAM, R.FA. died 28 February 1916.
239. 24677 Pte. H. SMITH Royal Defence Corps died 20 August 1916.
240. Fanny Elizabeth SMYTH died 29 December 1918 aged 58 years. Reginald Abbott Smyth, youngest son of the above. Killed in action near Grandicourt 17 February 1917 aged 19 years.
241. In Chipstead grocer’s shop (now Hann). Plaque - H R.M. 1791 Red brick with black ‘headers’ moulded wooden eave in front.
Index of Names and Places
Names Index
ALLSOP 108
Amhurst 127
AUSTEN 37
AYLMER 44
BACK 170
BAKER 18, 106, 109
BARHAM 188, 186
BARNETT 200
BARTON 30
BASSET 15A
BATTIST 144
BATTY 147
BEAUMONT 101
BEESLEY 214
BEVAN 223
BIRD 1
BOOKER 146, 225
BRAMPTON 75-78
BRAND 198
BROOKS 158
BURFOOT 234
BUXTON 29, 91
CARR 217
CARTER 227
CHARMAN 169, 213
CHI..WOOD? 89
CLARKE 210
COOK 15, 16
COOMBER 64
COUCHMAN 2, 61, 163, 216
COWARD 39
COWLARD 69, 151, 152
DANIELS 226
DARK 52
DRAPER 35
DUDMAN 148
DURRANT 90
EAGLES 111, 112
EASTWOOD 23
ELLIOTT 85, 86
EMINTON 160
ENGLISH 128
EVEREST 139
FENDER 93
FERGUSSON 68
FLINT 53, 190
FOREMAN 103
FULLER 81-83
GAIN 184
GILBERT 73, 74
GOLDSMITH 41, 70
GOODALL 136
GOWARD 10, 11
GRAY 206
GRENDON 235
GRIBBLE 171
GU././(?) 92
Hall 36
HALLIDAY 201
HAMERTON 58
HAMMOND 12
HAMOCK 58
HARDS 132, 133, 137
HARRIS 36
HAYMAN 192
HEATH 8a, 65, 66, 115, 125,
211
HEINRICH 94, 95
HENHAM 63
Henry 93
Heseltine 222
HILLS 136a
HODGE 31, 42
HOLLAND 193
HOLMES 182-185
HOOK 71
HUNT 14, 135
HUTCHINGS 178
IEMTON 180
INKPEN 181
IVERY 4
JAMESON 179
JESSUP 138
JOYCE 237
KING 22, 57, 91, 92, 224, 231
KNAGGS 217
KNIGHT 186
M.L. 102
LANDLES 113
LEPHARD 32
LEWIS 150
LOCK 120, 123
H R.M. 241
Macdonald 236
MACKIE 113
MARCHANT 159
MARKHAM 194MARTIN 50
MASON 164, 165
McKenzie 113
MEAD 198
MIDDLETON 196, 197
MITCHELL 162
MOSS 18, 19
NAREY 209
NICHOLL 177
NICHOLLS 105
NO(?R)..S 176
NOON 33
OLIVER 172
OSBORN 52
PACK 233
PADGHAM 239
PALMER 18
PECK 222
PERKINS 32, 33, 45
PHELPS 218
PIDDING 187
PITT 13
PRESNAIL 59
PUCKNELL 43
S.R. 117
RANGER 203, 208
RAWLISON 123, 126, 129
RI../ ..l .100
Richard HARMAN 116
RICHARDS 142, 204
RICHARDSON 122
ROCHENET 79
RUSSELL 54
SALTER 29
SANDERS 82
SCARFF 87
SCENLING 91
SCOTT 51
SHEPHERD 156, 157
SHOUBRIDGE 229, 232
SIKES 72
SINNOCK 9
Skinman 205
SMITH 47, 239
SMITHERS 161
SMYTH 240
SNARTT 233
SPARKS 140, 141
SPARROWHAWK 17SPICKETT 60
STANHOPE 46, 87, 93, 94,
165, 166, 209, 210, 220, 221
STAPLES 207
STEERS 5, 75
STEINMAN 205
STEPHENS 48
STEVENS 55, 195
STILES 107
STRINGER 130
SURTEES 194
SWAN 191
SWANSBOROUGH 96-99
SWINDELL 39
Talbot 223
TAYLOR 38
TEDMAN 142, 143, 167, 168
THORN 84
THORPE 88
TILLEARD 67
TONGE 22, 56, 153-155
TOWLER 202
TURNER 49, 215
Turvens 174
USHER 110
VARLEY 68
WAITE 236
WAKER 118, 119, 121
WALKLIN 131, 132, 137
WALKLING 80
WALLIS 114
WARD 145, 228
WARING 5-8, 8b
WARNER 37
WARREN 46
WATKINS 212
WEARENEAR 166
WEBB 21
WEBBER 38
WELLER 102-104
WELLS 20
WHITE 34, 62
WICKENDEN 40
WISDOM 171
WOOD 24-29, 149, 199
WOOD? 89
Wright 238
YOUNG 3, 26, 124, 125, 172,
173, 175
Places Index
Bangor, North Wales 231
Beckenham 214
Berwick upon Tweed 113
Billingham, Stockton on Tees 194
Blunham, Bedfordshire 110
Brasted 64
Britwell (?) House, Oxfordshire 58
Chevening
Bessels Green 187
Chevening Estate 165
Chipstead 6-8, 19, 97, 189, 202
Chipstead Place 32, 33, 35, 45
Froghall Farm 57
Green Lane Farm 157, 199 Morants Court 22, 56, 153-155
Park House 62
Stanhope Estate 210
Crayford 91Edmonton 91
Germany 95
Grandicourt 240
Harrietsham 188, 189
Ludgate Street, London 19
Maidenhead, Berkshire 158
Manor Farm, St Mary Cray 12
Otford 106, 121
Riverhead 104
Sevenoaks 103, 175
Shoreham 6-8, 122
Skipsea, Yorkshire 157
St Helens, Lancs 236
Stramshall, Staffordshire 108
Sundridge 205
Tooting Cemetery 212
Tunbridge 96
Tunbridge Wells 8aGeneral
Alderman of London 58
carpenter 64
Rector 37, 72
Rev 37, 71
Consumption 63
died suddenly 165
Army, Navy etc
2nd Lt. 234
Pte 24677. 239
Sapper 4386 236
R.E. 236
R.F.A. 239
flying accident 234
R.A.F 234
Royal Defence Corps 239
HMS Captain 196
HMS Repluse 196
gardener 93
grocer’s shop 241
head keeper 46
house carpenter 210
malster 104
managers of School 237
Parish Clerk 124
servant 32, 35, 36, 38,
46, 52, 87, 93, 95,
166, 209
Waggoner 165
yeoman 101, 106
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