CORSTON, BATH MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS 2017 Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Author: P J Bendall Date: 7-Feb-2017 Status: Issue 1 Issue 1 ii Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 Layout ............................................................................................................ 2 Section A ......................................................................................................... 4 Section B ....................................................................................................... 41 Section C ...................................................................................................... 104 Section D ...................................................................................................... 124 Section E ...................................................................................................... 132 Section F ...................................................................................................... 150 Section G ...................................................................................................... 181 Section H ...................................................................................................... 200 War Memorial ................................................................................................. 203 Internal Memorials ........................................................................................... 208 Index ........................................................................................................... 227 Issue 1 iii Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Issue 1 iv Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Introduction This document contains transcriptions of the There are 272 memorials in the churchyard for 1643 inscriptions of memorials at the church of All Saints, burials from 1766 to present. Areas to the north and Corston near Bath. south of the church are sparsely populated with memorials. The main area where there are It is based on a survey carried out in late 2016 and memorials are in the western and south-western the transcription of the burial registers from 1766 to parts of the churchyard. present. The 20th-century burial registers include, for some entries, the location of the grave and this While there are some wall memorials inside the has been used as the basis for the numbering. church, there are no ledger stones. The church dates from Norman times but has undergone Most of the surviving memorials in the churchyard rebuilding in the 13th century and the tower has a are from the 20th century with only a few from stone with 1622 on it. In 1865 there were major previous centuries. changes to the church through the addition of a Occupation profile northern aisle, the roof changed from a flat one to a pitched one and replacement of the seating. Seven Ages were only routinely in a burial entry from 1813 flat stones by the north-eastern corner of the church when the statutory registers included a column for would seem to have been originally ledger stones this. 19% of those buried were aged under 11 and from inside the church. Some of these, dating from 39% were aged over 70. This is better than some of the 1700s, were for the Har[r]ington family, the poorer areas of Bath where over 40% were aged originally from Kelston who also owned land at under 11. Corston. Burials per year Notable People The number of burials per years was mainly between Richard Crawshay Hall (1804-1884) (grave A.8.10) 6 and 8. In 1837 there were 19 burials, possibly Son of an MP. He lived for time at Corston and then reflecting the effect of the influenza epidemic that at Freshford Hall. A memorial in the church records year, something that is evident in other parishes in that he left a bequest for “the old necessitous and the area. Current burials are mainly of ashes with deserving poor”. the memorial being a plaque. There are some plaques here there is no corresponding entry in the Hubert Alastair Campbell-Hill (1914-1994) (grave burial register. B.2.1a) Age profile Published an account of his time as a prisoner-of- The occupations have been determined for 16% of The birth country has been determined for about war of the Japanese. those buried. The profile of types of occupation 35% of the individuals. 96% were born in England and reflect the agricultural basis of the local economy – 2.6% in Wales. with people working on the farms and market gardeners. Issue 1 1 Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Bevan Graham Horstmann (1908-1998) (grave factory. He founded the Polysulphin Chemical and designations in the burial registers does not conform B.2.1b) Soap Works, which was first at Brislington and then to what is actually found. It has 46 memorials. A member of the Horstmann family of engineers and Keynsham. It made soap for laundries. He also one of the directors of the Horstmann Gear developed a biplane-like machine with beating Area B Company. wings (the ‘Bartelt Ornithopter’) which was An area south of the church. It contains 88 exhibited at the Olympia Aero Show in March 1911. memorials mostly in the western part where they Ronald Dewhurst Wills (1891-1937) (grave B.2.4). He had a patent for an ‘apparatus for washing linen’ are arranged in rows. The eastern part is very sparse A member of the Wills family of tobacco magnates. and for a soap-less ‘washing and bleaching in memorials and those there are mainly old ones A local philanthropist associated with the YMCA and compound’ (based on zinc sodium hydroxide and from the 1700s and early 1800s. the Wessex Orthopædic Hospital. silicates). Area C Samuel Ryles (1741-1813) (grave B.3.7). Mary Swatten (1793-1846) (grave F.40) By the southern boundary wall. 23 memorials Ran a livery stable and riding school in Monmouth A servant to a Mrs Milsom of Pierrepont Street, Bath. arranged in a grid with 4 graves per row. Street, Bath. This expanded to provide equestrian- The lengthy inscription alludes to having dis- based entertainment. appeared and been found drowned in the Avon. Area D 8 memorials in the north-east of the churchyard John Salmon (1762-1845) (grave B.10.2). Benjamin Montague (1758-1840) (grave G.1.15) along the western wall. Clerk of the Quay for Bath with business at Broad A perfumer and stationer with a shop opposite the Quay. Pump Room, Bath. He developed the business to also Area E include tobacco and snuff. 30 memorials west of the church. It includes some Hugh Leslie Owen Thompson (1931-1996) (grave memorial plaques. C.2) John Enraght (1701-1766) (grave G.3.12) Having joined the Royal Navy as an engineer An Anglican Archdeacon in Ireland who courted Area F artificer rating rose to become Vice-Admiral controversy over transubstantiation. Along the western wall, two rows with 39 Engineering. Instituted a prize for Mathematics. memorials. Arthur Hele (1712-1778) (grave G.3.16) David James Simpson (1798-1867) (grave D.7) Master of the Free Grammar School, Bath 1762-78. Area G Paymaster-in-chief for the Royal Navy. Along the eastern wall. It has some old headstones against the wall which may have been moved from Giles Hall (1779-1852) (grave F.25). Layout elsewhere. Some 19th-century headstones and a slab Paper manufacturer with a mill at Rickford, Blagdon The churchyard is around all four sides of the surrounded by a metal fence. About a dozen (Som). church. From the burial registers, the areas have memorial plaques. been given letters A-G. Area H is used here to John Collibee Horton (1767-1841) (grave F.26) designate the part next to the church which has Area H A member of the Horton family of Bath. His mother some flat stones which are likely to have been once Seven stones from the 1700s by the northern wall of was daughter of Edward Bushell Collibee. The inside the church. the church at the eastern end. families owned much land in and around Bath. Area A Friedrich Ludwig Bartelt (1852-1924) (grave F.29). An area to the north of the church. Arranged in a Originally from Prussia he ran a soap manufacturing grid. However, arranging the graves according to the Issue 1 2 Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Issue 1 3 Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Section A This section, north of the church, is arranged in a grid and has 46 memorials Issue 1 4 Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Issue 1 5 Corston, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Names Inscriptions Notes A.1.4 Linus Bela James (1848- 1931) IN LOVING MEMORY OF Maria James (1856-1940) L. BELA JAMES DIED FEBRUARY 21 1931 AND OF MARIA WIDOW OF ABOVE DIED NOVEMBER 24TH 1940 AGED 84 YEARS R.I.P. Double-width plot. Celtic cross on a large plinth and edging. The marriage of Linus Bela James to Maria Poole was registered 1884/Q1 Bath. In the 1891 census at Manor Farm, Corston: Linus Bela James, aged 42, farmer, born at High Littleton (Som), wife Maria, aged 32, born at High Littleton, daughter Kathleen C, aged 6, born at Corston, William James, aged 78, widower, father, retired farmer, born at High Littleton, and a servant. The death of Linus B James, aged 82, was registered 1931/Q1 Bristol. From the National Probate Calendar 1931: JAMES Linus Bela of 19 Burlington-road Redland Bristol died 21 February 1931 Probate London 24 April to Hugh Gundry Flambert and Leonard Flambert Poole farmers. Effects £1358 10s. The death of Maria James, aged 84, was registered 1940/Q4 Weston- super-Mare. From the National Probate Calendar 1941: JAMES Maria of Norfolk House Clevedon