Monumental Inscriptions SAINT ANDREW's CHURCH WEST
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Monumental Inscriptions SAINT ANDREW’S CHURCH WEST DEEPING Lincolnshire Originally recorded by Virginia Hall James Rice and June Thomas Revision, additional research, photography and plan by Margaret A Ashcroft Monumental Inscriptions St Andrew’s Church West Deeping Lincolnshire Margaret A Ashcroft ©2010 M. Ashcroft Copying permitted for educational and private use but not for commercial gain A CD is available, containing this document (MS Office Word file) together with all the photographs in their original resolution and the plan of the church yard in JPEG format. Please contact any of the following for the current cost including postage and packing. Allan Crowson, Church Warden, 17 King Street, West Deeping, Peterborough PE6 9HP Tel: 01778 345393 [email protected] Mrs Rene Cutts, Lay Worker 37 King Street, West Deeping, Peterborough PE6 9HP Tel. 01778 342831 [email protected] M.A.Ashcroft 32 King Street, West Deeping, Peterborough PE6 9HP Tel: 01778 344768 [email protected] All proceeds are for the benefit of St Andrew’s Church, West Deeping, Lincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions St Andrew’s Church West Deeping Lincolnshire CONTENTS INTRODUCTION i - ii INDEX OF SURNAMES iii - vi IN THE CHURCH YARD Pages 1 - 24 1 – 104 IN THE CHURCH Pages 25 - 28 105 - 116 APPENDIX Pages 29 - 30 Grave stones in St Andrew’s Church recorded in 1831 117 - 132 PLAN OF THE CHURCHYARD Insert in back cover & key to Monumental Inscriptions i INTRODUCTION This list of Monumental Inscriptions in the church yard and in the church of St Andrew, West Deeping is based on a survey of inscriptions on the graves in the church yard, undertaken in 2000 or 2001 by Virginia Hall, James Rice and June Thomas. Many of the inscriptions were difficult or impossible to read then. Since that survey, digital photography has made it possible to get more accurate transcriptions and there has been an enormous amount of work done by family historians which can be accessed on the Internet. In several cases, the correct dates of death or age have been found. Over the years some shrubbery has been removed, revealing a few stones with inscriptions that had not previously been recorded. However, many stones have become even more difficult to decipher due to deterioration and lichen growths. In 2005, extensive work was carried out in the church yard to improve drainage and make safe a number of gravestones and in some cases the lower parts of inscriptions are now below the surface of the soil. Parish registers were used to check dates and ages in the earlier survey. In this revision, reference has been made to Lincolnshire Family History Society’s Index to Parish Register Burials 1813 -1900 Volume 4 to fill in and check dates and ages wherever possible. Additional information from this index is indicated by [PR] in the entry. LFHS advise that the accuracy of the index cannot be guaranteed and that the original source should be checked. An even earlier survey of inscriptions on graves both in the church yard and in the King Street cemetery was recorded for the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology by Community Enterprise Projects (Stamford) Ltd in 1986. Reference has been made to a copy of this document, obtainable from Peterborough Libraries, Local Studies Collection. Any details added to this document from that previous source are indicated by the use of red text. A newly discovered resource adds another historical dimension, and part of its contents have been included as an Appendix. Lincolnshire Church Notes made by William John Monson F.S.A. 1828 – 1840, printed for the Lincoln Record Society 1936, contains in the entry for West Deeping, “Notes taken in the church, August 1831”. It lists not only the monumental plaques on the walls of the church at the time, but also the gravestones on the floors of the church. No signs of these remain now, due to substantial repairs and alterations made between 1874 and 1877 during the incumbency of Reverend Heathcote. A petition to the Bishop of Lincoln, dated 27 th March 1874, includes in the list of works “excavation and re-flooring to a depth of twelve inches in the soil” and “to remove the monumental tablets, tombstones and coffins as may be necessary and to replace them again as near as possible”. [Cited in A Portrait of West Deeping by Virginia Hall] New marble plaques must have been commissioned to replace some of the old stones. The prolific Figg family are represented by four splendid plaques replacing original gravestones in the south aisle. Two more plaques on the north wall are inscribed with several names from the original stones – but somebody made a mistake somewhere, because the Nicholas Munro of Monson’s Lincolnshire Church Notes appears as Nicholas Measure on the plaque! It is thought that some of the stones lifted from the church floor were used to pave the path from the gate to the church porch – it is possible to see the last traces of lettering round the edges of two or three. One memorial should be mentioned here, otherwise its significance may be overlooked in the future. It is not included in the list, because there is no inscription. A small metal flower container by the east wall of the church yard marks where the ashes of two West Deeping residents, Kathleen Mary Barker (who died in 1987), and her husband Thomas Barker (who died in 1993), were placed. There are two reasons for mentioning this. Firstly, it is an interesting detail of village history - the churchyard was officially “Closed” in 1882, since when all burials i have been in the King Street Cemetery! There was apparently some controversy amongst the resident honorary priest, the churchwardens and villagers about allowing this interment to remain in the church yard. The ashes stayed, but there was to be no memorial inscription. The second reason for referring to this particular case is that the Barkers used to live in the house we now own, 32 King Street. It was through my research into the previous occupants of this house that I started to investigate the monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard. I have discovered a wealth of village and family history that I hope will be of interest and use to others in this updated format. Margaret A Ashcroft , April 2010 ii INDEX OF SURNAMES Numbers relate to the item number for each Inscription. A bold number indicates the grave belonging to that individual. A plain number indicates a mention of the name as a relative ADDY CHARITY John d 1862 7 Thomas d 1939 – 1945 113 Sarah d 1890 8,108 Myhill d 1842 51 CHERRY Myhill d 1861 8, 9,108 Herbert Barnabas d 1861 88 Frances d 1826 51 Phillis d 1866 92 Frances d 1860 10 Thomas d 1849 93 William d 1859 11 William 88 ALLEN Ann d 1847 26 CHRISTAIN / CHRISTIAN William d 1827 26 Ann d 1836 85 Elizabeth d ? 12 ALLIN Jane 12 John d 1739 130 John d 1863 12, 84 Sara Ann d 1838 84 ANSTEE Thomas d 1844 84,85 Joseph d 1914-1919 113 William(1) d 1858 12 William d 1882 21 William(2) d ? 12 AUSTIN Richard d 1690 131 COOPER Ann d 1826 25 BARBER John d 1831 24 Elizabeth d 1877 68 Thomas d 1827 25 Margaret d 1827 65 Mary d 1860 67 CORBY Sarah d 1786 64 Ann 16 Sarah d 1818 62 Mary d 1833 16 Thomas 68 Thomas d 1827 16 Thomas d 1816 62 Daughter d 1806 16 William d 1768 64 William d 1838 66, 67 CRAGG Joseph 54 BATE Sarah d 1836 54 Frances 105, 107 Thomas 105, 107 CULPIN Mary d 18?? 73 BENTON Mary (mother) 73 Thomas d 1789 81 Richard (father) 73 BOYAL Jane 69 CUNNINGTON Thomas 69 John d 1842 4 2 children d 1800 69 Mary d 1882 4 Samuel d 1841 4 BRYAN Hannah d 1846 4 Frances d 1855 18 Jane d 1838 17 ,18,22 CUTHBERT John d 1819 17 Benjamin d 1690 132 Mary d 1856 22 Benjamin d 1700 132 Thomas d 1833 17,18,22, Elizabeth d 132 23 iii DOVE GOODLEY Mary d infant 111,127 Elizabeth 15 Sarah d 1793 111,127 John 15 Sarah d 1840 111 John (son) d 1811 15 Thomas d 1837 111 GREEN DUDLEY Alice d 1817 61 Ann d 1840 31 Ann ( wife of John, mother of Jane) Thomas 31 82, 83 Arabella d 1833 63 FIGG Jane d 1832 82 Anne d 1714 115 John d 1816 5 Frances d 1762 116, John d 1826 5 Note 118,119 John d 1844 83 John d 1732 115 John (husband of Ann, father of Jane) John d 1792 107, 118 82 John d 1812 107, 120 Joseph d 1823 82 John d 1813 107, 120 Mary d 1816 Mary d 1757 (inf) 116, 119 (2 nd wife of John) 107 Mary d 1769 (wife of William) 115 T (?) d 1816 6 Mary d 1819 109 , 120 Thomas 61 Mary d 1827 (wife of John) 105, 118 Mary d 1861 107, 116 GROSSE Mary Bate d 1827 107, 118, William d 1875 14 120, 122 Richard d 1718 115 GRUNDY Richard d 1729 115 Joseph d 1863 43, 44 Richard (husband of Frances) Susannah d 1866 43 d 1785 116 , 117 Richard d 1813 (inf) 107 ,121 HAYNES Richard (son of William & Mary) 115 Alice (wife of James) Richard (son of John &Mary Bate Figg) d 1813 110, 124, d 1818 107, 122 125 Richard (grandson of Frances & Richard) James (son) d 1738 96 116 James d 1777 96 William d 1736 115 James (son of James & Alice) d 1789 110, 124 FISHER James d 1801 110 ,124, Edward d 1875 50 125 John (son) 96 FRISBY John (son) d 1768 101 Thomas d 1778 91 John d 1792 101 GIBBS Sarah d 1752 96 John d 1835 49 Sarah d 1782 102 Sarah (daughter) d 1784 102 GIDDINGS John d 1800? 58 HEATHCOTE Sarah 58 Gilbert Vyvyan d 1890 106 William 58 HENSON GIDDINS Frances 40 William d 1830 59 Sarah Ann d 1873 40 Ellanor 75 Thomas 40 iv HIDES Fanny d 1866 MORLEY George d 1870 Sarah Elizabeth d 1873 37 Jane d 1863 45, 46, 47 MUNRO ? HOPKINS Nicholas d 1787 126 George d 1870 48 Sarah d 1774 126 HOPKINSON NEAL Annie d 1870 13 George d 1914–1919 113 George 13 NICHOLLS JACKSON Daniel d 1827 103 James d 1813 98 Eliza d 1829 103 John d 1835 97 Elizabeth d 99 William d 1859 99,100 JONES Elizabeth d 1859 30 PALMER Thomas d.