Donation to Rochester Cathedal of four sulungs at Snodland and Holborough, with a mill, village and various rights, 838
Ecgberht of Wessex grants to Bishop Beornmod (of Rochester) four sulungs at Snodland and Holborough, with a mill, rights of gathering wood, and of pasturing swine in four districts, and a village (838). Translation from Latin of Textus Roffensis, folios 131r-132r by Jacob Scott (pending review).
Campbell, no. 19. Campbell: ‘The form of this document is unusual. Some of the usual elements of the old English charter are missing; in particular there is no sanction. The document would seem to be an abbreviation of a charter.’ This is probably a copy of the extant, tenth-century document, British Library, Cotton Charters, viii. 30. Note: At the start of the document, in the left margin, there is an annotation in Latin (much later hand) indicating that the exemplar can be found in the Cotton Library.
Transcription
138v (select folio number to open facsimile)
+ In nomine domini De snodilande.
nostri ih’u iesu christi saluatoris mundi, anno dominicę
incarnationis dccc.xxx.viii. indictione i.a
ego ecgbearhtus rex cum consensu dilectissi-
mi filii nostri æðelwulfi regis dabo debotissi-
mo episcopo meo beornmodo aliquam terrę par-
tem iuris mei quattuor aratrorum, in loco quę
dicitur snoddingland et ęt holanbeorge, ut
habeat et possideat, et cuicumque uoluerit re-
linquat, ita ut predicta terra sit liuera ab omni
serbitia. + Scripta est hęc cartula in bica
regali, quę dicitur fręricburna, is testibus consen-
tientibus et subscribentibus quorum infra nomina
tenentur, et unam molinam in torrente qui dicitur
holanbeorges burna, et in monte regis quinqua-
ginta carrabas lingnorum, adiectis quattuor
denberis, hwoętenstede, heahdęn, hese, helman-
hyrst. + Egcberht rex. + Ęðeluulf rex. + Cial-
noð archiepiscopus. + Beornmod episcopus. + Ealhstan
episcopus. + Eadhun episcopus. + Cynred episcopus. + Ceolberht
episcopus. + Wlfheard dux. + Ęðelwulf dux. + Eanulf
dux. + herebearht dux. + Ęðelwulf dux. + Eðelheard, et in oriente
ciuitatis hroui unum uiculum.
Translation
Concerning Snodland:
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of the world, in the year of our Lord’s incarnation 838, 1st indiction, I, King Ecgberht, with the consent of our most beloved son, King Æthelwulf, will give to my most deserving bishop some part of the land of my right, four plows, in the place which is called Snodland and at Holborough, so that he may have and possess it, and leave to whomsoever he will, so that the aforesaid land is land free from all servitude.
+ This document was written on the royal plate, which is called Fraericburna, with the consent and signatures of those witnesses whose names are kept below, and one mill in the brook called Holborough Burna, and on the king's mountain fifty carts of firewood, in additional four are to be found, Hwoetenstede, Heahdaen, Hese, Helmanhyrst.
+ Egbert the King.
+ King Aeðelwulf.
+ Archbishop Cialnoð,
+ Bishop Beornmod.
+ Ealhstan
+ Bishop Eadhun.
+ Bishop Cynred.
+ Bishop Ceolberht.
+ Wlfheard the chief.
+ Duke Aeðelwulf.
+ Duke Eanulf.
+ Duke Herebearht.
+ Duke Aeðelwulf.
+ Eðelheard, and in the east of the city, one hamlet.
Dispute over the estate at Snodland, 995-1005
The dispute between bishop Godwine and Leofwine over the estate of Snodland, 995–10051. Textus Roffensis, ff. 155r–156v. Translated from Old English by Dr Christopher Monk.
Transcription
155r (select folio number to open facsimile)
xP2Her cyð on ðysum gewrite, hu Godwine biscop
on Hrofeceastre, ⁊ Leofwine Ælfeages
sunu ( )3 wurðon gesybsumode ymbe þæt land
æt Snoddinglande, on Cantwarabyrig.
Þa4 ða se biscop Godwine com to ðam biscopstole
þurh hæse his cynehlafordes Æðelredes cynges
æfter Ælfstanes forðsiþe biscopes, þa gemetæ he on
ðam mynstre þa ylcan swutelunga þe his fore-
genga hæfde, ⁊ þærmid on þæt land spæc, ongan
ða to specenne on ðæt land, ⁊ elles for Godes
ege ne dorste, oððæt seo spræc wearð þam
cynge cuð. Þa ða him seo talu cuð wæs, þa sende
he gewrit ⁊ his insegl5 to þam arcebisceope Æl-
frice, ⁊ bead him þæt he ⁊ hys þegenas on East6
Cent, ⁊ on West Cent,7 hy onriht gesemdon,
be ontale, ⁊ be oftale. Þa þæt wæs þæt se bisceop Godwi-
ne com to Cantwarabyrig to ðam arcebiscope, þa
com ðider se scyresman8 Leofric, ⁊ mid him Ælfun
abbod, ⁊ þegenas ægþer ge of9 East Cent ge of
West Cent,10 eal seo duguð, ⁊ hy ðær þa spæce swa
lange handledon, syððon se bisceop his swute-
lunge ge(e)owod hæfde, oþ hy ealle bædon þone
biscop eaðmodlice, þæt he geunnan scolde þæt he
moste mid bletsunga þæs landes brucan æt
Snoddinglande his dæg, ⁊ se biscop þa þæs
getiðode on ealra þæra witena ( )11 þanc
þe þær gesomnode wæran, ⁊ he ( ) behet
þæs truwan þæt land æfter his dæge unbesacen
eode eft into þære stowe þe hit ut alæned
wæs, ⁊ ageaf þa swutelunga þe he to þam lande
hæfde þe ær of þære stowe geutod wæs, ⁊ þa ha-
gan ealle þe he bewestan þære cyrcan hæfde
into þære halgan stowe, ⁊ þises loces æren-
dracan wæran, Ælfun abbod ⁊ Wulfric abbod,
⁊ Leofric sciresman, ⁊ Siweard, ⁊ Wulfstan æt
Sealtwuda, ⁊ Ælfelm Ordelmes sunu. Þonne
is her seo gewitnes þe æt þisum loce wæs, þæt is
ærest se arcebiscop Ælfric, ⁊ se biscop God-
uuine, ⁊ Wulfric abbod, ⁊ Ælfun abbod, ⁊ Ælfnoð
æt Orpedingtune, ⁊ se hired æt Cristes Cyr-
can, ⁊ se hired æt Sancte Augustine, ⁊ s[e]o burh-
waru on Cantwarebyrig, ⁊ Leofric sciresman,
⁊ Lifing æt Meallingan, ⁊ Siweard, ⁊ Sired his
broðor, ⁊ Leo[f]stan12 æt Mærseham, ⁊ Godwine
Wulfeages sunu, ⁊ Wul[f]stan13 æt Sealtwuda, ⁊
Wul[f]stan14 iunga, ⁊ Leo[f]wine15 æt Dictune, ⁊ Leo-
fric Ealdredes sunu, ⁊ Goda Wulfsiges sunu,
⁊ Ælfelm Ordelmes sunu, ⁊ Sidewine æt Peal-
leswyrðe, ⁊ Wærelm, ⁊ Æþelred portgerefa
on byrig,16 ⁊ Guðwold. Gif hwa þis ðence to awen-
denne, ⁊ þas foreword to abrecenne, awende
him God fram his ansyne on þam miclan dome,
swa þæt he si ascyred fram heofena rices myrhðe,
156v
⁊ sy eallum deoflum betæht into helle. AMEN.
Translation
It is made known here in this document how Godwine,17 Bishop of Rochester, and Leofwine, son of Ælfheah, became reconciled at Canterbury in regard to the land at Snodland.18
When bishop Godwine came to the episcopal see at the behest of his sovereign lord, King Æthelred,19 after the death of bishop Ælfstan,20 then he discovered in the cathedral the very same written testimony which his predecessor had,21 and who had therewith made a claim on that land.22 Then [Godwine] attempted to lay claim to that land – for the fear of God he durst not do otherwise – until the suit became known to the king. When the claim was known to him, then [the king] sent a letter and his seal to the archbishop, Ælfric, and commanded him that he and his thegns, in both East and West Kent, should settle matters justly, be the verdict for or against the claim.
Then it was that bishop Godwine came to Canterbury to the archbishop; then thither came Leofric the sheriff,23 and with him abbot Ælfun and the thegns of both East and West Kent, the entire body of noblemen. And there they deliberated over the claim, after the bishop had revealed his written testimony, until finally they all respectfully bade the bishop that he should grant that [Leofwine] might, with his blessing, have use of the land at Snodland during his lifetime. And the bishop then permitted this to the satisfaction of all the witan, which was gathered there.24 And [Leofwine] pledged his troth that after his lifetime the land should thereafter revert to the place from which it was leased out.25 And he gave up the written testimony he had related to the land, which previously had been alienated from that place,26 and all the hagas which he had west of the church to the holy place.27 And the mediators of this agreement were abbot Ælfun, abbot Wulfric, sheriff Leofric, Siweard, Wulfstan of Saltwood, and Ælfhelm son of Ordhelm.28 And here is the list of witnesses to this agreement: namely, first, the archbishop Ælfric,29 then the bishop Godwine, abbot Wulfric, abbot Ælfun, Ælfnoth of Orpington, the brethren at Christ Church,30 the brethren at St Augustine’s,31 the citizens of Canterbury, sheriff Leofric, Lifing of Malling, Siweard and Sired his brother, Leofstan of Mersham,32 Godwine son of Wulfheah,33 Wulfstan of Saltwood,34 Wulfstan the Young,35 Leofwine of Ditton,36 Leofric son of Ealdred, Goda son of Wulfsige, Ælfhelm son of Ordhelm, Sidewine of Paddlesworth, Wærhelm,37 Æthelred the town port-reeve,38 and Guthwold.
If anyone attempts to turn from or break these terms, God will turn his face from him at the great judgement, so that he be cut off from the joy of the kingdom of heaven and be handed over to all the devils in Hell. Amen.
Footnotes
1 The date range corresponds to the reign of the first witness listed in the document: Ælfric, archbishop of Canterbury; see online here [accessed 15.03.18]. See also A. Campbell, Charters of Rochester (Oxford University Press, 1973), p. xxvii. The original document was copied into Textus Roffensis by the principal scribe about 1123.
2 A Chi-Rho symbol marks the beginning of the text. I’ve represented it with the Greek letters separated.
3 There is a hole in the manuscript at this point.
4 ‘Þa…’
5 ‘insegl’ (‘seal’), underlined by a later hand.
6 ‘on East’ (‘in East’), underlined by a later hand.
7 ‘on West Cent’ (‘in West Kent’), underlined by a later hand.
8 ‘scyresman’ (‘sheriff’), underlined by a later hand.
9 ‘oft’ in the document.
10 ‘East Cent ge of West Cent’ (‘East Kent and of West Kent’), underlined by a later hand.
11 There is a hole in the manuscript at this point, also affecting the line below.
12 ‘f’ omitted by mistake.
13 ‘f’ omitted by mistake.
14 ‘f’ omitted by mistake.
15 ‘s’ for ‘f’ by mistake.
16 ‘⁊ Æþelred portgerefa on byrig’ (‘and Æthelred the port-reeve in the town’), underlined by a later hand.
17 Godwine, bishop of Rochester, r. 994/5–c.1013.
18 Snodland lies along the river Medway between Rochester and Maidstone.
19 King Æthelred (Ethelred) the ‘Unready’, r. 978–1016.
20 Ælfstan, bishop of Rochester, r. before 964–994/5.
21 ‘written testimony’, translating swutelunga, a rather vague term, most likely alluding to the written land grant, i.e. the charter, or land-book, for Snodland.
22 i.e. Snodland.
23 Sheriff of Kent, presumably.
24 Witan, ‘wise men’, the king’s council in Anglo-Saxon England.
25 That is, to Rochester Cathedral.
26 This seems to be alluding to the land being alienated from Rochester Cathedral.
27 Haga, either a plot of land or a piece of enclosed land (possibly with a house and other buildings) within a town; in this case the land was within the city walls of Rochester. It seems that Leofwine gave up land he owned near the cathedral in exchange for the estate in Snodland.
28 Spelt ‘Ælfelm’ and ‘Ordelm’ in the document. The ‘-helm’ element of Old English names signifies ‘protector’.
29 Ælfric of Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury 995–1005.
30 Christ Church, the monastery at Canterbury Cathedral.
31 St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury.
32 Misspelt as ‘Leostan’ in the document. The ‘Leof-’ element in Old English names means ‘friend’ or ‘beloved’.
33 Spelt ‘Wulfeag’ in the document.
34 Misspelt as ‘Wulstan’ in the document. The Wulf- element in Old English names means ‘wolf’.
35 Misspelt as ‘Wulstan’ in the document. See n. 19 above.
36 Misspelt as ‘Leoswine’ in the document. See n. 17 above.
37 Spelt ‘Wærelm’ in the document. See n. 13 above.
38 Reeve of Canterbury.
Monumental Inscriptions of All Saints Church, Snodland
Monumental Inscriptions of All Saints Church, Snodland, noted by D.E. Williams 2015. After Andrew Ashbee.
Interior inscriptions, concise wills, newspaper articles and photographs. I am grateful to Dr Andrew Ashbee for providing access to the church interior and for his assistance in the churchyard, in the face of heavy rain."
When you have finished looking at the following listing, be sure to visit the website of the Snodland Historical Society
The church from the North West, in the right background, the Paper Mill.
Many of the headstones now placed against the north wall would have originally stood in this area
The church from the South East
On the left is the replica of the Medieval Market Cross, the base is said to be original. The churchyard
from the chancel to the boundary, by the river, is almost empty of monuments, but burials extended
well to the east of the east boundary. In 1975 a skeleton was exposed in the bank about six feet
east of the present boundary. The group of headstones in the angle of the chancel include the
families of Waghorn, Goodhugh, Manley, Fletcher, Gorham and Southgate
1. BODY STONE
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZA JANE ALLENDER
BORN JULY 24th 1854
DIED DEC. 4th 1854
2.. BODY STONE
[IN MEMORY OF]
ROBERT GEORGE ALLENDER
WHO DIED 6th JAN. 1860
AGED 7 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS
3. COPED GREY GRANITE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROBERT ALLENDER
BORN AUGUST 25th 1824
DIED AT SALT-WOOD AUGUST 23rd 1881
“Until the Lord Come”
ALSO HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH ALLENDER
BORN APRIL 2nd 1827
DIED JUNE 1st 1905
“In Thy Presence is Fullness of Joy”
Robert Allender, a Builder employing 7 men at Saltwood, born Maidstone
4. HEADSTONE
[ ]
[ ]
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZA ALICE ANSTEY
[ ]
[ ]
5. HEADSTONE
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
RICHARD ANTRUM
WHO DIED AT SUTTON VALENCE
JANUARY 7th 1873
AGED 55 YEARS
LEAVING MARGARET HIS WIDOW
AND 3 CHILDREN SURVIVING
VIZ. JOHN, MARGARET, SARAH
AND RICHARD
“Thy Will be Done”
ALSO OF MARGARET
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
RICHARD AND MARGARET ANTRUM
WHO DIED JUNE 13th 1859
AGED 4 YEARS
ALSO EDWARD RICHARD THEIR SON
WHO DIED DEC. 9th 1858 AGED 2 YEARS
ALSO OF ALFRED THEIR SON
WHO DIED APRIL 30th 1863 AGED 11 MONTHS
6. HEADSTONE
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
OF
JOHN ANTRUM
SON OF RICHARD AND MARGARET ANTRUM
WHO DIED MAY 22nd 1888
AGED 35 YEARS
“And so shall he Ever be Blessed”
7. HEADSTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE
DECEASED CHILDREN OF
JOHN AND SARAH BARKER
JOHN AND SARAH BARKER
HENRY JOHN WESTBOURNE
DIED DEC. 26th 1869 AGED 8 MONTHS
LILY MAUD
DIED JUNE 20th 1874 AGED 5 MONTHS
BEADLE see PETERS
8. HEADSTONE, MOVED TO EDGE OF CHURCHYARD
IN MEMORIAM
ELIZA MARY BRACE
OF CAMDEN TOWN LONDON
BORN OCT. 26th 1810
DIED SEPT. 16th 1877
9. HEADSTONE - NOW MISSING
IN MEMORY OF
MR JOHN BRAIN
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
23rd SEPTEMBER 1801
AGED 58 YEARS
LEFT ISSUE TWO SONS
WILLIAM AND JOHN
“After a short but sharp Affliction,
Here take my Leave of Wife
And Children Dear,
Low here I be in this Soft Bed of Dun,
Waiting for the Rising Sun”
ALSO SARAH WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
6th SEPTEMBER 1808
AGED 61 YEARS
ALSO THREE GRAND-CHILDREN DIED IN THEIR INFANCY
10. HEADSTONE
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
PETER BROOK
DIED NOVEMBER 11th 1873
AGED 60 YEARS
INTERRED AT EAST PECKHAM
ALSO ELIZA
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED JUNE 21st 1892
AGED 70 YEARS
11. FRAGMENT OF HEADSTONE
MARY
WIFE OF
GEORGE CAPON
WHO DIED DEC. 5th 1892
AGED 63 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED
GEORGE CAPON
WHO DIED MARCH 18th 1903
AGED 74 YEARS
“Gone from us but not Forgotten,
Never shall thy Memory Fade,
Loving Thoughts shall always Linger,
Around the spot where thou are Laid”
George Capon, a Boot Maker, of 7 Birling Road,(1881 Census)
12. FRAGMENT
ALLEN CHARLES /CHARLES ALLEN?
13. HEADSTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SARAH CHITTENDEN
WHO DIED AUGUST 12th 1894
AGED 74 YEARS
ALSO OF
WILLIAM CHITTENDEN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTOBER 2nd 1900
AGED 79 YEARS
COCKLE see PARKER
14. HEADSTONE
HERE
LYETH YE BODY [OF]
MARY WIFE OF
GEORGE COURTHOP
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCH [ ] [1728]
AGED 37
LIKEWISE YE BODY [OF GEORGE]
THEIR SON WHO DY[ED]
YE 26th [FEBRUARY 1728]
15. HEADSTONE - NOW MISSING
IN MEMORY OF
MR WILLIAM CRAFT
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 23rd OF NOV. 1775
AGED 34 YEARS
ALSO MR WILLIAM WINGATE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 12th OF SEPTEMBER 1792
AGED 47 YEARS
ALSO [ELIZABETH] TOWNSEND
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 14th SEPT. 1808
AGED 58 YEARS
LIKEWISE FIVE OF THEIR CHILDREN
“O Cruel Death that would no longer Spare,
My Tender Husbands and your Fathers Dear,
Great is the Loss to those they left Behind,
But they, we Hope Eternal Joys will Find”
Archdeaconry Court of Rochester Will dated 31st August 1792
William Wingate of Snodland, Yeoman.
He is “very sick and weak in body”.
To his wife, Elizabeth, 1/3 of all he possesses when he dies, also the furniture for two rooms.
To son William and daughter Mary, £30 each, 12 months after his death; to son John the rest and residue of his effects, plate, ready money, bonds, bills, the lease of his farms,(after his debts, funeral costs and legacies are paid).
He appoints William Lewis, School Master, John Manley, Farmer and Thomas Beech, Farmer (all of Snodland), executors.
He signs the will with a mark.
Witnesses: Robert Andrews and the mark of Thomas Townsend
Proved 29th September 1792. Value of effects under £300.
16. HEADSTONE
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
LYDIA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
ANBROSE CRICK
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 8th 1887
AGED 54 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
AMBROSE CRICK
[WHO DIED] OCT. 18th 1905
AGED 73
Ambrose Crick, a General Labourer of High Street, Snodland, he and Lydia born Norfolk
17. HEADSTONE
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH DARTNELL
WHO DIED 6th FEB. 1872
AGED 83 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 18th DECEMBER 1893
AGED 76 YEARS
William Dartnell a Grocer of 20 Railway Place, Snodland (1881 Census)
18. HEADSTONE - MOVED TO EDGE OF CHURCHYARD
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARY
THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN DAY
WHO DIED JULY 2nd 1858
AGED 28 YEARS
LEAVING ISSUE 2 SONS
WILLIAM AND GEORGE
“In the Hour of Death and the,
Day of Judgement the Lord have,
Mercy on us”
ALSO OF SARAH DAY
MOTHER OF THE ABOVE
JOHN DAY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
21st APRIL 1873
AGED 82 YEARS
19. HEADSTONE FRAGMENT
[ ]
GEORGE DAY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
[ ]
[ ]
[ALSO] WILLIAM DAY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
[ ]
[ ]
20. HEADSTONE
IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
CHARLES WILLIAM ELLIOTT
WHO DIED JAN. 30th 1877
AGED 5 YEARS & 9 MONTHS
21. HEADSTONE
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZA WIFE OF
WILLIAM EVANS
WHO DIED AUG. 27th 1875
AGED 65 YEARS
ALSO OF
WILLIAM CHARLES EVANS
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT MONTEVIDEO
SOUTH AMERICA
ON THE 10th FEBY. 1885
AGED 38 YEARS
ALSO OF
THE ABOVE NAMED
WILLIAM EVANS
WHO DIED JAN. 23rd 1896
AGED 75 YEARS
William Evans, 6 Hope Terrace, Snodland, Engineer Cement Works, (Driver), 1881 Census
22. HEADSTONE, FRAGMENT
[ ]
GEORGE FIELD
[WHO DIED]
JUNE 18th 1886
AGED 56 YEARS
ALSO OF
MARY HIS WIFE
WHO DIED
SEP. 13th 1913
AGED 74 YEARS
George Field, 4 Hope Terrace, Snodland, General Labourer, 1881 Census
23. PEDESTAL, FALLEN CROSS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ERNEST DALBY FINCH-SMITH
RECTOR OF SNODLAND 1906 – 1909
WHO FELL ASLEEP
JANUARY 10th 1919
AGED 41 YEARS
24. HEADSTONE ERODED, FOOTSTONES
J.F. 1803
E.F. 1803
JOHN FLETCHER
DIED NOVEMBER 1803
ELIZABETH FLETCHER
DIED OCTOBER 1803
PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 4th OCTOBER 1786
John Fletcher of Snodland, Yeoman
All his real estate to wife, Elizabeth, for her lifetime. After her death, the house and orchard and about 2½ acres of land at a place called Hanwill? (Ham Hill ?) in Birling, in his own occupation and that of John Perfect, to daughter Ann, wife of William Jupp, for ever. He gives the Plough Inn , with stables, (formerly a cottage), with about 3 acres of land, in Halling occupied by William Fowkes, to his grand daughters, Ann and Elizabeth Goodhugh, equally shared, for ever.
If either of them die before the age of 21, then her share to the survivor. If they both died before they are 21, then the property goes to grandson, James Goodhugh, for ever.
His house, with barn, stables, malthouse, in Snodland occupied by Thomas Ridout, also another house with barn and stables at Katherine's House ?, in Birling with about 2 ½ acres, occupied by himself and [ ] Chapman and all his other houses and land to grand daughter Mary Fletcher, for ever.
To his two grandchildren, John and William Andrews, £20 each, within six months of the death of testator's wife. The interest from the rest and residue of his ready money, securities, plate, linen, woollen, household goods, stock in trade, debts, goods, chattels and personal estate, his debts and funeral and testamentary costs being first paid, to his wife and daughter Mary, for their joint lifetimes. After his wife's death, then all to Mary. If his wife and daughter, Mary, live together in his now house they can carry on the farming business, if it is agreeable to them. His wife and daughter Mary are executors.
Witnesses: William Baker, William Lewis and Thomas How, Servant to Mr Fletcher.
Proved 27th November 1805. Granted to daughter Mary, who is now wife of William Gorham, her mother predeceased her father.
25. HEADSTONE
IN MEMORY OF
MARGARET WIFE OF
JOHN FLETCHER
WHO DIED THE 20th AUGUST 1748
AGED 51 YEARS
26. HEADSTONE
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN FLETCHER
WHO DIED 2nd MARCH 1752
AGED 67 YEARS
LEFYT ISSUE ONE SON JOHN
“From Mortal Life all Mortals must Remove,
The Narrow Lodging of a Grave to Prove,
But those who do in Jesus Christ Believe,
The Grave shall not Confine nor Hell Receive”
27. HEADSTONE
[ ]
ELLA MAUD GAMMON
BORN APRIL 27th 1871
DIED SEPT. 23rd 1872
ERNEST WILLIAM GAMMON
[ ]
[ ]
LOUIS WILLIAM GAMMON
BORN MAY 15th 1874
DIED MARCH 16th 1875
EVA JANE GAMMON
BORN JAN. 18th 1878
DIED APRIL 30th
1878
28. HEADSTONE
[ ]
ELIZABETH
JANE GAMMON
BORN SEPT. 23rd 1865
DIED OCT. 24th 1865
ALFRED WILLIAM GAMMON
BORN JAN. 30th 1877
DIED JUNE 14th 1878
29. HEADSTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR PARENTS
JOHN EDWARD GAMMON
WHO DIED DECEMBER 20th 1894
AGED 51 YEARS
AND
JANE UPTON GAMMON
WHO DIED OCTOBER 19th 1906
AGED 65 YEARS
John Gammon, Birling Road, Snodland, Master Baker, 1881 Census
30. HEADSTONE - MOVED TO CHURCHYARD BOUNDARY
IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
JOSIAH GAY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
22nd AUGUST 1861
AGED 22 YEARS
ALSO ROSETTA THWAITES
WHO DIED 15th DECEMBER 1878
AGED 20 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM HENRY GAY
THEIR BELOVED FATHER
WHO DIED
1st NOVEMBER 1879
AGED 62 YEARS
ALSO DIANA
THEIR DARLING MOTHER
WHO DIED 14th MAY 1881
AGED 62 YEARS
31. HEADSTONE
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH THE DEAR WIFE OF
JOHN GOODHUGH
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS IFE
ON THE 19th DAY OF [ ]
AGED 3[ ] YEARS
ALSO ELIZABETH, FANNY
AND WILLIAM
THEIR CHILDREN WHOSE REMAINS
ARE HERE INTERRED
ALSO OF THE ABOVE
JOHN GOODHUGH
BORN THE 20th OF APRIL 1745
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 2nd DAY OF DECEMBER 1834
ALSO [THEIR SON]
JOHN GOODHUGH
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
ANN, JOHN AND JAMES THEIR CHILDREN
PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 22nd NOVEMBER 1831
John Goodhugh the Elder of Snodland, Yeoman.
Appoints son James, grandson, Thomas Fletcher Waghorn and Silas Norton of West Malling, Gentleman, (Solicitor), executors and trustees.
To grand daughter, Mary Jane Waghorn, £50; to grandson Edward Waghorn, £150; to nephew William Huggins of Snodland, School Master, £25. Household goods, plate, (except silver pint tankard), linen, china, glass, to son James , grandson, Thomas Fletcher and two grand daughters, Ann Munday and Mary Waghorn, equally shared.
His watch, seal, keys and chain and pair of gold studs, marked with his initials, to son James.
Silver pint tankard to grandson Thomas Waghorn.
To his trustees, £1,000 in securities, upon trust, to continue in securities or invest in property or to re-invest as they think fit. The interest to be paid half yearly to his daughter Ann Waghorn for her lifetime; after her death, upon trust, the £1,000 capital to be transferred to his four grand daughters, Ann Munday, Mary Waghorn, Frances Waghorn and Sarah Waghorn in equal shares.
Rest and residue of ready money, securities and investments, live and dead stock, stock in trade, debts, goods, chattels and personal estate, his debts, legacies, funeral and testamentary costs first being paid, to son James and grandson Thomas Fletcher in equal shares.
His smith's forge and two adjoining cottages in Snodland, occupied by Widow Phillips and Thomas Huggins, to two grand daughters, Ann Munday and Mary Waghorn, equally shared. But he charges the smith's forge and Ann Munday's share to pay his executors any debt she or her husband may owe to his estate. Likewise for Mary Waghorn's share.
His two cottages in Snodland, occupied by Edward Hawks and John Baker, to grandson, Edward Waghorn, for ever. On same condition as the latter bequests. Another two cottages in Snodland, occupied by Mrs Southgate and William Phillips, also two houses in Snodland, occupied by the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor, one called “The Old Poor House” and the other “The New Poor House”, and also a newly erected cottage, also in Snodland, occupied by John Moore, to his trustees, upon trust, they are to pay rents to his son, John (£40), for his lifetime, if the rents do not amount to £40, then they are to pay whatever they receive, but if there is a surplus, then the insurance and possibly repairs are to be paid from the surplus, any residue to two of his executors, son James and Thomas Waghorn. After the death of his son John, if his grand daughters, Frances and Sarah Waghorn are living, then the cottages occupied by Mrs Southgate and William Phillips and also the new cottage occupied by John Moore, to the above grand daughters, equally shared, for ever. The shares of Frances and Sarah are subject to the same conditions applied to Ann Munday and Mary Waghorn. In case both Frances and Sarah are dead in son John's lifetime. Then to their heirs, still chargeable with any debt. After son John's death, the New Poor House to grandson Edward Waghorn, for ever and the Old Poor House to Silas Norton, upon trust, it's use to be directed by grandson Thomas Waghorn, in meantime, to use of Thomas, for his lifetime. After the death of Thomas Waghorn, to his heirs, for ever.
His farm house, barn, stable, outhouses and about 23 acres of land in Snodland, in his own occupation and the cottage in Snodland, also in his own occupation and the cottage in Snodland occupied by William Burgess, known as Mill Stream Cottage, and rest of his real estate, except trust estate, to son James for his lifetime. After the death of James, then to Silas Norton, upon trust, subject to the uses directed by grandson Thomas Fletcher, in default of such direction then to Thomas Waghorn, for his lifetime; after his death, then to his heirs for ever. Any estate upon mortgage to his trustees, upon trust; trust details and rules follow.
Witnesses: George Perfect, Surgeon, West Malling, John Baker, Gardener, Snodland and Edward Hawks, Carpenter, Snodland
Proved 6th March 1835
32. HEADSTONE
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
DAUGHTER OF
WILLIAM AND MARY GORHAM
LATE OF THIS PARISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTOBER 16th 1861 AGED 60 YEARS
ALSO GEORGE SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
NOVEMBER 14th 1861 AGED 67 YEARS
33. HEADSTONE
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GORHAM
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
[ ] AUGUST 1820
AGED 61YEARS
ALSO MARY
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEBRUARY 26th 1851
AGED 90 YEARS
LEAVING FIVE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS
VIZ. JOHN, WILLIAM, ALEXANDER
GEORGE, MARY ANN , ELIZABETH
AND AMBROSE
PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILLS DATED 27th JUNE 1812
William Gorham of Snodland, Yeoman.
All his ready money, securities, household goods, debts, goods, chattels and personal estate and all real estate, to his wife Mary, for ever. Subject to payment of debts, funeral and testamentary costs. Wife is executor.
Witnesses: James Selby, J.R.N. Norton, Clerk to Mr Selby and John Newman, Servant to Mr Selby.
Proved 13th April 1821
PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 26th JUNE 1848
Mary Gorham late of Snodland, now of Aylesford, (Widow of William)
Appoints son Ambrose and daughter, Elizabeth Gorham, executors. Her wines, liquor, fuel, other consumables, household stores and provisions, to daughter Elizabeth, along with furniture, utensils, plate, plated articles, linen, china, glass, books, pictures and prints, for her lifetime; after her death, then the last articles to be part of the personal estate. a An inventory made of them before they go to Elizabeth. Residue of personal estate to Ambrose and Elizabeth Gorham, upon trust, to convert into money and invest it in their names in the Public Funds.
Daughter Elizabeth to receive the annual interest for life; after her death, upon trust, to pay the sum of £220 to son Alexander. Residue to sons Alexander and Ambrose, equally shared.
Her real estate, (except on mortgage and trust estate), to daughter Elizabeth for her lifetime; after her death, four cottages lately built on the site of the malt house in Snodland, in the occupation of [ ] Baker, [ ] Boorman, [ ]Weeden ?, and [ ] Dartnall, equally shared between her children, Mary Ann Boorman, Alexander, George and John Gorman. To son Ambrose, the two houses which she lately occupied, one now occupied by sons John and Alexander, the other by son William. Another cottage adjoining the last, occupied by [ ] Austen and a piece of land called the “Small Orchard”, adjoining the last property and a piece of meadow and small piece of orchard, at the rear of the above cottages, in all about 2 ¼ acres. She charges the property bequeathed to Ambrose with payment to her son John of £25, after the death of daughter Elizabeth, this sum will bear interest of 5% from her daughter's death.
To son William, a cottage with butcher's shop in Snodland now and for many years occupied by [ Edward ?] Hawks; to son John, a cottage at Ley ? Lane in Birling, occupied by [ ] Day and small piece of arable at Ley Lane, about ¾ od an acre, occupied by Daniel Curtis; to daughter Mary Ann, a cottage at Ley Lane, adjoining the last, occupied by [ ] Harolip ?, and a piece of allotment land at Birling Brook in Birling, about 1 ¼ acres occupied by son George; to son George the latter, charged with payment of £10 to son John, after death of their sister Elizabeth, this sum also to carry 5% interest after Elizabeth's death.
Rest and residue of real estate to all her children, equally shared. All real estate vested in her by mortgage or on trust, to son Ambrose and daughter Elizabeth, subject to the trusts, etc., affecting the estate.
Witnesses: Silas Norton, Solicitor, Town Malling and Jno. Wagon, School Master, Aylesford.
Proved 4th December 1851
34. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FANNY
WIFE OF
RICHARD GOWAR
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 17th DAY OF OCTR. 1857
AGED 79 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
RICHARD GOWAR
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 1st DAY OF AUGUST 1861
AGED 77 YEARS
LEFT ISSUE 2 SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER
WILLIAM, AMBROSE AND ELIZA
35. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN MEMORY OF
JANE WIFE OF
ARMIGILL HADLOW
DIED NOVEMBER 24th 1797
AGED 31 YEARS
ALSO JAMES THEIR SON
DIED JULY 4th 1790
AGED 6 YEARS & 7 MONTHS
PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED2nd JULY 1829
Armigill Hadlow of Snodland Bargeman (no monument survives), died 1842
His six freehold cottages in Snodland, occupied by John Dartnell, Thomas Laws, William Austen, Nicholas Tiesdale, [ ] Austen and himself, to his wife, Mary Ann for her lifetime, to help bring up and educate their daughter Eliza, after his wife's death, the properties to daughter Eliza.In case Eliza should die in the lifetime of his wife, leaving a child or children, then the latter to his wife and that child or children.
To Harriet Johnson, wife of George Johnson of Halling, Labourer, 19 guineas. His barge called the “Jane” of Rochester and skiff belonging to it, all household goods and furniture, plate, linen, china, money, securities and personal estate, chattels, rights and credits (subject to payment of his debts, funeral and testamentary costs and legacies), to his wife, she is to bring up and educate daughter Eliza, until she is married or otherwise provided for.
His wife is executor.
Witnesses: John Butler, William Higgins and William Kilpin
Proved 26th May 1842
36. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH WIFE OF
EDWARD HAWKS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEBRUARY 18th 1871
AGED 72 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
EDWARD HAWKS
DIED OCTR. 28Th 1875
AGED 85 YEARS
37. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
SACRED TO THE REMEMBRANCE OF
REBECCA WIFE OF
JAMES HEWITT
AND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
RICHARD AND REBECCA PETERS
DIED APRIL 15th 1886
ALSO JAMES HEWITT
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
DEPARTED APRIL 23rd 1897
AGED 77 YEARS
James Hewitt of Dairy House, Snodland, Grocer, 1881 Census
38. HEADSTONE
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
GEORGE HILDER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JUNE 11th 1890
AGED 63 YEARS
ALSO NATHAN
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JUNE 26th 1892
AGED 27 YEARS
ALSO SARAH
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
GEORGE HILDER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER 18th 1901
AGED 74
George Hilder of 14 Orchard Cottages, Snodland, Cement Works Labourer, 1881 Census
39. BODY STONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN LOVING MEMORY OF AMY AND ADA HILDER, AMY DIED 1867 AGED 3 MONTHS,
ADA DIED 1874 AGED 7 YEARS
40. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
JOHN HODGES
DIED DECEMBER 1873
AGED 29 YEARS
41. PEDESTAL WITH CROSS
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
EUSTACE HOOK
DIED AT DELAMERE
DEC. 14th 1890
ALSO OF EVELINA AUGUSTA HOOK
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 2nd 1892
“When the Toil is Over,
Then Comes Rest at Last”
Both of Delamere House, Snodland, both independent Means, 1881 Census
Eustace was the son of Charles Townsend Hook, late owner of the Paper Mill.
42. HEADSTONE
[ ]
THOMAS HULKES HUGGINS
[WHO DIED JANUARY 1850]
[AGED 65 YEARS]
ELIZA
[WHO DIED]
[ ]
IN THE [ ] YEAR OF HER AGE
WILHELMINA MILLICENT
[WHO DIED [ ] MAY 1863]
[AGED 73 YEARS]
PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 26th March 1830
Thomas Hulkes Huggins of Snodland, Miller
To his wife Millison all his money, investments, goods, chattels and effects, she is executor
Witnesses: Henry Huggins and Thomas Atkinson
Proved 30th August 1851
43. HEADSTONE - NOW MISSING
IN MEMORY OF
MR. WILLIAM HUGGINS
OF CHATHAM, JOINER
SON OF
MR WM. HUGGINS
OF THIS PARISH
DIED THE 8th OF JULY 17[6]8
AGED 71 YEARS
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will dated 3rd June 1768
William Huggins of Chatham, Joiner.
To Eleanor, wife of Michael Littlewood of Rochester, Shipwright (see my Monumental Inscriptions of St. Margaret, Rochester), £5; to Sarah Littlewood, daughter of the latter, £20; to Elizabeth Halfhead, sister of the latter, £20; to Michael Goudin ?, grandson of Michael and Eleanor Littlewood, £20; to Elizabeth Gransden, daughter of the late Edward Gransden, of Wrotham, £10; to John Huggins of Gillingham, Victualler, £20; to Sarah Swift, sister of John Huggins, widow, £20; to Henry Smith, Master Joiner at H. M. Chatham Dockyard, 1 guinea to buy a ring in remembrance of testator.
Michael Littlewood and Thomas Hassell, Park Keeper to Sir John Dyke of Lullington (sic) Castle, Kent, a mourning ring each, marked with the ? of Margaret Gransden. To Mary Popjay wife of Mr Popjay of Tooley Street, Southwark, Wool Cordulaker ? £40. To the Rev. Edward Sedgwick of New Romney, brother of Mary Popjay, £100; to William Martin the Younger, of Chatham, Baker, first cousin of Edward Sedgwick, £40.
To John and William May of Holborough, Snodland, Gentlemen, £10 each.
His six leasehold houses in Virginia Street, St. George's in the East, Middlesex, which he purchased of Edward Fox of the latter parish, Carpenter, to the children of Edward Sedgwick, living at his death, in equal shares.
Reside of real and personal estate, after debts, funeral, probate and legacies are paid, to Edward Sedgwick and John Huggins in equal shares, the latter two are executors.
Witnesses: Stephen Oben, Thomas Garner and Jos. Hawkins
Proved 3rd November 1768
Note in margin dated 2nd April 1822
The will was not administered by the executors, Granted to Thomas Hunt of Brunswick Square, Middlesex, Gentleman on behalf of Sarah Simmons of Rochester, Widow, James Simmons of Rochester, Gentleman and William Taylor of Gillingham, Gentleman, concerning their interest in property in Birling and Leybourne, by a Deed dated 8th June 1762. Edward Sedgwick and John Huggins died intestate
44. PEDESTAL CROSS MISSING
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
LOTHIAN STEPHEN
YOUNGEST SON OF GERALD H. JACKSON
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH
AND DORA HIS WIFE
BORN 26th DECEMBER 1886?
DIED 1st MARCH 1902
JONES see WALTON
45. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM SON OF
WILLIAM AND ANN
CATHERINE JOYNSON
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 23rd OF SEPTEMBER 1827
AGED 5 WEEKS
46. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
[IN] MEMO[RY]
OF
RICHARD JUPP
DIED 11th APRIL 1846
AGED 69 YEARS
ALSO AMELIA
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED 11th APRIL 1850
AGED 66 YEARS
PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 9th MAY 1844
Richard Jupp of Halling, Carpenter
He is in a “feeble state of health”. To wife Amelia his two cottages , workshop and bakehouse, where he now lives and all furniture, goods, and all his property, for her lifetime, as long as she remains his widow. After her death or remarriage, then to son Richard, now living with him. The workshop and the house they now live in. on condition that he repays the sum of £16 which testator has borrowed and he should also pay to his sister Mary Bookham, wife of William Bookham of Farningham, Labourer, £10. To son William of West Malling, his other cottage adjoining the cottage testator now lives in and bakehouse and garden, now let to [ ] Burgess, at death of his wife, or re- marries. This legacy on condition that he pays his sisters Amelia and Elizabeth and his brother Edward, £10 each, as soon as he can, without hardship to himself. To his three daughters, Mary Bookham, Amelia and Elizabeth Jupp, after his wife's death, all his furniture, household goods and effects, not before bequeathed, equally shared.
If son William dies before his mother, then his legacy will go to his widow. Son Richard and wife are executors.
Witnesses: James Draper and Charles Kerr
Proved 2nd December 1850. Granted to Richard Jupp, surviving executor; administration had been granted to son William in May 1850, who had falsely claimed that testator had died intestate.
47. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FREDERICK
YOUNGEST SON OF
GEORGE & MARTHA JURY
LATE OF MAIDSTONE
WHO DIED APRIL 6th 1865
AGED 27 YEARS
[ ]
[GEORGE JURY]
WHO DIED MAY 10th 1867
AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO OF MARTHA HIS WIDOW
WHO DIED DEC. 4th 1872
AGED 69 YEARS
48. HEADSTONE
[ ]
[ ]
ALSO MARY ANN KING
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
27th MARCH 1902 AGED [ ] YEARS
49. HEADSTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LEVI KING
WHO DIED MARCH 11th 1895
AGED 32 YEARS
Levi King of 33 London Road, Maidstone, Wheelwright, 1881 Census
50. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM KINGSNORTH
OF THIS PARISH
DIED 5th NOVR. 1883
AGED 81YEARS
“Lord have Mercy on Us”
ALSO SARAH WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED 21st JUNE 1884
AGED 69 YEARS
William Kingsnorth of Green Meadow Villa, Snodland, Retired Publican, 1881 Census
51. Chest Tomb
North Side
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SAMUEL ONLY SON OF WILLIAM LEE ESQ. OF HOLBOROUGH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST 15th 1852 AGED 26 YEARS
ALSO OF
CHRISTIANA THE BELOVED WIFE OF WILLIAM LEE ESQ.
BORN JULY 23rd 1801 DIED DECEMBER 14th 1871
ALSO OF
WILLIAM LEE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 29th 1881 AGED 80
East End
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY ROBERTS
(ROYAL ENGINEERS)
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 24th 1848
IN HIS 32nd YEAR
“Blessed are the Dead that Die in the Lord”
ALSO EDITH CICELY ROBERTS
BORN OCTR. [ ] DIED JANY. 2Nd 1874
ALSO OF ANN ROBERTS
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 18th 1881
AGED 58
From The Times
“Mr William Lee, J.P., who for 15 years represented Maidstone in Parliament in the Liberal interest, died yesterday at his residence at Holborough Court, Snodland, Kent. Mr Lee who was senior partner in the firm of Lee, son and Co, cement manufacturers, Snodland, was born at Lewisham in 1801, and married 19 years later. He unsuccessfully contested Maidstone in 1852, but was successful next year. He was defeated in 1857, regained the seat in 1859 and held it until he retired in 1870. He was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Kent.”
“The will dated July 23rd 1880, of Mr William Lee, J.P., D. L., the senior partner in the firm of Lee, Son and Co., cement manufacturers, late of Holborough Court, Snodland, Kent, who died on the 29th of September last, was proved on the 3rd inst by William Henry Roberts, the grandson, the acting executor, the personal estate amounting in value to upwards of £114,000. the testator specially bequeathed the testimonial service of plate presented to him by his friends in 1851, to his said grandson; the service of plate presented to him by his constituents at the time he represented Maidstone in Parliament, to his grandson, Samuel Lee Smith; and annuities to two nieces. The whole of the remainder of his real and personal estate he gives to his grandson the said William Henry Roberts”
52. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN MEMORY OF
SARAH LURCOCK
WHO DIED 26th MARCH 1876
AGED 59 YEARS
ALSO OF GEORGE LURCOCK
WHO DIED OCTOBER [ ] 1880
AGED 58 YEARS
53. HEADSTONE
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF
STEPHEN MANLEY
OF THIS PARISH
HE DIED OCT. YE 8th 1763
AGED 62 YEARSHERE ALSO LIETH THE BODY OF
ELIZH. MANLEY
WIFE OF STEPHEN MANLEY
SHE DIED JAN. YE 1st 1769
AGED 65 YEARS LEFT ISSUE ONE SON JOHN MANLEY
HERE ALSO LIETH FOUR OF THEIR CHILDREN
WHO DIED IN INFANCY VIZ. STEPHEN, THOMAS, AMY AND ELIZH.
WILLIAM THEIR SON DIED AUG. 7th 1762 AGED 29 YEARS
“Farewell Vain World, I know enough of thee,
And now am Careless what thou sayeth of Me,
Thy Smiles I Court not, nor thy Frowne I Fear,
All Cares are Past, my Head Lies Quiet Here,
What Faults you know, take care to Shun,
And Look at Home, Enough there's to be Done”
Archdeaconry Court of Rochester Will dated 13th January 1759
Stephen Manley of Snodland, Maltster
To son William £55; to wife Elizabeth £10 per year for her lifetime or for as long as she remains his widow, if she does remarry, then she is to have £5 per year, for her lifetime.
He charges his freehold and leasehold estate and goods?, with the payment of the above annuity. His wife has the power to distrain the properties if the annuity is not paid.
To son William the further sum of £50 within six months after the death of his mother, this sum from his effects.
The rest and residue of his real and personal estate and effects, after payment of debts and legacies, to son John, who is also executor.
Witnesses: James Base, William Fry and Richard Cork
Proved 19th November 1763
54. HEADSTONE
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN MANLEY
WHO DIED THE 4th OF OCT. 1797
AGED 60 YEARS
ALSO FRANCES
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED THE 29th MAY * 1822
AGED 83 YEARS
* Probate states 30th of May
Archdeaconry Court of Rochester Will dated [ ] October 1765
John Manley of Snodland, Maltster
Exclusive of the legacy left to his wife, Frances which he has secured to her and her heirs by Marriage Articles and a Bond of Obligation dated on or about 12th April 1765, to his wife £20. If his wife has any child or children lawfully begotten by him, then to her, in trust, for such a child or children, for their lives or they attain the age of 21 years, all his leasehold estate in Halling, called or known by the name of “ferry House” or the sign of the “Five Ringers”, held on lease from William Dallison, Esq. and now partly in his own occupation and partly by by John Edmeades; all his leasehold estate in Snodland held from the Dean and Chapter of Rochester occupied by Martin of the said parish. When his child or children are 21, respectively,, then the above estate to such child/children, for ever, equally shared. If his wife has no children, by him, or if such issue do not live to the age of 21, then the estate at Halling goes to his mother Elizabeth Manley, if she is then living. The estate at Snodland will remain with his wife, for ever. The mortgage on his freehold estate in Snodland, in his own occupation, shall be cleared and paid off, together with all other of his debts, from money arising from book debts, if there is not sufficient money, then by the sale of his stock in trade, materials or household furniture, as his executors think fit.
By the last will and testament of his late father, he was to allow and pay his mother , Elizabeth, out of the estate left to him by his father, an annuity of £10 . By a Bond of Obligation dating from about 1st November 1763, he bound himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, to pay his mother an additional annuity of £10 per year. In consideration of this obligation and for her release for ever from the payment of the annuity/annuities and surrender or releasing him in “due form” of law being first had and obtained by his executors, to his mother, all his freehold estate in Snodland for life. Also to his mother, all the rest and residue of his personal estate, all that remains of his stock in trade, cattle, horses, hogs, poultry, materials, plus rest and residue of his ready money, invested money, bonds, book debts, plate, linen, apparel, goods and furniture. After the death of his mother, his freehold estate in Snodland to the child/children , if any, of his wife, by him. If there id no child living at the time of her death, or if they do not reach 21 years, the the freehold estate at Snodland and the leasehold estate at Halling to be sold and the money arising from the sale to be divided between his aunt Ann Bramley of East Malling and her children, and his aunt Ann Madge of Rainham, widow and her children in equal shares. He nominates his “trusty friend” John May of Snodland, Gentleman and Joseph Hawkins of St. Margaret's, Rochester, School Master, executors.
Witnesses: Jeremiah French, William Lewis and Ann Knight.
Proved 6th December 1797. John May and Joseph Hawkins have renounced execution of the will.
Testator's mother has died in his lifetime, administration granted to Frances, his widow.
Consistory Court of Rochester Will dated 5th December 1821
Frances Manley of Snodland, widow of John.
All her household goods, stock, crops, implements, plate, wine, china and effects to son Stephen Manley of Snodland, also to him, all money and invested money. If Stephen dies before her, then his legacy goes to to his children, equally shared. Stephen is her executor.
She signs will with her mark X
Witnesses: James Leigh, John Beech and Robert Mills
Proved 6th July 1822. Son Stephen is a Yeoman
Note in margin: Testator died 30th May
55. HEADSTONE
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
MARIA THE BELOVED WIFE OF
GEORGE MARTIN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
NOVEMBER 27th 1884
AGED 59 YEARS
“Afflictions Sore Long Time I Bore,
Physicians were in Vain,
Till God did Please to give me Ease,
And Free me from my Pain”
George Martin, of 3 Magnolia Place, Holborough Road, Snodland, Wagoner, Agricultural Labourer, 1881 Census
56. Pedestal, Cross Missing
East Side
IN MEMORY OF
ISRAEL MAY
AGED 37 YEARS
POLICE CONSTABLE OF THE
MALLING DIVISION
KENT COUNTY CONSTABULARY
North Side
FOUND CRUELLY MURDERED
ON SUNDAY MORNING
AUGUST 24th 1873
West
HE RECEIVED A PUBLIC FUNERAL
ON THURSDAY AUGUST 28th 1873
“The memory of the Just is Blessed”
South Side
ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
The Trial of Thomas Atkins for the murder of P.C. May, at Maidstone, December 2nd 1873, as reported by The Times
“Thomas Atkins, 27, a labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder of Israel May at Birling, on the 24th of August.
Mr Barrow and Mr Dering appeared for the prosecution; Mr Biron defended the prisoner.
The prisoner had, for some time previous to the 23td of August, been employed at the Cement Works, near Snodland, and lodged at the house of a man named Parker, at Burham. At about 8 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the 23rd of August, the prisoner left his lodgings stating that he should return at 11 o'clock. At that time he was wearing a monkey jacket and corduroy suit, and a flat cap upon his head, and, according to Parker's evidence, he never returned to his home after that time. At a quarter to 11 o'clock on the night of the 23rd of August, he was seen outside the “Bull” public house at Snodland, so drunk that he could not stand by himself, and had to be propped up against the wall of the house.
At this time the deceased man, Israel May who was the district police-constable, came up and tried to induce the prisoner to go home, which he resented and used foul and threatening language to the officer, who was called away almost immediately to a disturbance elsewhere.
The prisoner and two men left the public house shortly afterwards and walked along the road leading to Ham hill; and when about 100 yards from the Turnpike-gate the prisoner fell down by the roadside so helplessly drunk that the others could not rouse him. The deceased man came by at about half past 11, tried to rouse the prisoner , but without success, and then passed on towards Hamhill on his beat. He was spoken to at Hamhill by a witness named Upton at half-past 1 in the morning as he returned in the direction where the prisoner had been lying, and he was never again seen alive.
At 6 o'clock the following (Sunday) morning the dead body of the policeman was found lying in a field about 40 yards from the spot where the prisoner had been left the evening before, , his head so smashed that his features were hardly distinguishable. There were marks of a struggle along the road and in the field where the body was discovered, and near the body were found a brace and a cap as well as the the policeman's helmet.
The prisoner was not apprehended till the 30th , when he was found at Kingsdown. Upon being apprehended he made a statement to Superintendent Hulse to the effect that the deceased man came up to him and woke him, and upon his getting up struck him a violent blow on the head (the mark of which he pointed to), that thereupon he a struggle ensued between them; that they fell over the hedge into the field, and he succeeded in getting the staff from the policeman, and then struck him five or six times on the head. He expressed regret at the result, and stated that he had no idea at the time that he had killed the man.
The ferryman at Snodland was called for the prosecution, and proved that on the Saturday previous he had ferried the prisoner over the river, and that on that occasion the prisoner expressed his intention of making a mark upon the deceased, but that at the time of making this threat the prisoner was much the worse for drink.
For the defence it was submitted to the jury that the threats were those of a drunken man; that the wounds were inflicted by the constable's own staff and not by any weapon previously prepared, and that the whole of the evidence pointed to the truth of of the prisoner's statement, which was consistent with manslaughter, but did not support a charge of wilful murder. It was suggested that the wound on the prisoner's head pointed to the fact that the constable had struck the prisoner , as he stated, and that instead of the deed having been premeditated, the prisoner's drunkenness on the night in question precluded any such theory.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up the case to the jury, told them that they would by their verdict have to decide whether the prisoner had, on the facts proved, a deliberate intent to take the life of the deceased man. In recapitulating the evidence, his Lordship remarked that the only occasion on which previous malice was shown by the prisoner against the deceased man , were when, according to the evidence for the prosecution, he was the worse for drink.....namely, at the ferry, on the Saturday previous, and on the night of the 23rd of August, when the offence was committed. Words uttered by a man when excited by drink must be taken with some modification. The nature of an act of violence must not be judged by a like modification. The evidence, in his Lordship's judgement, did not conflict with the two statements made by the prisoner, and it might fairly be taken that there was on the occasion when the deceased man met his death a very considerable struggle between the constable and the prisoner. The weapon which was the used on such an occasion is of importance when considering the question of malice; and if, as in the case before the jury, the weapon is one not only not provided beforehand, but is one wrested from the deceased in the course of a struggle, the presumption would rather be against than in favour of any premeditation. The jury must take into their consideration , finally, the question whether they believed the prisoner's statement that the constable struck him first with his staff or not. If they believed that the prisoner was so struck, that would undoubtedly be an unlawful act on the part of the constable,and, in his Lordship's opinion, would be material when the jury come to consider whether their verdict should be one of murder or manslaughter.
The jury retired and after deliberating for 30 minutes returned a verdict of not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.
His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, expressed his strong disapprobation of any resistance to an officer under any circumstances, even though that officer may be exceeding his duty. Addressing the prisoner, his Lordship said that the jury had believed his statements that the deceased man had first struck him with his staff. That was an unlawful act which mitigated in some degree the seriousness of the offence which he had committed, yet he could not but believe that he had continued his blows upon the constable's head long after he must have known that he was seriously, if not mortally wounding the man, and therefore, this was an aggravated case of manslaughter, and the sentence upon him was that he be kept in penal servitude for the term of 20 years”
Atkins was released after serving 15 years of the sentence, and is said to have gone to America.
57. HEADSTONE
IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
GEORGE HENRY
SON OF
WILLIAM & SOPHIA MOORE
WHO DIED JULY 14th 1864 AGED 1 YEAR
ALSO
FREDERICK JOHN MOORE
WHO DIED JUNE 9th 1866 AGED 6 MONTHS
58. HEADSTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM MOORE
BORN APRIL 10th 1829
DIED MARCH 5th 1883
ALSO
SOPHIA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
BORN NOVEMBER 9th 1835
DIED APRIL 14th 1888
“God of my Life be near,
On thee my Hopes I Cast,
Guide me through the Desert here,
And bring me Home at Last”
William Moore, Beer Retailer, “Brick Makers Arms”, Holborough Road, Snodland, 1881 Census
59. HEADSTONE
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GEORGE
SON OF THOMAS AND ANN MOORE
BORN NOVEMBER 19th 1862
DIED APRIL 18th 1888
“Death has taken many a Loved one,
From our Homes and Fond Embrace,
But the Hour of Joy is Coming,
When we'll Meet them Face to Face,
Healing Balm for Wounded Spirits,
For the Hour will Soon Appear,
And within his Glorious Kingdom,
We shall Meet our our Friend so Dear”
William George Moore, Holborough Road, Snodland, Clerk in Paper Works, 1881 Census
Thomas Moore of Holborough Road, Snodland, Bricklayer, 1881 Census
60. HEADSTONE
HERE
LIETH YE BODY OF
JOHN PARKER
WHO DIED IN 1682
AGED 29 YEARS
ALSO HERE LIETH
YE BODY OF
DEBORAH HIS WIFE
WHO DIED MAY 14th 1720
AGED 68 YEARS
LEFT ISSUE ONE DAUGHTER*
WIFE OF JAMES COCKLE OF HALLING
*Also Deborah, Headstone at Halling
61. HEADSTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY
FRANCES FREEMAN PEMBLE
WIFE OF ISAAC PEMBLE
WHO ENTERED INTO REST APRIL 10th
1890 AGED 75 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED
ISAAC PEMBLE
WHO DIED MARCH 15th 1896
AGED 83 YEARS
62. DAMAGED PEDESTAL
[ ]
BERNARD EDWIN
THE MUCH
LOVED CHILD OF
EDWIN & LILLY BLANCHE
PERRIN OF WOULDHAM
WHO DIED SEPT. 2nd 1880
AGED 11 MONTHS
Edwin Perrin of Wouldham Post Office, Post Master and Grocer, 1881 Census
63. HEADSTONE
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZH. PERRYMAN
WHO DIED FEBY. 15Th 1825
AGED 40 YEARS
Rear
IN MEMORY OF
ADELA F. I. WRAY
WHO DIED JULY 12th 1835
AGED 4 YEARS
64. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN MEMORY OF
ANN DAUGHTER OF
WILLIAM AND MARY PETERS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 15th OF SEPTEMBER 1826
AGED 18 DAYS
ALSO SARAH DAUGHTER OF THE
ABOVE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 17th OF SEPTEMBER 1826
AGED 15 DAYS
65. HEADSTONE
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN PETERS
DIED 12th APRIL 1823
GEORGE PETERS
DIED 3rd DECEMBER 1845
AGED 37 YEARS
JOSEPH PETERS
DIED 6th SEPTEMBER 1859
AGED 33 YEARS
MARY PETERS
DIED 10th MAY 1865
AGED 36 YEARS
66. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CHARLES SON OF
RICHARD & REBECCA PETERS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DECEMBER 8th 1877
AGED 37 YEARS
ALSO RICHARD SON OF THE ABO[VE]
RICHARD & REBECCA PETERS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
NOVEMBER 5th 1884
AGED 63 YEARS
Richard Peters, Junior, an Annuitant, living with sister and brother in law, James Hewett, Grocer, in Dairy House, Snodland, 1881 Census
67. HEADSTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EMILY WIFE OF
THOMAS WILLIAM PETERS
WHO DIED JULY 19th 1892
AGED 58 YEARS
68. HEADSTONE
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
SARAH PARKER
WIFE OF
THOMAS WILLIAM PETERS
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 17th 1850
AGED 37 YEARS
ALSO ABEL SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 10th 1853
AGED 4 YEARS
ALSO THOMAS WILLIAM PETERS
WHO DIED JULY 20th 1905
AGED 89 YEARS
ALSO THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS
MARY DIED 5th JANUARY 1904
AGED 59 YEARS
FRANCES REBECCA BEADLE
DIED MARCH 12th 1905
AGED 59 YEARS
69. Small Pedestal - Missing
Initials only
H.D.P.
[HENRY DAMPIER PHELPS]
RECTOR OF SNODLAND
1804 – 1865
70. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN
AFFECTIONATE MEMORY
OF
ELIZA BELOVED WIFE OF
SETH PUDNEY
WHO FELL ASLEEP JAN. 1st 1890
AGED 57 YEARS
Seth Pudney, Joseph Pudney ?, Labourer of Hooper's Road, Rochester, both he and Eliza born in Essex, 1881 Census
71. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
ANN WIFE OF
WILLIAM RANDELL
BORN OCT. 11th 1829
DIED OCT. 9th 1889
ALSO OF WALYER SON OF
WILLIAM & ANN RANDELL
WHO DIED MARCH 2nd 1875
AGED 10 YEARS & 5 MONTHS
William Randell/Randall,, East Street, Snodland, Paper Mill Labourer, Ann is Amy ?, 1881 Census
ROBERTS see LEE
72. PEDESTAL - CROSS FALLEN
[ ]
JOSEPH EVAN
SMITH
BORN AT HORSLEY
[GLOUCESTER]SHIRE 1814
DIED AT SNODLAND
FEB. 7th 1907
IN
MEMORY OF
ANN NORTON SMITH
BORN HORSLEY
GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1815
DIED AT SNODLAND JAN. 1st 1907
Joseph Smith, S.S.A.M., R.P.S., was a General Practitioner, of Brock House, Snodland, Ann was his sister, 1881 Census
73. HEADSTONE
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF
WILLIAM & FRANCES
SOUTHGATE WHO DIED THE 24th
SEPTEMBER 1819 AGED 8 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED THE 14th OF JUNE 1828
IN THE 21st YEAR OF HIS AGE
ALSO THE ABOVE
FRANCES SOUTHGATE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 18th 1855
AGED 82 YEARS
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will dated 19th February 1842
Frances Southgate of Snodland, Widow.
Wishes to be buried in Snodland churchyard, in the same grave as her “dear departed son”.
Mr John Collings, Draper of West Malling is to be the undertaker, and her coffin to be made by her nephew, Mr Stephen Manley of Trottiscliffe. Her nephews, Mr William Knell of Grain and Mr Stephen Manley and her nieces Elizabeth Church of Hartlip and Mrs Susan Longley of Ryarsh are executors. They are to pay her debts and funeral and probate costs.
To brother George Baxter Manley of Snodland, £100; if he is not alive at time of her death, then 1/3 of the £100 to each to nephew Thomas Manley of Carshalton, Surrey, and nieces, Frances Hancock of Maidstone and Susan Longley of Ryarsh. To nephew William Knell of Grain, £20; to nephew Stephen Manley, £70; to nephew John Manley, of Strood, £70, if he is dead at testator's death, then the £70 to be shared as follows, £10 to Sarah his widow, £20 to nephew, Stephen Manley, £20 to nephew, Richard Manley of Snodland,£10 to Miss Elizabeth Clinch and £10 to Miss Margaret Clinch, daughters of her niece Mrs Elizabeth Clinch of Hartlip. To niece Susan Longley, £50, if she dies before the testator, then the £50 goes to George Baxter Manley; to nephew Richard Manley, £20, if he dies before testator, this legacy not to go to his heirs or relatives; to nephew William Brooks of Cuxton, £20; to her sister Mrs Elizabeth Knell, £10,if she dies before testator the £10 goes to Miss Frances Bonny of Sittingbourne; to niece Elizabeth Bonny of Sittingbourne, £10, if she dies before the testator, the £10 goes to her daughter Miss Jane Bonny; £10 to Sarah Ann Pearce of West Farleigh; to George Brooks, £10; to Margaret Brooks £10 and £10 to Frances Brooks, all three of East Malling; if any of them are dead at time of testator's death, their legacy not to go to their heirs of relatives.
All her furniture in upper front room, (except her secretaire), and teapot, two Japanned tea trays and from lower front room, six silver tea spoons to niece Elizabeth Clinch. Her secretaire, ? table and cover , two old tea trays, silver tea spoons to Susan Longley. All furniture in top room (except bed and bolster), table and cover, in lower front room to nephew John Manley, if he is dead at testator's death, then to Susan Longley and bed and bolster in top room. To Margaret Brooks pair of silver sugar tongs, an old table spoon marked D.S.? and six old tea spoons marked P.J.S.?
To Mrs Elizabeth Knell, all table and chimney ornaments; to Mr William Pye of Cuxton, picture of sheep in lower front room; to William Pye, Junior, her picture of needle work; to Elizabeth Wood of Bredgar, eight mahogany chairs, large looking glass and large family bible; ; to Henry Pye, son of William Pye, Senior, two china bowls, silver snuff box, two china mugs and silver spectacles and case; to Mrs Pye, her watch, and set of china; to Miss Frances Pye, a silver cream jug; to Miss Ann Pye, her reading glasses and old china bowl and china tumblers; to Mrs Bonney a pair of silver table spoons; to Miss Frances Bonny, pair of desert spoons, and pair of salt spoons; to Miss Mary Ann Knell her round work table; to Mrs Ann Holding of Malling her spy glass; to nephew, Stephen Manley, glass decanters and wine glasses and all glass; to nieces Elizabeth Clinch, Susan Longley all remainder of furniture, five irons?, kitchen implements and all other furniture, all clothes and linen, upon trust, they are to give Mrs Bonny any one article from her box of wearing ornaments, the rest divided equally between Fanny, Mary and Ann Pye; her white conterpane and best coloured counterpane to Mrs Elizabeth Clinch; remainder of linen, sheets, blankets, etc., to Elizabeth Clinch and Susan Longley and John Manley. “The Life of Our Blessed Saviour, Jesus Christ” to Elizabeth Clinch; “The Rose Claremont” and “The Life of Queen Charlotte”, to Frances Pye; remainder of books to George Baxter Manley. Anything remaining will go to her executors after they have faithfully executed the will.
Witnesses: George Gorham and William Holding
Proved 3rd September 1855 Executors William Knell and Elizabeth Church have died since will was made.
74. HEADSTONE
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN TERRY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEB. 14th 1892
AGED 20 YEARS
75. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ELIZA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE LATE
GEORGE THOMAS
OF SPRATT'S BROOK FARM TUNBRIDGE WELLS
WHO DIED MAY 22nd 1900
AGED 78 YEARS
THWAITE see GAY
76. CHEST TOMB, ONLY ERODED LEDGER REMAINS ? (WAS CLOSE TO SOUTH EAST
CORNER OF CHANCEL.) FROM JOHN THORPE'S REGISTRUM ROFFENSES, 1769
HERE LYETH THE BODY OF
ISSAC TILGHMAN
SON OF WETENHALL TILGHMAN
OF SNODLAND, GENT.
WHO DYED THE 21st DAY OF DECEMBER 1647
AGED 36 YEARS
AND OF LISBONA HIS WIFE
WHO DYED THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1678
AGED 58 YEARS
AND OF THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS
ELIZABETH AND ELINOR
TOWNSEND see CRAFT
77. HEADSTONE
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FRANCES WAGHORN
WHO DIED DECEMBER 1848
AGED 38 YEARS
THIS STONE WAS PLACED HERE
BY HER AFFECTIONATE BROTHER
LIEUT. WAGHORN R. N.
78. HEADSTONE AND BODYSTONE
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS FLETCHER WAGHORN
LIEUTENANT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 7th 1850
AGED 49 YEARS
ALSO OF HARRIET
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 19th 1856
AGED 54 YEARS
Lieutenant Thomas Fletcher Waghorn, R. N.
Waghorn was the pioneer of the overland postal route India. His overland route took 10,000 miles off the sea route via the Cape of Good Hope and reduced the time taken from 3 months to 35 – 45 days. With the advent of the Suez Canal and faster steam ships the overland route eventually became redundant.
16th July 1800: Waghorn was baptised at St. Mary the Virgin, Chatham, son of Thomas, a Butcher, and Ann Waghorn. Ann was formerly Ann Goodhugh, (see John Goodhugh, No. 31)
10th November 1812 : Entered the Royal Navy at Chatham, as a Midshipman on H.M.S. Bahama.
3rd November 1813: Transferred to H.M.S. Tigris
25th October 1817 : Discharged from the Royal Navy due to reduction of the Navy after end of French War.
1818 : Sailed as Third Mate on the Thalia, a merchantman, to Calcutta
2nd June 1820 : Joined the Bengal Pilot Service.
11th June 1822 : Married Elizabeth Bartlett in Calcutta.
1824-1826: First Burmese War , Waghorn went on active service during this war.
1826 : After the end of the war, Waghorn resumed his career as a pilot.
1828 : Promoted plans to run a steamship from England to India, via the Cape, met with a disappointing response but he asked to look at the route to India via Egypt, Waghorn believed this route was viable but the East India Company was not responsive, so Waghorn resigned from the Pilot Service in 1831,to devote himself to steam navigation.
1831 : Later this year Waghorn took up his career in the Royal Navy again to freshen up on his steamship experience and to familiarise himself with the steamship mail service to the Mediterranean. He also needed more service years to attain the rank of Lieutenant.
But he was paid off on 10th November 1832.
1832 : He volunteered to make an overland journey to India via Egypt but this took over four months, understandably, there was no enthusiastic response to this experiment. On his return to Egypt he met the Pasha of Egypt who was later to assist him in setting up the route through the desert.
1834 : Waghorn appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee concerning steamship navigation vis Egypt, he appeared again in 1837. His wife died in Calcutta on 8th March 1834; on the 8th of December of that year, he married Harriet Martin, daughter of a Snodland miller and neighbour of his mother and grandfather; his grandfather had died 6 days before , leaving Waghorn a substantial legacy. (See John Goodhugh's will, No. 31).
1835 – 1837 : Waghorn's business was established in Cornhill in the City of London. He lived in the desert with the Arabs to establish the Overland Route in Egypt, this involved setting up relay stations, arranging guides, supplies of horses, boats and carriages for travellers. The time taken to travel from England to India was now achieved in 35 – 45 days. In 1837 Waghorn became Deputy Consul in Egypt but his relations with his superiors were troubled.
1840 : The P&O Company set up, with the backing of the British Government, a rival route. Another set back came when most of his 300 horses were killed by the Plague. The Pasha of Egypt bought out the remainder of Waghorn's stake, so now the Pasha controlled the route.
Post 1840 : Waghorn turned his attention to improving the post in Europe, avoiding France, which sometimes created difficulties. Utilising the new railway networks,he did manage to speed up the post but a promised Government reimbursement for the cost of his trials failed to materialise. He was now in debt to the sum of about £5,000, (nearly £500,000, in income terms, today). He did receive a belated pension of £100 per annum and money raised from a public testimonial could not “dent” these debts. Towards the end of his life, Waghorn promoted the continuation of the steam ship routes to the East Indies and Australia, his brother and two of his sisters emigrated to Australia. Waghorn was now a broken man; a short holiday in Malta failed to restore his health and he died at home in Islington on 7th January 1850. He was buried in Snodland churchyard on the 14th of January.
1888 : A Bronze statue of Waghorn erected at Chatham
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will, dated 11th November 1847
Thomas Fletcher Waghorn of Cornhill, City of London and Snodland, Esquire Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
All his real and personal estate to wife Harriet but any estate invested in him upon trust or by mortgage, subject to the equities affecting them.
Witnesses: Philip Smith Fox, Solicitor, Coleman Street and George William Wheatley, Cornhill
Proved 5th March 1850
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will dated 17th May 1851
Harriet Waghorn, Widow of Bark Place, Bayswater
Her funeral to be inexpensive and unostentatious.
To Joseph Matthews, her executor, her painting of a favourite horse, called “Jack”; to Susannah Matthews sister of Joseph, her piano and a daguerreotype likeness of her late husband; to her god child, Harriet Matthews, her watch and portrait; to friend, George Wheatley, the portrait of her late husband by Sir George Hayter; to Mrs William Ransom, sister of her late husband, all his clothing, his watch and ?; to friend, Mrs Mountjoy, her mourning brooch with pearls containing her hair and her husband's hair, also 19 guineas for a mourning ring and all her real and personal estate, except plate, jewels, wine, linen, rents in arrears, pensions in arrears, dividends, interest, stocks, funds, securities and money, which go to Thomas Matthews of Snodland, Farmer.
Thomas Matthews and his son Joseph are executors.
Witnesses: Samuel Piercey 15 Three Crowns Square, Southwark and William Kilby of the same place, his Clerk.
Proved 8th April 1856. Power reserved to Thomas Matthews.
79. HEADSTONE - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
JOHN WALTON
LATE MASTER TAILOR OF CHATHAM
WHO DIED DECEMBER 31st 1886
AGED 51 YEARS
ALSO JOHN JONES OF NORTHAMPTON
WHO DIED MAY 13th 1889
AGED 78 YEARS
ALSO OF
ELIZA ANN
WIFE OF JOHN WALTON
AND DAUGHTER OF JOHN JONES
WHO DIED SEPT. 4th 1933 AGED 88 YEARS
? John Walton, 3 Birling Road, Snodland, Chelsea Pensioner (Blind), wife Eliza A.
WINGATE see CRAFT
80. DAMAGED PEDESTAL - ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GERALD FREDERICK
ELDEST SON OF
FREDERICK W. AND CONSTANCE WOODHOUSE
DIED AT HOLBOROUGH COURT
SUNDAY 27th DECR. 1891
AGED 13 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS
81. HEADSTONE
- ON BOUNDARY OF CHURCHYARD
IN MEMORY OF
JAMES WOODING
WHO DIED APRIL 27th 1868
AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO OF FRANCES
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MARCH 18th 1877
AGED 85 YEARS
82. HEADSTONE
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
CAROLINE
THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF
THOMAS WOODRUFF
WHO DIED OCTR. 12Th 1884
AGED 35 YEARS
Thomas Woodruff of 1 Orchard Cottages, Snodland, Sail Maker, son of James, Cement Miller
Married Caroline Whiffen in 1883 (1881 Census)
83. CHEST TOMB
(INSCRIPTION FROM OLD TRANSCRIPT
ONLY THE START OF TWO TOP LINES SURVIVE, CONFIRMING THIS IS THE WRAY TOMB)
HERE LYETH THE [BODIES OF GEO. DAVID & JOANNA SONS & DAUGHR OF GEO. WRAY]
OF PADELLESWORTH [BY JOHANNA HIS WIFE [THOMAS] WRAY WHO DIED JULY 9th 1709]
[AGD. 21 YEARS DAVID WRAY WHO DIED MARCH 3rd 1696 AGD. 4 YEARS]
[JOHANNA WRAY WHO DIED FEB. [ ] 1693 AGD. 9 YEARS]
]HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ELIZH. WIFE OF NICHOLAS WRAY OF PADDLESWORTH]
[WHO DIED JUNE 6th 1729 AGED 33 YEARS ALSO JANE WIFE OF NICHOLAS WRAY]
[WHO DIED MARCH YE 11th 1734 AGED 33 YEARS HERE ALSO LYETH THE BODY OF THE] [ABOVE NICHOLAS WRAY OF PADDLESWORTH WHO DIED AUG. YE 24th 1745]
[AGED 54 YEARS LEFT ISSUE ONE SON AND 3 DRS. GEORGE ELIZ. JANE AND FRANCES]
NORTH SIDE
[ HERE LYETH THE BODY OF] HAMMOND [WRAYWHO DIED JANUARY [ ] 1675 [6]]
[AGED [ ] YEARS] [ALSO] MARY [THE WIFE OF] [HAMMOND WRAY]
[WHO DIED [ ]] [AGED [ ] YEARS]
Consistory Court of Rochester Will dated 3rd June 1675
Hammond Wray of Paddlesworth, Yeoman.
He is sick in body.
To his sons, George, David, Thomas, John and Francis, at 21 years of age, respectively, £50 each, from one year after his death. To his daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Briggett, £50 each at 21 years or day of marriage, which first occurs.
If any of his children die before they are 21 of married, if girls, their legacy to be shared between the survivors. Rest and residue to his wife, Mary, who is executor. He desires his sons to assist their mother with the executorship.
Signs will with a mark X
Witnesses: Thomas Tomlyn, the mark of William Neale and the mark of Elizabeth Collison
Proved 13th August 1675
WRAY see PERRYMAN
INTERIOR OF CHURCH
LOST BRASSES
RECORDED BY JOHN WEAVER
“THE ANCIENT FUNERAL MONUMENTS OF ENGLAND”,1631
84. BURIED IN THE CHURCH PORCH, LEDGER REMAINS
WILLIAM ALISANDER
WHO PAID A WEEKLY STIPEND OF BREAD
TO THE POOR FOR EVER, DIED MCCCCLXX (1470)
CONSISTORY COURT OF ROCHESTER WILL DATED 15th JANUARY 1470
William Alisander of Snodland
Desires to be buried in the Porch at All Saints Church, Snodland
To the High Altar of All Saints, for tithes omitted or forgotten, 10 shillings; to the Rector of All Saints, for bread and wine for Holy Communion, for one year and to pray for the souls of the late Bishop of Rochester, the testator and his father and mother, Thomas and Alice, his wife Elizabeth , all his benefactors and of all the faithful, 3 shillings and four pence. Also to the Rector of Snodland, a small book of “pleas and dirges”, the Rector to pray for his soul and the people listed above.
He desires that a priest is appointed to Snodland church for 2 years, following his death, to celebrate daily mass and to pray for the souls of the above mentioned people.
To the reparations of Snodland church, 26 shillings and eight pence; to all the lights in the said church, 8 pence and a 1½ pound candle; to the Rector, 6 pence; to the Sacrist, 16 pence; to the Vicar of Northfleet, for bread and wine for Holy Communion for one year, and also to pray for the souls of the above, 3 shillings and four pence; for Northfleet church, where most needed, 6 shillings and eight pence.
To the Prior and Augustan Brothers in the City of London, a silver cup of 5¼ ounces and eight shillings and four pence, for 100 masses for the above mentioned souls; to the Brothers of the Minorities and Carmelites, also in the City of London, eight shillings and four pence also to say 100 masses, as above.
To the Carmelites of Aylesford, to say 100 masses, as above, 10 shillings and a large silver? Bowl of 14 ounces; to John Aveny, Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, a gold ring with a sapphire set in it; also to the Brothers of that place, a silver gilt cup and cover, of 26 ounces, to say masses for the above souls; to the Abbess of Malling, a chased silver cup of 14 ounces.
To John Whitmore, Rector of Stone, a maple cup embellished with gem stones and silver gilt of 16½ ounces; to Richard Legat, a book, “Tulius in Multis”; to his son William Alisander, his white bed, “dyed with flowers”, at Nasshynden; to Juliane, wife of Richard Alisander, a red russet and silver gilt dress; to Margaret, daughter of Richard and Juliane, 6 silver spoons and a bed with bolster, blankets, sheets and coverlets; to Sibille Harper of Northfleet, 3shillings and four pence; to Margaret and Isabelle, daughters of William Alisander, 20 shillings each; to Juliane Rodan of Stone, 6 shillings and eight pence; to maintain the bridge at Black Brook, 10 shillings;to road repairs at Northfleet, 10 shillings; to his son Geoffery, 16 marks which Richard Fromond of Hadlow, owes testator, als to Geoffery, 40 shillings which John Goding of Hadlow also owes, also to Geoffery, all household goods, beds, bed linen and utensils in his house at Holweys, Nasshynden, plus iron work, etc.,in the forge of Robert Permenter, jewels and money once belonging to William Alisander, Junior, on condition that Geoffery executes the will faithfully; to Margaret, daughter of Richard Alisander, 20 shillings; towards construction at Bromley church, 13 shillings and four pence. Residue of goods, after debts and legacies are paid, to son William.
Executors are sons, William and Geoffery , Roger Stalworth and William Petyr.
Overseers of the will are, John Lowe, Archdeacon of Rochester and John Pyrott, Rector of Snodland.
To each of his executors and overseers, 10 shillings.
85. THOMAS BREEDEN AND HIS WIFE MVXII
86.
HERE LIES THE BODY OF RICHARD DAUY, KNIGHT AND MARGERY HIS WIFE
FORMERLY JESTER OF OUR LORD KING HENRY VI DIED XVth MARCH MCCCCLXXXX1
PRAY FOR THE SOULE MAWD DOUY,
WHOSE CORPE UNDER DO LY,
SHE WAS DAWTER OF WILLIAM DUAY,
ON WHOSE SOULE JESUS HAVE MERCY,
I PRAY YOU AL FOR CHERITIE,
SAY A PATERNOSTER AND AVE,
SAY A LORD'S PRAYER AND A HAIL MARY
87.
HERE LIES WILLIAM HESILT A BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER OF OUR LORD
KING WHO DIED APRIL IX MCCCCXXV AND AGNES HIS WIFE
ON WHOSE SOULS MAY GOD HAVE MERCY AMEN
88.
HERE LYETH RICHARD DE HUNT LATE SERVANT TO MY LORD OF CANTERBURY
WILLIAM DE WAREHAM AND JOANE HIS WIFE
WHICH RICHARD DIED [ ] MVXV111 AND JOANE MVXXX1X
89.
HERE LIES SIR* PETER DE LACEY FORMERLY RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH
AND PREBENDARY OF PREBEND OF SWERDES IN THE CATHEDRAL CHUCH
OF DUBLIN OCT. XV111 MCCCLXXV DEATH IS THE PATH OF LIFE
* Old courtesy title for the clergy
90.
WILLIAM LYE
RECTOR OF NORTHFLEET
JANUARY 1X MCCCLXXXX1
91.
RE LYETH [ ] PALMER OF OTFORD, ESARE, DIED MCCCCV11
92.
HERE LYETH JOHN POLE SONNE OF HENRY POLE OF HARTINGTON
IN THE COUNTY OF DARBY WHO DECEASED MCCCCLXXXV11
CONSISTORY COURT OF ROCHESTER WILL DATED 29th DECEMBER 1487
John Pole of Snodland
To Our Lady chapel of Snodland, 6 shillings and eight pence; 3 shillings and four pence to the High Altar, also for the chapel, an alabaster table and 40 shillings, to pray for John and Christopher Haw and for the souls of John Pole and John Cotton.
His executors are to place a stone over his grave, with the year of his death.
The best cross at Snodland to be “amended” at his cost? 10 shillings to buy a pyx for the blessed sacrament; a 2 pound wax taper for our Lady of Jerusalem for one year.
To each of his god children, 6 pence; to William Lacey, his red ? gown and a shirt; to Robert Prassle a posset?, gown; to John Qulbe, his gown with a blue lining; to Robert, servant of John Cotton, a pair of hose; to John Derrant, a leather doublet and pair of hose; to Gylis Gorton his bows, in lieu of money he owes him; to William Walshe, servant of his brother John Haw, a sheafe of arrows; to Lucy Holbe, a red bullock [ ] [ ] any other of them.
His executors to pay his servant, John Derrant, 37 shillings and 6 pence and 2 gowns; to Mawd Lacey, a shirt; to Margaret Goldhawke a shirt. Residue of goods to be appraised by John Smyth, John Stonyng and John Buttcher; part of these goods to his brother Christopher, if sufficient, to pay his debts, if not sufficient, he to have 1 ½ acres of land at Bouhhmere. For his appraisers, 6 shillings and 8 pence. His executors are his brother Christopher Haw, William Wode and John Goode, to each of them 13 shillings and 4 pence. Brother John Haw is Overseer of the will.
Witnesses: John Brompton, Vicar of Birling, John Smythe, Thomas Stalworth , henry Hardy and Johanne Bennett.
Codicil
His house at Snodland called Botelers to Christopher, his brother on condition that he dredges the Blake Brook from Snodland to Newhithe, otherwise the property to be sold and a chalice bought from the proceeds for Snodland church. Residue to executors.
93. BURIED BELOW THE STEP BEFORE THE ALTAR
WILLIAM RIKHILL KNIGHT ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM RIKHILL SOLDIER
AND KATHERINE HIS WIFE WHO DIED XXVII AUGUST MCCCCXXIII
WHICH SAME WILLIAM DIED [ ] DAY [OF] [ ] MCCCC
ON WHOSE SOULS MAY GOD HAVE MERCY AMEN
94.
HERE LIES ALICE FORMERLY WIFE OF WILLIAM WANGEFORD WHO DIED ON
THE MONDAY NEXT AFTER THE SUNDAY IN BRANCHES OF PALMS* MCCCCXXI
*Palm Sunday
LOST MONUMENTS RECORDED IN REGISTRUM ROFFENSES, JOHN THORPE,1769
95.
HIC JACET THOMAS DALBY QUONDAM RECTOR ISTIUS
ECCLESIE QUI OBIIT VI DIE OCTOBER ANNO DOMINI MCCCCLXX11
CUJUS ANIME PROPICIETUR DEUS AMEN
96. LEDGER IN NORTH AISLE, UNDER MODERN FLOOR?
MEMORIA SACRUM
RICHARDI MANLY ARMIGERI
QUI OBIIT VIGESSIMO NONO DIE APRILIS
ANNO SAUTIS 1684
PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 20th APRIL 1684
Richard Manley, Esquire of Holloway Court, Snodland.
He is “sick and weak in body”.
To son Charles, his houses and lands in Snodland, Halling, ? , Folkestone and St. Margaret's, Rochester, on condition that he pays to his sister, Frances Manley, £400 which was bequeathed to her by her late mother, Martha. For this payment, Charles and his (testator's) brother Thomas, stand engaged (by bond), to Sir Robert Faunce, “but also cause and procure the said Sir Robert Faunce to the release and discharge by my said brother Thomas, from the same engagement”.
In case his son happens to die without lawful issue, then the above mentioned property goes to his daughter, Frances, for ever.
To son Charles the lease of the Manor of Sarmowe ?, or Sakmore ?, held on lease from the Archbishop of Canterbury and a lease on a house , stable and gardens in St. Margaret's, Rochester, held on lease from the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. Both these leaseholds are charged with the payment of the above £400 to daughter Frances.
To daughter, Frances, all monies due and owing to him by William Reeves, late of Canterbury, now deceased, (£600).
Also to Frances, £250, now in the bankers' hands in London.
All his ready money, household plate, gold, gold rings, debts due, household goods and implements, goods, chattels and personal estate (after debts and funeral costs are paid), to son and daughter, Charles and Frances, equally shared. Charles and Frances are executors.
Witnesses: Martha Cropley ?, Ann Ketchell ?, Robert Coney, Thomas Manley and Samuel Thurstone.
Proved 17th June 1684; granted to daughter Frances, now Frances Coney, power reserved to Charles Manley.
EXTANT MONUMENTS
97. BRASS WITH FIGURES OF A MAN AND WOMAN, NORTH AISLE
ORATE PRO ANIMABUS EDWARDI BISCHOPTRE & MARGARETA UXORIS EJUS QUI QUIDEM
EDWARDUS OBIIT PRIMO DIE MENSIS SEPTEMBRIS ET DOMINA MARGARETA OBIIT XVI
DIE MENSIS NOVEMBRIS ANNO DOMINI MCCCCLXXXVII QUORAM ANIMABUS PROPIETUR DEUS AMEN
CONSISTORY COURT OF ROCHESTER WILL DATED 13th NOVEMBER 1487
Margaret Bischoptre of Addington, Widow.
Desires to be buried in Snodland church, besides her husband.
To the High Altar of Snodland, for tithes and and offerings forgotten, 20 pence. The the High Altar of Addington, 12 pence. For a taper to burn before Our Lady of Gesyn ?, in Snodland church, two “qutes”, quarts of barley. Towards the building of Our Lady chapel in Holborow, in Snodland, 40 shillings, this to be paid when building work commences.
To her daughter, Emme, her best bed and hangings, sheets, blankets, pillows, etc., her great cauldron, 2 brass pots, all her pewter and all her jewels. If Emme dies before she is 21 or married, then testator's sister, Margaret, is to have Emme's legacy.
Also to sister, Margaret, her second best bed with hangings and sheets, etc., belonging to it, and a brass pot.
The residue of her goods, (after payment of her debts and legacies), to John Perott, (Rector of Snodland), and to Anthony
Lancaster, who are her executors, to be disposed of for the “helth of my sowle”, as they think fit.
Witnesses: Sir Alen Gagge, Curate of Addington, Thomas Treeves of Otham and William Godde of Ryarsh.
Part Two of Will
Concerning her land and property in Snodland and East Malling or elsewhere in Kent.
Her executors will have the profits of her estate in East Malling, upon trust, which will go to her son John, when he is 22, for ever.
They are also to hold the profits of her estate in Snodland, upon trust, until son William is 22, when it will go to him.
Executors are to have guardianship of her children until they are 22, or marriage in the case of Emme.
They are to pay her debts and legacies and keep her children with profits from her estate.
Son William to have the Snodland estate at 22, on condition that he pays his sister Emme 10 marks when she comes of age or is married. If son William dies under 22, without lawful heirs, then the executors will sell the Snodland estate, paying daughter
Emme £20. Residue of money, if any, to be spent for the health of her husband's soul and her own.
If the Snodland estate can not be sold for afair price, then daughter Emme and her heirs to have it, for ever. If Emme dies without lawful heirs, then her bequests go to testator's sister, Margaret and her heirs, for ever. If all her children and sister
Margaret die without lawful heirs, then both her estates to be sold by her executors and the proceeds to be used for charity at the discretion of her executors, in Snodland and East Malling, to please God and for the health of her and her husband's souls.
Proved 5th May 1488
98. BRASS WITH FIGURE OF HEADLESS MAN, NORTH WALL, CHANCEL
(TRANSLATION)
HERE LIES JOHN (BRIGGE) SON OF THE LANCASTRIAN HERALD KING OF ARMS
WHO DIED THE 10th DAY OF THE MONTH OF JUNE 1441
MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL AMEN
99. BRASS, SOUTH WALL, CHANCEL
NOV. 18th 1881 A WINDOW* HAS BEEN ERECTED IN
THIS CHURCH TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF THE LATE ARCHDEACON CAREY, M.A.
FOR EIGHT YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH
(* Window at west end of nave)
100. WINDOW, NORTH WEST END OF NAVE
DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION 1941 AND RESTORED 1949
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM DEDRICK (1857 – 1820) MANAGER OF
THE PAPER MILL AND OF HIS GRANDSON RICHARD PEARSON
KILLED IN H.M.S. HASTY OFF MALTA JUNE 1942
101. WINDOW, NORTH EAST END OF NAVE
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM EMERSON DEDRICK
J. P. PAPERMAKER
HIGH SHERIFF OF KENT 1952
10th MAY 1885 - 18th MAR 1963
102. WHITE MARBLE SHIELD ON BLACK BACKGROUND
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SAMUEL LEE
OF HOLBOROUGH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AUGUST 15th 1852
AGED 26 YEARS
“Blessed are they that Mourn, for they shall be Comforted”
103. BRASS, NORTH WALL OF NAVE
WILLIAM LEE OF HOLBOROUGH, J.P. & D.L. FOR THIS COUNTY
FOR 17 YEARS M.P. FOR MAIDSTONE DIED SEPT. 29th 1881 AGED 80
CHRISTIANA HIS WIFE DIED DECR. 14Th 1871 AGED 70
THIS BRASS PLACED IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE BY THEIR ONLY SURVIVING CHILD
SARAH SMITH OF THE GLEANINGS, ROCHESTER & HER ELDEST SON SAML. LEE SMITH
104. MARBLE CARTOUCHE OF POWERFULLY CARVED SCROLLS
(NOW CONSIDERED TO BE BY ARTUS QUELLIN, PARTNER OF GRINLING GIBBONS)
HERE
LYETH THE BODY OF MARTHA ELDEST DAUGHTER OF
JOHN BAYNARD LATE OF SHORNE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT, GENT.
FIRST MARRIED TO BONHAM FAUNCE OF ST. MARGARET'S, ROCHESTER
GENT. BY WHOM SHEE HAD ISSUE WHICH SURVIVED HER TWO
DAUGHTERS VIZ MARY HER ELDEST MARRIED TO WILLIAM MAN
OF THE CITY OF CANTERBURY, ESQ. AND MARTHA HER SECOND
DAUGHTER MARRIED TO JOHN CROPLEY OF ST. MARGARET'S
ROCHESTER, ESQ.
SHEE WAS AFTERWARDS MARRIED TO RICHARD MANLEY
OF HOLLOWAY COURT IN THIS PARISH, ESQ. BY WHOM
ALSO SHE LEFT ISSUE SURVIVING HER VIZ ONE SON
CHARLES AND ONE DAUGHTER FRANCES SHE DIED THE
29th DAY OF MARCH ANNO DOMINI 1682 IN THE
58th YEAR OF HER AGE
“Hoc Monumentum Amoris et Pietatis ergo
idem generi posuere”
105. BRASS OF MAN WITH SCROLL COMING FROM HIS MOUTH
SCROLL
“Jesu Mercy, Jesu Mercy, Jesu Mercy”
ORATE PRO ANIMA ROGERI PEROT QUI OBIIT
XVII DIE MENSIS SEPTEMBRIS ANNO DOMINI MCCCCLXXXVII
CUJUS ANIME PROPICIETUR DEUS AMEN
106. BRASS, SOUTH EAST END OF NAVE
THIS WINDOW IS PLACED IN MEMORY OF
ANN ROBERTS WHO DIED MAY 18th 1881
Principal Probate Registry
The value of her estate was over £62,000, value in terms of income, in present day, £4 – 6 million
107. BRASS, NORTH WALL OF NAVE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FREDERICK ROOKHURST
ROBERTS
CAPT. RIFLE BRIGADE
WORLD WAR 1914 – 1918
LATE OF HOLBOROUGH COURT
SNODLAND
BORN 28th MARCH 1881 – DIED 16th JAN. 1959
SMITH see Lee
108. BRASS OF MAN AND TWO WOMEN, INSCRIPTION MISSING
Andrew Ashbee is of the opinion that this brass is to WALTER STONYING, who died in 1532, and his wife and daughter. The costumes, apparently fit this date, but in his will Stonyng desires to be buried in the churchyard, not inside the church. I would also expect the daughter to be represented on a smaller scale than her parents. I think the brass represents and man and two wives.
109. BRASS WITH CREST, SOUTH AISLE
PRAY FOR THE SOULES OF WILLIAM TIGHLMAN THE ELDER, ISABEL
& JOAN HIS WIVES WHICH WILLIAM DECSSYED THE XXVII DAYE OF
AUGUST ANNO DOMINI MCCCCCXLI ON WHOSE SOULES JESUS HAVE MERCY
AS YOU ARE, SO WAS I, AND AS I AM, SO SHALL YOU BE
110. WHITE MARBLE ON BLACK BACKGROUND
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS FLETCHER WAGHORN, LIEUT. R.N.
WHO BY EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES AND SELF
DEVOTEDNESS BECAME ON OF THE GREATEST
BENEFACTORS TO HIS COUNTRY BY EXPLORING
AND BRINGING TO PERFECTION THE
SHORT OVERLAND ROUTE TO THE EAST INDIES
HE ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY AT THE AGE OF
12 YEARS AND SERVED AS MIDSHIPMAN IN THE
BAHAMA UNDER CAPTAIN WILSON
HE WAS AFTERWARDS ENGAGED IN THE
BENGAL PILOT SERVICE
THIS FIRST SUGGESTED THE UTILITY OF THE
OVERLAND ROUTE AND ENABLED HIM TO ACQUIRE
THE KNOWLEDGE NECCESARY FOR BRINGING THE
GREAT UNDERTAKING TO PERFECTION WHICH HE
DID UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF PECULIAR DIFFICULTIES
AND DISCOURAGEMENT IN THE YEAR 1841
NOTHING COULD EXCEED THE PERSERVERANCE
ENERGY AND UNTIRING VIGILANCE OF THIS HIGH
SPIRITED OFFICER WHEN ON DUTY OR HIS WARMTH
OF HEART AND MOST KINDLY FEELINGS IN PRIVATE LIFE
HE DIED JANUARY 7th 1850 AGED 49 YEARS
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS DISCONSOLATE
WIDOW WHO FELT MUCH SUPPORTED UNDER HER
HEAVY BEREAVEMENT BY THE ASSURANCE THAT THOSE
“WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH AND
SCOURGETH EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVETH”
ALSO OF HARRIET WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JANUARY 19th 1856 AGED 54 YEARS
111. AUMBREY DOOR
A.M.D.G.
IN MEMORY OF
CHARLES
DE ROCFORT WALL
RECTOR OF SNODLAND
1909 – 1930
R.I.P.
112. LEDGER, WITH ARMORIAL CREST, PARTLY UNDER SANCTUARY STEP
(COVERED PART FROM THORPE)
HERE
LYETH THE BODY OF MR
JOHN WALWYN M. A.
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH 31
YEARS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 8th DAY OF JANUARY 1712 (13)
AGED 59 YEARS
AND MARY HIS WIFE
WHO DIED THE 15th OF SEPTEMBER 1712
AGED 55 YEARS
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will dated 4th September 1712
John Walwyn, Rector of Snodland.
To wife Mary, his personal estate, on condition she pays his debts, the money to come from the sale of Woodsfield Farm, this money also to pay legacies.
To eldest son, Thomas his “study of books”, except 3 or 4 which his mother can choose, and his silver tobacco box.
To son John, a large silver tankard engraved with his coat of arms. Other plate to be divided among them at executor's discretion.
To eldest sister's daughter, Mary Kendrick?, 50 shillings, to his youngest sister, Elizabeth Collier, 50 shillings. If Mary Kendrick dies without lawful issue before legacy is paid, the the 50 shillings to his sister Collier.
To his honoured friend William Lygen, Esq., of Madresfield ? Court, and to cousin Oliver Gaynes and kinsman Charles Walwyn of Maidstone and good friends and trustees William White and Richard Pickering a “peirce ring” each in remembrance of him.
To the poor of Snodland 20 shillings, to be distributed at the discretion of his executor. His wife Mary (or in case of her death before him, his eldest daughter Mary Walwyn) is executor.
Real estate to be sold to Mr William Lygen rather than to anyone else, provided he pays a fair price. The purchase money to be distributed among his wife and children, according to his last “Deed of Reparation”, dated June 24th 1712 by William White and Richard Pickering, the trustees. In case his eldest son, Thomas should die before the estate is sold, then his youngest son John, to have the elder brother's portion, (2 sixths of the purchase money), the children of son Thomas, to have the portion allotted in the
deed to son John, or equal share with his testator's daughters.
Memorandum: The £6 5s 11d with which he paid off the debt of his son Thomas, to Mr Huggins, out of his son John's money, and several sums for which he was bondsman to Mr Edward Walsingham for £15, and to Mr John Weekley for £30 and to Mr Henry Knowles for £50, to be reckoned as part of the potion of son Thomas, “unless he pays them off with his own money......” “In case ? off be not sold in my lifetime”, his executor “should have it and sell it forthwith in order to pay off some of my debts therewith”.
Witnesses: John Sisley, the mark of William Turner and John Stunt.
Proved 27th January 1713. Granted to daughter Mary. Note in margin, 3rd August 1715, daughter Mary lately Mary Vidgeon, is now dead. Granted to her husband, Robert Vidgeon.
END
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Index of Names on gravestones only
Names Index
ALISANDER 84
ALLEN 12
ALLENDER 1, 2, 3
ANSTEY 4
ANTRUM 5, 6
BARKER 7
BAYNARD 104
BISCHOPTRE 97
BRACE 8
BRAIN 9
BREEDEN 858
BRIGGE 98
BROOK 10
CAPON 11
CAREY 99
CHARLES 12
CHITTENDEN 13
COURTHOP 14
CRAFT 15
CRICK 16
CROPLEY 104
DALBY 23, 95
DAMPIER 69
DARTNELL 17
DAUY 86
DAY 18, 19
DE HUNT 88
DE LACEY 89
DE ROCFORT 111
DE WAREHAM 88
DEDRICK 100
DEDRICK 101
ELLIOTT 20
EMERSON 101
EVANS 21
FAUNCE 104
FIELD 22
FINCH 23
FINCH-SMITH 23
FLETCHER 24, 25, 26, 109
FREEMAN 61
GAMMON 27, 28, 29
GAY 30
GOODHUGH 31
GORHAM 32, 33
GOWAR 34
HADLOW 35
HAWKS 36
HESILT 87
HEWITT 37
HILDER 38, 39
HODGES 40
HOOK 41
HUGGINS 42, 43
HULKES 42
JACKSON 44
JOYNSON 45
JUPP 46
JURY 47
KING 48, 49
KINGSNORTH 50
LEE 102, 103
LEE 51
LURCOCK 52
LYE 90
MAN 104
MANLEY 53, 54, 104
MANLY 96
MARTIN 55
MAY 56
MOORE 57, 58, 59
PALMER 91
PAPERMAKER 101
PARKER 61
PEARSON 100
PEMBLE 61
PEROT 105
PERRIN 62
PERRYMAN 63
PETERS 64-68
PHELPS 69
POLE 92
PUDNEY 70
RANDELL 71
RIKHILL 93
ROBERTS 51, 106, 107
ROOKHURST 107
SMITH 23, 72, 74, 104
SOUTHGATE 73
STONYING 108
TERRY 74
THOMAS 75
TIGHLMAN 109
TILGHMAN 76
WAGHORN 77, 78, 109
WALL 111
WALTON 79
WALWYN 112
WANGEFORD 94
WINGATE 15
WOODHOUSE 80
WOODING 81
WOODRUFF 82
WRAY 63, 83
Tithe Apportionment for Snodland
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Monumental Inscriptions of Christ Church, Snodland
Monumental Inscriptions of Christ Church, Snodland, noted by Andrew Ashbee 1984.
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INTRODUCTION
Churchyards include much historical evidence, not all of which survives elsewhere. Of particular importance, of course, is the information about local people: dates of death (rather than of burial as in the registers) and details of relationships within and between families. Often other interesting points emerge: ‘born in Gloucestershire’, ‘died at Monte video’, ‘of Spratts Brook Farm, Tunbridge Wells’ are three instances here. Some researchers may be interested in the stone-work itself: the types, styles, symbolic designs, or even the masons; others may collect the verses and epitaphs.
Time, weathering, erosion, damage by plants or man, all contribute to the decay of these memorials. We are fortunate that some Snodland inscriptions were noted in times past; this is the record of how things stood in 1984.
There are very few stones here dating back beyond 1800, and of those the greater number are now illegible. The oldest is the Wray family chest tomb east of the tower (c.1685). Originally the churchyard consisted of about half-an-acre, but in 1867, William Poynder, whose father had once owned the cement works, offered an additional half-acre on the north and west of the site if the Parish would provide a wall for it. This was done at a cost of £225 and the new ground was consecrated by Bishop Leigh of Rochester on October 20th that year. In September 1869 William Lee, the current owner of the cement works, spent £51 on providing trees and shrubs. Do any of these remain today? In 1905 the vestry was enlarged and it is probable that some memorials were moved to allow this. Certainly a drawing of 1841 shows a different arrangement of the group of stones now outside the vestry door. The churchyard was closed (with certain exceptions) in 1898, by which time the village cemetery was available. During the early 1950’s a large number of the memorials were lifted and placed (mostly) against the north wall. It is unfortunate that no record seems to have been made of their original positions, though one or two can be identified in old photographs. Today the churchyard is maintained by the Parish.
The inscriptions listed here have been collected over a period of five or six years. Many memorials are worn or damaged, and those against the wall tend to disappear behind ivy or brambles, so the task has not always been easy. However, repeated visits have caused some difficult inscriptions to yield up their secrets, though a good many illegible items remain. The church registers have sometimes helped solve problems with dates. I think there will be little more that can be deciphered on site, but there is always the possibility of finding old transcriptions or photographs which will add to the story.
At some time a proper and systematic survey should be undertaken, following guidelines suggested by the Council for British Archaeology, but many will find these lists adequate for their needs. In addition to recording the extant inscriptions, I have included details of some now lost, but copied in the past. Also, this seemed the place to publish the series of notes made for, or by, the parish sexton between 1785 and 1796. They survive as loose sheets within one of the church registers [Heritage Centre, Strood: P342/l/2]. Many indicate the position of burials and clarify relationships between some of Snodland’s eighteenth century parishioners.
Unless otherwise stated, each memorial is a headstone, with the inscription facing east. No attempt has been made here to copy the use of capitals and lower case letters of the originals.
Andrew Ashbee. April 1984
Postscript (1997). It is remarkable how worn the inscriptions have become in the few years since the survey was made.
I. MEMORIALS STILL IN POSITION
[1]. In / 1oving memory / of / JOHN TERRY / who departed this life / Feb. 14, 1892, aged 20 years
[2]. In / loving memory / of / GEORGE HILDER / who departed this life / June 11th 1890 / aged 63 years / Also NATHAN / son of the above / who departed this life / June 26th 1892 / aged 27 years / Also SARAH / wife of the above / George Hilder / who departed this life / September 18, 1901 / aged 74
[3]. In loving memory of / SARAH CHITTENDEN / who died August 12th 1894 / aged 74 years / Also of / WILLIAM CHITTENDEN / who departed this life / October 2nd 1900 aged 79 years
[4]. [Cross (now lost) on plinth] In loving memory / of / LOTHIAN STEPHEN / youngest son of GERALD H. JACKSON / (Rector of this Parish) / and DORA his wife [Born 26 December 1886? died 1 March l902]
[5]. [Cross (broken off) on plinth] In loving memory of / ERNEST DALBY FINCH SMITH / Rector of Snodland 1906-1909 who fell asleep January 10 1909 / aged 41 years
[6]. In loving memory of the / deceased children of / JOHN and SARAH BARKER / HENRY JOHN WESTBOURNE / died Decr 26th 1869 aged 8 months / LILLY MAUD / died June 20th 1874 aged 5 months
[7]. ELLA MAUD GAMMON / Born April 27, 1871, Died Sept: 23, 1872 / ERNEST WILLIAM GAMMON, / LOUIS WILLIAM GAMMON, / Born May 15, 1874, Died March 16, 1875 / EVA JANE GAMMON / Born Jan: 18, 1878, / Died April 30 / 1878
[8]. In / affectionate remembrance of / CHARLES WILLIAM ELLIOTT / who died Jan: 30th 1877 / aged 5 years & 9 months
[9]. ELIZABETH / JANE GAMMON / Born Sept. 23, 1865. Died Oct. 24, 1865 / ALFRED WILLIAM GAMMON / Born Jan. 30, 1877 / Died June 14, 1878
[10]. In loving memory of / our dear parents / JOHN EDWARD GAMMON / who died December 20th 1894 / aged 51 years / and / JANE UPTON GAMMON / who died October 19th 1906 / aged 65 years
11. [Cross on plinth - no inscription]
[12-13]. Two headstones moved from position between west porch tower during excavations in 1979. Inscriptions lost. 18th century?
[l4]. [Cross (now lost) on plinth] [East]: In memory of / Israel May / Aged 37 Years / Police Constable of the / Malling Division / Kent County Constabulary [North]: + / Found cruelly murdered / on Sunday morning / August 24th 1873 / + [West]: He received a Public Funeral / on Thursday August 28th 1873. / The Memory of the Just is Blessed. [South]: + / Erected by Voluntary Contributions / +
[15]. In affectionate remembrance of / CAROLINE / the dearly beloved wife of / THOMAS WOODRUFF / who died Octr 12th 1884 /aged 35 years.
[16]. [Mostly illegible] THOMAS HULKS HUGGINS [buried 5 Jan 1850, aged 65] ... ELIZA ... in the ... year of her age ... WILHELMINA MILLICENT [buried 29 May 1863, aged 72]
[17]. [Top missing] ... also MARY ANN KING / who passed peace-fully away / 27th March 1902 aged years.
[18]. [Cross (now lost) on plinth] [Inscription lost]
[19]. Sacred / to the memory of / RICHARD ANTRUM / who died at Sutton Valence / January 7th 1873 / aged 55 years / leaving MARGARET his widow / and 3 children surviving / viz: JOHN, MARGARET SARAH / and RICHARD. /Thy will be done. / Also of MARGARET / daughter of the above / RICHARD & MARGARET ANTRUM / who died June 13th 1859 / aged 4 years. / Also EDWARD RICHARD their son / who died Dec. 9th 1858 aged 2 years / Also of ALFRED their son / who died April 30th 1863 aged 11 months
[20]. In loving remembrance / of / JOHN ANTRUM / son of Richard & Margaret Antrum / who died May 22nd 1888 / aged 35 years / And so shall he ever be blessed
[21]. [Cross on plinth] In / 1oving memory / of / EUSTACE HOOK / died at De1amere / Dec. 14, 1890. / Also of EVELINA AUGUSTA HOOK / beloved wife of the above / who died Sept. 2nd l892. / When the toil is over / Then comes rest at last.
[22]. [Tomb chest] [North]: Sacred / to the memory of / SAMUEL, only son of WILLIAM LEE Esq. of Holborough / who departed this life August 15th 1852, aged 26 years. / Also of / CHRISTIANA, the beloved wife of WILLIAM LEE Esq. / Born July23rd 1801, Died December 14th 1871. / Also of / WILLIAM LEE / Who departed this life September 29th 1881, aged 80. [West & South: no inscriptions] East : Sacred / to the memory of / Captain WILLIAM HENRY ROBERTS / (Royal Engineers) / Who departed this life July 25th 1848, / in his 32nd year. / Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. / Also EDITH CICELY ROBERTS / Born Octr 1873, Died Jany 2 1874. / Also of ANN ROBERTS / widow of the above / who departed this life May 18th 1881 / aged 58.
[23]. Here / lieth ye body of / JOHN PARKER / who died in 1682 / aged 29 years / Also here lieth / ye body of / DEBORAH his wife / who died May 14th 1720 / aged 68 years / Left issue one daughter / wife of James Cockle of Hallin[g]
[24]. [Flat stone, inscription lost]
[25]. [South side of stone missing] Here / lyeth ye body [of] / MARY wife of [GEORGE] / COURTHOP ... / who departed this life] ... / March ... [1728] / Aged 37 / Likewise ye body [of GEORGE] / their son who dy[ed] / ye 26th [February 1728]
[26]. Sacred / to the memory of / REBECCA / wife of RICHARD PETERS / who departed this life / October 18th, 1877 / in the 81st year of her age / Also of the above RICHARD PETERS / who departed this life / February 4th, 1881 / in the 90th year of his age
[27]. Sacred / to the memory of / JOHN PETERS / died 12th April 1823 / GEORGE PETERS / died 3rd December 1845 aged 37 years / JOSEPH PETERS / died 6th September 1859 aged 33 years / MARY PETERS / died 10th May 1865 aged 36 years
[28]. Sacred to the memory of / SARAH PARKER / wife of / THOMAS WILLIAM PETERS / of this parish / who died February 17th 1850 / aged 37 years / Also ABEL, son of the above / who died February 10th 1853 / aged 4 years / Also THOMAS WILLIAM PETERS / who died July 20th 1905 / aged 89 years / Also their two daughters / MARY died 5th January 1904 / aged 59 years / FRANCES REBECCA BEADLE / died March 12th 1905 / aged 59 years
[29]. In loving memory of / EMILY wife of / THOMAS WILLIAM PETERS / who died July 19th 1892 / aged 58 years
[30]. [Body stone] In memory of / ELIZA JANE ALLENDER / born July 24th 1854 / died Dec. 4th 1854
[31]. [Body stone] ROBERT GEORGE ALLENDER / who died Jan. 6th 1860 / aged 7 years and 4 months
[32]. [Bevelled rectangular stone] In loving memory of / ROBERT ALLENDER / born August 25th 1824 / died at Salt-wood, August 23rd 1881 / ‘Untjl the Lord come’ / Also his wife / ELIZABETH ALLENDER / born April 2nd 1827 / died June 1st 1905 / ‘In thy presence is fulness of joy’
[33]. In memory of / ELIZABETH / daughter of / WILLIAM and MARY GORHAM / late of this parish / who departed this life / October 16th 1861 aged 60 years / Also GEORGE son of the above / who departed this life / November 14th 1861 aged 67 years
[34]. [East] In memory of / ELIZH PERRYMAN / who died Feby 15th 1825 / aged 40 years [West] In memory of / ADELA F. I. WRAY / who died July 12th 1835 / aged 4 years
[35]. [Illegible, but two footstones are marked ‘JF 1803’ and ‘EF 1803’] [JOHN FLETCHER, buried 16 Nov 1803 and ELIZABETH FLETCHER, buried 7 Oct 1803]
[36]. Sacred / to the memory of / WILLIAM GORHAM / of this parish / who departed this life / ... August 1820 / aged 61 / Also MARY / wife of the above / who departed this life / February 26th 1851 / aged 90 years / leaving five sons and two daughters / viz. JOHN, WILLIAM, ALEXANDER / GEORGE, MARY-ANN, ELIZABETH / and AMBROSE.
[37]. Sacred / to the memory of / SARAH ANN / daughter of / WILLIAM and CHARLOTTE / GORHAM / of this parish / who departed this life / September 13, 1851 / aged 19 years
[38]. Sacred / to the memory of / ELIZABETH the dear wife of / JOHN GOODHUGH / of this parish / who departed this life / on the 19th day of ... / aged 3. years / Also ELIZABETH, FANNY / and WILLIAM / their children whose remains / are here interred / Also of the above / JOHN GOODHUGH / born the 2Oth of April 1745 / who departed this life on 2nd day of December 1834 / Also ... [their son] JOHN GOODHUGH / .... / ANN, JOHN and JAMEStheir children
[39]. In memory of / MARGARET / wife of / JOHN FLETCHER / who died the 20th August 1748 / aged 51 years [Poem: 6 lines, mostly il1egib1e]
[40]. To the memory of / JOHN FLETCHER / who died 2d March 1752 / aged 67 years / left issue one son JOHN. From mortall Life all Mortalls must Remove/The narrow Lodging of a grave to prove/But those who do in Jesus Christ Believe/The Grave shall not confine nor hell Receive
[41]. Sacred / to the memory of / FRANCES WAGHORN / who died December 1848 / aged 38 years / This stone was placed here / by her affectionate brother / Lieut. Waghorn R.N.
[42]. Sacred / to the memory of / THOMAS FLETCHER WAGHORN / Lieutenant / who departed this life / January 7th 1850 / aged 49 years / Also of HARRIET / widow of the above / who departed this life / January 19th 1856 / aged 54 years
[43]. In memory of / ELIZABETH daughter of / WILLIAM and FRANCES / SOUTHGATE who died the 24th / of September 1819 aged 8 years / Also WILLIAM son of the above / who died the 14th of June 1828 / in the 21st year of his age / [Poem - 9 lines - mostly illegible] / Also the above / FRANCES SOUTHGATE / who departed this life July 18 1855 / aged 82 years
[44]. Here lieth the body of STEPHEN MANLEY of this parish. He died Oct. ye 8th 1763 aged 62. Here also lieth the body of ELIZH MANLEY, wife of Stephen Manley. She died Jan. ye 1st 1769 aged 65 years. Left issue one son JOHN MANLEY. Here also lieth four of their children who died in their infancy viz. STEPHEN, THOMAS, AMY and ELIZH. WILLIAM their son died Aug. 7 1762, aged 29 years. Farewell vain world I know enough of thee/And now am careless what thou sayth of me./Thy smiles I court not,nor thy frowne I fear/All cares are past, my head lies quiet here./What faults you know, take care to shun/And look at home, enough there’s to be done.
[45]. Sacred / to the memory of / JOHN MANLEY / who died the 4th of Oct. 1797 / aged 60 years / Also FRANCES / wife of the above / died the 29th of May 1822 / aged 83 years
[46]. [Headstone - inscription lost - 18th century]
[47]. In memory of / ELIZABETH DARTNELL / who died 6 Feb. 1872 / aged 83 years / Also WILLIAM / son of the above / who died 18th December 1893 / aged 76 years
[48]. In loving memory of / LEVI KING / who died March 11th 1895 / aged 32 years
[49]. [Body stone - no inscription]
[50]. [Chest tomb] Here lye the Bodies of Geo: David & Joanna, Sons & Daughr of Geo: Wray of Paddlesworth by Joanne His Wife. [Thomas] July 9 1709 Agd 22 yrs. Geo. d. April 14 l7l2 Agd 2l yrs. David March 3 l696 Agd 4 yrs. Joanna Feb. 1693 Agd 9 yrs. Here lyeth the Body of Elizh Wife of Nicholas Wray of Paddlesworth who died June 6th 1729 Aged 33 years Also Jane Wife of Nicholas Wray died March ye 11th 1734 Aged 33 years Here also — The Body of the above said Nicholas Wray of Paddlesworth who died Aug. ye 24th 1745 Aged 54 years left issue one son and 3 drs. George,Eliz., Jane and Frances. On the North Side (some letters illegible) Mems. of Hammond [Wray] [died 1675; his wife Mary died 1681] 167- 1681
II. MEMORIALS MOVED TO THE BOUNDARIES
[5l]. [Damaged plinth] In loving memory of / GERALD FREDERICK / Eldest son of / FREDERICK W . and CONSTANCE WOODHOUSE died at Holborough Court / Sunday 27 Decr 189 l / Aged 13 years and 5 months
[52]. [Cross (now detached) on plinth] [Much illegible] JOSEPH EVAN / SMITH / Born at Horsha[m] [Worcester]shire 181. / Died at Snodland / Feb. 7 1907
In / Memory of / ANNE NORTON SMITH / Born .......... / Gloucestershire / Died at Snodland Jan 1. 1897
[53]. [Illegible] ....FLORENCE....
[54]. In memory of / ANN daughter of / WILLIAM and MARY PETERS / who departed this life / the l5th of September 1826 / Aged l8 Days / Also SARAH Daughter of the / above departed this life / the l7th of September 1826 / aged 15 days
[55]. In memory of / JANE wife of / ARMIGILL HADLOW / died November 24th 1797 / Aged 31 years / Also JAMES their son / died July 4th 1790 / Aged 6 years & 7 months
[56]. In memory of / WILLIAM son of / WILLIAM and ANN / CATHERINE JOYNSON / who departed this life / the 23rd of September 1827 / aged 5 weeks
[57]. [Thin headstone - no inscription visible]
[58]. In loving memory of / ELIZA / the beloved wife of the late / GEORGE THOMAS / of Spratts Brook Farm, Tunbridge Wells / who died May 22nd 1900 / aged 78 years
[59]. Sacred / to the memory of / FANNY / wife of / RICHARD GOWAR / who departed this life / the l7th day of Octr 1857 / aged 79 years / Also of the above / RICHARD GOWAR / who departed this life / on the lst day of August l86l / aged 77 years / left issue 2 sons and one daughter / WILLIAM, AMBROSE and ELIZA
[60]. In / loving memory / of / ANN wife of / WILLIAM RANDELL / Born Oct. llth 1829 / Died Oct. 7th 1889 / Also of WALTER son of / WILLIAM & ANN RANDELL / who died March 2nd 1875 / aged l0 years & 5 months
[61]. [Illegible] ....JOHN HODGES....
[62]. [In] Memo[ry] / of / RICHARD JUPP / Died llth April 1846 / aged 69 years / Also AMELIA / wife of the above / Died llth April l850 / aged 66 years
[63]. [Damaged] [In memory of / ELI]ZABETH wife of / EDWARD HAWKS / who departed this life / February 18 l871 / aged 72 years / Also the above / EDWARD HAWKS / Died Octr 28 l875 / aged 85 years
[64]. Sacred / to the memory of / CHARLES son of / RICHARD & REBECCA PETERS / who departed this life / December 8th 1877 / aged 37 years / Also RICHA.RD son of the abo[ve] / Richard & Rebecca Peters / who departed this life / November 5 1884 / aged 63 years
[65]. In affectionate + remembrance of / MARIA the beloved wife of / GEORGE MARTIN / who departed this life / November 27th 1884 / aged 59 years. Afflictions sore long time I bore/Physicians were in Vain/Till God did please to give me ease/And free me from my pain
[66]. [Illegible] In loving remembrance of / ELIZA ALICE ANSTEY
[67]. In memory of / JAMES WOODING / who died April 27th l868 / aged 78 years / Also of FRANCES / wife of the above / who died March l8th l877 / aged 85 years
[68]. In / loving memory / of / PETER BROOK / died Novemer llth l873 / aged 60 years / Interred at East Peckham / Also ELIZA / beloved wife of the above / died June 2lst 1892 / aged 70 years
[69]. In / affectionate remembrance of / JOSIAH GAY / who departed this life / 22nd August l861 aged 22 years / Also ROZETTA THWAITES / who died l5th December l878 / aged 20 years / Also WILLIAM HENRY GAY / their beloved father / who died l. November 1879 / aged 62 years Also DIANA / their darling mother / who died l4th May 1881 / aged 62 years
[70]. In / loving memory of / WILLIAM GEORGE / son of / THOMAS and ANN MOORE / born November 19th 1862 / died April 8th 1888. Death has taken many a loved one/From our homes and fond embrace/But the hour of joy is coming/When we’ll meet them face to face./Healing balm for wounded spirit/For the hour will soon appear/And within his glorious kingdom/We shall meet our friends so dear
[71]. Sacred / to the memory of / MARY / the beloved wife of JOHN DAY / who died July 2nd 1858 / aged 28 years / leaving issue 2 sons / WILLIAM and GEORGE / ‘In the hour of death and the / day of judgment the Lord have / mercy on us’ / Also of SARAH DAY / mother of the above / JOHN DAY / who departed this life / 21 April 1873 / aged 82 years
[72]. [broken plinth] ...BERNARD EDWIN / the much / loved child of / EDWIN & LILLY BLANCHE / PERRIN of Wouldham / who died Sept. 2nd 1880 / aged 11 months
[73]. [Fragment] ....GEORGE DAY / who departed this life /... WILLIAM DAY / who departed this life / ...
[74]. Sacred / to the memory of / FREDERICK / youngest son of / GEORGE & MARTHA JURY / late of Maidstone / who died April 6 1865 / aged 27 years ...[facing on stone gone] [GEORGE JURY] / who died May l0th 1867 / aged 66 years / Also of MARTHA his widow who died Decr 4th 1872 / aged 69 years
[75]. In / affectionate remembrance of / GEORGE HENRY / son of / WILLIAM & SOPHIA MOORE / who died July l4th 1864 / Also / FREDERICK JOHN MOORE / who died June 9th l866 aged 6 months
[76]. In loving memory / FRANCES FREEMAN PEMBLE / wife of ISAAC PEMBLE / who entered into rest April l0th / 1890 aged 75 years / Also the above named / ISAAC PEMBLE / who died March l5th 1896 / aged 83 years
[77]. In / loving remembrance of / WILLIAM MOORE / born April 10 1829 / died March 5 l883 / Also / SOPHIA / the beloved wife of the above / Born November 9th 1835 / Died April l4th 1888. God of my life be near/ On thee my hopes I cast/Guide me through the desert here/And bring me home at last
[78]. [Fragment] [MARY?] / wife of / GEORGE CAPON / who died Dec l5th 18.. / aged 63 years / Also the above named / GEORGE CAPON / who died March l8th 1903 / aged 74 years. Gone from us but not forgotten/Never shall thy memory fade/Loving thoughts shall always linger/Around the spot where thou art laid
[79]. [Fragment] ...GEORGE FIELD [died] / June l8 l880[?] / aged 58 years / Also of MARY his wife / who died Sep. 13 1913 / aged 74 years
[80]. In affectionate remembrance of / LYDIA / the beloved wife of / AMBROSE CRICK / who died September 8th 1887 / Also the above / AMBROSE CRICK / [who died] Oct. 18 l90l / aged 78
[81]. In memoriam / ELIZA MARY BRACE / of Camden Town London / Born Octr 26th 1809 / Died Septr l6th 1877
[82]. In affectionate remembrance of / JOHN WALTON / late Master Tailor of Chatham / who died December 3lst l886 / aged 5l years / Also JOHN JONES of Northampton / who died May l3th 1889 / aged 78 years / Also of ELIZA ANN / wife of Johzn Walton / and daughter of John Jones / who died Sept 4th 1933 aged 88 years
[83]. In loving memory of / WILLIAM KINGSNORTH / of this parish / died 5th Novr 1883 aged 81 / ‘Lord have mercy upon us’ / Also SARAH wife of the above / died 2lst June 1884 aged 69 years
[84]. In memory of / SARAH LURCOCK / who died 26th March 1876 / aged 59 years / Also of GEORGE LURCOCK / who died October 1880 / aged 58 years
[85]. In memory of / ELIZA wife of / WILLIAM EVANS / who died Aug. 27 l875 / aged 65 years / Also of / WILLIAM CHARLES EVANS / son of the above / who died at Monte video / South America / on the l0th Feby l885 / aged 38 years / Also of / the above named / WILLIAM EVANS / who died Jan 23rd l896 / aged 75 years
[86]. [Fragment] ...ALLEN CHARLES....
[87]. Sacred to the remembrance of / REBECCA wife of / JAMES HEWITT / and daughter of the late / RICHARD and REBECCA PETERS / Died April l5th 1886 / Also JAMES HEWITT / husband of the above / departed April 23rd 1897 / aged 77 years
[88]. In / affectionate memory / of / ELIZA beloved wife of / ... SETH PUDNEY / who fell asleep Jan. 3lst 1890 / aged 57 years
III . MEMORIALS RECORDED , BUT NOW LOST
[89] . In Memory of Mr. WILLIAM HUGGINS of Chatham, joiner, son of Mr. WM. HUGGINS of this Parish, died the 8 of July 1?68 Aged 7l years
[90]. In memory of Mr. WM . CRAFT of this Parish who departed this life the 23rd of Nov. l775 Aged 34 years Also Mr. WM . WINGATE who departed this life the l2th of Sept . 1792 Aged 47 years Ely [ELIZABETH] TOWNSEND departed this life l4th Sept. 1808 Aged 58 years Likewise five of their children. O cruel Death that would no longer spare/My tender Husbands and your Fathers dear/Great is the loss to those they left behind/But they, we hope, eternal joys will find
[91]. In memory of Mr. JOHN BRAIN of this Parish who departed this life 23rd September 1801 aged 58 years - left Issue two sons: WILLIAM and JOHN. After a short but sharp Affliction here/take my leave of Wife and Children dear/Low here I be in this soft Bed of Dun/Waiting for the Rising of the Sun. Also SARAH wife of the above,who departed this life 6th September 1808 Aged 61 years - Also three grand-children died in their infancy
[92-93]. [Two body stones] In loving memory of AMY and ADA HILDER. AMY died 1867 aged 3 months. ADA died 1874 aged 7 years
[94] . ‘Smal1 square stone’ near the market cross steps] [Grave of Henry Dampier Phelps - Rector of Snodland, 1804-1865]
IV. SEXTON'S NOTES : 1785-1796
[95] 1785
May the l7th Died Nichs Blackman Aged [65] and was Buried the 22nd
Sepr the l8th A Stranger from Paddle[sworth] middle aged, Had but one Eye supposd to be a native of Ireland
Sepr the 2lst Died H. [Henry] Dowsel Aged 64 and was buried the 24th
Decr 22 Died Isaac Wenman & was buried at Cuxton Aged 46 yr
[96] 1786-7
Jany llth Ann Austin Aged 3l Years, and was buried the 15th
May the 8th Died Hannah a Stranger at Mr Hawkes Barn and was Buried the 10th
June 22d Died Wm Manly aged 19 years and was buried the 27 the Head South of Stephen Manley (his grandfather’s) Stone
Octor 28th Died Wm Squibs Aged 47 Years, & was buried Novr 2d
Octor 30 Died Ann Daughter of Jno & Martha Kemsley Aged [8 weeks] and was Buried Novr 2d
Decr the 27th 86. Died Elizh Kebble Aged 14 years & was buried 31st
Janry 21st 87. Died Richd Wingate aged 2 year & was buried 26.
[97] 1788-9
Jany the 7th Died Eleanor Martin Aged [56] and was buried the 9 on the South side of her Husband Richd Martin
June l5th Died Thos Greenwood Aged 27 Years and was buried the 18 on the South side of his Child
June l6th Died Jane Wray at Mr Lane's Uper Halling & was buried und. the Tomb Here the 20th Aged 64 Years
Susanna Greendwood Died July 28th 1788 Buried Aug lst 1788 between her Husband and Father near the west end of the Steeple
Augt 9th Died Susanna Daughter of Wm & Elizh Butler Aged 8 Months & was Buried the l3th on Jno Goffe Great Grandfather to the said Deceased at the West end of the Steeple
Dec. the 17th Died Sarah Durling Aged 56 and was buried at Halling 23d
Died Elizh Daughter of Wm & Elizh Wingate and was Buried Sepr 12th near on the South side of Richd Wingate. Aged 18 Days
Septr l5th Died Jeremiah French and was Buried the 17 Aged 65 Years
Novr 27th Died Jno Butler aged 40 & was Buried Decr lst 88 near the Stone of Jane Goffe
Elizh Austin Widow died Septr 5th & was buried the 8th 1789 Aged 72
[98] 1790
Wm Hadlow Son of Elizh Hadlow died Janry 27th l790, Aged 1 Year & 4 Months and was buried the 3lst on the South of Jane
Wm Son of Wm & Elizh Butler Died Febry 4th & was Buried 9th on the south side of his Sister
Richd Townsend Kebble son of Ann Kebble Base Born Died Febry 10th and was Buried the 14th 1790 Aged 5 Days on the south side of Wm Kebbl
Novr l3th died Sarah Daughter of Thos & Elizh Bassett and was buried the l9th on the East side of Wm Butler Close to the West side of the Steple
[99] l791
Jany 6th Died Adm Wilson and was Buried on the 9th on the East side of the Steple Close to the West End of Mr Wrays Tomb
April 25th Died Sarah Daughter of Wm & Sarah Clark and was Buried May 1st on the North side of her Brother James Clerk aged 10 months
May the l4th Died Ann Daughtr of Wm & Sarah Clark and was Buried the l9th on her sister above aged l0 months
July the Died Jno Son of Jereh & Jane Townsend & was buried the 23rd to the West of Ann Hadlows Stone
Octr 9th died George Son of Thos and Sarah Martin Aged 2 Years and was buried the 13th on the south side of his Grandmother Eleanor Martin
Nov. the 9th Died Wm Broad Son of Hy & Mary Aged 8 Years and was buried the l3th
l5th [Nov.] Died Martha Wenman Aged 18 Years and was buried the 22 on her Brother in a Bricked Arch
l5 [Nov.] Died Elizh Sosbe Aged 28 Years and was Buried the 20th on the North side of her Husband's Father
[100] 1792
June the 28th 1792 Died Ann Daughter of G[eorge] & Margot Hadlow Aged 6 years & was buried on the north side of Ann Hadlow who hath a stone. Joined her Coffin.
Sept the l0th 1792 Died Wm Wingate and was buried the l6th on the North side of Wm Craft on the North side of the Church near the North Door aged 47 Years
Sept 26th Died Elizh Hadlow [daughter] of Wm & Margaret and was Buried 30 near Ann Hadlow’s Stone
Octor 22 Died Wm Broad son of Sarah Broad and was Buried the 28th aged 5 months on the south side of the wife of Weatherell near Sosbe’s Gra.
Decr llth Died Thos Hadlow Son of Wm & Mary Hadlow and was buried the 16th on the south side of his sister Elizh - aged 2 years
[101] 1793
April 6th 1793 Died Jno Martin & was buried the 9th the Head one Foot East of His Sister Sarah Martin Aged 30 Years
24th [April] Died Mary Reed wife, of Wm Reed Aged 25 years and was buried Feet East of Widow Jupp on the 26th
May l6th Died John Phillips aged 33 Years and was Buried the 2lst the Head Feet East of the Brick Grave from the Pathe
2lst [May] Died Martha Kemsley aged [27] years and was buried 25 on the South side of her 2 Children. Aged 27, by the Parish
July 1st Died Stephen Son of the above Jno Phillips & was buried on his father the 4th
6th [July] Died Ann Wood Widow & was buried the 9th on the South side of her Husband. Aged 8l Years
l3th [July] Died Sarah Daughter of Jno & Martha Kemsley and was buried l4th on her mother.
30th [July] Died Mary Daughter of Jno & Martha Kemsley with the Small Pox and was buried the 3lst on its mother
Octor the lst Died Mary Burges at Mr Samsons at Cuxton Aged 23 Years and was buried the 6 on the North side of her mother her Head Feet South of Mr Gilder’s Stone
Novr 1st Died Elizh Daughter of Jno Kemsley and was Buried the 3d on the North side of her sister Ann aged 5 months
19 [November] Died Thos Baker aged 57 Years and was Buried the 24th the Feet Feet West of Mr Manley’s Stone
26 [November] Died Mary Daughter of Mary Baker Aged 15 Months
Illegittimate and buried Decr the lst on her grandfather Thos Baker above
[102] 1794-5
Janry 12th Died Jno Son of Thos and Sarah Martin and was Buried the 17th at the feet of George Martin the Brother Aged 10 weeks
April 1st Died Margaret Wife of George Hadlow and was buried the 8th the Head against the little stone close on the North side of Mrs Hadlow's stone, close on the south side of the Path
l7th [April] Died Mary Pankhurst Daughr of Wm & [ ] Pankhurst aged 11 years & was buried the 2lst the Feet from Wm Turners Stone & Feet on the South side of the Path
May the 22d Died Elizh Daughter of Elizh Phillips, widow Aged 20 months, and was Buried the 27th on the North side of her Father
23rd [May] Died Edwd Broad and was Buried the 27th on the south side of His Brother near Sanders Stone
Augt 30th 1794 Died James son of Sarah Broad Base born & was buried the 3lst on the South side of his brother Wm Aged 3 Months
Octo 5th Died a Stranger in Mr Hawkes Lodge name unknown Seemed to be about 60 Years of Age, appeared to be a Seafaring Man was buried the 8th at the North side of the Church close to the seventh from Wenmans Stone
Novr 30th Died Wm Pankhurst and was Buried on Decr 7th 1794 on the south side of his Child aged 48 Years
May 21st 1795 Died Wm N Craft aged l8 years and was Buried the 24th on the North side of his Mother Sarah Paramore under the Hawthorn Bush on Whitsunday
Octor 4th Died Jno Perceval Aged 88 and was Buried the 9 in the East Corner of the Church on the south side of the Chancel 3 Feet from the Church and 3 Feet from the Chancel
Novr the 26th 1795 Died Robt Knell & on Decr lst Died Lawe Knell Twins and was buried there on Decr the 5th on Mr & Mrs Manley Grave Aged about 6 Weeks
[103] 1796
April the 18th Died Sarah Wife of Jn Pett in Childbed and was Buried the 22d on the North side of her Son Thos Pett aged 40 Years
June 2lst Died George Pett (only privately Baptized) and was Buried the 26th (Sunday) on his mother Sarah Pett
July 3d Found Drowned in the River near Mr Manleys Salts a Stranger his Name unknown. Appeared to be between 50 & 60 65 Years of Age middle Size, had on a Brown Coat, and Waistcoat Velveret Breeches Brown Worstead Stockings a White Shirt a Stock with a Plated Buckle, the Stock marked WC one Silver Stude with a Stone in Do 1 Plated Necbuckle, no Shoes or Hat. [in margin:] Wm Crestfield Name was buried the 5th on the Top of the Strangers Row
19th [July] Drowned Jno Taylor Aged 30 Years. Forced overboard by the Foresail of Mr Benstead's Barge and Drowned near the mouth of the Creek, was Buried the 24th North of the second Grave from the Bottom of Strangers Row
[104] NOTES
Inscriptions on the following memorials face west :
23, 25-29, 38-41, 43
Inscriptions for the following memorials are transcribed in British Library, Add. MS 4l799, ff.l76v-178v:
23, 44, 50, 89-9l
Persons mentioned in the following memorials are also commemorated by memorials or furniture inside the church:
4, 5, 21, 22, 32, 42
No. 24. May be the grave noted in the register:
‘Isaac Tylghman dyed Dec: ye 21 1644 & is buried under the Great Chancell Window at the East End [of] Snodland Church yard Near [where] If we can make any Guess his Father Whetonhall Tylghman of this Parrish Gent: (is deposited)’
No. 25. Additions are from the church register
No. 34. Elizabeth Perryman was buried 22 Feb. 1827
No. 36. William Gorham was buried 8 Aug. 1820
No. 55. Jane Hadlow was buried 2 Dec. l787
No. 6l. A John Hodges was buried 24 Nov. 1873, aged 29
No. 63. A photograph shows its original position S.E. of the church
Nos. 92 & 93. Removed by Gerald Edgeler (a relative) in 1979 during the excavations to the church surrounds
No. 94. This flat stone is mentioned by Rev. Wall in his book ‘Snodland and its History’
In the following index, references are to the number of the memorial, or, for the sexton's notes, to the year. Two or more references to the same name ( not necessarily the same person) are shown as (2) or [x2]
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Index of Names and Places
Names Index
ALLENDER 30, 31, 32
ANSTEY 66
ANTRUM 19, 20
AUSTIN 96
BAKER 101
BARKER 6
BASSETT 98
BEADLE 28
BENSTEAD 103
BLACKMAN 95
BRACE 81
BRAIN 91
BROAD 99, 100, 102
BROOK 68
BURGES 101
BUTLER 97, 98
W. C. 103
CAPON 78
CHITTENDEN 3
CLARK 99
COCKLE 23
COURTHOP 25
CRAFT 90, 100
CRICK 80
CRESTFIELD 103
DARTNELL 47
DAY 71, 73
DOWSELL 95
DURLING 97
ELLIOTT 8
EVANS 85
FIELD 79
FINCH-SMITH 5
FLETCHER 35, 39,40
GAMMON 7, 9; 10
GAY 69
GILDER 101
GOFFE 97
GOODHUGH 38
GORHAM 33, 36
GOWAR 59
GREENWOOD 97
HADLOW 55, 99, 100, 102
HAWKS 63, 96,104
HEWITT 87
HILDER 2, 92, 93
HODGES 61
HOOK 21; 61
HUGGINS 16, 89
JACKSON 4
JONES 82
JOYNSON 56
JUPP 62; 101JURY 74
KEBBLE 95, 98
KEMSLEY 96, 101
KING 17, 48
KINGSNORTH 83
KNELL 102
LANE 97
LEE 22
LURCOCK 84
MANLEY 44, 45, 96
MARTIN 65, 97,99,101, 102
MOORE 70, 75, 77
PANKHURST 102
PARAMORE 102
PARKER 23, 28
PEMBLE 76
PERCEVAL 102
PERRIN 72
PERRYMAN 34
PETERS 27-29, 54, 64, 87
PETT 103
PHELPS 94
PHILLIPS 101, 102
PUDNEY 88
RANDELL 60
REED 101
ROBERTS 22SAMPSON 101
SANDERS 102
SMITH 52
SOSBE 99, 100
SOUTHGATE 43
SQUIBS 96
TAYLOR 103
TERRY 1
THOMAS 58
THWAITES 69
TOWNSEND 90, 99
TURNER 102
TYLGHMAN 104
WAGHORN 41, 42
WALTON 82
WEATHERELL 100
WENMAN 95, 99, 102
WILSON 99
WINGATE 96, 97, 100
WOOD 101
WOODHOUSE 51
WOODING 67
WOODRUFF 15
WRAY 34, 50
Places IndexChatham 82, 89
Cuxton 95, 101
Gloucestershire 52
Halling 23
Holborough 19
Horsham, Worcestershire 52
Ireland 95
Lodge Mr Hawkes Lodge 102
London Camden Town 81
Malling Division 14
Monte video,
South America 85
Northampton 82
Paddlesworth 50, 95
Snodland
Hawkes Barn 96
Holborough Court 51
South America 85
Spratts Brook Farm, Tunbridge Wells 58
Sutton Valence 19
Tunbridge Wells 58
Upper Halling 97
Worcestershire 52
Wouldham 72GeneralBarge, Mr Benstead's 103
Base born 102
book ‘Snodland and its
History’ 104
British Library 104
Captain 22
cruelly murdered 14
Drowned 103
Forced overboard by the Foresail 103
joiner 89
Kent County Constabulary 14Lieut.R.N. 41, 42
Police Constable 14
Rector 4, 5
Rev. 104
Royal Engineers 22
Salts Mr Manleys Salts
103
Seafaring Man 102
SEXTON'S NOTES 95
Small Pox 101
A Stranger 96, 102, 103
Master Tailor 82
SNODLAND, CHRIST CHURCH CHURCHYARD M.I.'S
Snodland, Christ Church with Index of names and places at end
Monumental Inscriptions of Christ Church, Snodland Noted by Andrew Ashbee & Keith Holdstock 1980's & 2004.
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IntroductionThe parish of what was then Lower Birling comprised those parts of Snodland to the south of the boundary stream (now under Rocfort Road), taking in Bramley Road, parts of Malling and Birling Roads and parts of Birling parish (including Ham Hill) which were nearer Snodland than Birling village. The burial ground, first consecrated on 10 October 1893, is all to the east of the church, including an addition incorporated on 6 November 1899. The first burial was on 29 November 1894.
An altercation many years ago between a churchwarden and the vicar is said to have resulted in the destruction of records showing the position of those early graves which had no memorials. However, for many of the more recent burials, the site has been recorded in the registers. During the early 1980s the writer and Mr. Keith Holdstock undertook a systematic survey to ascertain from all available evidence as much as could be learned about the placement of the graves. Names and some dates were recorded then, but not full transcriptions of the stones. Although the alignment on the ground is not always exact, Mr Holdstock drew up a table which is the basis for this booklet. He plotted rows from 1-22 [now 23] beginning at the east (lowest) end and assigned letters A,B,C, etc., to the graves in each row, with A nearest the path and spreading north and south. This will be a sufficient guide for anyone tracing a grave. It is not an easy site to maintain, although periodic attempts are made to clear the lower section, which quickly becomes overgrown. Soil movement at the east end because of the slope and the activities of animals has added to the problem. A row of shrubs formerly dividing upper and lower parts of the churchyard was removed some years ago, but the space has not been used for burials. The present survey was completed in May 2004. Many of the memorials have become virtually illegible in whole or part since the 1980s and some evidence recorded then has disappeared entirely. As usual the memorials include some names of persons not buried in this churchyard; some were cremated.
In this survey: (1) entries within square brackets [ ] have no visible memorial and information has been gleaned from the burial register, including the position code written there, also shown within [ ]. (2) entries in italics include information gleaned during the 1980s survey, but which is now illegible (maybe only in part), buried, or lost.
(A) NORTH SIDE OF PATH
22 A [ALAN COLE, buried 18 October 1976, aged 61] [LCC15]
22 B Headstone on kerb. In treasured memory of / JOSEPH BRISTOW / taken from us 13-10-1978 / aged 49 yrs. / Also / grandson / MICKY McSHANE / born 2 - 6 - 1982 / taken from us 2 - 7- 1982. / " In Grandpa’s arms sleep baby sleep". [LCC14]
22 F Cherub and cross on plinth [broken]. [Illegally moved by persons unknown from original site further west, as shown on 1911 postcard. Part is also at 21 B] In memory of / ELSIE BRIDGER / died Decr. 29th 1897 / aged 7 years. [So this does not belong to the graves.]
22 L [ALICE MAUD MORGAN, buried 16 September 1977, aged 73; THOMAS RICHARD MORGAN, buried 19 June 1980, aged 73.] [LCC4]
22 M Headstone. In loving memory / of / ALFRED BROAD / died 17th November / 1976 / aged 68. / Also his wife / VIOLET ROSE / died 30th July 1990 aged 83 / Gone from our home / but not from our heart. [LCC3]
22 N [JOSEPH EDWIN BONNER, buried 25 May 1977, aged 67.] [LCC2]
21 A [ALICE RACHEL JEFFERYS, buried 7 January 1971.] [LC16]
21 F Headstone. In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / WILLIAM EDWARD / JENNER / died 12th January 1973 aged 52. / At peace. [LC11]
21 G [MANKLOW] [LC10]
21 H Headstone. In / loving memory of / MABEL MARY LOVE / died 13th May 1973 / aged 60 years. / Now at rest. / Also / CECIL STANLEY LOVE / died 11th June 1988 / aged 74 years. / Reunited. [LC9]
21 I Headstone/book. In / loving / memory of / my dear wife / ROSE KIRBY / who / departed this life / 10 June 1973 / aged 82. Also her / devoted husband / ALBERT KIRBY / reunited / 9th March 1978 / aged 86. [LC8]
21 J [JENNER] [LC7]
21 K Headstone. In / loving / memory of / ALBERT RAYMOND/ BOWEN / died 13th May 1974 / aged 56 years. / Peacefully sleeping. / Also / his devoted wife / LILLIAN MAUD BOWEN / reunited 22nd Nov. 1976 / aged 53 years. [LC6]
21 L Headstone. In / loving memory / of / ERIC BOOTH / died October 20th 1975 / aged 69 years. / WINIFRED EDITH BOOTH / wife of the above / passed away 14th Sept. 2000. / Rest in peace. [LC5]
21 M Headstone. In loving memory / of / FREDERICK GOLDSMITH / died 17th May 1976 / aged 52. / His absence a silent grief. [LC4]
21 N Headstone. In / loving memory of / IVY DOROTHY BEAL / fell asleep 21st September 1976 / aged 68 years. / At rest. / Also / GEORGE HENRY CYRIL / BEAL / at rest 16th July 1984 / aged 86 years. / Reunited. [LC3]
19 A Headstone inscribed in book form. Horse at base. In loving / memory of / my dear / husband / LEONARD / BRISTOW / died / 16th Feburary / 1985 / aged 70 years. / Until we / meet again. / Precious / memories of / a loving / and caring / mother and Nan / IVY / BRISTOW / died / 26th April / 1989 /aged 76 years. / For ever in / our hearts. / Sadly missed.
19 B Headstone. In loving memory / of / our dear son / LEONARD JOHN BRISTOW / who died 23 October 1983 / aged 44 years. / Gone from our home but not from / our hearts.
19 C Headstone. In / loving memory of / HENRY BRISTOW / taken from us / 21st June 1983. / Sadly missed. / And his wife / ELIZABETH / fell asleep / 22nd April 1991 / aged 82 years. / At peace.
19 D Headstone. In / loving memory of / FREDERICK BRISTOW / at rest 28th May 1975 / aged 58 years. / Also / his beloved wife / MELITA BRISTOW / nee MAYATT / at rest 22nd June 1995 / aged 81 years.
19 I Headstone. In / loving memory / of / ANNIE ELIZABETH / GOBLE / 1885-1972.
19 J Headstone. In loving memory of / my dear husband / ALFRED JAMES LAWRENCE / died 24th December 1971 / aged 60 years. / Also his devoted wife / NORA LAWRENCE. / Reunited 30th April 1993 / aged 84 years.
19 L Headstone. Treasured / memories of / a dear husband and father / FREDERICK WILLIAM / CROWHURST / passed peacefully away / 7th Dec. 1971 aged 75. / Loved and remembered always. / Also our beloved mum and nan CICELY MAUDE / wife of the above / passed peacefully away 30th May 1986 aged 84.
19 M Headstone. CHRISTINE HEATHER / WALKER / 18 Feb 1961 / 22 Nov 1980. / Earth has one / gentle soul less / and heaven one / angel more.
19 N Headstone. In / loving / memory of / EDWIN HAROLD FINCH / who died 15 May 1970 / aged 73 years. / MARY ELIZABETH / FINCH / who died 15th July 1988 / aged 92 years.
19 O Headstone. Sacred / to the the memory of / a dear husband / and father / JOHN FREDERICK WILSON / who passed away / 9th Nov. 1969 / aged 62 years. / Also / RUTH WILSON / who passed away / 12th Jan. 1993 / aged 86 years. / In God’s keeping.
18 E [ANNIE ETHEL LONGLEY, buried 14 November 1972]
18 F [BESSIE ALICE ATTWOOD, buried 4 September 1972; THOMAS WILLIAM ATTWOOD, buried 22 March 1973]
17 E [GRACE LILIAN HARRIS, buried 25 January 1968]
17 F Headstone. In / loving / memory of / a dear husband / WILLIAM REEVES / who died 3rd March 1968 / aged 80 years. / Rest in peace. / Also / MARY ELIZABETH REEVES / reunited 2nd April 1985 / aged 96 years.
17 G Book. No inscription visible. [BEATRICE ROSE LOVE, buried 17 July 1968]
17 H Headstone. In / loving / memory of / ERNEST W. GOMAR / died 2nd July 1968 / aged 65. / FREDERICK C. GOMAR / died 20th June 1972 / aged 73 years. / Also / EDITH KATHLEEN / died 31st July 1985 / aged 35 years.
17 I [WILLIAM FALWOSSER STEER, buried 2 December 1968; KATE ELIZABETH STEER, buried 11 December 1968]
17 J Headstone. Sacred to the memory of / WILLIAM THOMAS MORGAN / passed away 25th February 1968 / aged 66 / The golden gates opened / and a gentle voice said come / and with farewell words unspoken / he entered into heaven.
17 K [EMILY HUCKS, buried 7 August 1969]
17 L Headstone. In memory of / our dear parents / CHARLES JOHN / GEORGE BASS / died 26th August 1965 / aged 69 / and / FLORENCE MABEL BASS / died 16th September 1981 / aged 86. / Reunited.
17 M Headstone [Two columns]. In loving memory of a dear wife and mother ELLEN MARY SHEPPARD called home 21st Sept. 1969 aged 74 // also a devoted husband and father PERCY EDWARD SHEPPARD called home 29th February 1978 aged 83. Mizpah. He hath redeemed thee.
17 O Headstone. In / loving memory of / my dear husband / VICTOR EDWARD WOOD / who fell asleep / 6th November 1969 / aged 65 years. / Rest in peace. / Also his wife / EMILY KATE / who fell asleep 13th March 1985 / aged 82 years. / Reunited.
17 P Headstone. In / loving memory / of / JOHN EDWARD / JEFFREY / died 30th Jan. 1970 / aged 88 years.
16 J Headstone. In / loving memory / of / SARAH ANN CLARK / died June 23 1899 aged 62. / Also of / ROBERT JAMES ALLWORK / her grandson / died Nov. 2 1898 / aged 1 year & 9 months.
[Formerly a line of shrubs at row 16]
15 A Cross on plinth and kerb. To the memory of / FREDERICK CHARLES / BUTCHER / died August 2nd 1937 / aged 62 / and his wife / BLANCHE BUTCHER / died July 17th 1948 aged 72. / R.I.P. / [Plaque with music] CECIL F. BUTCHER / died July 31st 1981 / aged 78. / At rest. / Also his wife / BESSIE E BUTCHER / died Nov. 4th 1988 / aged 86. / Safe home at last.
15 B Kerb. [N] JOHN JOSEPH HAMMOND / who passed into rest 8th September 1940 aged 59 years. [E] In loving memory of [S] ALICE MAUD HAMMOND / who passed into rest 22nd Jan. 1968 aged 83 years. For ever with the Lord.
15 C [Part of kerb] ALBERT EDWARD PIPER, 29 September 1943; ALICE PIPER, 6 April 1955.
15 D [Headstone, kerb. Mostly illegible] EDITH EMILY SABINE, 1 February 1946; ARTHUR FRANKLIN SABINE, 2 October 1953.
14 G Headstone. In affectionate remembrance / of / FANNY ELIZABETH / the loving wife of / THOMAS WALTER STOCKLEY [remainder destroyed. Fanny Elizabeth buried 15 February 1900, aged 31; BERNARD WALTER STOCKLEY named; he buried 14 September 1898, aged 14 months]
14 K Headstone, kerb. In / dearest memory / of / EDWARD DABNER / first vicar’s warden of / Christ Church. / Also JEMIMA / his faithful wife / 13th Aug. 1921. 23rd Feb. 1925 / Reunited.
14 L Cross on plinth, kerb. In loving memory / of / GEORGE H. CHAMPION / of Croxted Road, W. Dulwich / who died 6 March 1906 / aged 40 years. / I believe in the communion of Saints. / And of his wife FLORA CHAMPION / who died 25 Nov. 1948 aged 84.
14 M Cross on plinth, kerb. In loving memory / of / JOSEPH H. CHAMPION / who died 1 Feb. 1906 / aged 82 years. / Also of JANE DAY CHAMPION / wife of the above / who died 10th April 1914 / aged 87 years. [N side]. Also of / HENRY H. CHAMPION / who died 21 Aug. 1927/ aged 70 years.
13 A Headstone/kerb. Treasured memories of / our dear children / MAURICE THOMAS MAY / who fell asleep 8th December 1955 / aged 21 years. / Also COLIN RICHARD his brother / who fell asleep 3rd March 1936 / aged 3 years / and baby sister 13th May 1929. / And God shall wipe away / all tears from their eyes. / Rev. 21. 4.
13 F Headstone. In loving memory of / HENRY BURGE / who died August 31st 1900 / aged 63 years / At rest. / Also SARAH / wife of the above / who died February 2nd 1921 / aged 78 years. / Also ABRAHAM / son of the above / who fell in action in France May 14th 1917 / aged 33 years. / For ever with the Lord.
13 J Cross and Kerb. [S] RUTH BROOKER who died Dec. 23 1916 aged 64 years. [E] The Master is come and calleth for thee. [W] Sacred to the memory. [N] Also ELI BROOKER her brother who died in Australia Nov. 8th? 1934?
13 K Headstone/kerb. In / loving memory / of / JAMES WENHAM / "Jimmy" / who was called home / Feb 14 1947 / to be with Christ / which is far better. / Also his wife / EMMA ELIZABETH / called home / July 3 1948. / Reunited.
13 L Headstone/kerb. In loving memory / of / MARY JANE CARMO / SMITH / widow of the late / MICHAEL PARKER SMITH / who entered into her rest / on March 15th 1920 / aged 71 years. / She bore witness to that light.
12 K Headstone surmounted by a cross. Erected by SAMUEL CARSLAW / & JANET WILSON his wife / in affectionate / remembrance of / their beloved son / SAMUEL CARSLAW / who died August 16th 1919 / aged 45 years. / The above / SAMUEL CARSLAW / who died Oct. 19th 1923 / aged 82 years / and JANET his wife / who died April 20th 1939 / aged 89 years. / Safe in God’s keeping. / Also in memory of / JOHN WILSON CARSLAW / died Oct. 29. 1942 aged 20 years. / WILLIAM CARSLAW / died June 1 1955 aged 76 years. / MARGARET CARSLAW / died March 11. 1965, aged 82 years.
12 L Kerb. In loving memory of JANET CARSLAW / who passed away 19th August 1944.
11 K Kerb. [N] In loving memory of / PHILIP HENRY PEEK who entered into rest Jan. 7 1926 aged 35. [W] Resting. [S] Also ALICE MARY ANN ESTHER PEEK died Feb 5 1966 aged 79.
11 M Kerb. In loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / LILIAN VIOLET CARSLAW / who passed away 17th Aug. 1953 / aged 58 years. / Also a dear husband and father / ALEXANDER WILSON CARSLAW / who passed away 29th Decr 1982, aged 93 years.
10 A Headstone. You broke our / hearts when you / passed away / but we will love / and remember / you always. / KELLY / RAYNER / 13. 10. 1975 - 8. 2. 1976 / SALLY RAYNER 17. 5. 1952 - 29. 1. 1998
10 I Kerb. [N] dear mother JANE ELIZABETH KEMP who died April 25th 1929 aged 96 years. [S] Also of FLORRIE KEMP who died Feby. 14th 1925 aged 24.
8 A Headstone. In loving memory of / our beloved daughter / NANCY GERTRUDE JENNER / taken from us June 10th 1936 / aged 13 years. / How we miss her none can tell.
8 C Headstone/kerb. In memory of / my dear husband / THOMAS FEVER / died January 23rd 1929 / aged 63 years. / For ever with the Lord / ‘Amen’ So let it be. / Also of his wife / JULIA FEVER / died Sept 12th 1948 / aged 82 years. / Now at peace.
8 E Headstone/kerb. In / loving memory / of / my dear husband / WILLIAM WALTER BURGESS / who died 10th December 1928 / aged 76 years. / Peace perfect peace. / Also ELIZA MARGARET BURGESS / wife of the above / who died 9th March 1937 / aged 84 years.
8 I Headstone/kerb. In / ever loving memory / of / my dear wife / ESTHER BEATRICE BATES / who died / Nov. 2. 1927. / aged 56 years. / Gone but not forgotten. / Also THOMAS BATES / beloved husband of the above / who died / July 4th 1952 / aged 81 years.
8 J Headstone/kerb. In / loving memory / of / JANE ALLCHIN / who died 19th May 1927 / aged 69 years. / Rest in Peace.
8 M CLARA HAYWARD, 19 December 1958; EDGAR WALLIE HAYWARD, 24 April 1922.
7 I KENNETH COOMBER, 16 January 1944.
6 B ARTHUR MAURICE WOOLLETT, 15 July 1935.
6 F [JOSEPH HENRY MERRETT, buried 15 August 1933.]
6 H Pot. LOUISA J. BURGESS died 8 May 1945.
6 J Pot. [Inscription illegible].
6 L Headstone/kerb. In loving memory / of / my wife / FRANCES ANN HICKMOTT / died 22nd April 1931 aged 71 years. / Loving thoughts will always linger / Round this spot where she is laid. / Also of / FREDERICK HICKMOTT / husband of the above / who died 6th December 1933 aged 75 years. / He always strove to do his best / then left us to remember.
6 M RACHEL BROWN, 31 August 1930.
6 N Headstone/kerb. In loving memory of / RUTH R. HUGHES / who died June 3 1930 / aged 70. / Also ELSIE DOROTHY HUGHES / died Sept. 28. 1931. aged 24. / Until we meet.
5 B MARY BECK HARRINGTON, 28 December 1940; GEORGE HARRINGTON, 22 January 1946.
5 D Headstone. In loving memory / of / WILLIAM CHARLES / MANNERING / died 6th October 1940 / aged 50 years. / Also his dear wife / LILY JANE / MANNERING / died 21st June 1974 / aged 84 years.
5 E Kerb. [S] WILLIAM WAGHORN who died 9th August 1940 aged 72 years. [N] EMMA WAGHORN who died 24 February 1953 aged 86 years.
5 H Headstone/kerb. In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / WALTER JOHN RICHARDSON / who passed away 4th October 1939 / aged 65 years / Also CORDELIA / beloved wife of the above / who passed away / 5th January 1968 / aged 83 years. / Reunited.
5 I Pot. JOHN ALLEN / MORGAN / died June 22 1939 aged 44 years.
5 K Headstone. In / loving / memory of / CHARLES HENRY / JENNER died 30th October 1965 / aged 60. / At rest.
5 L Kerb. [N] In loving memory of GEORGE DENTON who passed away 16th April 1938, aged 82 years. [S] Also his wife ELLEN ELIZABETH DENTON died October 10th 1944, aged 82 years.
5 M Headstone/kerb. In loving memory of / my dear wife / BESSIE CROWHURST / who died 16th June 1937 / aged 25 years. / At rest.
4 C Pot. ROSE MORGAN / died Nov 8 1945 / Sleep / in heavenly / peace.
4 G ALFRED HAWKS, 14 December 1944; SARAH HAWKS, 19 January 1948.
4 J [ADA NEWMAN; EDWARD NEWMAN, buried 5 May 1942.]
4 K Pot. In / loving memory of / my dear wife / FLORENCE / BRISTOW / died 29 March 1942 / aged 26 years.
4 L Kerb/plaque. In / memory of / our dear mother and father / GERTRUDE EMILY JENNER / who died 22nd November 1941, aged 48 years. / WILLIAM GEORGE JENNER/ who died 24 August 1953 / aged 66 years. / Reunited.
4 M Cross on plinth. In loving memory of / WILLIAM HENRY / TUTCHENER / who died 6th May 1941 / aged 60 years / and VIOLET EMELINE his wife / who died 2nd February 1960 / aged 79 years.
3 F GEORGE RHODES, [buried 8 December 1949.]
3 G [SIDNEY CHARLES BRIMSTED, buried 20 March 1948]
3 H [ELIZABETH ATTWOOD, buried 3 December 1947]
3 J LOUISA MARY BAKER, 13 November 1946; WILLIAM JOHN BAKER, 18 April 1950; ALBERT (son), 5 January 1943.
3 M [FREDERICK WILLIAM CHATFIELD, buried 23 April 1946; ALICE EDITH CHATFIELD, buried 1 May 1951]
(B) SOUTH SIDE OF THE PATH
23 C Headstone. Cherished memories / of / BETTY DOROTHY / HALL / died 30 Aug. 2001 / aged 77.
23 E Headstone. In / loving memory of / HENRY WARE / 1901-1972
23 F Headstone. In / memory / of / a dear wife / CLARA ALLARD / who fell asleep 28th February 1969 / aged 79 years. / Also her devoted husband / CHARLES JOHN / reunited 2nd August 1977 / aged 93 years. [D15]
23 G Headstone [illegible]. WALTER GATES, [buried 12 November 1940, aged 72].
23 H Headstone, kerb. In / memory of / SARAH ANN / the beloved wife of / HARRY PHYALL / who fell asleep 6th November 1934 / aged 72 years. / Affliction sore long time she bore / Physicians were in vain / Till Christ the messenger sent / as eased her of her pain. / Also the above / HARRY PHYALL / who fell asleep / 22nd Jan. 1934 / aged 74 years. / At rest.
23 I Headstone. In / ever loving memory of / MINNIE PATTERSON / died 14th March 1965 / aged 80 years. / Peace perfect peace. / Also of her husband / VALENTINE PATTERSON / died 3rd April 1967 / aged 85 years. [D12]
23 J Headstone. In / loving / memory of / my dear wife / KATE HARDY / died 31st Oct. 1963 / aged 72. / At rest. [D11]
23 K Headstone. In / loving memory of / ROSE ELLEN DAY / died 2nd July 1964 / aged 60 / and loving husband / CHARLES ERNEST DAY / reunited 16th Nov. 1980 / aged 76. [D10]
23 L Headstone. In loving memory of / a dear wife / MABEL FRIEND / died 27th February 1964 / aged 55 years. [D9]
23 M [MILLY ADDISON BARHAM, buried 11 October 1963, aged 62] [D8]
23 N [WINIFRED FERMOR BISHOP, buried 14 August 1963, aged 63] [D7]
23 O Headstone. In / loving memory / of a dear wife / and mother / MARY A. PIPER [buried 2 August 1963, aged 78] [D6]
23 P Headstone. In ever loving memory of / WALTER EDWARD / SHIRLEY / died 29th May 1963 aged 53 / and CAROLINE ELLEN / wife of the above / died 4th Jan. 1969 aged 85. / Reunited / with their beloved son / EDWARD WALTER / SHIRLEY / lost at sea 27th Mar. 1943 / aged 19. / Rest after weariness. [D5]
23 Q Headstone. Rest / in / peace. / ELLA GERTRUDE / PETTETT / 1894-1962 / GEORGE SIDNEY / PETTETT / 1890-1969. [D4]
23 R [ELIZABETH ROSE CROAD, buried 26 October 1962, aged 60] [D3]
22 B Headstone. In / loving memory / of / MURIEL JOYCE / JESSUP / 11. 1. 1918 - 2. 9. 2000 / aged 82 years
22 C Headstone. CELIA CLEMENTS / 1931 -1998 / beloved wife, mother / and grandmother
22 E Headstone. DORIS ETHEL / WHITE / who fell asleep / 7th August 1998 / aged 86.
22 G Headstone. Treasured memories of / VALERIE J. HEARN / loving wife and mother / 29. 5. 1944 - 8. 3. 1997 / To live in the hearts of those / we love is not to die. / EDWARD GEORGE HEARN / loving father and grandfather / 22. 1. 1937 - 17. 6. 2001. / Silent thoughts. Tears unseen / wishing your chosen one only a dream. / Together again.
22 L Plaque. GARRY RICHARD JOHN / NUNN / born 18th November 1987 / died 6th April 1989. / His life a beautiful memory / his absence a silent / grief.
22 N Headstone. ADAM / beloved son of / DIANE BRIDGER / and / STEPHEN HEAD. / For ever in our thoughts.
22 O Headstone. Our beloved / LISA-MARIE OVENELL / so truly cherished / and heartbreakingly missed / a wonderful daughter / sister and grandaughter / 1971-1986.
22 P Plaque. ALASTAIR / 9th Feb. 1980 / aged 5 months.
22 Q Headstone. KARL MICHAEL / MILLBAND / 6th May 1979 / 4th Dec 1984. / Jesus called you / memories in our hearts / will never leave / God bless. Mummy & Daddy. / Loved by family / friends & neighbours.
22 R Headstone. In loving memory of / a dear wife / MINNIE BRYAN / passed away peacefully / 12th Dec. 1973 / aged 75. / Gone but not forgotten. / and her husband / GREVILLE ERNEST / passed away / 28th Aug. 1990 aged 55. / God bless.
21 H Headstone. In / memory / of / JOHN ADKINS / the devoted husband of / ELIZA ADKINS / who departed this life / September 11th 1897 / aged 57 years. / Though lost to sight to memory ever dear.
21 K Headstone. In / loving / memory of / MARGARET ALICE / LONGHURST / died 10th August 1964 / aged 64 years. / Also HARRY / her devoted husband / re-united 18th July 1976 / aged 80 years. / In God’s keeping / we leave thee. [CA11]
Plaque. Cherished memories of / WALLY / LONGHURST / loving husband / father and / grandfather./ Truly missed. / 1926 - 2001.
21 L Headstone in the form of an open book. In loving memory of / ARTHUR / GEORGE / SMITH / fell asleep / 26th Sep. 1962 / aged 59. // Also his wife / DOROTHY / DAISY / SMITH / died 14th April 1976 / aged 72 years. [CA10]
21 M [WILLIAM EWART HARBER, buried 1 August 1962; C A HARBER] [CA9]
21 N [EMILY FLORENCE WATERS, buried 23 July 1962] [CA8]
21 O [JOHN EDWARD ROWE, buried 22 May 1962] [CA7]
21 P [FLORENCE BLANCHE DUNN, buried 21 February [CA6]
21 Q [DAVID PERCY WARD, buried 15 February 1962] [CA5]
21 R [DAISY ISABEL SEMARK, buried 6 October 1961; RICHARD ALFRED SEMARK, buried 20 December 1967] [CA4]
21 S [ELLEN QUEEN VICTORIA WOODING, buried 15 August 1961] [CA3]
21 T [ERNEST ALBERT MANNERING, buried 9 January 1962] [CA2]
21 U [ADA MARY HIRD, buried 18 January 1962] [CA1]
20 C Headstone. Treasured memories of / our devoted son and brother / KELVIN STANFORD / taken suddenly 29th April 1979 / aged 20 years. / In health and strength / he left our home / not thinking death so near; / it pleased the Lord / to bid him come / and in his sight appear. [A17]
Plaque. Sally. Kelvin. with fondest memories / of / Sally and Kelvin / from all their friends / at the Larkfield Loonies / and the hunting lodge. / They shall live and love again.
20 D Headstone. In / memory of / a devoted daughter and sister / SALLY JANE KINGSBURY / taken suddenly 29th April 1979 / aged 18 years. / To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die. [A16]
20 E [BEATRICE CAROLINE FRYER, buried 20 February 1976, aged 85.]
20 F Headstone. EDITH JENKINS / 1885 - 1967 / Rest in peace.
20 G Headstone. In loving memory of / THOMAS ARTHUR HARRIS / 9th Feb. 1896 - 21 May 1966 / and his wife / WINIFRED H. GRACE / 27 Dec. 1900 - 24 Jan. 1977.
20 H Plaque. In / loving / memory of / ERNEST A. READ / died 9th Dec. 1965 / aged 70 years. / Peace perfect peace. / Also his wife / [ALICE?] ROSE / died 17th April [...] / aged 82 years. / Together again. [C12]
20 I Headstone. Sacred / to the memory of / EDWARD VICTOR / AUSTIN / died 2nd April 1965 / aged 64. / Resting where no shadows fall / peace after pain. / Also our loving mother / LAURA ADA / AUSTIN / died 19th January 1971 / aged 67 / loved by us all. / Always in our thoughts. [C12]
20 K Headstone. In / memory of / HENRY JAMES SKINNER / died 8th May 1964 / aged 53 years. / Also his daughter / DOROTHY (DOLL) MAY / SKINNER / died 9th August 1996 / aged 49 years. [C11]
Pot. Henry / Skinner / 1910-1964.
20 L [PATRICK TERRENCE SHURETY, buried 4 August 1961] [C10]
20 M [VIOLET ANNIE ATTWOOD, buried 28 March 1961] [C9]
20 N [THOMAS TAPP, buried 16 March 1961] [C8]
20 O Headstone. In loving / memory of / BERTIE WIMSETT / died 21st Sept. 1960 / aged 70 years. / Rest in peace. [C7]
20 P [ALICE WELLS, buried 19 May 1960.] [C6]
20 Q Headstone. In loving memory of ROSE EDITH COLE / who passed away / 13th March 1960 aged 79. / Also HARRY ERNEST COLE / who passed away / 22nd January 1961 aged 79. [C5]
20 R [CAROLINE MARGARET WINGATE, buried 11 March 1960] [C4]
20 S [BERTHA ANN LEE, buried 10 September 1959] [C3]
20 T Headstone. In loving / memory of / VIOLET MINNIE NICHOLLS / died 20th July 1959 / aged 64 years. / Also her husband / HERBERT ARTHUR / died 15th Feb. 1964 / aged 74 years. / God bless. [C2]
20 U [REBECCA JANE SIMMONDS, buried 23 June 1959] [C1]
19 H Headstone in book form. In memory / of / a loving / husband / and father / sadly / missed // HARRY / JOHN / TROLLOPE / born / 26. 4. 1927 / laid to rest / 2. 10. 1987
19 I Headstone. In / loving memory / of / HELEN WRAY / 18.10.1928 - 31. 3. 1987. / Rest in peace.
19 K Headstone. In / loving memory of / a dear wife and mum / IVY EMMA FISSENDEN / passed away / 26th February 1986 / aged 74 years. / Forever in our thoughts. / And / in ever loving memory of / a dear dad / ARTHUR EDWARD OWEN / FISSENDEN / passed away / 13th September 1995 / aged 87 years. / Will always be missed / now reunited with mum.
19 L Headstone. In / loving memory of / PRIMROSE EVANS / died 24th Jan. 1986 / aged 52 years. / Sadly missed.
19 M Headstone. In loving memory of / a dear husband / KEN BALLARD / who died 21st June 1976 / aged 52 years. / Sadly missed.
19 N In loving memory of / KATHLEEN MARY BEATRICE / NOYCE / died 5th May 1985 / aged 72 / and her loving husband / WILLIAM CHARLES / NOYCE / died 21st September 1988 / aged 78. / Sadly missed.
19 O Headstone. In / loving memory / of / JAMES ROBERTS / a dear brother / 1914-1985 / and his sister / BETTY ROBERTS / 1916-1989. / Together again.
19 P Headstone. In / loving memory / of / a dear / husband and dad / LEONARD THOMAS / SPAIN / died 15th March 1984 / and / VIOLET ROSE / SPAIN/ a dear wife and mother / died 18th Dec. 1992.
19 Q Headstone. In / loving memory of / ROSEMARY BATES / who died 14th Sept. 1983 / aged 44 years. / Now at peace. / Also / her devoted husband / PETER BATES / who died 20th Jan. 2003 / aged 69 years. / Now at rest. / Beloved parents & grandparents. / Reunited.
19 R [MILDRED EMILY WHITE, buried 18 January 1971.]
19 S Headstone. In / loving / memory of / a dear wife and mother / MILDRED MEDORA SMITH / who died 25th November 1971 / aged 75 years. / O rest in the Lord. / Also / REGINALD HERBERT / SMITH / died 8th Dec. 1980 / aged 85 years. Reunited.
19 T Headstone. TERENCE WILLIAM / JONES / aged 32. / At rest. / Also CAROLE / aged 39 / Mizpah Sweetheart.
18 A Headstone. In / loving memory / WILLIAM FREDERICK / WILLIAMS / 1909-1993 / Dear husband and father. / Thy will be done.
18 B Headstone. Cherished memories of / a dear husband, father / and grandfather / REGINALD JOHN / BLACKMAN / who fell asleep / 3rd January 1993 / aged 87 years.
18 C Headstone. LESLEY RANDALL / 19.9.27 - 24.11.78 / DENNIS RANDALL / 16.7.28 - 26.12.97 / our mum and dad. / Reunited and always remembered. [B17]
18 D Headstone. In / loving memory of / my dear wife / HILDA GLADYS KINGSBURY / At rest 1st November 1977 / aged 67 years / and her husband / GEORGE WALTER / at rest 22nd July 1989 / aged 82 years. / Beloved parents and grandparents. / Reunited. [B16]
18 E [LEONARD HARRY MANNERING, buried 10 November 1966]
18 F Headstone. In / loving / memory of / LILLIAN MAY ATKINS / died 31st Dec 1965 / aged 71 years. / Also ALBERT EDWIN / her husband / died 11th May 1966 / aged 73 years. [B13]
18 G [EDITH AMY COSTAIN, buried 6 November 1965] [B12]
18 H [GEORGE RICHARD WRAY, buried 6 September 1965] [B11]
18 I [ALBERT ERNEST NEWMAN, buried 13 January 1965] [B10]
18 J Headstone. To the memory / of my husband / HENRY JAMES MAYNARD / who died suddenly / on the 30th May 1959. / Softly the leaves began to fall / Sadly I stopped to pick them all / And wondered why you had to die / Without me there to say ‘goodbye’.
18 K [ARTHUR GEORGE WHITE, buried 2 March 1959]
18 N [DOROTHY MAUDE NEWMAN, buried 26 November 1958]
18 P [JOHN UNDERDOWN, buried 26 October 1958]
18 Q [EDITH SHERLOCK-UNDERDOWN, buried 31 March 1980, aged 84]
18 R Headstone/kerb. In treasured / and unfading memory of / a devoted wife and mother / LOUISA THURSTON / who passed away on 31st July 1958 / loved and remembered always. / Also / a devoted husband and father / PERCY WILLIAM THURSTON / who passed away on 29th June 1963 / aged 78 years. / Reunited.
18 S Headstone/kerb. In loving memory of / a dear husband and father / HAROLD THOMAS BATES / who fell asleep / 7th April 1958 aged 59 years. / Always in our thoughts. / Also his wife / JESSIE CORDELIA / who fell asleep / 19th November 1991 aged 89 years. / Reunited.
18 T [HELEN NOBLE HOLLANDS, buried 28 December 1957]
18 U [WILFRED SELBY, buried 27 April 1957]
18 V [MARGARET BURKIN, buried 13 July 1957]
17A Headstone. In loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / MARY STILL / died 12th March 1992 / aged 60 years / and / ALBERT EDWIN STILL / passed away 15th June 1997 / aged 69. / Gone but never forgotten.
17D Pot. At peace. / LOUISA KEMP / 1911-1990 / LEN KEMP / 8.8.1910 - 21.2.1993.
17E Headstone. In loving memory of / my dear wife / GLADYS WINIFRED / FLORENCE FILMER / who died / 20th September 1990 / aged 64 years.
17F Brass plates on wooden shield. DAISY ELLEN WOODGER / died 3rd December 1989 / aged 75 years. / HENRY JAMES WOODGER / ‘Sonny’ / died 19th April 1999.
17 I Headstone. In / loving memory of / THOMAS GEOFFREY / HARRIS / born 20th July 1928. / At rest 6th July 1982.
17 J Headstone. In / loving memory / of / ELLA ROSE JOYCE / died 18th June 1982 / aged 63 years. / A dear mother / grandmother / and friend.
17 K Headstone. In / loving memory / of / HAROLD WILLIAM POSTANS / died 26th August 1981 / aged 61 years. / At peace. / Also his wife / DOROTHY / died 10th February 1998 / aged 75. / Together again.
17 N Headstone. In / memory of / FREDERICK GEORGE / SHEARS / who passed away /6th April 1981 / aged 73 years. / Resting in the Lord.
17 O Headstone. In / memory of / a dearly loved husband and dad / ERNEST WALTER FRENCH / left this life 29th March 1981 / aged 63 years. / Only but a thought away. / Also / beloved wife and mother / GERTRUDE MAY FRENCH / sadly taken on 8th May 1997. / Together again at last. / Both so sadly missed. [AA7]
17 P Plaque. In loving / memory of / ALBERT COE / died 29 Jan 1981 / aged 70. [AA5]
17 Q [GERTRUDE HOBBS, buried 30 May 1980, aged 77] [AA4]
17 R [GEORGE THOMAS HILLS, buried 19 December 1980, aged 78 [AA2]
17 S Plaque. In loving memory / of / ALFRED BARNETT / 1900-19[blank] / BARBARA BARNETT / née Love / 1900-1988.
17 T Headstone. In / loving memory of / KENNETH BATES / who died 21-2-80 / aged 48 years. / Sadly missed. [AA3]
17 U Headstone/kerb. In loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / BETTY YEO / who passed away 29th May 1967 / aged 37 years. / A golden heart stopped beating / two smiling eyes at rest / God broke my heart to prove to me / He only takes the best.
16 A Kerb/plaque. Sacred to the memory of / a dear wife and mother / MINNIE HAMPTON / passed away 29th November 1955 / aged 50 years. / They rest from their labours / and their works do follow them. / Also her husband / LEN HAMPTON / who passed away 11th Dec 1987 / aged 87 years. [A]
16B Headstone. Loving memories / of / a devoted husband / and brother / RICHARD BENGER. / Asleep in Jesus.
Pot. In loving / memory / of / Dick Benger / died / 30th October / 1962.
16 C Headstone/kerb. Cherished memories / of / my dear wife / MARY LOUISE MITCHELL / born 13th January 1913 / died 30th August 1960. [A16]
16 D [ALFRED WAGHORN, buried 23 April 1957] [A15]
16 E [CHARLES THOMAS SKINNER, buried 8 April 1957] [A14]
16 F Headstone/kerb. Cherished memories / of / JILLIAN LOUISE / dearly loved daughter of / FRANK A. and MARY L. MITCHELL / born 27th February 1949 / died 18th March 1957.
16 G Headstone/kerb. In / loving memory of / our darling daughter / MAVIS R. GORE / who fell asleep / 8th March 1957 / aged 16 years. / Safe in the arms of Jesus. [A12]
16 H [BERNARD JOHN FREDERICK SUMMERSETT, buried 2 January 1957] [A11]
16 I [HAROLD KNELL, buried 8 December 1956; FLORENCE MILDRED KNELL, buried 19 December 1962] [A10]
16 J [WILLIAM HENRY MONKS, buried 31 July 1956; FRANCES VALENTINE MONKS, buried 14 September 1959] [A9]
16 K [AGNES COWBURN, buried 7 May 1956] [A8]
16 L [CHARLES PERCIVAL PECK, buried 7 April 1956] [A7]
16 M [ARTHUR KNELL, buried 2 April 1956; RUTH KNELL, buried 15 March 1965] [A6]
16 N Headstone/kerb. Treasured / memories of / a devoted husband / THOMAS HENRY FEVER / died 5th December 1955 / aged 72 years. / Also his dear wife / DELMAR / reunited 11th September 1972 / aged 88 years [A5]
16 O [AGNES SKINNER, buried 1 December 1955; ALFRED AMBROSE SKINNER, buried 29 September 1956] [A4]
16 P [ELSIE FLORENCE MARGARET GOBLE, buried 22 September 1955] [A3]
16 Q [MILDRED ELIZABETH LOVE, buried 1 September 1955] [A2]
16 R [NICHOLAS FREDERICK ROBINSON, buried 27 June 1955] [A1]
[Formerly a line of shrubs at Row 15]
14 B Cross on plinth. In loving memory / of / my dear husband / CHARLES ALFRED PECK / who died December 1st 1901 / aged 29 years.
14 C Headstone. In memory of / ANNIE / widow of W. A. BROWN / of Maidstone / who passed away Aug. 29th 1901 / aged 51 years / ‘The Lord knoweth all things / Blessed be the name of the Lord’.
14 D Stone. In / loving memory of / LILY VIVIAN / RICHARDS / called to the / care of Jesus / very suddenly / on 5th June 1967 / aged 69 years. / Time passes, memories stay / quietly remembered / every day.
14 G Headstone. In / loving memory of / [D]A[NI]EL [N]OR[M]AN / born May 31st 1830 / Died Feby 3rd 1900. / Thou art my helper and redeemer / O Lord make no long tarrying. / Also / SARAH NORMAN / wife of the above / born Novr 11th 1825 / died Novr 13th 1903. / Secure from every mortal care / By sin and sorrow vex’d no more. / Eternal happiness they share / who are not lost - but gone before.
13 B Headstone. In / loving memory of / JESSE TREMAIN / died Mar. 28 1902 aged 51. / Also his beloved wife / ELIZABETH / died January 12th 1949 aged 72. / Reunited.
13 E [Part disintegrated: some information taken from registers] IHS / In loving memory / of our dear mother / HARRIET BANNER / beloved wife of EDWARD J. BANNER / who passed away November 25th 1903 / aged 82 years. / EDWARD BANNER / husband of the above / who died [? ] 1895 aged 82 years [buried 4 March].
13 M [JANE ELIZABETH HAYMAN]
13 N Headstone on kerb. In / loving memory of / LOUISE HAYMAN / died Sep 23rd 1921 / aged 49 years. / Peace, perfect peace.
13 R Headstone. Loving/ memory of / EMMA / the beloved wife of / PHILIP MASTERS / who departed this life / January 8th 1900 / aged 69 years. / Resting. / Also of the above PHILIP MASTERS / who died May 23rd 1907 / aged 78 years./ R.I.P.
12 L Cross on plinth. Red granite. In loving memory / of / THOMAS STANLEY NORRINGTON / who passed away / Feby 10th 1914, aged 88 years. / At Rest. / Also MARTHA his beloved wife / who died 7th December 1924 / aged 80 years.
12 N Stone. Sacred to the memory / of / GEORGE DUNN / who departed this life / December 24th 1931 / aged 72 years. / Thy will be done.
12 P Headstone/kerb. In / loving memory of / JAMES SWEETSER / died 19th January 1906 / aged 58 years. / Also of ANN SWEETSER / wife of the above / died 19th May 1935 / aged 86 years. / Also PERCY SWEETSER, son / killed in France / 1st September 1916. / Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones / far away / In Jesus’ keeping we are safe and they. / R.I.P.
11 A Headstone. Loving remembrance of / a dear mother / JANE SWAN / who fell asleep Feb 21 1930 / aged 91 years. / Loved, remembered. / Also GRACE WOOLLASTON / daughter of the above / who fell asleep Oct 22 1957.
11 K Headstone. Sacred / to the memory of / my beloved wife / HARRIET GORRINGE who died November 10th 1906 / aged 60 years. / At Rest. / Also of / EDWIN GORRINGE / husband of the above / who died March 17th 1917 / aged 72 years.
10 C Headstone on kerb. In / loving memory of / WILLIAM HENRY ABNETT / died July 4th 1907 / aged 56. / Also his wife / KATHLEEN FLORA ABNETT / died January 13th 1921 / aged 66.
10 E Headstone. In / loving memory of / HENRY ROTHERHAM / who died November 14th 1907 / aged 64 years. / Also CORDELIA / wife of the above / who died November 19th 1907 / aged 58 years. / At rest. / Thy way not mine, O Lord, / However dark it be; / Lead me by thine own hand, / Choose out the path for me.
10 K Headstone. In / loving memory / of / our dear mother and father / ELIZA HANNAH MASTERS / died February 10th 1911 / aged 54 / THOMAS GEORGE MASTERS / died January 8th 1918 / aged 65. / Rest in peace.
9 B RAYDIN [THOMAS WILLIAM] WINGATE, 19 January 1913 [Aged 12].
8 A Headstone. In / loving memory of / our dear son and brother / ALFRED EDMOND HAYES / died April 17 1930 / aged 23 years. / Resting.
8 C Headstone. In loving memory of / my dear husband / WILLIAM FLETCHER / died August 19th 1916 / aged 66 years. / Rest in peace. / Also of CHARLOTTE / wife of the above / died March 24th 1922 / aged 68 years. / Her end was peace.
8 D Headstone. In loving memory of / JANE / the beloved wife of / WILLIAM TERRY / died January 9th 1916 / aged 68 years. / At rest. / Also of WILLIAM / husband of the above / died January 29th 1921 / aged 75 years. / Rest in peace.
7 A Headstone, kerb. In / loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / MARY ANN COSTIN / passed away Octr 23rd 1928 / aged 70 years. / The golden gates were opened / A gentle voice said ‘come’ / And with farewells left unspoken / she softly entered home. / Asleep. / Also of JOHN CHARLES COSTIN/ beloved husband of the above / who died April 14th 1931 / aged 75 years. / Reunited.
7 B VIOLET [?]
7 C Headstone. In memory of / DAISY / beloved daughter of / HENRY BROOKER / who died Dec. 4. 1916 / aged 31 years.
7 I Headstone. In loving memory of / JAMES BANFIELD / died 11th July 1924 aged 60 years. / At rest. / Also KATE / beloved wife of the above / died 20th March 1953 aged 86. / Reunited.
7 K In / loving memory of / JAMES HAISMAN / who died Feb 22 1924 / aged 75 years. / Thy will be done. / Also MARY wife of the above / who died June 10 1936 / aged 84 years. / Reunited.
6 B Kerb. [N] In / memory of / my dear husband LEVINOUS FRENCH died 4th March 1934 aged 77 years. [S] Also of LUCY MARY FRENCH / dearly loved wife of Levinous French died 3rd June 1940 aged 77 years.
6 C Headstone, kerb. In memory of / my dear husband / HENRY BROOKER / died July 20, 1932 / aged 72 years. / Also ALICE / wife of the above / died June 9, 1943 / aged 81 years.
6 D Kerb. [N] MABEL LYDIA ROOTS who fell asleep on October 20th 1936 aged 82; [S] Also her husband JOHN ROOTS died June 18 1943.
Plaque. And / ETHEL MARION / ROOTS / died Feb. 6th 1952 / aged 68. / Resting peacfully.
6 E Plaque, kerb. In / memory of / our dear mother and father / ROSELINE AUSTIN / died 9th Sept. 1934 aged 60. / WILLIAM THOMAS AUSTIN / died 11th Feb. 1966 aged 87. / Reunited.
6 G Headstone, kerb. In / loving memory of / WILLIAM ROBERT HUCKS / who fell asleep 11th March 1932 / aged 72 years. / Also ELIZABETH wife of the above / who fell asleep 5th December 1945 / aged 84 years. / For ever in our thoughts.
6 H Headstone in book form. In loving memory of / THOMAS AUSTIN / died Oct. 3 1930 / aged 40. / For ever with the Lord. / Also his beloved wife / GERALDINE MARY / GRACE AUSTIN / died [?] January 1982 / aged 83. [buried 19th]
6 J Kerb. [N] In loving memory of CLARA wife of Henry Reeves who died [?] July 1931; [S] Also of HENRY REEVES who died 30th April 1939 aged 70 years.
6 N Kerb. KATE ROSE EDMONDS, bur. 9 Sep. 1932
6 P Open Book. In / loving memory / of / ERIC D. FILMER / died 19 Nov. 1932. // His life was love.
5 C Headstone. In / memory of / AMELIA FEVER / who passed away 26th May 1937 / aged 75 years. / Also GEORGE husband of the above / who died April 26th 1941 / aged 85 years. / Reunited.
5 D Kerb. GEORGE WILLARD, died 15 May 1937, aged 74; Mercy Willard, died 4 May 1941, aged 80.
5 E Headstone. In / memory of / LEVI BRISTOW / who passed away 5th March 1937 / aged 29 years. / Until we meet again. / Also ERNEST BRISTOW / who passed away / 12th January 1943 / aged 63 years / and BRITANNIA / wife of the above / Ernest Bristow / who passed away / 5th[?] October 1950 / aged 69 years.
5F Plinth. In / loving memory / of / our dear daughter / MARGARET GRACE WOOLLASTON / who passed to the beyond / 4th November 1936. / Rev. 21.4. / Also ERNEST LACEY WOOLLASTON / died 29th Oct. 1946.
5 G Kerb. [N] In memory of FLORENCE MORL passed away 4th August 1936.
5 H In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / ALBERT EDWARD JENNER / who passed away 17th May 1936 / aged 63 years. / Good was his heart his friendship sound / Loved and respected by all around / To a beautiful life came a sudden end / He died as he lived everyone’s friend / We have lost but heaven has gained / One of the best the world contained. / Ever with the Lord. / Also his dearly beloved wife / ANN / who passed away 28th April 1972 / aged 88 years.
5 I Pot. MARY ELIZABETH MANNERING, 28 November 1937.
5 J Kerb. [N] In memory of JOHN ALFRED BURRLUCK who died April 6th 1935. / [S] Also ELIZA ANN his wife who died February 7th 1962 aged 90.
5 N Headstone. In loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / ALICE LOUISA ADKINS / who died December 22nd 1935 / aged 65 years. / Also / JOHN WILLIAM ADKINS / who died March 9th 1949 / aged 81 years. / Reunited.
5 P Kerb. [N] MABEL NELLIE GREEN died Sep. 10 1935; [S] SIDNEY GREEN died April 16. 1949 aged 62.
4 D Kerb. [N] ANNIE LYDIA BEANEY fell asleep 4th July 1941 aged 75; [S] Also JAMES WILLIAM BEANEY fell asleep 21st Nov. 1953 aged 86.
4 E Headstone. In / loving memory / of / JOHN JOHNSTONE HAMILTON / who died 18th April 1941 / aged 65 years.
4 G Headstone. In / loving / memory of / HUGH BRIMSTED / died 18th Oct. 1948 / aged 67 years / and of / SOPHRONIA ELLEN / his wife / died 25th Dec. 1940 / aged 54 years.
4 H Headstone. In ever loving memory of / my dear wife / HILDA MARY SEABROOK / who passed away / November 29th 1940 / aged 52.
4 J Kerb. [N] In loving memory of JAMES RICHARD HORN, died 18th April 1940, aged 80.
4 K Headstone. In / memory of / my dear husband / CHARLES PIKE GLADDISH / who died 7th Dec. 1939 / aged 77 years. / Also MARY ANN GLADDISH / wife of the above / who died 2nd Sept. 1947 / aged 84 years.
4 M Kerb. [ALICE MAUD COGGER, [buried 5th] August 1939; FREDERICK JOSEPH COGGER, April 1947].
4 N Headstone. In / memory of / THOMAS WILSON / died 13th April 1939 / aged 55 years / and of his wife MARY FRANCES WILSON / died 20th February 1964 / aged 80 years.
4 P Headstone. In / memory of / ARTHUR STEDMAN / who was called to rest / 16 February 1939 / ERIC HARCOURT STEDMAN, 10 February 1942; AUDREY STEDMAN, 2 August 1952.
4 Q Kerb. ALEXANDER SCOTT, 29 November 1939; ALISON SCOTT, 24 January 1939.
Plaque: Also / of their daughter / Brigadier / MARGARET A. SCOTT / who died 3rd June 1966 aged 81 years.
4 R Kerb. JAMES KEEHNER, who fell asleep Sept. 8 1938; ELIZA KEEHNER, 14 July 1945.
4 S Pot. In loving / memory of / FRANK DEDRICK / who passed away / 9 August 1938.
4 T WILLIAM JAMES WOODING, 5 September 1938
4 V Headstone. In memory of / a dear mother / MARY ANN LONGHURST / died July 18 1938 / aged 68 years. / At rest. / And of her sister / LOUISA R. CAMP / died February 20 1957 / aged 82 years.
3 D Kerb. [N] In loving memory of our dear mother / LILIA KEELEY, died 2nd December 1945; [S] Also ALBERT EDWARD KEELEY, died 14th April 1954.
3 F Pot. In loving memory of SIDNEY F. CHAPMAN
3 G Kerb. [N] In memory of MARY A. HINDS who died Jan. 1st 1945; [S] Also her husband HENRY WILLIAM who died 29 December 1946
3 H Kerb. [N] RAYDEN SAUNDERS died 7th Aug. 1944 aged 79 years; [S] ELLEN PHOEBE SAUNDERS died 23rd Nov. 1946 aged 79 years.
3 J Headstone. Fond remembrance / of / WILLIAM F. BOND / died Dec. 12th 1943 / aged 62 years. / GERTRUDE ELLEN BOND / died Dec. 12th 1981 / aged 95 years.
3 K Headstone. In / memory of / our dear father and mother / EDGAR ASHBY aged 73 / passed away July 30th 1943 / and / ELIZA ASHBY aged 79 / passed away January 28th 1949. / At rest. / And daughter / EVELYN M. ASHBY / 1902-1975.
Plaque added: In / memory / of / ROY ASHBY / 1923-1969 / grandson of Edgar Ashby.
3 M Kerb. [N] JOHN ROBINSON died 15th April 1943 aged 70 years; [S] JOSEPH ROBINSON died 1st December 1949 aged 73 years. / Cremated at Charing.
3 N Headstone. In ever loving memory of / a dear husband and father / ALFRED JOHN TERRY / who passed away Nov. / 26th 1942 at the age of 68[?] / Ever in our hearts. / Also of his wife / FLORENCE MINNIE / who passed away December 12 1960 at the age of [?]. / Reunited.
3 O ELIZABETH STANFORD, 17 July 1942
3 P Headstone. In / memory of / a devoted wife and mother / ROSE ELLEN BUSS / who passed away on / March 10 1942 aged 63 years. / Peace perfect peace. / Also her devoted husband / FRANK BUSS / who passed away on / February 10 1965 aged 89 years / Asleep in God’s garden.
3 Q Kerb. [N] In loving memory of ARTHUR CHEESMAN died 11th Feb. 1942 aged 76 years. [S] Also sister ELLEN died 26th April 1942 aged 79 years.
3 R Headstone. In ever loving / memory of / my beloved wife / EILEEN ELIZABETH JESSUP / who passed away / 3rd August 1941, aged 24 years. / My love for you will never fade / No matter where I be / For God above who knows our ways / Knew what you are to me.
2 G Headstone. In memory of / our dear parents / HENRY THOMAS BANFIELD / died 1st February 1952 aged 62. / FANNY BANFIELD / died 25th December 1969 aged 79.
2 H Kerb. [N] In loving memory of ERNEST FRANK BANFIELD died 18th May 1951 aged 48 years. [S] Also MABEL GRACE his sister died 18th July 1962 aged 63 years. [E] Reunited.
2 J Pot. In memory of CHARLOTTE FOREMAN, died 19 June 1948.
2 K Headstone [difficult to read]. In loving / memory of / WILLIAM HENRY / PARRIS / [buried 3 April 1948] aged 59 / and his wife / EDITH ISOBEL / [buried 10 July 1962] aged 68.
2 L Headstone. In / loving memory of / my dear husband / JAMES F. PECK / who fell asleep 2nd Sept. 1947 / aged 77. / Rest in the Lord. / Also of OLIVE / wife of the above / who fell asleep 17th July 1959 / aged 85.
2 M Kerb. [S] STANLEY EDWARD COSTIN fell asleep 30th Jan. 1968 aged 62 years. [And DORIS F. DOREEN COSTIN, 16 May 1947].
2 O Kerb. THOMAS EDWARD RELF 31 March 1950. [And IVY KATHLEEN RELF, buried 23 April 1970]
2 P Headstone. In loving memory of / my dear husband JOHN WILLIAM BENSON / who passed away 24th March 1946 / aged 65 years. / Also SARAH ELLEN / the devoted wife of the above / who died 19th November 1956, aged 77 years. / At rest.
2 Q Headstone [part illegible]. CHARLOTTE EMMA TERRY / who passed away / 20 February 1946 / aged 71 years / Also JOHN TERRY / her husband / who passed away / 29th Sept. 1963 / aged 91 years.
Plaque added at foot of kerb: In loving memory of / ERIC GODFREY / EASTWOOD / 1905-1991 / and his wife / RUBY EASTWOOD / 1906-1995.
2 R Headstone. In ever / loving memory of / our dear Mother and father / LAURA FANNY MILLS / died Jan. 22 1946 aged 64. / FREDERICK WILLIAM MILLS / died Nov. 10 1946 aged 75.
2 S Kerb. [N] WILLIAM JOHN LILLYCROP died 1st August 1943 aged 72 years. [S] Also his wife ROSETTA LILLYCROP died 6th February 1950 aged 82.
1 D FLORENCE ADA FOWLER, 1 January 1955
1 E [Fragment of plaque only, most lost]. [HENRY LANGFORD 21 November 1954. KATE LANGFORD 17 February 1962.]
1 I In memory of / CALEB G. GILES / died 11th March 1953 / aged 76 years / and / ELIZABETH J. GILES / died 15th March 1966 / aged 82 years.
1 J In / loving memory / of ERNEST J. MAYATT / who passed away / 26th February 1953 aged 73 years. / Also of his wife ADA REBECCA / who passed away / 13th July 1958 aged 74 years. / He giveth his beloved sleep.
1 K In loving memory of / my beloved wife / FRANCES CLARA MARY WALLER / who fell asleep / on October 4th 1954 / aged 69 years.
1 L ERNEST LANGRIDGE, [buried 22 August] 1953.
1 M JAMES ARTHUR DAY 2 June 1950. EMILY LOUISA DAY 19 October 1968
1 N In loving remembrance of / a dear wife and mother / LILY E. HAYES / who died 21st July 1954 / aged 45 years. / ‘Until we meet again.’ / Also of a dear dad / DOUGLAS G. HAYES / husband of Lily / who died 3rd December 1995 aged 84 years. / Reunited.
1 O DAVID JOHN DAVIES 25 February 1952 CAROLINE DAVIES 12 December 1960
1 S MARY ANN FULLMAN 4 October 1949 WILLIAM JAMES FULLMAN 2 August 1949
1 U Treasured memories of ALICE PEARSON FOSTER SRN died 24th March 1947
1 V PETER / BOWSHER ROTHERHAM / April 1928 - March 1946. / Also EDWARD his father / aged 68 years. / Also his mother / FLORENCE (MABEL) / aged 96 years.
INDEX OF NAMES
Indexing is by grave number, prefaced by ‘N’ for North side and ‘S’ for South side of the path.
ABNETT, Kathleen Flora: S10C; William Henry: S10C
ADKINS, Alice Louisa: S5N; Eliza: S21H; John: S21H; John William: S5N
ALLARD, Charles John: S23F; Clara: S23F
ALLCHIN, Jane: N8J
ALLWORK, Robert James: N16J
[Anon.] Alastair: S22P
ASHBY, Edgar: S3K; Eliza: S3K; Evelyn M.: S3K; Roy: S3K
ATKINS, Albert Edwin: S18F; Lillian May: S18F
ATTWOOD, Bessie Alice: N18F; Elizabeth: N3H; Thomas William: N18F; Violet Annie: S20M
AUSTIN, Edward Victor: S20I; Geraldine Mary Grace: S6H; Laura Ada: S20I; Roseline: S6E; Thomas: S6H; William Thomas: S6E
BAKER, Albert: N3J; Louisa Mary: N3J; William John: N3J
BALLARD, Ken: S19M
BANFIELD, Ernest Frank: S2H; Fanny; S2G; Henry Thomas: S2G; James: S7I; Kate: S7I; Mabel Grace: S2H
BANNER, Edward J.: S13E; Harriet: S13E
BARHAM, Milly Addison: S23M
BARNETT, Alfred: S17S; Barbara: S17S
BASS, Charles George: N17L; Florence Mabel: N17L
BATES, Esther Beatrice: N8I; Harold Thomas: S18S; Jessie Cordelia: S18S; Kenneth: S17T; Rosemary: S19Q;
Peter: S19Q; Thomas: N8I
BEAL, George Henry Cyril: N21N; Ivy Dorothy: N21N
BEANEY, Annie Lydia: S4D; James William: S4D
BENGER, Richard: S16B
BENSON, John William: S2P; Sarah Ellen: S2P
BISHOP, Winifred Fermor: S23N
BLACKMAN, Reginald John: S18B
BOND, Gertrude Ellen: S3J; William F.: S3J
BONNER, Joseph Edwin: N22N
BOOTH, Eric: N21L; Winifred Edith: N21L
BOWEN, Albert Raymond: N21K; Lillian Maud: N21K
BRIDGER, Diane: S22N; Elsie: N22F
BRIMSTED, Hugh: S4G; Sidney Charles: N3G; Sophronia Ellen: S4G
BRISTOW, Britannia: S5E; Elizabeth: N19C; Frederick: N19D; Henry: N19C; Ivy: N19A; Joseph: N22B;
Leonard: N19A; Leonard John: N19B; Levi: S5E; Melita: N19D
BROAD, Alfred: N22M; Violet Rose: N22M
BROOKER, Alice: S6C; Daisy: S7C; Eli: N13J; Henry: S7C & S6C; Ruth: N13J
BROWN, Annie: S14C; Rachel: N6M; W. A.: S14C
BRYAN, Greville Ernest: S22R; Minnie: S22R
BURGE, Abraham: N13F; Henry: N13F; Sarah: N13F
BURGESS, Eliza Margaret: N8E; Louisa J.: N6H; William Walter: N8E
BURKIN, Margaret: S18V
BURRLUCK, Eliza Ann: S5J; John Alfred: S5J
BUSS, Frank: S3P; Rose Ellen: S3P
BUTCHER, Bessie E.: N15A; Blanche: N15A; Cecil F.: N15A; Frederick Charles: N15A
CAMP, Louisa R.: S4V
CARSLAW, Alexander Wilson: N11M; Janet [I]: N12K; Janet [II]: N12L; John Wilson: N12K; Lilian Violet: N11M; Margaret: N12K; Samuel [I]: N12K; Samuel [II]: N12K; William: N12K
CHAMPION, Flora: N14L; George H.: N14L; Henry H.: N14M; Jane: N14M; Joseph H.: N14M
CHAPMAN, Sidney F.: S3F
CHATFIELD, Alice; N3M; Frederick William: N3M
CHEESEMAN, Arthur: S3Q; Ellen: S3Q
CLARK, Sarah Ann: N16J
CLEMENTS, Celia: S22C
COE: Albert: S17P
COLE, Alan: N22A; Harry Ernest: S20Q; Rose Edith: S20Q
COGGER, Alice Maud: S4M; Frederick Joseph: S4M
COOMBER, Kenneth: N7I
COSTAIN, Edith Amy: S18G
COSTIN, Doris P. Doreen: S2M; John Charles: S7A; Mary Ann: S7A; Stanley Edward: S2M
COWBURN, Agnes: S16K
CROAD, Elizabeth Rose: S23R
CROWHURST, Bessie: N5M; Cicely Maude: N19L; Frederick William: N19L
DABNER, Edward: N14K; Jemima: N14K
DAVIES, Caroline: S1O; David John: S1O
DAY, Charles Ernest: S23K; Emily Louisa: S1M; James Arthur: S1M; Rose Ellen: S23K
DEDRICK, Frank: S4S
DENTON, Ellen Elizabeth: N5L; George: N5L
DUNN, Florence Blanche: S21P; George: S12N
EASTWOOD, Eric Godfrey: S2Q; Ruby: S2Q
EDMONDS, Kate Rose: S6N
EVANS, Primrose: S19L
FEVER, Amelia: S5C; Delmar: S16N; George: S5C; Julia: N8C; Thomas: N8C; Thomas Henry: S16N
FILMER, Eric D.: S6P; Gladys Winifred Florence: S17E
FINCH, Edwin Harold: N19N; Mary Elizabeth: N19N
FISSENDEN, Arthur Edward: S19K; Ivy Emma: S19K
FLETCHER, Charlotte: S8C; William: S8C
FOREMAN, Charlotte: S2J
FOSTER, Alice Pearson: S1U
FOWLER, Florence Ada: S1D
FRENCH, Ernest Walter: S17O; Gertrude May: S17O; Levinous: S6B; Lucy Mary: S6B
FRIEND, Mabel: S23L
FRYER, Beatrice Caroline: S20E
FULLMAN, Mary Ann: S1S; William James: S1S
GATES, Walter: S23G
GILES, Caleb G.: S1I; Elizabeth J.: S1I
GLADDISH, Charles Pike: S4K; Mary Ann: S4K
GOBLE, Annie Elizabeth: N19I; Elsie Florence Margaret: S16P
GOLDSMITH, Frederick: N21M
GOMAR, Edith Kathleen: N17H; Ernest W.: N17H; Frederick C.: N17H
GORE, Mavis R.: S16G
GORRINGE, Edwin: S11K; Harriet: S11K
GREEN, Mabel Nellie: S5P; Sidney: S5P
HAISMAN, James: S7K; Mary: S7K
HALL, Betty Dorothy: S23C
HAMILTON, John Johnstone: S4E
HAMMOND, Alice Maud: N15B; John Joseph: N15B
HAMPTON, Len: S16A; Minnie: S16A
HARBER, C. A.; S21M; William Ewart: S21M
HARDY, Kate: S23J
HARRINGTON, George: N5B; Mary Beck: N5B
HARRIS, Grace Lillian: N17E; Thomas Arthur: S20G; Thomas Geoffrey: S17I; Winifred Grace: S20G
HAWKS, Alfred: N4G; Sarah: N4G
HAYES, Alfred Edmond: S8A; Douglas G.: S1N; Lily E.: S1N
HAYMAN, Louise: S13N
HAYWARD, Clara: N8M; Edgar Wallie: N8M
HEAD, Adam: S22N; Stephen: S22N
HEARN, Edward George: S22G; Valerie J.: S22G
HICKMOTT, Frances Ann: N6L; Frederick: N6L
HILLS, George Thomas: S17R
HINDS, Henry William: S3G; Mary A.: S3G
HIRD, Ada Mary: S21U
HOBBS, Gertrude: S17Q
HOLLANDS, Helen Noble: S18T
HORN, James Richard: S4J
HUCKS, Elizabeth: S6G; Emily: N17K; William Robert: S6G
HUGHES, Elsie Dorothy: N6N; Ruth R.: N6N
JEFFERY, John Edward: N17P
JEFFERYS, Alice Rachel: N21A
JENKINS, Edith: S20F
JENNER, Albert Edward: S5H; Ann: S5H; Charles Henry: N5K; Gertrude Emily:N4L; Nancy Gertrude: N8A;
William Edward: N21F; William George: N4L; ?: N21J
JESSUP, Eileen Elizabeth: S3R; Muriel Joyce: S22B
JONES, Carole: S19T; Terence William: S19T
JOYCE, Ella Rose: S17J
KEEHNER, Eliza: S4R; James: S4R
KEELEY, Albert Edward: S3D; Lilia Keeley: S3D
KEMP, Florrie: N10I; Jane Elizabeth: N10I; Len: S17D; Louisa: S17D
KINGSBURY, George Walter: S18D; Hilda Gladys: S18D; Sally Jane: S20D
KIRBY, Albert: N21I; Rose: N21I
KNELL, Arthur: S16M; Florence Mildred: S16I; Harold: S16I; Ruth: S16M
LANGFORD, Henry: S1E; Kate: S1E
LANGRIDGE, Ernest: S1L
LAWRENCE, Alfred James: N19J; Nora: N19J
LEE, Bertha Ann: S20S
LILLYCROP, Rosetta: S2S; William John: S2S
LONGHURST, Harry: S21K; Margaret Alice: S21K; Mary Ann: S4V; Wally: S21K
LONGLEY, Annie Ethel: N18E
LOVE, Beatrice Rose: N17G; Cecil Stanley: N21H; Mabel Mary: N21H; Mildred Elizabeth: S16Q
MANKLOW: N21G
MANNERING, Ernest Albert: S21T; Leonard Harry: S18E; Lily Jane: N5D; Mary Elizabeth: S5I;
William Charles: N5D
MASTERS, Eliza Hannah: S10K; Emma: S13R; Philip: S13R; Thomas George: S10K
MAY, Colin Richard: N13A; Maurice Thomas: N13A
MAYATT, Ada Rebecca: S1J; Ernest J.: S1J
MAYNARD, Henry James: S18J
McSHANE, Mickey: N22B
MERRETT, Joseph Henry: N6F
MILLBAND, Karl Michael: S22Q
MILLS, Frederick William: S2R; Laura Fanny: S2R
MITCHELL, Frank A.: S16F; Jillian Louise: S16F; Mary Louise: S16C
MONKS, Frances Valentine: S16J; William Henry: S16J
MORGAN, Alice Maud: N22L; John Allen: N5I; Rose: N4C; Thomas Richard: N22L; William Thomas: N17J
MORL, Florence: S5G
NEWMAN, Ada: N4J; Albert Ernest: S18I; Dorothy Maude: S18N; Edward: N4J
NICHOLLS, Herbert Arthur: S20T; Violet Minnie: S20T
NORMAN, Daniel: S14G; Sarah: S14G
NORRINGTON, Martha: S12L; Thomas Stanley: S12L
NOYCE, Kathleen Mary Beatrice: S19N; William Charles: S19N
NUNN, Garry Richard John: S22L
OVENELL, Lisa-Marie: S22O
PARRIS, Edith Isobel: S2K; William Henry: S2K
PATTERSON, Minnie: S23I; Valentine: S23I
PECK, Charles Alfred: S14B; Charles Percival: S16L; James F.: S2L; Olive: S2L
PEEK, Alice Mary Ann Esther: N11K; Philip Henry: N11K
PETTETT, Ella Gertrude: S23Q; George Sidney: S23Q
PHYALL, Harry: S23H; Sarah Ann: S23H
PIPER, Albert Edward: N15C; Alice: N15C; Mary A: S23O
POSTANS, Harold William: S17M
RANDALL, Dennis: S18C; Lesley: S18C
RAYNER, Kelly: N10A; Sally: N10A
READ, Ernest Arthur: S20H; [Alice?] Rose: S20H
REEVES, Clara: S6J; Henry: S6J; Mary Elizabeth: N17F; William: N17F
RELF, Ivy Kathleen: S2O; Thomas Edward: S2O
RHODES, George: N3F
RICHARDS, Lily Vivian: S14D
RICHARDSON, Cordelia: N5H; Walter John: N5H
ROBERTS, Betty: S19O; James: S19O
ROBINSON, John: S3M; Joseph: S3M; Nicholas Frederick: S16R
ROOTS, Ethel Marion: S6D; Mabel Lydia: S6D
ROTHERHAM, Cordelia: S10E; Edward: S1V; Florence Mabel: S1V; Henry: S10E; Peter Bowsher: S1V
ROWE, John Edward: S21O
SABINE, Arthur Franklin: N15D; Edith Emily: N15D
SAUNDERS, Ellen Phoebe: S3H; Rayden: S3H
SCOTT, Alexander: S4Q; Alison: S4Q; Margaret A.: S4Q
SEABROOK, Hilda Mary: S4H
SELBY, Wilfred: S18U
SEMARK, Daisy Isabel: S21R; Richard Alfred: S21R
SHEARS, Frederick George: S17N
SHEPPARD, Ellen Mary: N17M; Percy Edward: N17M
SHERLOCK-UNDERDOWN, Edith: S18Q
SHIRLEY, Caroline Ellen: S23P; Edward Walter: S23P; Walter Edward: S23P
SHURETY, Patrick Terence: S20L
SIMMONDS, Rebecca Jane: S20U
SKINNER, Agnes: S16O; Alfred Ambrose: S16O; Charles Thomas: S16E; Dorothy May: S20K;
Henry James : S20K
SMITH, Arthur George: S21L; Dorothy Daisy: S21L; Mary Jane Carmo: N13L; Michael Parker: N13L; Mildred Medora: S19S; Reginald Herbert: S19S
SPAIN, Leonard Thomas: S19P; Violet Rose: S19P
STANFORD, Elizabeth: S3O; Kelvin: S20C
STEDMAN, Arthur: S4P; Audrey: S4P; Eric Harcourt: S4P
STEER, Kate Elizabeth: N17I; William Falwasser: N17I
STILL, Albert Edwin: S17A; Mary: S17A
STOCKLEY, Bernard Walter: N14G; Fanny Elizabeth: N14G; Thomas Walter: N14G
SUMMERSETT, Bernard John Frederick: S16H
SWAN, Jane: S11A
SWEETSER, Ann: S12P; James: S12P; Percy: S12P
TAPP, Thomas: S20N
TERRY, Alfred John: S3N; Charlotte Emma: S2Q; Florence Minnie: S3N; Jane: S8D; John: S2Q; William: S8D
THURSTON, Louisa: S18R; Percy William: S18R
TREMAIN, Elizabeth: S13B; Jesse: S13B
TROLLOPE, Harry John: S19H
TUTCHENER, Violet Emeline: N4M; William Henry: N4M
UNDERDOWN, John: S18P
WAGHORN, Alfred: S16D; Emma: N5E; William: N5E
WALKER, Christine Heather: N19M
WALLER, Frances Clara Mary: S1K
WARD, David Percy: S21Q
WARE, Henry: S23E
WATERS, Emily Florence: S21N
WELLS, Alice: S20P
WENHAM, Emma Elizabeth: N13K; James: N13K
WHITE, Arthur George: S18K; Doris Ethel: S22E; Mildred Emily: S19R
WILLARD, George: S5D; Mercy: S5D
WILLIAMS, William Frederick: S18A
WILSON, John Frederick: N19O; Mary Frances: S4N; Ruth: N19O; Thomas: S4N
WIMSETT, Bertie: S20O
WINGATE, Caroline Margaret: S20R; Raydin Thomas William: S9B
WOOD, Emily Kate: N17O; Victor Edward: N17O
WOODGER, Daisy Ellen: S17F; Henry James: S17F
WOODING, Ellen Queen Victoria: S21S; William James: S4T
WOOLLASTON, Ernest Lacy: S5F; Grace: S11A; Margaret Grace: S5F
WOOLLETT, Arthur Maurice: N6B
WRAY, George Richard: S18H; Helen: S19I
YEO, Betty: S17U
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