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Names Inscriptions Notes 1 Mary Gawen (1740- 1797) of A______Joseph Gawen (1704- of ______1799) She died ______Aged __ Likewise the Remains of the above JOSEPH GAWEN who departed this Life Jan. 4th 1799 Aged 74 Large rectangular headstone. The top half is delaminated. 1A Giles Baine (1704-1775) G B 1775 M B 1778 Mary Baine (-1778) J B 1787

John Baine (-1787)

Small headstone. 2

Chest tomb. No inscription found.

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Small headstone. No inscription found. 4 James Smith (1748- The Bodies of 1749) James and William Sones of JAMES and MARY SMITH of Ye Pish William Smith (1749- James Died 26. March 1749. Aged 3M. 1757) Wm died __ Janur 1757. Aged 7Yrs6M.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 7 Martha Deverill (-1768) In Memory of Martha, Wife Daniel Deverill (-1779) of Daniel Deverill who died 6 March 1768. Aged 66. John Deverill Also ye said Daniel Deverill Died 20 Octr 1779 Aged 80. And of John Deverill their Son who died 5

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Small headstone. No inscription found. 8 Mary Thatcher (1727- Here Lie the Bodys 1728) of Two Daughters and One Son of JAMES and SARAH THATCHER of this Parish Sarah Thatcher (1737- MARY died May 10. 1728. Aged 1Yr2Mo 1738) SARAH March 24, 1738. Aged 17WKS JAMES August 13. 1743. Aged 6Y3M James Thatcher (1737- Also here lieth the Body of ye above 1743) mentioned JAMES THATCHER who Departed this Life the 8th of January Small headstone. James Thatcher (1694- 1770. Aged 75. 1770) 9

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11 12 J S 1748 Afflictions sore long timed w__ Physicians was in vain __ Death did seiz as God did To ease ____ of my Pain

Small headstone.

Possibly John Selway who was buried on 21 Dec 1748. (There were two other burials with initials ‘J S’ in 1748 but both were children.) 13 Richard Holbrook (- In 1792) Memory of RICHARD I___ ROCK of this Parish who departed this life April 20 17__ Aged __

Also of his Child Slab. Partly covered by white lichen.

Multi-layered tomb with a raised cross on the upper surface.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 15 Joseph Long (1807- North: 1869) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOSEPH LONG OF THE PARISH Mary Ann Long (1861) WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER __ 1869 AGED 62 YEARS Mary Wood Long (1863) ALSO TWO CHILDREN OF JOSEPH & LEAH SIPERIA LONG MARY ANN DIED AUGUST 31ST 1861 AGED 3 WEEKS. Mary Ann Long (1816- AND MARY WOOD WHO DIED JUNE _ 1863 AGED 2 WEEKS. 1852) Altar tomb with the upper surface pitched 2 ways. South:

Leah Siperia Long ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF The birth of Mary Ann Long was registered 1861/Q3 Keynsham, (1820-1891) MARY ANN, WIFE OF THE AFORESAID JOSEPH LONG mother’s maiden name: Wood. From the burial register: Mary Ann Long, WHO DIED OCTOBER 11TH 1852. aged 3 weeks, was buried on 3 Sep 1861. AGED 36 YEARS.

ALSO LEAH SIPERIA LONG In the 1861 census at Newton St Loe: Joseph Long, aged 52, farmer of SECOND WIFE OF JOSEPH LONG 217½ acres employing 2 men 3 boys & 2 women, born at Keynsham, WHO DIED JULY 14TH 1891 AGED 71 YEARS wife Leah, aged 40, born at Brislington (Som), children: Joseph, aged 4, born at Newton St Loe, Henry, aged 2, born at Newton St Loe, and Edward, aged 1, born at Newton St Loe, and two servants.

The birth of Mary Wood Long was registered 1863/Q2 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Wood. From the burial register: Mary Wood Long, aged 14 days, of Newton St Loe, was buried on 5 Jun 1863.

The death of Joseph Long, aged 62, was registered 1869/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1870: 13 January. The Will of Joseph Long late of the Parish of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset Yeoman deceased who died 5 November 1869 at Newton St. Loe aforesaid was proved at Bristol by the oaths of James Long of the Parish of Keynsham in the County aforesaid Gentleman the Brother and Charles Harris Wood of Keynsham aforesaid Gentleman the Executors. Effects under £4,000.

In the 1891 census at Langton House, Keynsham: Leah S Long, aged 70, widow, living on own means, born at Brislington (Som), a servant and a nurse.

The death of Leah Separia Long, aged 71, was registered 1891/Q3 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1892: LONG Leah Siparia of Keynsham Somerset widow died 14 July 1891 Probate Bristol 5 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes 2 January to Charles Harris Wood and Alfred Wood gentlemen Effects £247 10s. 2d. 15A John Selway (1721- [Here] 1748) lyeth the body of JOHN the So[n] of JOHN and CHRISTIAN SE[L-] Christian Selway (1688- WAY who Died 21 Dec 174_ 1754) Aged 27 Years ______the Bod[y of] CHRISTIAN SELWAY Mother of t__ [afore]said JOHN SELWAY she died t[he] __ day of March 1754. Aged 65 Years. Headstone.

From the burial register: John Selway was buried on 21 Dec 1748.

From the burial register: Christian Selway was buried on 12 Mar 1754. 16 Mary Rooke (1744-1821) HERE LIES INTERRED THE BODY OF George Rooke MARY ROOKE WIDOW OF THE LATE GEORGE ROOKE ESQRE OF PORTLAND PLACE IN THE CITY OF BATH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 20TH DECEMBER 18_1 Chest tomb. The upper surface is covered with white lichen. IN THE 77TH YEAR OF HER AGE

LEAVING TEN CHILDREN TO MOURN THE [LOSS] OF A BELOVED AND HONORED PARENT. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 27 Dec 1821 p3: Thursday died at her house in Portland-place, Mrs. Rooke, widow of George Rooke, esq. 17 Catherine Housman CATHERINE HOUSMAN (1769-1855) OF BATH DIED FEBRUARY 19TH 1855 Christopher Deavin AGED 85 YEARS (1779-1850) CHRISTOPHER BEAVIN DIED SEPTEMBER 3RD 1850 Martha Deavin (1776- AGED 71 YEARS 1852) MARTHA BEAVIN DIED DECEMBER 17TH 1852 Slab. Mostly covered in white lichen. The ‘Beavin’ rather than ‘Deavin’ AGED 76 YEARS has been verified.

In the 1841 census at 14 Sydney Place, Bath: Catherine Houseman, aged 65, independent, not born in Somerset, Christopher Deavin, aged 60,

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Names Inscriptions Notes servant, not born in Somerset, Martha Deavin, aged 60, servant, not born in Somerset, and three other servants.

In Pigot’s Somerset Directory 1842 in the section for Bath: Housman Mrs. Catherine, 14 Sydney place

The death of Christopher Deavin, aged 71, was registered 1850/Q3 Bath. In the PCC will written in 1840 he describes himself as a servant of Sydney Place and leaves everything to his wife Martha.

In the 1851 census at 14 Sydney Place, Bath: Catherine Houseman, aged 79, widow, fundholder, born at Liverpool, Martha Beaven, aged 71, widow, housekeeper, born at Newbury, and three other servants.

The death of Martha Deavin, aged 76, was registered 1852/Q4 Bath.

The death of Catherine Houseman, aged 85, was registered 1855/Q1 Bath. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 22 Feb 1855 p3: Feb. 19, at her residence, in Sydney Place, at a very advanced age, Mrs. Housman, an old and respected inhabitant of this city, whose loss will be sincerely regretted by the neighbouring poor.

The Bath Chronicle of Thu 22 Mar 1855 p2 had an advertisement for the sale by auction of her effects. These included a ‘select library’, a grand piano-forte, china, glass and plate. 18

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Names Inscriptions Notes 19 George Collins (1772- 1849) GEORGE COLLINS OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED Sarah Jefferies (1792- THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 12TH 1849 1881) AGED 77 YEARS TWAS WELL TO MEET BUT HARD TO PART Sophia Newman (1819- FROM AN ESTEEMED FRIEND 1900) HAPPY TO MEET ABOVE WITH CHRIST IN JOYS THAT NEVER END.

TO THE MEMORY OF Slab on a large stone base. There are the remains of the original railings SARAH JEFFERIE[S] but another set of railings has been added. COUSIN OF THE ABOVE TH WHO FELL ASLEEP MARCH 4 1881 From the burial register: George Collins, aged 77, of Newton St Loe, AGED 88 YEARS was buried on 18 Sep 1849. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 13 Sep 1849 FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED p3: AND ROSE AGAIN EVEN SO THEM Sept. 12, at Newton St. Loe, after a short illness, Mr. George Collins, THAT SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. THESS. IV:14 aged 79. ALSO TO HER NIECE SOPHIA NEWMAN The death of Sarah Jane Jefferies, aged 88, was registered 1881/Q1 WHO DIED AT KELSTON __TH [A]P[RIL] 1900 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1881: 29 April. The Will AGED __ of Sarah Jefferies late of the Parish of Kelston in the County of Somerset [THE] RIGHTEOUS SHALL [INHERIT THE] Spinster who died 4 March 1881 at Kelston was proved at Bristol by LAND AND DWELL [THERE FOREVER] Sophia Newman of Kelston Spinster the Niece and Alfred Piper of 202 Kentish-Town-road in the County of Middlesex Boot and Shoe Maker the Executors. Personal Estate under £3,000.

The death of Sophia Newman, aged 80, was registered 1900/Q2 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1900: NEWMAN Sophia of Kelston Somersetshire spinster died 8 April 1900 Probate Bristol 1 June to Andrew Burns retired shopkeeper and William Newman shoemaker Effects £5234 14s. 8d. There was a death notice in the Bath Chronicle of Thu 12 Apr 1900 p5. 20 Catharine Downing From a transcript by (1814-1838) In Memory of CATHERINE DOWNING who died December 18[3]8 Aged 21 Years.

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From the burial register: Catharine Downing, aged 24, of Newton-St Loe, was buried on 9 Dec 1838. 21 North: RESTORED BY THE PARISHIONERS AS A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN OF NEWTON ST LOE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR AUG 4 1914-28 JUNE 1919 MAJOR EDWARD HARTLEY KIRKPATRICK PTE JOHN HILTON GEORGE FRANCIS LIEUT STUART ANNESLEY WALLACE PTE HERBERT INGLETON JOSE PTE JOHN BACKHOUSE PTE JOSEPH MARKS PTE FARNHAM DEACON GUNNER WILLIAM WILFRED MORGAN PTE HENRY FEAR PTE HENRY PEARCE THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Tiered octagonal plinths surmounted by an octagonal stone column. At the top carvings on four sides. 22 William Poole (1780- HERE 1850) Lieth the Body of WILLIAM POOLE Maria Poole (1781- late of Chippenham, Wilts. 1855) who died 17th June 1850. Aged 69. ALSO Harriet Hart (1775- [MARIA Relict] of the above 1859) who departed this life _____ March A.D. 18__ Slab on a stone base. Surrounded by metal railings. Aged 73 Years

In the PCC will William Poole describes himself as of Chippenham and Also to leaves all his estate to his wife Maria. HARRIET HART

who died In the 1851 census at Bristol Road, Weston (Som): Maria Poole, aged 69, December 12th 1859 widow, lady, born at Wellow (Som), Mary Smith, aged 23, unmarried, Aged 84 Years. niece, lady, born at Bath, and a servant.

In the 1851 census at the residence of James, Collins, parish clerk, at Newton St Loe: Harriett Hart, aged 76, widow, lodger, born at Bath.

In the long PCC will Maria Poole describes herself as ‘late of Chippenham now of Bath’ and widow. The will was proved on 9 May 1855. It refers to her niece Mary Springford (wife of John Granby

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Names Inscriptions Notes Springford, late Mary Smith spinster) and nephews John Julius Arnold and William Smith.

The death of Harriet Hart, aged 84, was registered 1859/Q4 Bath. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 22 Dec 1859 p5: Dec. 12, at 4, Green Street, Harriet Hart, eldest and last surviving daughter of Charles and Judith Smith, of Wellow, aged 85. 23 Charles Smith (1746- C.S. 1811 1811) J.S. 1825 C.S. 1835 Judith Smith (1749- 1825)

Charles Smith (1793- 1835)

Small headstone. Covered in white lichen. 24 Sacred to the Memory M___ ELIZABETH Niece of ______who died on __ Aged __ Years

Headstone. 25 Thomas Arnold (1769- Underneath this memorial 1819) the remains of THOMAS ARNOLD Innholder Charles Arnold (1814- of the City of BATH 1816) who died May 2D 1819 Aged 49 Years Julia Dore (1779-1838) Also those of CHARLES his Son born October 10th 1814 died April 19th 1816 Altar tomb. The inscribed inscription is on the upper surface. Also ____ wife of

the above THOMAS ARNOLD From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 4 Jul 1805 p3: who died August __ 1838 Wednesday was married at the Abbey-church, Mr. Thomas Arnold, to Aged 59 Years Miss Julia Smith, both of this city.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 27 May 1819 p3:

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Names Inscriptions Notes Saturday died, after a long illness, borne with exemplary fortitude, Mr. Thos. Arnold, of the White Lion Inn.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 24 Jan 1822 p3: Monday was married, at the Abbey church, by the Rev. C. Crook, rector of Bath, Mr. Wm. Dore, to Julia, widow of Mr. T. Arnold, of the White Lion inn.

William Dore and Company ran a coach service between Bristol and London, with the White Lion at Bath being one of its stops. In 1826 there were bankruptcy proceedings against William Dore, ‘innkeeper, dealer and chapman’. It was proposed that his interest in the lease of the White Lion Inn, along with horses, carriages, stock etc be sold.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 16 Aug 1838 p3: Aug. 14, after a long and painful illness, Mrs. Dore, of Sydney- buildings, aged 58.

The death of William Dore, aged 69, was registered 1839/Q4 Bath. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 31 Oct 1839 p3: Oct. 24. At Sydney-buildings, aged 69, Mr. Wm. Dore.

He was buried at Bathwick on 29 Oct 1839. 26 In Mem[ory of] JOHN BAKER ___ Martha Baker (1756- of this Parish, 1826) who departed this li[e] the 24th of February 18__ Aged 40 Years. Also MART[HA Wife of] JOHN ______who dep[arted this life] Altar tomb. The inscribed inscription is on the upper surface. The right- Jany 2nd ____ hand side is delaminated.

From the burial register Martha Baker, aged 69, of Corston, was buried on 6 Jan 1826. 27

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Small headstone. No inscription found. 29

Low chest tomb. 30 Alice Crawen (1645- Here 1729) Lies the Body of Allice the Wife of John Crawen, who dy’d July ye 30th 1729, Aged 84 Years. Also the Body of a Son and Daughters of Robert ______sd Allice Small headstone. 32

Slab. The inscribed inscription is faint.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 33 (& James Collins (1727- Headstone: 31) 1783) HERE Betty Collins (1731- Lieth the Body of 1816) JAMES COLLINS Senr who died Augst 21st 1783 Aged 56 Years.

Also to the Memory Headstone. At the top of the eastern side are carvings of flowers and of BETTY Wife of leaves and a plant in a chalice. The area below this is divided into two the above named panels with the inscription only on the left-hand side. The lower part JAMES COLLINS is in the process of delaminating. Small footstone. Who died July 28th 1816

Aged 85 Years. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 1 Aug 1816 p3: Footstone: At Brislington, in her 86th year, Mrs. Collins, mother of Mr. Collins, at J. C. 1783 the Globe Inn, Newton. There is a time of Death we know full well But when, how, or where, no man can tell Short and uncertain is the state of man Certain to Die, But ______when

B. C. 1816 34 Sarah Rudduck Here lies the Body Here also are the Thomas Rudduck of Sarah daughter Bodies of John and of Thomas and Eli Joseph Sons of Tho- John Rudduck (1742) beth Rudduck mas and Elizabeth of this Parish who Rudduck John died Joseph Rudduck (-1738) dy’d Decem: ye 21 March 9TH 1742 aged ____ Aged 3 Years 7 days Joseph died ry TH Feb 5 1738 aged _ Small headstone with a rounded top. At the top are carvings of flowers and leaves. Below this, the inscription is in two panels.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 35 William Collins (1791- North: 1799) WILLIAM COLLINS DIED FEBY 17TH 1799. AGED __ Anna Maria Tulley (1893-1814) THAT WHETHER WE WAKE

Francis Tulley West: ANNA MARIA Ann Smith (1756-1831) THE WIFE OF FRANCIS TULLEY SENR TH Robert Smith DIED MARCH 26 1814. AGED 20. Celtic cross with an ‘ihs’ motif on a plinth with gabled sides. Sarah Tulley (1797- OR SLEEP WE SHOULD Surrounding by a rectangular wrought iron railings with the four bases 1854) set in stones. South: Francis Tulley (1799- ANN From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 5 Jan 1832 p3: 1889) THE WIFE OF Dec. 27, aged 74, Mrs. Smith, mother to Mrs. Tulley, Argyle-street. ROBERT SMITH OF WELLOW. DIED DECR 27TH 1831. AGED 75. In the 1851 census at 17 Upper Camden Place, Walcot, Bath: Francis Tully, aged 50, retired confectioner, born at Slugham (Sussex), wife LIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM Sarah, aged 47, born at Wellow (Som), daughter, Anne Maria, aged 27, unmarried, born at Bath, and a servant. East: SARAH The death of Sarah Tulley, aged 56, was registered 1854/Q2 Bath THE BELOVED WIFE OF (Bathwick sub-district). From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 25 May 1854 FRANCIS TULLEY JUNR OF BATH p3: DIED MAY 14TH 1854. AGED 56. May 19, after a short illness, Sarah, the much beloved wife of Mr. Francis Tulley, deeply lamented by her family and friends, aged 56. CHRIST JESUS ______The death of Francis Tulley, aged 90, was registered 1889/Q1 Bath. Buried in Locksbrook Cemetery (St Switihin’s section, MI). Their daughter Anne Maria was buried in 1898 jn the same grave.

Small headstone. No inscription found. 14

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Names Inscriptions Notes 37 Robert Francis (1718- Sacred to the Memory of 1797) ROBERT FRANCES late of this Parish Anna Maria Francis who departed this life (1729-1806) June 1_ 1797 Aged 78 Years Also ANNA MARIA FRANCIS William Francis (1782- ___ of ROBERT FRANCIS 1852) who departed this life August the 1st 1806 Chest tomb. The incised inscription is on the upper surface. Jane Francis (1785- Aged 77 Years

1854) Also WILLIAM FRANCIS From the burial register: Mr Robert Francis was buried on 20 Jun 1797. Son of SAMUEL FRANCIS

and Grandson of the above From the burial register: Annamaria Francis was buried on 8 Aug 1806. died Decr 15th 1852 Aged 69

Also JANE his Wife From the burial register: William Francis, aged 70, of Combe Down, was Who died April 1st 1854 Aged 68. buried on 22 Dec 1852.

The death of Jane Francis, aged 68, was registered 1854/Q2 Bath (Twerton sub-district). From the burial register: Jane Francis, aged 68, of Twerton, was buried on 7 Apr 1854. 38 Richard Francis IN Memory of RICHD FRANCIS who died Dec Mary Francis 12th 17_1 Aged 5 weeks ______ARY FRANCIS died ______0 Aged 15 Years.

Chest tomb. The two pieces of the broken upper surface are joined by metal bands. 39 George Marchant SACRED to the Memory (1791-1826) of GEORGE MARCHANT who died the 10th Day of June 1826 David Marchant (1762- Aged 35 Years. 1831) Also DAVID MARCHANT Father of the above GEORGE MARCHANT A Native of this Village who died the 12th Day of Septr 1831 Slab. The lower right-hand side is delaminated. Aged 69. 15 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

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M____ this World with ____ From the burial register: George Marchant, aged 35, of Bath, was buried And ______on 16 Jun 1826. Where ______And ______From the burial register: David Marchant, aged 69, of Bath, native of ______Newton St Loe, was buried on 18 Sep 1831. The ______40 R. F.

Slab. 41 Loetitia Spencer (1769- North, left: 1796) Underneath are deposited the remains of Edward Spencer (1768- LÆTTITIA Wife of 1823) EDWARD SPENCER Daughter of ROBERT and Ann Spencer (1773- ANNA MARIA FR_____ 1853) of this Parish ___died April the ___ 1796 Altar tomb. The incised inscriptions are very faint. The lower part of Sarah Spencer (1805- Aged ___Years the inscriptions on the left-hand side of the northern side and on the 1806) __ eastern side are illegible. ______

John Spencer () she______From the burial register: Loetitia Baker, aged 26, was buried on 8 Apr the______1796.

North, right: From the burial register: Sarah Spencer, aged 5 weeks, was buried on Sacred to the Memory of 3 Feb 1806. EDWARD SPENCER

who died August 4th 1823 From the burial register: Edward Spencer, aged 55, of Newton St Loe, Aged 55 Years. was buried on 11 Aug 1823. It is good for me that I have been afflicted That I might learn thy statutes Also ANN. From the burial register: Ann Spencer, aged 79, of Newton St Loe, was The beloved Wife of buried on 11 Apr 1853. EDWARD SPENCER 16

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Names Inscriptions Notes who died April 3rd ____ Aged 7_.

West: In Memory of SARAH Daughter of ED & ANN SPENCER died Jany 30th 1806 Aged 5 Weeks

East: UNDERNEATH this Tomb are deposited the remains of JOHN eldest son of EDWARD and ANN SPENCER ______

42 Walter Spencer (1816- North: 1880) Sacred to the Memory of WALTER SPENCER YOUNGEST SON OF EDWARD AND ANN SPENCER Mary Spencer (1812- OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED AT BROOKLEAZE BDGS BATH THE 8TH OF FEBY 1880 1883) AGED _3 YEARS ______Richard Spencer (1809- 1892) South: Also to the Memory of MARY SPENCER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF EDWARD AND ANN SPENCER Pitched 4 ways. OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED AT NO 23 PARAGON BATH ON THE 7TH JANUARY 1883 AGED 70 YEARS. In the 1861 census at Newton St Loe,: Walter Spencer, aged 40, farmer of 246 acres employing 7 men 3 boys & 3 women, born at Newton St RICHARD SPENCER DIED AUGST 9TH 1892 AGED 83 YEARS. Loe, Jane C Morris, aged 60, married, sister, born at Newton St Loe, James Morris, aged 70, married, brother-in-law, farmer part occupier with Walter Spencer, and Mary Spencer, aged 42, unmarried, visitor, born at Newton St Loe.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Walter Spencer, aged 63, was registered 1880/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1880: 18 March. The Will of Walter Spencer formerly of Newton St Roe (sic) in the County of Somerset but late of 22 Brookleaze-buildings Larkhall in the City and Borough of Bath who died 8 February 1880 at 22 Brookleaze-buildings was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Spencer of 22 Brookleaze-buildings Spinster the Sister the sole Executrix. Effects under £1.500.

In the 1881 census at 3 Circus Place, Bath: Richard Spencer, aged 72, accountant, born at Newton St Loe, wife Elizabeth, aged 50, born at Bath, and four children.

The death of Mary Spencer, aged 70, was registered 1883/Q1 Bath.

In the 1891 census at 3 Circus Place, Bath: Richard Spencer, aged 83, married, retired grocer, born at Newton St Loe, four children, a visitor, and a lodging family.

The death of Richard Spencer, aged 83, was registered 1892/Q3 Bath. 43

Headstone with a rounded top, now flat on the ground. At the top is a depiction of the sun with rays emanating from it and some ropes. The incised inscription is faint. 44 Elizabeth Wicksteed Sacred [to t]he Memory (1830-1888) Of the [best o]f Mothers B[eneat]h this Stone [lie t]he Remains Of ELIZABETH WICKSTEED who Departed this Life March __ __88 Aged 65 Years

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On 8 Dec 1857 at St Margaret next Rochester George Blyde Wicksteed married Catherine Elizabeth Ward (registered 1857/Q4 Medway). 18

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In the 1881 census at 31 St James Street, Cheltenham: George B Wicksteed, aged 47, hall porter, born at Piccadilly, London, wife Catherine E, aged 50, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and daughter Emma C, aged 16, born at Portsmouth.

The death of George Blyde Wicksteed, aged 53, was registered 1887/Q4 Cheltenham.

The death of Catherine E Wicksteed, aged 68, was registered 1888/Q4 Cheltenham. 45 The base of a headstone.

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Southern Ashes Section

Names Inscriptions Notes 47 David John Fortune (1930-2010) IN LOVING† MEMORY OF DAVID JOHN FORTUNE BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER MAY 1930 - 2010

ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS

Plaque and a square vase.

The birth of David J Fortune was registered 1930/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Jones.

From the Bath Chronicle of 22 Jul 2010: FORTUNE David John Betty, Lynda and Michael would like to thank all relations and friends for cards, letters and messages of sympathy they

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Names Inscriptions Notes received. A special thank you to Nurses of Newbridge Surgery and grateful thanks to so many who attended the Service.

From the Bath Chronicle of 30 Jun 2011 FORTUNE David John Passed away July 3rd 2010. In loving memory of a wonderful husband, dad and grandad, sadly missed and always in our thoughts. Love Betty, Lynda, Michael, Tracy, Ben, Martyn, Ashley, Megan and Kai xxx 48 Joan Beatrice Niblett IN LOVING MEMORY OF (1912-2012) JOAN BEATRICE NILBETT Betty Niblett (1915- 1912 – 2012 2001) AND REMEMBERING ALSO BETTY NIBLETT 1915 - 2001

Grey plaque.

The birth of Joan B Niblett was registered 1912/Q3 Brentford, mother’s maiden name: Ford. The birth of Betty Niblett was registered 1915/Q4 Brentford, mother’s maiden name: Ford.

The death of Betty Niblett, born on 29 Aug 1915, was registered 2001/Nov Bath & NE Somerset.

From the Bath Chronicle of 10 Jan 2013: NIBLETT Joan Beatrice Peacefully at St. Battens on 24th December 2012 aged 100 years. Funeral service at Holy Trinity Church, Newton St. Loe on Thursday 10th January at 3pm followed by private cremation. Donations in lieu of flowers to Dorothy House c/o W.F. Dolman & Son, 9 Walcot Terrace, Bath, BA1 6AB. 49 Edith Margaret Henry EDITH Penman (1917-1995) MARGARET HENRY PENMAN Larmont Douglas BORN 1917 Penman (1918-2000) DIED 30 MARCH 1995 LARMONT DOUGLAS PENMAN

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Names Inscriptions Notes BORN 1918 Light-coloured plaque. DIED 8 JULY 2000 Passenger on the SS Dominion Monarch from London to Mombasa, departing on 2 Apr 1947: Larmont Douglas Penman, aged 29, architect, last address in the UK: 49 King Street, Coatbridge, country of intended future permanent residence: Uganda.

Passenger on the SS Dunnottle Castle from Mombasa to Southampton, arriving on 20 Jan 1949: Larmont Penman, aged 31, architect, Edith Penman, aged 32, housewife, Lorna Penman, aged 4, country of last permanent residence: Uganda, proposed UK address: 49 King Street, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.

The death of Edith Margaret H Penman, born in 25 Jun 1917, was registered 1995/Mar Bath.

The death of Larmont Douglas Penman, born on 28 Feb 1918, was registered 2000/Jul Bath & NE Somerset. 50 Frank Alister Ringham FRANK ALISTER RINGHAM (1930-2004) NOV 1930 – OCT 2004

Plaque.

The birth of Frank A Ringham was registered 1931/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Clark.

The marriage of Frank Alister Ringham to Josephine Margaret Roberts was registered 1964/Q3 Bath.

The death of Frank Alister Ringham, born on 30 Nov 1930, was registered 2004/Oct Bath & NE Somerset.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 51 Victor George Norris VICTOR GEORGE (1917-2004) NORRIS 3RD MAY 1917 1ST AUGUST 2004

BELOVED HUSBAND OF DINA REMEMBERED WITH LOVE

Black plaque.

The birth of Victor G Norris was registered 1917/Q2 Kingston.

Passenger on the SS Empress of Scotland from Port Said to Southampton, arriving on 31 Mar 1948: Victor G Norris, aged 30, engineer, Geraldine Norris, aged 30, housewife, and Celia J Norris, aged 2, proposed UK address 40 Enightlow Rd, Harborne, Birmingham 17, country of last permanent residence: Egypt.

The death of Victor George Norris, born on 3 May 1917, was registered 2004/Aug Bath & NE Somerset. 52 John Walter Edward JOHN HUGHES Hughes (1933-1995) 7·3·1933 — 30·1·1995 PAT HUGHES Pat Hughes (1931-2003) 18·8·1931 — 31·5·2003 IN OUR THOUGHTS FOREVER

Plaque.

The death of John Walter E Hughes, born on 7 Mar 1933, was registered 1995/Feb Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 54 Mabel Emily Grassi IN LOVING MEMORY (1913-1994) OF A DEVOTED MOTHER MABEL EMILY GRASSI 30th APRIL 1913 24th NOV. 1994

Plaque.

The birth of Mabel E Rowe was registered 1913/Q2 Windsor, mother’s maiden name: Pearce.

The marriage of Mabel Emily Rowe to Thomas Albert Grassi at St John the Evangelist, Lower Weston, Bath was registered 1939/Q2 Bath.

The death of Mabel Emily Grassi, born on 30 Apr 1913, was registered 1994/Nov Bath. 55 IN LOVING MEMORY OF

George Thomas Constable (1923-2002) AND OF GEORGE CONSTABLE 13TH FEBRUARY 2002 AGED 78 YEARS

Plaque with an integral vase.

The death of George Thomas Constable, born on 24 Dec 1923, was registered 2002/Feb Bath & NE Somerset. 56 Pauline A Browning PAULINE A. BROWNING (1929-2007) née ANGELL 15 JULY 1929 – 14 AUGUST 2007 Harold Browning (1928- MUCH LOVED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS 2012) ALWAYS REMEMBERED HAROLD BROWNING 7 NOVEMBER 1928 – 21 AUGUST 2012

REUNITED Plaque.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The birth of Pauline A Angell was registered 1929/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Flooks.

The marriage of Harold Browning to Pauline A Angell was registered 1950/Q4 Bathavon.

From the Bath Chronicle of 18 Aug 2007: BROWNING Pauline. Passed away peacefully at home after a long illness aged 78. A loving Wife to Harold, a special Mum and Nan who will be sadly missed by all. Funeral service will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Newton St. Loe on Thursday, 23rd August at 2.00 p.m., followed by cremation at Haycombe. Family flowers only, donations if desired to Dorothy House Hospice c/o Co-operative Funeralcare, Pulteney Road, Bath BA2 4HP.

From the Bath Chronicle of 30 Aug 2012: BROWNING Harold Passed away peacefully at Rosewell Country Home aged 83 on 21st August 2012, formerly of Newton St Loe. Reunited with wife Pauline, remembered always by children, grandchildren and great- granddaughter. Funeral service will be held at Holy Trinity, Newton St Loe on Monday 3rd September 11.45am followed by cremation at Haycombe. Donations to Dorothy House Hospice c/o Co-operative Funeral Care, Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 4HP. 57 Irene May Ordon (1923- IN LOVING MEMORY OF 1992) IRENE MAY ORDON 3 MAY 1923 12 SEPTEMBER 1992

The birth of Irene M Little was registered 1923/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Green.

The marriage of Irene May Little to Wiktor Ordon was registered 1951/Q4 Bath.

The death of Irene May Ordon, born on 3 May 1923, was registered 1992/Sep Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Wiktor Leon Ordon, born on 11 Apr 1922, was registered 2004/Sep Bath & NE Somerset. 58 Peter Ballan (1928- IN 2009) LOVING MEMORY OF PETER BALLAN 24.2.1928 – 5.3.2009

Plaque.

The birth of Peter Ballan was registered 1928/Q2 Auckland, mother’s maiden name: Cummings. 59 Richard Morling Moakes ‘BILL’ (1920-1995) RICHARD M MOAKES Barbara Norah Moakes 11·12·20 - 8·4·95 (1925-2014) AND HIS WIFE ‘BARBIE’ BARBARA N. 15·7·1925 - 14·6·2014

Plaque. REMEMBERED WITH

LOVE BY MANY The birth of Richard M Moakes was registered 1921/Q1 Woolwich, mother’s maiden name: Morling.

Passenger on the SS Braemar Castle from Mombasa to London, arriving on 3 Aug 1960: Richard Moakes, born on 11 Dec 1920, civil servant, Barbara Moakes, born on 15 Jul 1925, housewife, Linley Moakes, born on 12 Aug 1947, and Richard Moakes, born on 2 Dec 1950, country of last permanent residence: Kenya, proposed UK address: 105 Blendon Rd, Bexley, Kent.

The death of Richard Morling Moakes, born on 11 Dec 1920, was registered 1995/Q2 Bath.

From the Bath Chronicle of 19 Jun 2014: MOAKES Barbara Norah Wife of 'Bill' Moakes. Passed away on Saturday 14th June 2014. Loved and sorely missed by family and friends. Service to be held at Holy Trinity Church, Newton St Loe, on Tuesday 24th June at 12.15pm followed by Cremation at Haycombe Crematorium at 1pm. 26

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Names Inscriptions Notes Family flowers only please, donations if desired to Age Related Macular Degeneration and Alzheimer's Research should be sent to G F Hunt Funeral Directors, 41 Livingstone Road, Oldfield Park, Bath BA2 3PH 60 Frederick Harold FREDERICK HAROLD Turner (1929-2006) TURNER 1929 – 2006 LAWYER AND TENNIS PLAYER

Plaque.

The death of Frederick Harold Turner, born on 2 Aug 1929, was registered 2006/Jan Redditch. 62 Maurice Herbert Clasby MAURICE CLASBY (1923-2012) 7·6·1923 - 29·11·2012

ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS

Plaque.

The birth of Maurice H Clasby was registered 1923/Q3 Portsmouth, mother’s maiden name: Dyer.

The marriage of Maurice Herbert Clasby to Joyce Elizabeth Hughes was registered 1949/Q2 Bath. 63 George Harold Cecil GEORGE HUGHES Hughes (1906-1995) 15·6·06 — 30·10·95 LOVINGLY Gladys Elizabeth REMEMBERED Hughes (1908-1998) BY GLADYS & FAMILY GLADYS 1·5·08 — 24·8·98 TOGETHER AGAIN

Plaque. 27 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes

The birth of George Harold C Hughes was registered 1906/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Spurrell. The birth of Gladys Elizabeth Chave was registered 1908/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Jarvis.

The marriage of George H C Hughes to Gladys E Chave was registered 1927/Q4 Keynsham.

The death of George Harold Cecil Hughes, born on 15 Jun 1906, was registered 1995/Oct Bath.

The death of Gladys Elizabeth Hughes, born on 1 May 1908, was registered 1998/Aug Bath & NE Somerset. 63 Richard Anthony RICHARD ANTHONY Gardner (1973-1998) GARDNER 15.7.1973 – 6.8.1998 A BRAVE SPIRIT LOVED & REMEMBERED ALWAYS

Red plaque.

The death of Richard Anthony Gardner, born on 15 Jul 1973, was registered 1998/Aug Bath & NE Somerset. 64 Roy William Everitt ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS (1921-2003) FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS ROY WILLIAM

EVEREITT Margaret Doreen 1921 - 2003 Everitt (1919-2004) AMD HIS BELOVED WIFE MARGARET DOREEN 1919 - 2004 Black plaque.

The birth of Roy W Everitt was registered 1921/Q1 Edmonton, mother’s maiden name: Biddle.

The marriage of Roy W Everitt to Margaret D Dowigge was registered 1949/Q1 Ealing.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Roy William Everitt, born on 11 Jan 1921, was registered 2003/Sep Bath & NE Somerset.

The death of Margaret Doreen Everitt, born on 18 Jun 1919, was registered 2004/Nov Bath & NE Somerset. 65 Cheryl Anne Hepburn (1969-1998) † In loving memory of Cheryl Anne Hepburn A much loved Daughter Sister and Mother Died June 1998 Aged 29 years Forever in our thoughts And hearts. Sorely missed. Plaque.

The death of Cheryl Anne Hepburn, born on 17 Jan 1969, was registered 1998/Oct Bristol. 66 Margaret Lavender MARGARET LAKE Lake (1912-1999) 1912 – 1999

John Bastin Lake (1914- JOHN LAKE 2002) 1914-2002

FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS

Plaque.

The birth of Margaret L Hutton was registered 1913/Q1 Kendal. The birth of John B Lake was registered 1914/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Forman.

The marriage of John B Lake to Margaret L Hutton was registered 1941/Q2 Bathavon.

The death of Margaret Lavender Lake, born on 13 Dec 1912, was registered 1999/Jul Bath & NE Somerset.

The death of John Bastin Lake, born on 27 Apr 1914, was registered 2002/Jan Bath & NE Somerset.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 67 James Edward Denning (1936-2003) † IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES EDWARD DENNING 28TH JAN. 1936 14TH NOV. 2003 Much loved by all of his family

Plaque.

The birth of James E Denning was registered 1936/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Wilton.

The death of James Edward Denning, born on 28 Jan 1936, was registered 2003/Nov Bath & NE Somerset.

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Southern Section

Names Inscriptions Notes 81 William Ager (1760- To the Memory of 1794) WILLIAM AGER who departed this life June 29 in the Year of our Lord 1794, and in the 34th Year of his Age. A loving Husband, a Father ______Friend lies buried ______his prime was snatch’d __ deep in this cold bed of _____ 82

83 Elizabeth Hawkins (- E H 1767 1767) In the Great ______A__ conscience is g___nded

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Names Inscriptions Notes 85

87 88

89 John Long (1740-1777) In Memory of JOHN LONG William Long (1771- Of Bathford, who departed ye 1772) Life ye 4. October 1777. Aged 37 Years. Also here lieth the Body of WILLIAM Son of the above JOHN LONG who Departed this life Octor ye __ 1772 Aged 16 Months. Small headstone with carvings of leaves at the top. Here also lieth the Body of

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Names Inscriptions Notes 90 Charles Stuart C.S.M. 1812 Marchant (1745-1812) Affliction sore long time I bore Physicians was in vain; Elizabeth Marchant I had no ease till God, did please, (1749-1838) To ease me of my pain. E.M. 1838 William Brown Chesson W.B.C. 1833 (1769-1833)

Footstone. This would seem to come from grave 138.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 13 Dec 1838 p3: DIED.- At Newton St. Loe, aged 89, Mrs. Marchant. 91 Elizabeth Broad (1744- [Sacred to the M]emory of 1812) ______T____ BROAD [of the] Parish of Englishcombe; James Long (1769- [who died] Octr 2nd 1812, Aged 69 Y[ears] 1833) The kind Parent in deaths dark abode ______the Trump of God Mary Long (1801-1819) Children forbear to sigh, your Tears res[t] Your temporal loss is her eternal gain. Elizabeth Long (1795- She with a Faith divine resign’d her B[reath]

1823) And in her dying Moment conquer’d D[eath] The Soul dislodged from Earth’s ;ow R____ Wing’d like a Seraph to the distant S_____ SACRED to the Memo[ry of] JAMES LONG of the Parish of Bitto[n] who died August 6th 1833, [A]g[ed __] Allso of MARY Daught[er of] JAMES LONG (by ______) Who died February 25th ______Allso of ELIZABE[TH ______] Who died July 1st ______Dear friends, why s______We are but where ______

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Names Inscriptions Notes 92

93 Joanna Raffles Ruxton Rickards (1946-1994) †

JOANNA RAFFLES RUXTON RICKARDS 1946 – 1994 beloved wife of JOHN and mother of WILLIAM & HATTIE Semper Fidelis Slab in light grey polished granite. The birth of Joanna R R Roberts was registered 1946/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Hughes.

The marriage of Joanna R R Roberts to John A Rickards was registered 1976/Q3 Chelsea.

The death of Joanna Raffles R Rickards, born on 7 Jun 1946, was registered 1994/Dec Winchester. 94 William Quincey Roberts (1912-1980) † WILLIAM QUINCEY ROBERTS Janet Finnimore 1912 - 1980 Roberts (1917-2009) Land Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall 1953 - 1977 COLONEL BILL The Somerset Light Infantry T.A. “Commander of the brave.” 5th Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment Slab in light grey polished granite. 4th Battalion the Dorset Regiment 1944 – 1945 The birth of William Q Roberts was registered 1912/Q3 Kingston, A.D.C. to Her Majesty the Queen mother’s maiden name: Pollard. 1956 - 1961 The birth of Janet F Hughes was registered 1917/Q2 Kingston, mother’s High Sheriff of Somerset maiden name: Buckley. 1969

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Names Inscriptions Notes Loved by so many The marriage of William Quincey Roberts to Janet Finnimore Hughes at St Mary’s, Bathwick was registered 1938/Q1 Bath. And In Loving Memory of The death of William Quncey Roberts, born on 5 Aug 1912, was His Beloved Wife registered 1980/Q3 Bath. JANET FINNIMORE ROBERTS 1917 – 2009 Justice of the Peace At rest in the Village she loved. 95 June Margery Minto Roberts (1939-2000) †

JUNE MARGERY MINTO ROBERTS Master of Science Loving daughter of BILL & JANET sister of JANE & JOANNA mother of EMILY & LAURA 1939 - 2000 Slab in light grey polished granite.

The birth of June M M Roberts was registered 1939/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Hughes.

The death of June Marjory M Roberts, born on 5 Mar 1939, was registered 2000/Feb Surrey N. 96 Mary Baker (1724-1803) MARY BAKER 1803, Aged 79 Years.

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Northern Section

Names Inscriptions Notes 101 Jane Clark (-1840) TO THE MEMORY OF JANE CLARK, WHO DIED JUNE 20: 1840 AGED 20 YEARS SHE WAS IN THE SERVICE OF MAJOR AND MRS ___E BY WHOM THIS STONE IS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE TO HER ST______ITY Small headstone. 102

Edging. No inscription found. 103 Elizabeth Anderdon ELIZABETH ANDERDON, Daughter of (1775-1798) WM and MARY ANDERDON, who died January 16th 1798. Aged 22 Years. Mary Anderdon (1732- MARY ANDERDON 1798) Wife of WM ANDERDON Esq Died April 26th 1798. Aged 62 Years. Ferdinando Anderdon FERDINANDO ANDERDON Esq (1730-1807) Died April 28th 1807. Aged 77. WILLIAM ANDERDON Esqr Table tomb on a stone base. William Anderdon died October 22d 1816 Aged 81 Years (1732-1816) SUSANNA ANDERDON died Novr 2nd 1820 Aged 79. Susanna Anderdon MARY ANDERDON (1741-1820) died January 6th 1824 Aged 87 Yea[rs] CAPTAIN WILLIAM PROCTOR ANDERDON Mary Anderdon (1736- late of the BENGAL ARMY 1824) youngest Son of the above named FERDINANDO ANDERDON of TAUNTON William Proctor Died April 16th 1809. Aged 78. Anderdon (1780-1809) Also FRANCES the beloved Wife of the above WILLIAM PROCTOR ANDERDON E[sq] who departed this life 36

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Names Inscriptions Notes Frances Anderdon on the 9th July 1859 (1780-1859) in the 80th Year of her age. 104 William Wylde-Browne WILLIAM WYLDE-BROWNE, (1823-1890) DIED SEPTR 16TH 1890 — “AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT.”

Cross on 3 plinths and edging.

The death of William Wylde Browne, aged 67, was registered 1890/Q3 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1890: 3 December. The Will with a Codicil of William Wylde-Browne late of Newton St. Loe Saltford near Bristol in the County of Somerset Esquire retired Captain of Her Majesty’s Indian Army who died 16 September 1890 at Newton St. Loe was proved at Bristol by Emily Dysart Wylde-Browne of Newton St. Loe Widow the Relict Frederick William Disney of Knyveton-road Bournemouth in the County of Southampton Esquire and Charles John Cooper of Bridgenorth in the County of Salop Gentleman the Executors. Personal Estate £39,373 19s. 4d. 105 William Henry Holbrook (1807-1880) [Also in] Memory of WILLIAM HENRY ____ of the above [who died] January 15th 1880 [Aged] 72 Years [THY] WILL BE DONE

106 Ann Holbrook (1805- SACRED 1827) To the Memory of ANN HOLBROOK Daughter of WILLIAM and ANN Hester Holbrook (1808- HOLBROOK who departed this life 1828) December 9 1827 Aged 22 Years. Afflictions sore long time I bore James Holbrook (1812- Physicians were in vain 1813) I had no case _all God was pleas’d To ease me of my pain. Also HESTER Daughter of the Raised slab. 37 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes Mary Lintern (1803- aforesaid W and A. HOLBROOK From the burial register: James Holbrook, aged 5 monmths, of Newton, 1837) departed this life May 30th 1828 was buried on 11 Apr 1813. Aged 19 Years. Mary Morgan (1809- Come all ye weary, all ye heavy prest From the burial register: Ann Holbrook, aged 22, of Newton St Loe, was 1851) Your burthens bring and I will give you rest buried on 17 Dec 1827. Awake my soul, hear __ bid and home Ann Holbrook (1772- And answering say, I come, O Lord. From the burial register: Hester Holbrook, aged 19, of Newton St Loe, Also JAMES their Son who 1848) was buried on 9 Jun 1828. Died in his Infancy

Also MARY LINTERN William Holbrook From the burial register: Mary Lintern, aged 33, of Newton St Loe, was Eldest Daughter of the above (1780-1860) buried on 2 Mar 1837. W & A HOLBROOK

Who died February 21st 1837 From the buirial register: Ann Holbrook, aged 75, of Newton St Loe, Aged 33 Years was buried on 14 Jan 1848. Farwell my dear friends Prepare to Meet your God. In memory of MARY MORGAN In the 1851 census at Newton St Loe: William Holbrook, aged 78, who died July 4th 1851, widower, retired tailor, born at Chewstoke (Som), Mary Morgan, aged Aged 42 Years. 42, unmarried, housekeeper, bor at Mary le Bone (Middx), and May M Fowler, aged 33, unmarried, governess, born at Bath.

From the burial register: Mary Morgan, aged 42, of Newton St Loe, was buried on 11 Jul 1851.

From the burial register: William Holbrook, aged 80, of Newton St Loe, was buried on 20 Sep 1860. 107 Richard Stanley Latham IN MEMORY OF (1820-1840) RICHARD STANLEY LATHAM THE YOUNGER Anna Maria Latham WHO DIED (1832-1852) THE 18TH OF [JANY] 1840 Richard Stanley Latham IN THE TWENTIETH (1778-1854) YEAR OF HIS AGE. ______Raised slab. — ALSO OF The death of Richard Stanley Latham, aged 18, was registered 1840/Q ANNE MARIA LATHAM Bath (Bathwick sub-district). From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 23 Jan WHO DIED ON THE 1840 p2: 7TH OF JULY 1852 Jan. 18, at Rochfort-place, in his 20th year, Richard Stanley, third son IN THE 20TH YEAR OF HER AGE of Mr. Latham.

______BLESSED OF MY FATHER. INHE______38

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Names Inscriptions Notes ______FOR YOU In the 1851 census at 1 Nile Street, Bath: Richard S Latham, aged 71, ALSO married, accountant, born at Be____ (Worcs), children: William, aged RICHARD STANLEY LATHAM 28, unmarried, accountant, born at Bristol, Anne Maria, aged 18, born THE ELDER at Bath, and Mary U, aged 14, born at Bath, Thomas Price, aged 55, WHO DIED APRIL _TH 1854 assistant auctioneer, born at Birmingham, and a servant. [AGED 75] The death of Anne Maria Latham, aged 19, was registered 1852/Q3 Bath (Lansdown sub-district). From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 8 Jul 1852 p3: July 7, at 1 Nile Street, in her 20th year, Anne Maria, eldest daughter of Mr. Latham.

The death of Richard Stanley Latham, aged 75, was registered 1854/Q2 Bath. From the burial register: Richard Stanley Latham, aged 75, of Widcombe, was buried on 10 Apr 1854. 108 Thomas Howell (1818- SACRED 1821) TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS HOWELL, William Howell (1819- WHO DIED JULY THE 17TH 1821, 1822) AGED 2 YEARS & 7 MONTHS.

William Howell (1784- ALSO OF 1849) WILLIAM HOWELL, WHO DIED DECR THE 14TH 1822, From the burial register: Thomas Howell, aged 2 years 7 months, of Sarah Howell (1788- AGED 2 YEARS & 7 MONTHS. Bath, was buried on 22 Jul 1821. 1862) SONS OF

WILLIAM & SARAH HOWELL From the burial register: William Howell, aged 2 years 7 months, of Mary Nichols (1797- OF THE CITY OF BATH. Bath, was buried on 22 Dec 1822. 1881)

ALSO OF From the burial register: William Howell, aged 64, of Bathwick, was Fanny Ellen Howell WILLIAM HOWELL, buried on 2 Feb 1849. (1827-1896) THE FATHER OF THE ABOVE

WHO DIED JANY THE 26TH 1849, In the 1851 census at 7 Dunsford Place, Bathwick, Bath: Sarah Howell, AGED 64 YEARS. aged 62, widow, proprietor of houses, born at Newton St Loe, daughter

Fanny Ellen, aged 21, unmarried, born at Bath, Mary Nichols, aged 50, ALSO OF widow, proprietor of houses, born at Newton [St Loe], and two SARAH HOWELL servants. RELICT OF THE ABOVE

WILLIAM HOWELL The death of Sarah Howell, aged 74, was registered 1862/Q3 Bath. WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 26TH 1862 From the burial register: Sarah Howell, aged 74, of Bathwick, was AGED 74 YEARS. buried on 2 Oct 1862. ALSO OF 39 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes MARY WIDOW OF ROBERT NICHOL AND SISTER OF THE ABOVE SARAH HOWELLS From the burial register: Mary Nichols, aged 84, of Bath, was buried on WHO DIED DECR 15TH 1881, 19 Dec 1881. AGED 84 YEARS. From the burial register: Fanny Ellen Howell, aged 69, of Bath, was buried on 21 Sep 1896. From the National Probate Calendar 1896: HOWELL Fanny Ellen of 6 Lambridge Bath spinster died 17 September 1896 Probate Bristol 26 October to Edwin Skeate surgeon and Henry Charles Stone solicitor Effects £9541 17s. 6d. 109 Robert Rayne (1753- 1810)

ROBERT RAYNE of the Honorable East India Company’s Service who departed this life August __th 18__ Aged _7

From The London Gazette of Sat 18 Jul – Tue 21 Jul 1807 (Issue 16049) p974: “Whitehall, July 31, 1807. The King has been graciously pleased to give and grant unto William Taylor Allen, Anne Allen, and Elizabeth Allen, the Three Infant Children of the late William Allen, of Coedy-Brain, in the County of Flint, Esq; deceased, by Anne his Wife, now the Wife of Robert Rayne, Esq; Colonel of the European Regiment of Infantry on the Bengal Establishment, His Royal Licence and Authority that they the said William Taylor Allen, Anne Allen, and Elizabeth Allen, may, agreeably to the Petition of the said Robert Rayne, and Anne his Wife, take and use the Surname of Rayne, in lieu of that of Allen: And also to order, that this His Majesty's Concession and Declaration be registered in His College of Arms, otherwise to be void and of none Effect.”

From The Gentleman’s Magazine Jul-Dec 1810 p194: In Sydney place, Bath, aged 57, Major-gen. Robert Rayne, of the Bengal establishment.

PROB 11/1515/90 Will of Robert Rayne, Major General in the Honorable the East India Company's Service of Bath, date 7 Sep 1810.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 110 Mary Ann Collier (1786- 1807) MARY ANN COLLIER died ____ 1807 Aged

Small headstone.

From the burial register: Mary Ann Collier, aged 21, servant to Mr. Wilkinson, was buried on 4 Nov 1807. 111

112 Mary Vasey (1761-1808) M: S: MARY VASEY of the City of BATH Ob: 27: Jan: 1808 Ætatis suæ 46.

Small headstone.

From the burial register: Mary Vezey (sic), aged 36, was buried on 31 Jan 1808.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 113 Jacob Collins (1770- SACRED 1839) To the Memory of JACOB COLLINS Elizabeth Collins (1764- of Newton Mill in this Parish 1825) who died Decr 11th 1839 Aged 69 Years James Collins (1796- Also of ELIZABETH his Wife 1818) who departed this life Octr 9th 1825 Aged 61 Years From the burial register: James Collins, aged 21, of Newton St Loe, was Jacob Collins (1808- Also of JAMES, Son of the said buried on 9 Feb 1818. 1835) JACOB & ELIZTH COLLINS

who died Feby __ 1818 From the burial register: Elizabeth Collins, aged 65, of Newton Mills, Aged 21 Years was buried on 13 Oct 1825. Also of JACOB Son of the above

JACOB & ELIZTH COLLINS From the burial register: Jacob Collins, junior, aged 27, was buried on who departed this life 31 Jul 1835. ______Aged __ Years

Also of MARY From the burial register: Jacob Collins, aged 69, of Twerton, for many Daughter of the above years occupiers of Newton Grist Mills, was buried on 20 Dec 1839. From JACOB & ELIZTH COLLINS the Bath Chronicle of Thu 19 Dec 1839 p3: And Widow of the late______Dec. 13, at Twerton, Mr. Jacob Collins, aged 69, a truly honest man. of ______

who departed this life

The running of the mill seems to have persisted with the family as in

the Post Office Bath Directory 1872 James Collins, miller, was at Newton Mill. The family later went on the build the Camden Mill on the Lower Bristol Road, Bath in 1881 and ran it until WW2 when it was taken over Joseph Rank Ltd after their mills in London and Southampton had been bombed. 114 Mary Scroggs (1734- MARY 1805) Widow of EDWARD SCROGGS of West Hanney Edward Scroggs in the County of Berks died at Bath, January 15th 1805

Caroline Scroggs (1759- Beloved, Respected, and Lamented. 1825) CAROLINE

their Eldest and Beloved Daughter died at Bath January 22nd 1825.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 115 Edward Williams South: Sarjeant (1814-1838) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD WILLIAMS SARJEANT John Sarjeant (1790- WHO DIED MARCH 16TH 1818 AGED 23 YEARS 1848) ALSO JOHN SARJEANT DIED OCTOBER 22ND 1848 AGED 56 YEARS Hannah Sarjeant (1790- ALSO HANNAH SARJEANT, DIED JUNE 23RD 1858 1858) AGED 67 YEARS ALSO ELIZABETH, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF AARON AND ___ Pitched 4 ways. Elizabeth ______() GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE JOHN ____

116 117 Edmund Filmer (1764- West: 1810) IN A VAULT BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF Annabella Christina EDMUND FILMER ESQRE Filmer (1803-1818) LATE OF BATH, THIRD SON OF SIR EDMUND FILMER BART Emilia Filmer (1773- OF EAST SUTTON, IN THE COUNTY 1854) OF KENT, HE DIED AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS The will of The Rev. Sir Edmund Filmer, [6th] Baronet, of Kings Road, Caroline Ann Liardet MARCH 10TH 1810, AGED 45 YEARS, Bedford Row, County Middlesex and of East Sutton, Kent who died on (1803-1869) LEAVING A WIDOW AND EIGHT 27 Jun 1810 has a codicil dated 12 May 1810 who refers to son Edmund, YOUNG CHILDREN DEEPLY TO LAMENT dead, leaving a widow Emilia Filmer, and son Edmund Filmer, also Francis Liardet THE LOSS OF A MOST AFFECTIONATE seven daughters. HUSBAND AND PARENT.

North: From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 3 Dec 1818 p3: IN THE SAME VAULT BY THE Sunday died in Somerset-place, aged 15, Annabella Christina, fifth SIDE OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND AND dau. of the late Capt. E Filmer, 4th reg. foot or King’s own; and niece DAUGHTER LIE THE REMAINS OF to the Rev. John Filmer, bart. EMILIA, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE

LATE GEORGE SKENE ESQRE In the 1851 census at 3 Cavendish Place, Bath: Emily Filmer, aged 78, PHYSICIAN IN ABERDEEN, AND GRAND- widow, fundholder, born in Scotland, and four servants. DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHARLES

GORDON ESQRE; OF ABERGELDIE, N.B. The death of Emilia Filmer, aged 80, was registered 1854/Q1 Bath. SHE WAS BORN THE 30TH DAY OF

MAY 1773, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE From the United Services Magazine Vol 37 1841 Part 3 p143: THURSDAY JAN. 5TH 1854, LEAVING February 3rd, at his residence, Appin-lodge, near Sydney, New South ONE SON, SIR EDMUND FILMER BART Wales, aged 43, John Jervis Gregory, Esq., R.N. M.P. FOR WEST KENT, AND SIX DAUGHTERS,

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Names Inscriptions Notes SHE DIED AS SHE LIVED, IN FULL FAITH On 11 Oct 1842 at St James, Paddington: Francis Liardet, bachelor, AND LIVELY HOPE IN HER REDEEMER, IN Captain in the Royal Navy, of St Marylebone, son of John Liardet, officer PERFECT PEACE AND IN THUE CHARITY in the Army, married Caroline Anne Gregory, widow, of Paddington, WITH ALL MEN, daughter of Edmund Filmer, Major in the Army (registered 1842/Q4 BELOVED AND DEARLY LAMENTED BY Kensington). HER CHILDREN AND RELATIONS, REVERED AND SINCERELY REGRETTED BY HER In the 1851 census at the Clock Tower, Wymering (Hants): Francis FRIENDS AND D____ HONOUR Liardet, aged 57, Captn Royal Navy on half pay,, born at Chelsea, wife AND ESTEEMED BY ALL ______Caroline Anne, aged 46, born at Manchester, Caroline Juliana Gregory, ______aged 17, step-daughter, born at Durdham Down (Glos), John Jervis South: Gregory, aged 13, stepson, born at Swainswick (Som), three children ALSO (all orn at Southsea), and three servants. THE REMAINS OF ANNABELLA CHRISTINA FILMER In the 1861 census as lodgers at 8 Montpellier Place, Lewisham: FIFTH DAUGHTER OF THE AFORESAID Caroline A Liardet, aged 56, married, gentlewoman, wife of Captn EDMUND FILMER ESQRE Liardet, born at Manchester, children: Emilia C A, aged 17, born at WHO DIED THE 29TH NOVR 1818, Southsea (Hants), and Franc[e]s M, aged 16, born at Southsea, and a AGED 15 YEARS servant.

ALSO There is an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography for Francis THE REMAINS OF Liardet (1798-1863). This states that he died in the Greenwich Hospital, CAROLINE ANN where he had been appointed one of the captains, and was buried in SIXITH DAUGHTER OF THE AFORESAID the mausoleum of the old cemetery. EDMUND FILMER ESQRE SHE WAS TWICE MARRIED 1STLY TO THE LATE The death of Caroline Ann Liardet, aged 65, was registered 1869/Q1 J.J. GREGORY ESQRE _._. Axbridge. AND 2NDLY TO THE LATE CAPN FRANCIS LIARDET. _. SHE DIED AT WESTON-SUPER-MARE FEBY 28TH 1869 IN THE __TH YEAR OF HER AGE 118- Elizabeth Drewe (1749- Headstone: 119 1826) SACRED To the Memory of Robert Drewe (1744- ELIZABETH Wife of 1832) ROBERT DREWE, of this Parish Who departed this life August 7th 1826. Aged 77 Years.

Also of the aforesaid

ROBERT DREWE, who died Jun 14th 1832. Aged 87. Footstone: 44

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Names Inscriptions Notes E · D 1826 . R . D. 1832 . 120 Frances Sims (1785- SACRED 1859) TO THE MEMORY OF FRANCES WIFE OF JOHN SIMS Ann Hibberd (1814- MASON OF THIS PARISH 1859) DIED JULY 1ST 1859 AGED 72 ___ OF THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS Mary Sims (-1835) __ LET MY LAST ___ BE LIKE HER __ ___ John Sims (1787-1873) ALSO ANN HIBBERD DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE JOHN & FRANCES SIMS Slab with a slightly curved upper surface. DIED MAY 5TH 1859, AGED 44 AFFLICTION SORE LONG IN PAIN PHYSICIANS WERE IN VAIN I HAD NO EASE TILL GOD DID PLEASE TO ____ ME OF MY PAIN

ALSO MARY SIMS DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE JOHN & FRANCES SIMS DIED NOVEMBER 19TH 1835, AGED __

ALSO THE ABOVE JOHN SIMS WHO DIED NOV. 24TH 1873, AGED 86. “BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIED IN THE LORD.” 121 Joseph Deakin (1762- Sacred to the Memory 1818) of JOSEPH DEAKIN Esqr Son of the late Revd JOSEPH DEAKIN of Northfield who departed this life the 14th of Jan: 1818 Aged 53 Headstone. Leaning northwards.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 22 Jan 1818 p3: Wednesday, at Newton St. Loe, Jos. Deakin, esq; late staff surgeon of His Majesty’s forces.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 122 Richard Green Beak (- IN 1800) Memory of RICHARD GREEN BEAK Susanna Beak (-1816) of this Parish who died June 13th 1800 Ann Beak (-1817) Aged 57 Years.

Also to the Memory of SUSANNA wife of the above RICHARD GREEN BEAK, who died August 3rd 1816 Aged 65 Years.

Also ANN BEAK daughter of the above who died Nov. 3 1817 Aged 38 Years. 123 Frances Balne (1737- SACRED 1833) to the Memory of Thomas Balne (1774- FRANCES BALNE 1839) Wife of JAMES BLANE who died August 27th 1833 Aged 96 Years.

She lived respected and died Chest tomb. lamented.

REST ____ Also The death of Thomas Balne, aged 64, was registered 1839/Q2 THOMAS BALNE Keynsham. In his will he describes himself as ‘farmer’. Son of the above JAMES & FRANCES BALNE who died April 19th 1839 Aged 64 Years 124 James Balne (1767- North: 1813) The Memory of JAMES BALNE Junr late of this Parish who died 24th Augst 1813 Aged 46 ______

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Names Inscriptions Notes Chest tomb. 125 James Millard (1762- J · M · 1825 1825)

Footstone. 126

127 Brabazon Harington (- Sacred 1797) To the Memory of BRABAZON HARINGTON Widow of ___ HARINGTON late [of this] Parish She [departed] this Life ______1797 _____ Years

128 Margaret Bushby West: Lascelles (1835-1891) MARGARET BUSHBY LASCELLES WIFE OF THE REV. EDWIN LASCELLES, Edwin Lascelles (1838- DIED JANUARY 3RD 1891 1923) ALEXANDER CHARLES LASCELLES Alexander Charles 68TH DURHAM L.I. DIED FEBRUARY 12TH 1893. Lascelles (1866-1893) (BURIED AT MONACO)

Cross on 3 plinths and edging. East:

ALEXANDER CHARLES LASCELLES The marriage of Edwin Lascelles to Margaret Bushby Mackenzie was RE-INTERRED BENEATH registered 1862/Q1 Brighton. MAY 3RD 1899

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Names Inscriptions Notes The birth of Alexander Charles Lascelles was registered 1866/Q4 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Mackenzie.

In the 1881 census at The Rectory, Newton St Loe: Edwin Lascelles, aged 42, Rector of Newton St Loe, born at Whitehaven, Cumberland, wife Margaret, aged 41, born at Pondicherry, India, four servants and a visitor.

The death of Margaret Bushby Lascelles, aged 55, was registered 1891/Q1 Keynsham.

The death of Edwin Lascelles, aged 85, was registered 1923/Q4 Bath. 129 John Lascelles (1797- JOHN LASCELLES, 1889) COMMANDER R.N. DIED OCT. 10. 1889, IN HIS 93RD YEAR. Elizabeth Lascelles (1807-1895) ELIZABETH, WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOHN LASCELLES, DIED NOVR 26TH 1895, IN HER 89TH YEAR

Cross on 3 plinths and edging. 130 Henry St John Maule South: (1803-1879) HENRY ST JOHN MAULE, ESQRE, DIED 19TH MARCH 1879

Sarah Coffin Maule North: (1811-1882) AND TO SARAH COFFIN, HIS WIFE, DIED 20TH NOVR 1882

Multi-layered tomb. The uppermost part is pitched in the form of a cross.

In the 1871 census at Newton St Loe: Henry St John Maule, aged 64, solicitor, born at Devonport, wife Sarah C, aged 58, born at Sheerness (Kent), children: George E, aged 33, unmarried, Captain Royal Artillery, born at Bathwick, Montagu St John, aged 25, articled clerk to solicitor, born at Bathwick, and William N, aged 17, banker’s clerk, born at Bathwick, a visitor and three servants.

The death of Henry St John Maule, aged 75, was registered 1879/Q1 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1879: 16 April. Administration (with the Will) of the Personal Estate of Henry St. John 48

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Names Inscriptions Notes Maule late of Bath and of Newton St. Loe both in the County of Somerset Esquire who died 19 Mar 1879 at Newton St. Loe was registered at Bristol to Sarah Coffin Maule of Newton St. Loe Widow the Relict the Residuary Legate for Life. Personal Estate under £3,000.

The death of Sarah Coffin Maule, aged 71, was registered 1882/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1883: 9 March. The Will of Sarah Coffin Maule late of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset Widow who died 20 November 1882 at Newton St. Loe was proved at Bristol by Henry Barlow Maule at Woolwich in the County of Kent a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and Montagu St. John Maule of Bath in the County of Somerset Gentleman the Sons the Executors. Personal Estate £562 4s. 9d. 131 Edward Gore Langton West: (1788-1860) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF John Gore Langton EDWARD (1791-1819) GORE LANGTON SECOND SON OF THE LATE Mary Gore Langton (- COLONEL WILLIAM 1864) GORE LANGTON OF NEWTON PARK AND OF BRIDGET HIS WIFE THE DECEASED WAS A CAPTAIN IN HER MAJESTY’S 52D REGIMENT OF INFANTY AND WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLES OF CORUNNA FUENTES D’ONORO CIUDAD RODRIGO AND SALAMANCA AND AT THE LAST DECISIVE BATTLE OF WATERLOO HE RECEIVED IN CONSIDERATION OF HIS SERVICE THE WATERLOO MEDAL AND THE WAR MEDAL WITH FOUR CLASPS HE WAS BORN DECR 5TH 1788 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 3RD 1860 BELOVED AND REGRETTED BY ALL WHO NEW HIM THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS SORROWING WIDOW AS A TRIBUTE OF HER AFFECTION FOR THE BEST OF HUSBANDS. South: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN GORE LANGTON THIRD SON OF COLONEL WILLIAM GORE LANGTON, OF NEWTON PARK, AND OF BRIDGET HIS WIFE 49 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes

THE DECEASED WAS A CAPTAIN IN H.M. 19TH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

HE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 14TH 1791 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRY 3RD 1819 HAVING FALLEN VICTIM TO FEVER IN THE ISLAND OF CEYLON. — “The voice said. Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.” “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” ISAIAH. XL. 6-8

North: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF FRANCES MATILDA GORE LANGTON SECOND DAUGHTER OF COLONEL WILLIAM GORE LANGTON OF NEWTON PARK, AND OF BRIDGET HIS WIFE.

THE DECEASED WAS BORN JANUARY 10TH 179_ AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 20TH 1864. AT STAPLETON PARK IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER. — Here have ______city but ______HEBREWS XIII 14

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Names Inscriptions Notes 132 William Henry Powell South: Gore Langton (1824- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 1873) WILLIAM HENRY POWELL GORE LANGTON, ESQUIRE. M.P. WHO DIED AT NEWTON PARK. DECEMBER 11TH 1873, Anna Eliza Mary Gore AGED 49 YEARS. Langton (1821-1879) North: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LADY ANNA ELIZA MARY GORE LANGTON Pitched 4 ways. WIDOW OF THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY POWELL GORE LANGTON, ESQUIRE. M.P. WHO DIED FEBRUARY 3RD 1879, AGED 58 YEARS. 133 William Brown (1799- In Memory 1818) of WILLIAM BROWN of the City of Bath, Who died May 21st 1818: Aged 18 Years.

Small headstone. Partly delaminated. 134 William Henry Johnston WM HY JOHNSTON (1772-1804) __ BATH ______20th 1804

135 136 William Hodges (1785- 1806) who departed this life March the 6th 1806 Aged

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Names Inscriptions Notes Slab. 137 Hannah Perrott (1815- In 1879) Loving Memory of HANNAH PERROTT DIED NOVEMBER 14TH 1879 AGED 64 YEARS. —·— ALSO OF HER FATHER & MOTHER THREE BROTHERS & TWO SISTERS WHO REMAINS ARE INTERRED NEAR THIS SPOT. Tall headstone. —·— In the 1861 census at 4 Royal Crescent, Bath: Hannah Perrott, aged 47, unmarried, housemaid, born at Newton (Som).

In the 1871 census as a lodger at 30 Northampton Street, Bath: Hannah Perrott, aged 56, unmarried, annuitant, born at Newton St Loe.

The death of Hannah Perrott, aged 64, was registered 1879/Q4 Bath. 138 Charles Stuart SACRED Marchant (1745-1812) to the Memory of Charles Stuart Marchant Elizabeth Marchant Who died Novbr 18th 1812 (1749-1838) Aged 66 Years Also of ELIZABETH MARCHANT William Brown Chesson Wife of the above (1769-1833) who died November 21st 1838 in her 90th Year Also of WILLIAM B CHESSON Son-in-law to the above Headstone. The footstone is memorial 90. who died December 25th 1833 Aged 61 Years

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Names Inscriptions Notes 139

Double-width plot. Headstone flat face down. 140 Frances Taylor (1805- North: 1838) IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF FRANCES TAYLOR George Taylor (1796- WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 31ST 1838. 1869) —·— “LOOKING UNTO JESUS WHO IS THE AUTHOR AND _____ OF OUR ___ Elizabeth Taylor (1794- —·— 1868) GEORGE TAYLOR WHO DIED M______Pitched 4 ways.

South: ALSO ELIZABETHH TAYLOR WHO DIED MARCH 16TH 1868. AGED _3 YEARS THE NAME OF THE LORD RUNNETH INTO ______141 Richard Jeffrey North: Blackler (1824-1860) Sacred TO THE MEMORY OF RICHARD JEFFERY BLACKLER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVR 17TH 1860. AGED 36. BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE

Pitched 4 ways.

Baptised on 4 Apr 1824 at Dittisham, Devon: Richard Jeffray, son of John & Martha Blackler.

The death of Richard Jeffry Blackler, aged 36, was registered 1860/Q4 Keynsham.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 142 Kate Elizabeth Dew East: (1879-1885) IN LOVING MEMORY OF KATE ELIZABETH DEW WHO DIED OCT. 18. 1885 AGED 6 YEARS & 6 MONTHS

SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME.

Cross on 2 plinths and edging.

The birth of Kate Elizabeth Dew was registered 1879/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Willis.

The death of Kate Elizabeth Dew, aged 6, was registered 1885/Q4 Keynsham. 143 George Saltford (1821- GEORGE SALTFORD 1877) FOR MANY YEARS A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF REV. GEORGE GORE DIED MARCH 2. 1877. AGED 55.

“HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH ______

Cross on 2 plinths and edging.

In the 1871 census at Green Park Road, Newton St Loe: George Saltford, aged 49, gardener (domestic), born at Newton St Loe, and wife Jane, aged 44, born at Croydon, Surrey.

The death of George Saltford, aged 55, was registered 1877/Q2 Keynsham.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 144 John Gray (1839-1870) Sacred TO THE MEMORY OF Maria Charlotte Gray JOHN GRAY, THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARIA CHARLOTTE GRAY, LATE MASTER-AT-ARMS OF H.M.S. CHARYBDIS, WHO DIED AT ESQUIMALT, B.C. JAN 12TH 1870, AGED 30 YEARS. “IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH.”

Tall headstone with a pointed top. 145 James Simpkins (1812- __In Memory of______1893) SIMPKINS ______NE 23 189_ Eliza Simpkins (1812- AGED 80 1896) AND THEY SHALL BE ______ON THAT DAY WHEN I WAKE UP ______

Also of ELIZA WIDOW OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED MAY 12TH 1896 Tall headstone and edging. The headstone is delaminated with parts of AGED 83. the broken surface on the grave. “IN THY PRESNCE IS FULNESS OF JOY. AT THE HAND THERE ARE PLEASURES FOR EVERMORE.” In the 1881 census at The Green, Newton St Loe: James Simpkins, aged PS ___ 68, garden n[on] d[omestic] labourer, born at Bath, and wife Eliza, Around the top of the headstone: aged 68, born at Kelston (Som). Until the day break a[nd] the shadows flee away. In the 1891 census at The Green, Newton St Loe: James Simpkins, aged 78, gardener, born at Holloway, Bath, and wife Eliza, aged 78.

The death of James Simpkins, aged 80, was registered 1893/Q2 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1893: SIMPKINS James of Newton St. Loe Somerset labourer died 23 June 1893 Probate Bristol 18 July to Eliza Simpkins widow Effects £121 18s. 8d.

The death of Eliza Simpkins, aged 83, was registered 1896/Q2 Keynsham.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 146 Mary Ann Hunt (1798- MARY ANN HUNT 1802) DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM & SARAH HUNT, Maria May (1806-1890) DIED SEPR 12TH 1802, AGED 4 YEARS & 4 MONTHS. ALSO MARIA MAY, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE DIED DECR 24TH 1890. Slab. AGED 84.

The death of Maria May, aged 87, was registered 1890/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1891: 9 January. Administration of the Personal Estate of Maria May late of the Parish of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset Widow who died 24 December 1890 at Newton St. Loe was granted at Bristol to William Hunt of 15 Norfolk- buildings in the City of Bath Lodging-house Keeper the Nephew and one of the Next of Kin. Personal Estate £4,729 17s. 4d. 147 William Hunt (1770- IN MEMORY OF 1843) WILLIAM HUNT WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE Sarah Hunt (1768-1859) FEBY 9TH 1843 IN THE 73RD YEAR OF HIS AGE. ALSO SARAH, WIFE OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM HUNT WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE Grey slab. MAY 27TH 1859.

IN THE 91ST YEAR OF HER AGE. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 16 Feb 1843 p3: Feb. 9, at Newton St. Loe, after a long and painful illness, Mr. William Hunt, in the 73d year of his age, much respected by all who knew him, and for 51 years the faithful servant of Col. Gore Langton, M.P., of Newton Park.

The death of Sarah Hunt, aged 90, was registered 1859/Q2 Keynsham.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 148 Charles George Edward South: Patey (1811-1881) ADMIRAL CHARLES GEORGE EDWARD PATEY, C.M.G. Caroline Emma Patey BORN 27TH FEBRUARY 1811. DIED 25TH MARCH 1881 (1822-1897) “THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON CLEANSETH US FROM SIN THEREFORE BEING JUSTIFIED BY FAITH WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

North: CAROLINE EMMA WIDOW OF ADMIRAL CHARLES G. E. PATEY, C.M.G. Pitched 4 ways. BORN 28TH JUNE 1822. DIED 23RD FEBRUARY 1897. “UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERELASTING ARMS.” Baptised on 22 Mar 1811 at Chivelstone, Devon: Charles George Edward, LOOKING FOR THE MERCY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE. JUDE 1.21 son of Charles & Thomason Patey.

The marriage of Charles George Edward Patey to Caroline Emma Brendon was registered 1842/Q4 Launceston.

The death of Charles George E Patey, aged 70, was registered 1881/Q1 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1881: 27 April. The Will of Charles George Edward Patey formerly of Ranmore Cottage St. Ann’s Hill Wandsworth in the County of Surrey but late of Newton St. Loe Bath in the County of Somerset and Admiral in the Royal Navy who died 25 March 1881 at Newton St. Loe was proved at the Principal Registry by Caroline Emma Patey of Newton St. Lowe Widow the Relict one of the surviving Executors. Personal Estate under £7,000.

There is an entry for Charles George Edward Patey (1813-1881) in the Dictionary of National Biography. This includes his service in the Royal Navy, his organisation of the mass emigration from Liverpool to Australia in 1851 and his governorship of St Helena.

The death of Caroline Emma Patey, aged 74, was registered 1897/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1897: PATEY Caroline Emma of 19 Macaulay-buildings Bath widow died 23 February 1897 Probate London 6 May to Algernon Brandon retired major-general in the Royal- artillery and Joshua Brooking Rowe gentleman Effects £1135 18s. 4d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 149, James Barter (1810- Headstone: 150 1845) SACRED to the Memory of JAMES BARTER who died April 4th 1845 Aged 34 Years Footstone: J. B 1845 O teach us to number our Headstone and footstone. days that we may apply Our hearts unto wisdom 151 Walter Bennett Millard In (1811-1857) loving memory of WALTER MILLARD Elizabeth Millard (1812- WHO DIED ____ 4: 1857 1894) AGED __ YEARS “IN ______DEATH” ALSO ELIZABETH [WIFE OF THE ABOVE] WHO ______AGED ______Red headstone and edging. Most of the surface of the headstone is ______weathered. ______The marriage of Walter Bennett Millard to Elizabeth Dagg was registered 1840/Q4 Keynsham. In the 1851 census at Newton St Loe: Walter Millard, aged 40, agricultural labourer, born at Newton St Loe, wife Elizabeth, aged 38, born at Newton St Loe, and five children.

The death of Walter Bennett Millard, aged 46, was registered 1857/Q4 Keynsham.

The death of Elizabeth Millard, aged 81, was registered 1894/Q2 Keynsham. 152 Helen Slip (1881-1938) West: IN LOVING MEMORY OF Frederick William Slip HELEN SLIP. (1883-1949) DIED MAY 5TH 1938. AGED 56.

North: ALSO FREDERICK WILLIAM SLIP PASSED TO REST JULY 9TH 1949

Edging. 58

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Names Inscriptions Notes

The birth of Helen Cleavely was registered 1881/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Marchant.

The marriage of Frederick William Slip to Helen Cleavely was registered 1907/Q4 Keynsham.

In the 1911 census at 31 Grosvenor Place, Bath: Frances Sarah Jacob, aged 72, widow, born at Liverpool, Helen Slip, aged 29, married, married 3 years 1 child, servant, housekeeper, born at Newton St Loe, Frederick William Slip, aged 28, married, machinist – cabinet works, born at Bath, and a visitor.

The death of Helen Slip, aged 56, was registered 1938/Q2 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1938: SLIP Helen of 42 Penn Lea-road Weston Bath (wife of Frederick William Slip) died 5 May 1938 at the Royal United Hospital Bath Probate London 20 July to the said Frederick William Slip wood-working machinist and Frederick John Alexander Slip municipal officer. Effects £9471 5s. 7d.

The death of Frederick W Slip, aged 66, was registered 1949/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1950: SLIP Frederick William of 42 Penn Lea-road Bath died 9 July 1949 Administration Bristol 2 January to Lillian Evelyn Slip widow and Frederick John Alexander Slip water board official. Effects £4912 19s. 7d. 153 Sarah Dancy (1754- To the Memory of SARAH 1830) Wife of WILLIAM DANCY who died June 4th 1830, Aged 7_. William Dancy (1768- My flesh shall slumber in the ground 1843) Till the last trumpet joyfully sound. Then burst the Grave with sweet ____ Mary Ann Dancy (1790- And in my Saviour’s Image rise

1861) Also to the memory of WILLIAM DANCY Slab. who departed this life May 15th 184_ Aged 74 Years. The death of William Dencey, aged 74, was registered 1843/Q2 He was respected by all who knew him. Keynsham.

Also to the Memory of In the 1861 census at Newton St Loe: Thomas Dancey, aged 62, MARY ANN DANCY widower, shoemaker, born at Newton St Loe, William Dancey, aged 71, 59 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes wife of the above WILLIAM DANCY unmarried, brother, shoemaker, born at Newton St Loe, Mary A Dancey, who departed this life June 14: 1861 aged 70, widow, sister [-in-law ?], born at Newton St Loe, a lodger and Aged 70 Years. the lodger’s son.

The death of Mary Ann Dancey, aged 70, was registered 1861/Q2 Keynsham. 154 Thomas Cleavely (1854- West: 1901) IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOMAS CLEAVELY Sarah Cleavely (1855- WHO DIED OCTOBER 4TH 1901 1925) AND OF SARAH ______

Eliza Cleavely (1877- North: 1963) ALSO ELIZA CLEAVELY DIED FEBRUARY 10TH 1963.

Edging.

The birth of Eliza Cleavely in 1877 was registered 1878/Q1 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Marchant.

In the 1891 census at The Green, Newton St Loe: Thomas Cleavely, aged 36, mason, born at Stanton Prior (Som), wife Sarah, aged 35, born at Newton St Loe, and four children.

The death of Thomas Cleavely, aged 47, was registered 1901/Q4 Keynsham.

The death of Sarah Cleavely, aged 70, was registered 1925/Q3 Keynsham.

The death of Eliza Cleavely, aged 85, was registered 1963/Q1 Bath. 155

Headstone surmounted by a Celtic cross. No inscription found.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 156 James Porter (1798- Headstone: 1868) IN MEMORY OF John Gale Willis (1818- JAMES PORTER 1902) DIED OCTR 8TH 1868 AGED 70 YEARS MANY YEARS A FAITHFUL SERVANT TO JOHN GALE WILLIS OF THIS PARISH

Footstone: J. P. Headstone with a rounded top, under a holly tree. Small footstone. 1868 The death of James Porter, aged 70, was registered 1868/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1868: 30 October, The Will of James Porter late of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset Labourer deceased who died 8 October 1868 at Newton St. Loe aforesaid was proved at Bristol by the oath pf John Gale Willis of Newton St. Loe aforesaid Gentleman the sole Executor. Effects under £600.

(For John Gale Willis (1818-1902), see memorial 247.) 157

______HAWKES

and MARGARET HAWKES Born June 1 __01 Died October ______

John Bolas (1735-1809) JOHN BOLAS Departed this life July 7th 1809 Mary Bolas (1734-1810) Aged 74 Also in Memory of M___ Wife of the above ___ Died December ______JOHN BOLAS Aged __ Years

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Names Inscriptions Notes

158 Mary Morris (1736-1801) IN MEMORY of [M]ARY MORRIS Elizabeth Morris (1748- who Departed this Life 1829) June 5th 1801, Aged 64 Tho in a humble Station She had few Equals None Superior Also ELIZABETH MORRIS Slab. The spelling ‘beleivd’ is as found. Sister to the above

Who departed this life From the burial register: Mary Morris, late housekeeper to Mr Langton, August 28th 1829, Aged 81 Years. was buried on 9 Jun 1801. I know in whom I beleivd 159 John Symes (1796- In Memory of 1800) JOHN SIMS Son of WM & MARY of the City of Bath Samuel Symes (1792- died Jan. 1st 1800, Aged 3 Years 1803) Also of Saml S__, Son of the above died July 9th 1803, Aged 11 Years. Ann Symes (1802-1806) Also of ANN SIMS, died May 22nd 1806, Aged 3 Years. Mary Symes (1793- Slab. 1815) MARY SIMS died May 25th 1815, Aged 21. Mary Symes (1764- 1816) ELIZABETH SIMS died Novr 11th 1812, Aged 10 Years Hannah Symes (1804- 1823) Also MARY SIMS wife of WM SIMS who died Novr 10 1816 William Symes (1768- Aged 52 Years. 1823) HANNAH SIMS daughter of the above WM & MARY SIMS died __

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Names Inscriptions Notes 1825 Aged __ Years

Also WM SIMS husband of the above MARY SIMS died Septr 21st 1823

160 Charles Danvers Parkes SACRED (1824-1845) TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES DANVERS PARKE AGED 21 YEARS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 8TH 1845

Small headstone.

Baptised on 27 May 1824 at Lewins Mead Society of Protestant Dissenters, Bristol: Charles Danvers, son of Henry Parkes, date of birth: 28 Mar 1824.

The death of Charles Danvers Parkes, aged 21, was registered 1845/Q3 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 161 Elizabeth Millard (1754- Headstone: 1827) ______ry ______Leigh, died Jany 15th 1827 Aged 73 Years

Footstone: E · M 1827

Headstone and footstone. The upper part of the headstone is delaminated.

Elizabeth Millard, aged 72, was buried on 20 Jan 1827. 162 163 George Adams (1792- Sacred 1844) TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE ADAMS Jane Adams (1789- OF THE CITY OF BATH 1856) WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY THE 2ND 1844 Caroline Margaret AGED 52. Murlis (1826-1893) ALSO TO JANE HIS WIFE WHO DIED AFTER MANY YEARS Headstone. OF PATIENT SUFFERING

APRIL THE 17TH 1856 The death of George Adams, aged 52, was registered 1844/Q2 Bath AGED 68. (Lansdown sub-district). DEEPLY LOVED BY HER SORROWING DAUGHTER. THE LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS. ALSO CAROLINE MARGARET MURLIS The death of Jane Adams, aged 65, was registered 1856/Q2 Bath DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE (Twerton sub-district). WHO DIED MAY 5TH 1893 AGED 66 YEARS The marriage of Caroline Margaret Adams to Thomas George Murlis at Holy Trinity, Bath was registered 1883/Q4 Bath.

In the 1891 census at 4 Trafalgar Place, Weston (Som): Caroline M Murlis, aged 63, widow, living on own means, born at Bath, a daughter and two lodgers.

The death of Caroline Margaret Murlis, aged 66, was registered 1893/Q2 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 164 Arabella Anne Cheap South: (1778-1856) ______MY SPIRIT TO THE LOVED MEMORY OF George Charles Cheap ARABELLA ANNE WIDOW OF JOHN CHEAP SQR (1801-1855) DAUGHTER OF THE REV. JOHN CLARKE AND ANNE HIS WIFE ______MARCHAL ___ ALURED CLARKE ____ Alured Dashwood Cheap (1806-1815)

Altar tomb with a pitched upper part. On the eastern and western faces Anne Clarke (1744- are arms with the motto ‘DITAT VIRTUS’ (virtues enrich). The arms are 1810) for the Cheap/Cheape family. The incised inscription on the southern

side is faint. Abigail Chapman (1724- North: 1807) TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE CHARLES BORN JAN: 21: 1801. DIED AT RAMPORE, BEAULEAH, BENGAL, DEC: 18: 1855. Charles Chapman AND ALURED DASHWOOD, BORN JAN: 28: 1806, (1716-1795) AND DIED AT HERTFORD CASTLE SCHOOL, MAY 23: 1815, THE TWO ONLY AND BELOVED SONS OF John Chapman JOHN AND ARABELLA ANNE CHEAP.

TO THE MEMORY OF ANNE, WIDOW OF THE REV: JOHN CLARKE, WHO DIED OCT: 9: 1810, AGED 63 YEARS, AND WAS BURIED BY HER MOTHER, MRS ABIGAIL CHAPMAN, WHO DECEASED NOV: 2 1807. HER FATHER COLONEL CHARLES CHAPMAN, DIED AUGUST 2: 1795, AND WAS INTERRED BY HIS BROTHER THE REV: JOHN CHAPMAN FORMERLY ARCHDEACON OF BATH AND RECTOR OF NEWTON ST LOE, THEIR FOUR GRAVES ARE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH 165 Louisa Grace Cheap Sacred (1802-1864) TO THE MEMORY OF LOUISA GRACE, Augusta Cheap (1805- 4TH DAUGHTER OF 1900) JOHN & ARABELLA CHEAP BORN APRIL 19TH 1802, DIED DECEMBER 16TH 1864.

Also of Tall headstone with a rounded top. AUGUSTA CHEAP

DIED JULY 4TH 1900. 65 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes IN HER 96TH YEARS. The death of Louisa Grace Cheap was registered 1864/Q4 Warwick. From the National Probate Calendar 1865: 3 February. Letters of Administration (with the Wills annexed) of the Personal estate and effects of Louis Grace Cheap formerly of Holles-street Cavendish- square in the County of Middlesex but late of Clarendon-square Leamington Priors in the County of Warwick Spinster deceased who died 16 December 1864 at Leamington Priors aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to the Reverend John Erskine Clarke of Derby in the County of Derby Clerk the Reverend Alured James Clarke of Elvington in the County of York Clerk and Louisa Margaret Boville (Wife of Edward Clarke Boville Esquire) of Clevedon in the County of Somerset the Nephews and Niece and three of the Persons entitled in Distribution to the Personal estate and effects of the said Deceased they having been first sworn. Effects under £25,000.

The death of Augusta Cheap, aged 95, was registered 19100/Q3 Wandsworth. From the National Probate Calendar 1900: CHEAP Augusta of Clapham-mansions Clapham Surrey spinster died 4 July 1900 Administration London 14 August to the reverend John Erskine Clarke clerk Effects £18992 8s. 7d. 166 Mary Cole (1793-1801) M. C 1801 Come Children __ Jesus that calls Charles Cole (1764- The voices of your Saviours obey 1836) When Jesus invites you to come No disciple shall turn you away Betty Cole (1764-1839) _ C 1836 E.C. 1839

Small headstone or footstone. 167 Amelia Bence (1809- IN 1864) LOVING MEMORY OF AMELIA, William Bence (1809- THE BELOVED WIFE OF WILLIAM BENCE, 1881) WHO DIED MARCH 3. 1864, AGED 54 YEARS.

ALSO OF Mary Bence (1845-1851) WILLIAM BENCE, HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE, DIED SUDDENLY SEP. 5.1881, AGED 72 YEARS. ALSO OF

MARY DAUGHTER OF THE AFORESAID Tall headstone. M W AND AMELIA BENCE, 66

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Names Inscriptions Notes WHO DIED APRIL 5. 1851, The birth of Mary Bence was registered 1845/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s AGED 5 YEARS. maiden name: Brown.

The death of Mary Bence, aged 5, was registered 1851/Q2 Keynsham.

In the 1861 census at Marchants Lane, Newton St Loe: William Bence, aged 50, mason, born at Newton St Loe, wife Amelia, aged 51, born at Alveston (Glos), and four children.

The death of Amelia Bence, aged 54, was registered 1864/Q1 Keynsham.

The death of William Bence, aged 72, was registered 1881/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1882: 23 January. The Will of William Bence late of 4 Grove-villas in the Parish of Twerton in the County of Somerset Mason who died 3 September 1881 at Twerton was proved at Bristol by Robert Bence of the Parish of Batheaston in the said County Wheelwright and Henry Bence of Lower-Bristol-road Twerton Engineer the Sons the Executors. Personal Estate £41 1s. 6d. 168 Hannah Bence (1812- IN LOVING MEMORY 1886) OF OUR DEAR MOTHER HANNAH BENCE, Charles Bence (1815- WHO FELL ASLEEP SEPTR 26TH 1886, 1890) AGED 73.

ALSO OF OUR DEAR FATHER CHARLES BENCE, WHO FELL ASLEEP DECR 7TH 1890 AGED 75.

HE HAS CALLED FOR OUR LOVED ONES, WE HAVE SEEN THEM LEAVE OUR SIDE, Tall headstone. WITH OUR SAVIOUR WE SHALL MEET THEM, WHEN WE TOO HAVE CROSSED THE TIDE. In the 1881 census at 6 Railway Buildings, Twerton (Som): Charles Bence, aged 65, general labourer, born at Newton St Loe, wife Hannah, aged 67, born at Frome (Som), daughter Ellen, aged 38, unmarried, born at Newton St Loe, and three grandchildren.

The death of Hannah Bence, aged 74, was registered 1886/Q3 Bath.

The death of Charles Bence, aged 75, was registered 1890/Q4 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 169 John Bath (1823-1858) IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN BATH Elizabeth Bath (1814- DIED MARCH 10TH 1858 1881) AGED 34

ALSO ELIZAEBTH WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED JANY 4TH 1881 AGED 66 WATCH AND PRAY

Small headstone.

In the 1851 census at Newton St Loe: John Bath, aged 29, mason, born at Newton St Loe, and wife Elizabeth, aged 35, born at Alderton (Wilts).

The death of John Bath, aged 34, was registered 1858/Q1 Keynsham.

The death of Elizabeth Bath, aged 66, was registered 1881/Q1 Keynsham. 170 James Bath (1826-1880) In Loving Memory of JAMES BATH. Sarah Bath (1822-1887) WHO DIED AUGUST 11TH 1880. AGED 53 YEARS. Ellen Sarah Bath (1855- 1882) A FAITHFUL HUSBAND A FRIEND MOST DEAR A LOVING FATHER LIETH HERE

We loved him oh no tongue can tell, How much we loved him and how well; God loved him too and thought it best, To take him home with him to rest. Also of Headstone with a rounded top. At the top, within a circle, is a carving SARAH, WIFE OF THE ABOVE, of an open book on which is inscribed ‘THY WILL BE DONE’.

WHO DIED FEB. 10TH 1887, On 16 May 1852 at St James, Bristol James Bath, son of William Bath, AGED 64 YEARS. married Sarah Coombs, daughter of Samuel Coombs (registered Also of 1852/Q2 Bristol). ELLEN SARAH, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, TH WHO DIED NOV 30 1882, The birth of Ellen Sarah Bath was registered 1855/Q4 Keynsham, AGED 27 YEARS. mother’s maiden name: Combs. INTERRED IN HARROW CHURCHYARD

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Names Inscriptions Notes In the 1871 census at Green Park Road, Newton St Loe: James Bath, aged 43, plasterer, born at Newton St Loe, wife Sarah, aged 49, born at Freshford (Som), children: Ellen, aged 15, dressmaker, born at newton St Loe, and Elizabeth, aged 13, born at Newton St Loe, and Sarah Smith, aged 81, widow, mother, annuitant, born at Wellow (Som).

The death of James Bath, aged 54, was registered 1880/Q3 Keynsham.

The death of Sarah Bath, aged 64, was registered 1887/Q1 Keynsham. 171 Sarah Poole (1747- Sacred to the Memory of 1800) SARAH POOLE Wife of GEORGE POOLE George Poole (1740- of Bicknoller in the County of 1809) SOMERSET who departed this life Sarah Norris (1716- January 17th 1800 1814) Aged _8 Years Also the above GEORGE POOLE Altar tomb with the incised inscription on the upper surface. Esq

who departed this life Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c ..., Volume 4 (1788) May the 21st 1809 Aged 68 Years includes an article by George Poole, Esq, of Bicknoller (dated 16 Mar Also of 1779) on the growth of some rhubarb. SARAH NORRIS

Relict of the Reverend

ROBERT NORRIS PROB 11/865/297 Will of Reverend Robert Norris, Clerk of Brushford, Of Brushford County of Somerset Somerset, date 16 May 1761. and Sister of the above

GEORGE POOLE From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 24 Mar 1814 p3: who died 21st March 1814 Sunday died in this city, aged 98, Mrs. S. Norris, relict of the Rev. R. Aged 98 Years. Norris, rector of Brushford, in this county. (The entry in Gentleman’s Magazine has her age as 93.) 172 Anne Glover (1822- East: 1891) In Loving Memory of ANNE, Charles Glover (1824- WIFE OF CHARLES GLOVER 1895) OF THIS PARISH, SCHOOLMASTER WHO DIED ON JANUARY 14TH 1891 Sarah Jane Glover AGED 69 YEARS. (1839-1904) “HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEEP.”

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Names Inscriptions Notes Double-width plot. Cross on 3 plinths and edging. George Glover (1851- South: 1891) In Affectionate The marriage of Charles Glover to Ann Hitch was registered 1849/Q3 Remembrance of Evesham. CHARLES GLOVER OF THIS PARISH The birth of Charles Glover in 1861 was registered 1862/Q1 Keynsham, WHO DIED JUNE 8TH 1895 mother’s maiden name: Hitch. AGED 71 YEARS. I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH. In the 1871 census at Church St, Newton St Loe: Charles Glover, aged 47, schoolmaster, born at Evesham (Worcs), wife Anne, aged 50, born West: at Evesham, and children: George, aged 20, stationer, born at SARAH JANE Cleethorpes (Lincs), Frank, aged 17, solicitor general clerk, born at WIDOW OF THE LATE CHARLES GLOVER Siston (Glos), Alfred, aged 15, pupil teacher, born at Siston, and RD WHO DIED JANUARY 23 1904 Charles, aged 9, born at Newton St Loe. AGED 64 YEARS. In the 1881 census at School House, Church Street, Newton St Loe: North: Charles Glover, aged 57, schoolmaster and registrar of births and Also of deaths, born at Evesham (Worcs), wife Anne, aged 60, born at Evesham, GEORGE GLOVER and son Charles, aged 19, solicitor’s general clerk, born at Newton St THEIR ELDEST SON Loe. WHO DIED ON MAY 3RD 1891 AGED 40 YEARS In the 1881 census at 18 New King Street, Bath: George Glover, aged IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH 31. Commercial traveller, born at Cleethorpes (Lincs), wife Martha, aged 31, born at Reddicth (Worcs), three children and a servant.

The death of Anne Glover, aged 69, was registered 1891/Q1 Keynsham.

The death of George Glover, aged 40, was registered 1891/Q2 Bath.

In the 1891 census at Endowed School, Newton St Loe: Charles Glover, aged 67, widower, schoolmaster & registrar of births and deaths, born at Evesham (Worcs), and a servant.

The marriage of Charles Glover to Sarah Jane James was registered 1893/Q3 Wells.

The death of Charles Glover, aged 71, was registered 1895/Q2 Keynsham.

In the 1901 census as a boarder at 17 Chilton Road, St Saviour’s, Bath: Sarah J Glover, aged 61, widow, living on own means, born at Bath.

The death of Sarah Jane Glover, aged 64, was registered 1904/Q1 Bath. 70

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Names Inscriptions Notes 173 James Miles (1826- West, left: 1878) IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES MILES DIED JAN 21ST 1878 AGED 51 Mary Miles (1831-1904) West, right: ALSO OF MARY MILES Walter James Miles DIED SEPT 25TH 1904 AGED 73 (1861-1884) East: ALSO OF WALTER MILES DIED MAY 3RD 1884 AGED 22 Kate Martha Miles North: Double-width plot. Edging. (1862-1888) ALSO OF KATE MILES DEC. 16TH 1888 AGED 24

South: The birth of Annie Mahala Miles was registered 1876/Q4 Keynsham, Annie Mahala Manning ALSO ANNIE MAHALA MILES DIED AUG. 25TH 1928, AGED 51 mother’s maiden name: Dyer. (1876-1928)

The death of James Miles, aged 51, was registered 1878/Q1 Keynsham.

The death of Walter James Miles, aged 22, was registered 1884/Q2 Keynsham.

The death of Kate Martha Miles, aged 24, was registered 1886/Q4 Bath.

In the 1891 census at Newton St Loe: Mary Miles, aged 59, widow, seamstress, born at Batheaston (Som), and children: Alfred, aged 23, unmarried, born at Bath, and Annie M, aged 14, born at Newton St Loe.

The marriage of Robert C Manning to Annie M Miles was registered 1919/Q3 Christchurch.

The death of Annie M Manning, aged 51, was registered 1928/Q3 Bathavon. From the National Probate Calendar 1928: MANNING Annie Mahala of 75 Warwick-avenue Maida Vale Middlesex (wife of Robert Charles Manning) died 26 August 1928 at 29 Whiteway-road Twerton Hill Bah Probate London 5 October to the said Robert Charles Manning butler. Effects £1559 9s. 4d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 174

Double-width plot. Two slabs surrounded by railings. 175 Hannah Cooke (-1804) HANNAH COOKE who departed this Life May 28. 1804

Slab. All bar the top is delaminated. 176, Sarah Mannings (1775- Headstone: 177 1827) Sacred To the M[emo]ry of SARAH Wife of Thomas Mannings WILLIAM MANNINGS of this Parish (1803-1827) who died the 21. of [Au]gust 1827 in the _3 Y[ear of] her Age. Also ______of the above ______Aged 24 Years Headstone which is leaning and partly delaminated. The footstone is Leaving ______his life delaminated. Part of the incised inscription can be discerned from the

lower layer. Footstone: S. M. 1__7. T. M. 1__27. 178 Lucretia Hathway South: (1843-1871) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LUCRETIA HATHWAY John Davidge Hathway WHO DIED JANUARY 13TH 1871 (1832-1918) AGED 26 YEARS

North: ALSO OF JOHN DAVIDGE HATHWAY Pitched 4 ways. WHO DIED AUGUST 4TH 1918 72

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Names Inscriptions Notes AGED 96 YEARS. The birth of Lucretia Turk was registered 1843/Q3 Calne, mother’s maiden name: Alexander.

Baptised on 11 Mar 1832 at Farmborough (Som): John Davidge Hathway, son of George & Hannah Elizabeth Hathway.

On 9 Jun 1862 at St Mary Redclliffe, Bristol: John Davidge Hathway married Lucretia Turk (registered 1862/Q2 Bristol).

The death of Lucretia Hathway, aged 26, was registered 1871/Q1 Keynsham.

On 21 Nov 1876 at Bedminster: John Davidge Hathway married Mary Ann Smith (registered 1876/Q4 Bedminster).

In the 1881 census at The Globe Inn, Newton St Loe: John D Hathway, aged 48, farmer of 23 acres employing 2 men & licensed victualler, born at Farmborough (Som), wife Mary A, aged 28, born at Newton St Loe, two daughters, and three servants.

The death of John D Hathway, aged 86, was registered 1918/Q3 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1919: HATHWAY John Davidge of Church Farm Corston Somersetshire died 4 August 1918 Probate London 15 November to William John Frappell Arthur Edward Frappell and Albert Edgar Frappell farmers. Effects £1590 5s. 10d. 179 Mary Hallows (1866- East: 1904) MARY HALLOWS WHO DIED JULY 21ST 1904 AGED 37 YEARS

“LOVING THOUGHTS WILL LINGER AROUND THE PLACE WHERE THOU ARE LAID”

Cross on three plinths and edging. On the edging are posts for chains. One chain remains at the eastern end.

The birth of Mary Hathway in 1866 was registered 1867/Q1 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Turk.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The marriage of Mary Hathway to William Charles Hallows was registered 1893/Q2 Keynsham.

In the 1901 census at The Globe Inn, Newton St Loe: John D Hathway, aged 62, widower, farmer & innkeeper, born at Farmborough (Som), Mary Hallows, aged 34, married, daughter, born at newton St Loe, and a servant.

The death of Mary Hallowes, aged 37, was registered 1904/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1904: HALLOWS Mary of the “Globe” inn Newton St. Loe Somersetshire (wife of Charles Hallows) died 21 Jul 1904 Probate London 5 September to John Davidge Hathway licensed-victualler Effects £183 1s. 180 Emma Dunford (1860- In Loving Memory of 1891) EMMA, THE BELOVED WIFE OF Joseph George JOSEPH G. S. DUNFORD, OF FROME, Sainsbury Dunford WHO DIED JANUARY 9TH 1891 (1865-1915) AGED 30 YEARS — “IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH.”

Cross on 2 plinths. A tree is growing on the plot.

The death of Emma Dunford, aged 30, was registered 1891/Q1 Frome. 181 James Simpkins (1847- In Loving Memory of 1900) JAMES SIMPKINS WHO DIED JANUARY 7TH 1900. AGED 52 YEARS. — “HE BROUGHT DOWN MY STRENGTH IN MY JOURNEY AND SHORTENED MY DAYS.”

GIVE UNTO ME YE WEARY, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.

Cross on 3 plinths and edging.

The births of James Simpkins and Eliza Simpkins were registered 1847/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Sims.

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In the 1891 census at High Street, Newton St Loe: Hannah Edwards, aged 63, widow, baker grocer beer retailer, born at Hullavington (Wilts), Anna Simpkins, aged 34, married, daughter, born at Newton St Loe, James Simpkins, aged 43, married, son-in-law, baker, born at Newton St Loe, Eliza Simpkins, aged 43, unmarried, visitor, living on own means, born at Newton St Loe, and a servant.

The death of James Simpkins, aged 52, was registered 1900/Q1 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1900: SIMPKINS James of Newton St. Loe Somersetshire died 7 January 1900 Administration London 16 May to Eliza Simpkins spinster Effects £719 4s. 4d.

See also grave 240. 182 William Watts (1831- South: 1862) In Affectionate Remembrance of WILLIAM WATTS WHO DIED SUDDENLY ON THE 19TH FEBY 1862 IN THE 31ST YEAR OF HIS AGE. “IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH.”

Pitched 4 ways.

In the 1861 census at High Street, Newton St Loe: William W Watts, aged 29, land agent, born at Belton (Lincs), wife Jane, aged 24, born at Tuxford (Notts), two children and two servants.

The death of William Watts, aged 30, was registered 1862/Q1 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1862: 1 July. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of William Watts late of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset Land Agent and Surveyor deceased who died 19 February 1862 at Newton St. Loe aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Robert Edward Peach of Bath in the said County Bookseller a Creditor of the said Deceased he having been first sworn. Effects under £300.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 183 Caroline Collins (1822- East: 1858) SACRED TO THE FONDLY TREASURED MEMORY OF James Collins (1825- CAROLINE 1893) THE AFFECTIONATE AND DESERVEDLY LOVED WIFE OF JAMES COLLINS Catherine Collins OF NEWTON MILLS IN THIS PARISH (1855-1870) WHO PASSED AWAY JULY 29TH 1858. AGED 36 YEARS. The marriage of James Collins to Caroline Scudamore at St Mary’s, Edwin Collins (1853- There is no fear in love but perfect Swainswick, was registered 1849/Q1 Bath. 1921) love casteth out fear. I JOHN 4 CHAP. 18 VER.

ALSO OF In the 1851 census at Newton St Loe: James Collins, aged 25, miller JAMES COLLINS. employing 5 men, born at Twerton (Som), wife Caroline, aged 28, born WHO FELL ASLEEP OCTOBER 12TH 1893, at Swainswick (Som), and two servants. AGED 68 YEARS. The birth of Edwin Collins in 1853 was registered 1854/Q1 Keynsham, “God is Love.” mother’s maiden name: Scudamore. (I JOHN IV.16.) The birth of Catherine Collins was registered 1855/Q2 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Scudamore. South: ALSO OF The death of Caroline Collins, aged 36, was registered 1858/Q3 CATHERINE Keynsham. DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND CAROLINE COLLINS The death of Catherine Collins, aged 15, was registered 1870/Q2 WHO FELL ASLEEP AMY 22ND 1870, Keynsham. AGED 15 YEARS. “I loved them that love me, and those In the 1891 census at Granville House, Entry Hill, Bath: James Collins, That seek the earth shall find me.” aged 65, widower, miller, born at Bath, children: Ada, aged 40, single, (PROV: VIII. 17) born at Newton St Loe, Nora, aged 38, single, born at Newton St Loe, Edwin, aged 37, single, miller, born at Newton St Loe, Blanche, aged ALSO 34, single, born at Newton St Loe, and Caroline, aged 32, born at IN MOST LOVING MEMORY OF Newton St Loe, and two servants. EDWIN COLINS, WHO DIED MARCH 12TH 1921 The death of James Collins, aged 68, was registered 1893/Q4 Bath. AGED 67 YEARS. From the National Probate Calendar 1893: COLLINS James of Bath miller died 12 October 1893 Probate Bristol 6 December to John James Scudamore Collins and Edwin Collins millers Effects £39298 2s. 7d.

The death of Edwin Collins, aged 67, was registered 1921/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1921: COLLINS Edwin of Granville House Entry Hill Bath miller and corn merchant died 12 March 1921 at

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Names Inscriptions Notes Bathford near Bath Probate Bristol 6 July to John James Scudamore Collins miller. Effects £58134 17s. 9d. From the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald of Sat 19 Mar 1921 p21: “Mr. Edwin Collins, one of the partners in the well-known firm of Messrs. James Collins and Sons, proprietors of the Camden Flour Mills, Lower Bristol Road, lost his life in a motor calamity on the Box Road, Bathford, late on Saturday afternoon. …”

The firm of James Collins & Sons ran the Camden Mills on the Lower Bristol Road, Bath. This operated until 1950. The mill was one of those in the area taken over by Joseph Rank Ltd during WW2 after mills in London and Southampton had been destroyed. John James Scudamore Collins (1851-1940), James Collins’ eldest son, was in partnership in running the mill. He, his wife and a son are buried in Bath Abbey Cemetery. 184 Catherine Maddison In Memory of Baker (1838-1856) CATHERINE MADDISON BAKER Died May 23: 1856. Ætat 17.

Headstone surmounted by an eight-pointed star/water-wheel on a circle.

In the 1851 census at the residence of Henry St Maule at 16 Pulteney Street, Bath: Catherine M Baker, aged 12, scholar at home, born at Swainswick, Bath.

The death of Catherine Maddison Baker, aged 17, was registered 1856 Keynsham. (Pages missing in the online GRO index.)

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Names Inscriptions Notes 185 Thomas Crowder East: Clemens (1760-1832) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS CROWDER CLEMENS ESQ. Jane Cathcart Clemens LATE OF______(1789-1864) COUNTY OF LANCASTER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 12TH 1832 AGED 72 YEARS LEAVING A DAUGHTER DEEPLY LAMENTING THE LOSS OF A large square block surmounted by an urn. The grave is surrounded by A MOST AFFECTIONATE PARENT metal railings. The incised inscription on the northern side is covered in green lichen. North: IN THIS VAULT ARE DEPOSITED From Alumni Cantabrigienses: THE REMAINS OF Thomas Crowder Clemens JANE ______Adm. pens. (age 19) at TRINITY HALL, Feb. 19, 1781. S. and h. of James, Esq., of Liverpool. Matric. Michs. 1781; Scholar, 1781. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 1, 1779. Called to the Bar, 1784. (Lincoln's Inn Adm. Bk)

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 31 May 1832 p3: May 25, at Elm Brook Lodge, Weston, Thomas Crouder Clemens, esq, late of Ashfield, near Liverpool, aged 71.

PROB 11/1801/443 Will of Thomas Crowder Clemens of Bath, date 14 Jun 1832. 186 William Taylor (1862- IN LOVING MEMORY 1889) OF WILLIAM TAYLOR WHO DIED APRIL 5TH 1889 AGED 26 YEARS

Cross on plinths.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 11 Apr 1889 p2: “On Saturday Mr. S. Craddock, Coroner for North Somerset, held an inquest at the National Schoolroom Newton St. Loe, concerning the death of William Taylor, a coachman, in the service of Earl Temple, who died on Friday from injuries received in a trap accident in Bath on the previous day.” The accident occurred in Southgate Street when the dog-cart, trying to avoid a conveyance coming out of Golden Lion Yard, skidded and hit a 78

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Names Inscriptions Notes lamp-post. William Taylor was taken to the Royal United Hospital but was able to drive back to Newton St Loe. There he became delirious, then insensible and died at 2.20 am.

The death of William Taylor, aged 26, was registered 1889/Q2 Keynsham. 187 Robert Ballard (1839- North: 1912) [In memor]iam RO[BER]T BALLARD, _____ THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD ____ LONDON NOVEMBER 22. 1912. AGED __ YEARS.

Pitched 4 ways. Delaminated on the southern side.

Baptised on 1 Apr 1839 at Ledbury, Herefordshire: Robert Ballard, son of Robert & Catherine Maria Ballard.

In the 1911 census at 35 Wood Lane, Shepherd’s Bush, London W: Robert Ballard, aged 72, married, civil engineer, born at Ledbury, Herefordshire.

The death of Robert Ballard, aged 73, was registered 1912/Q4 Fulham. From the National Probate Calendar 1913: BALLARD Robert of 35 Wood- lane Shepherd’s Bush Middlesex died 22 November 1912 at 3 Hetley House Hetley-road Shepherd’s Bush Middlesex Probate London 2 January to Edith Agnes Salter spinster. Effects £337 14s. 6d. 188 John Spencer Ballard North: (1856-1901) Sacred to the Memory of JOHN SPENCER BALLARD __ LEDBURY IN THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD JAN______SEPTEMBER 25 1901

Pitched 4 ways. Delaminated on the southern side.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The birth of John Spencer Ballard was registered 1856/Q1 Ledbury. Baptised on 25 Feb 1856 at Ledbury (Herefordshire): John Spencer, son of Robert & Catherine Maria Ballard.

In the 1871 census at Lower Grovesend, Colwall, Ledbury (Herefordshire): Robert Ballard, aged 68, retired builder, born at Great Malvern (Worcs), wife Katherine M, aged 49, born at Ledbury, children: John S, aged 15, born at Ledbury, Elizabeth, aged 12, born at Ledbury, and Edith A, aged 8, born at Ledbury, and a servant.

The death of John Spencer Ballard, aged 45, was registered 1901/Q3 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1901: BALLARD John Spencer of 77 Fentiman-road Clapham Surrey died 26 September 1901 at Newton St. Loe Somersetshire Probate London 23 October to Robert Ballard secretary of a public-company Effects £527.

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Western Section

Names Inscriptions Notes 201 William Whittington In (1833-1915) loving memory of WILLIAM WHITTINGTON Matilda Whittington WHO PASSED AWAY OCT. 1. 1915. (1838-1913) AGED 82. — Anna Whittington AND OF HIS WIFE (1878-1925) MATILDA, WHO FELL ASLEEP MAR. 28. 1913, Samuel Whittington AGED 75. (1864-1921) — AND OF THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER The marriage of William Whittington to Matilda Riddick was registered ANNA, 1861/Q3 Keynsham. WHO ENTERED INTO REST FEB. 18. 1925. AND IS INTERRED AT BRISLINGTON, SOMERSET The birth of Samuel Whittington was registered 1864/Q1 Keynsham, — mother’s maiden name: Riddick. (In the typed GRO index as WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER. ‘Whittingham’.) — The birth of Anna Whittington was registered 1878/Q2 Keynsham, AND OF THEIR SECOND SON mother’s maiden name: Riddick. SAMUEL, WHO FELL ASLEEP NOV. 18. 1921 In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: William Whittington, aged 78, AND IS INTERRED AT WHITCHURCH, SOMERSET retired baker, born at Newton St Loe, wife Matilda, aged 73, married 49 years 11 children of which 10 then living, born at West Knoyle (Wilts), and children: Samuel, aged 47, single, baker – own account, born at Newton St Loe, and Charles, aged 30, single, farm labourer, born at Newton St Loe.

The death of Matilda Whittington, aged 75, was registered 1913/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1913: WHITTINGTON Matilda of Newton St. Loe Somersetshire (wife of William Whittington) died 28 March 1913 at the Royal United Hospital bath Administration Bristol 15 May to William Whittington retired baker. Effects £70 1s.

The death of William Whittington, aged 82, was registered 1915/Q4 Keynsham.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Samuel Whittington, aged 57, was registered 1921/Q2 Keynsham. The date of death on the memorial is suspect as the death was registered in Q3 1921 rather than Q4.

The death of Anna Whittington, aged 45, was registered 1925/Q1 Bristol. From the National Probate Calendar 1925: WHITTINGTON Anna of 14 Manworthy-road Brislington Bristol spinster died 18 February 1825 at the Royal Infirmary Bristol Probate Bristol 31 March to Sam Rawlings railway signalman, Effects £118 3s. 10d. 202 Iris May Cottle (1934- Metal plaque: 2008) IN LOVING MEMORY IRIS MAY COTTLE Rosemary Vowles SADLY MISED MUM. (1932-2014) GRANDMOTHER & GREAT GRANDMOTHER DIED 15 JULY 2008 ALSO GRAN & GRAMPY VOWLES

Metal plaque at foot: From the Bath Chronicle of 24 Jul 2008: In loving memory OF COTTLE Iris May. Late of Newton St. Lowe, passed away suddenly after ROSEMARY VOWLES (Rosie) a short illness on July 15th 2008, aged 74 years. Will be sadly missed by 10th March 1932 - - -5th February 2014 Colin, Ann, families and all. The funeral service will be held at Weston Now Reunited With Her Family super Mare Crematorium on Wednesday, July 30th at 11.30 a.m. No R.I.P flowers by request but donations made payable to Cancer Research UK, will be gratefully received by Co-operative Funeralcare, 48b Upper Bristol Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 8DP.

From the Bath Chronicle of 20 Feb 2014: VOWLES Rosemary (Rose) Late of Newton St. Loe, died at Bloomfield Nursing Home on 5th February, aged 81. Dear Aunt to Colin, Anne and families. Funeral Service and Cremation at Haycombe, Bath on Monday 24th February at 9.30am. Family flowers only please, donations, if desired, for Claverton Down Cats and Dogs Home, to Bryan G. Bishop Funeral Service, Hallatrow Road, Paulton, Bristol. BS39 7LJ. 203 Arthur William TREASURED MEMORIES OF Bowering (1915-1975) MY BEOVED HUSBAND AND A DEVOTED FATHER Ivy Doreen Bowering ARTHUR WILLIAM (1919-1997) BOWERING WHO DIED 4TH AUG. 1975. AGED 60. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. ALSO IVY DOREEN Grey headstone on a base with an integral vase. Also a separate vase. 82

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Names Inscriptions Notes BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER PASSED AWAY 30TH SEPT. 1997 The birth of Arthur W A Bowering was registered 1915/Q1 Axbridge, AGED 78 YEARS. mother’s maiden name: Bowering. R.I.P. The birth of Ivy D Wood land was registered 1919/Q3 Pontypridd, mother’s maiden name: Page. Vase: BAMPY The marriage of Arthur W A Bowering to Ivy D Woodland was registered NANNY 1942/Q2 Weston-super-Mare.

The death of Arthur William A Bowering, born in 21 Feb 1915, was registered 1975/Q3 Bath.

The death of Ivy Doreen Bowering was registered 1997/Oct Bath & NE Somerset. 204 Edith Ellen Maria TREASURED Lapham (1904-1976) MEMORIES OF A DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER Walter James Lapham EDITH LAPHAM (1905-1983) PASSED AWAY DEC. 28TH 1976 AGED 72 ALSO OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER WALTER JAMES LAPHAM Headstone on a base with an integral vase. PASSED AWAY JAN. 20TH 1983

AGED 77 YEARS. The birth of Walter James Lapham was registered 1905/Q4 Keynsham, RE-UNITED. mother’s maiden name: Smith.

The death of Edith Ellen Maria Lapham, born on 7 Sep 1904, was registered 1976/Q4 Bath.

The death of Walter James Lapham, born on 9 Sep 1905, was registered 1983/Q1 Bath. 205 Blanche Amelia Bonning IN LOVING MEMORY OF (1911-1977) BLANCHE AMELIA BONNING William Henry Edward DIED NOV. 25TH 1977 Bonning (1917-1982) AGED 66 YEARS SADLY MISSED BY BILL, THE CHILDREN AND, GRANDCHILDREN.

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Names Inscriptions Notes AND SISTER DORA Headstone on a base.

ALSO HER HUSBAND WILLAM HENRY EDWARD The birth of William H E Bonning was registered 1917/Q4 Aston, BONNING mother’s maiden name: Eccles. DIED JUNE 15TH 1982 AGED 64 YEARS Postal Services Appointments: Mar 1943 William H E Bonning, SW II, TOGETHER IN PEACE B’ham.

The death of Blanche Amelia Bonning, born on 17 Jul 1911, was registered 1977/Q4 Bath.

The death of William Henry E Bonning, born on 27 Oct 1918, was registered 1982/Q2 Bath. 206 Mary Verona Jones In (1911-1980) Memory Of MY DEAR WIFE William George Jones MARY VERONA JONES (1908-2003) DIED 18TH MAY 1980 AGED 69 ALSO OF HER DEVOTED HUSBAND WILLIAM GEORGE JONES The death of Mary Verona Jones, born on 15 Jan 1911, was registered DIED 1ST JANUARY 2003 1980/Q2 Bath. AGED 94

REUNITED FOREVER The death of William George Jones, born on 22 Aug 1908, was registered 2003/Jan Bath & NE Somerset. 207 Gaythorne Edward IN Davis (1906-1986) EVER LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND Beatrice Anne Davis GAYTHORNE DAVIS (1903-2002) WHO DIED DEC. 19. 1986 AGED 79. SADLY MISSED BY HIS WIFE BEATRICE A. DAVIS REUNITED WITH HER HUSBAND The birth of Gaythorne E Davis was registered 1935/Q1 Keynsham, DIED JULY 30. 2002 mother’s maiden name: Wood. AGED 99.

AND A DEARLY LOVER MOTHER The death of Gaythorne Edward Davis, born on 5 May 1906, was registered 1986/Dec Bath.

The death of Beatrice Anne Davis, born on 30 Mar 1903, was registered 2002/Aug Bath & NE Somerset. 84

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Names Inscriptions Notes 208 Charles Henry Stacey IN MEMORY OF (1894-1974) CHARLES HENRY STACEY DIED 27TH JULY 1974. Edith Kate Stacey AGED 79. (1904-1991) EDITH KATE STACEY DIED 15TH APRIL 1991. AGED 96. RE – UNITED.

Vase:

LOVING Headstone on a base and a separate square vase. THOUGHTS OF The birth of Charles Henry Stacey was registered 1894/Q4 Nantwich. MUM The birth of Edith Kate Pearce was registered 1904/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Gay.

The marriage of Charles H Stacey to Edith K Pearce was registered 1923/Q4 Keynsham.

The death of Charles Henry Stacey, born on 30 Sep 1894, was registered 1974/Q3 Bath.

The death of Edith Kate Stacey, born on 30 Sep 1904, was registered 1991/Apr Bath. 209 Edward John Smith IN (1923-1971) DEAR MEMORY OF EDWARD JOHN SMITH A WELL LOVED HUSBAND & FATHER DIED 6TH OCT. 1971 AGED 46 YEARS. LOVE IS ETERNAL LIFE IS IMMORTAL DEATH IS ONLY AN HORIZON AND AN HORIZON IS NOTHING SAVE THE LINIT OF OUR SIGHT Headstone on a base and a square vase.

The death of Edward John Smith, born on 30 Apr 1923, was registered 1971/Q4 Bathavon. 85 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes 210 William Thomas Potter IN (1888-1970) LOVING MEMORY OF Robert Thomas Potter WILLIAM T. POTTER (1920-1997) DIED MARCH 1ST 1970 AGED 82 YEARS. ALSO HIS SON ROBERT T. POTTER DIED OCT. 13TH 1997 AGED 77 YEARS R.I.P.

The birth of William Thomas Potter was registered 1888/Q4 Pewsey.

The birth of Robert T Power was registered 1920/Q4 Clutton, mother’s maiden name: Holdway.

The death of William Thomas Potter, born on 13 Oct 1888, was registered 1970/Q1 Wells.

The death of Robert Thomas Potter, born on 28 Sep 1920, was registered 1997/Oct Bath & NE Somerset. 211 Annie Smith (1884- IN 1969) REMEMBRANCE OF ANNIE SMITH William John Smith DIED 22ND NOV. 1969 (1882-1971) AGED 85 YEARS. ALSO HER HUSBAND WILLIAM JOHN DIED 17TH JAN. 1971 AGED 89 YEARS GRANT THEM EVERLASTING LIGHT AND REST.

212 William Henry Stevens Integral plaque: (1888-1963) IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER Augusta Mary Stevens WILLIAM HENRY STEVENS. (1896-1994) 11TH MAY 1888 – 17TH DEC. 1963. ALSO Albert Stevens (1932- A BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER 2012) AUGUSTA MARY STEVENS. 2 APRIL 1896 – 19 AUGUST 1994.

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Names Inscriptions Notes REUNITED Edging with an integral plaque at the foot and a separate large plaque Separate plaque: on the grave. MAJOR ALBERT STEVENS LOVING HUSBAND TO OLIVE, FATHER TO The birth of Augusta Mary Bailey was registered 1896/Q2 Keynsham, DAVID AND ANGELA AND GRANDFATHER mother’s maiden name: Lewis. 19 DECEMBER 1932 – 25 APRIL 2012 R.I.P. The marriage of William H Stevens to Augusta M Bailey was registered 1931/Q3 Keynsham.

The birth of Albert Henry Stevens in 1932 was registered 1933/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Bailey.

The death of William H Stevens, aged 75, was registered 1963/Q4 Bathavon.

The death of Augusta Mary Stevens, born on 2 Apr 1896, was registered 1994/Aug Reading and Wokingham.

From the Bath Chronicle of 3 May 2012: STEVENS Major Albert Henry Passed away peacefully in the company of his wife, son and daughter on 23rd April 2012. He will be sadly missed by his wife, son, daughter and grandchildren. Funeral service to be held on Tuesday 8th May at the Salvation Army Bath Temple (Odd Down) at 2pm, followed by a service at Haycombe Crematorium at 3.15pm. Family flowers only. Donations may be made by cheque payable to The Salvation Army and sent c/o Co-operative Funeralcare, Pulteney Road, Bath BA2 4HP. 213 Charles Stowell (1894- IN LOVING MEMORY OF 1961) CHARLES STOWELL HENRY GEORGE DIED APRIL 16TH 1961 STOWELL Henry George Stowell AGED 67 YEARS 1899-1993 (1899-1993)

Vase: KINDEST REMEMBRACE Edging with the incised inscription on tiered quadrants of stone. A FROM FRIENDS separate freestanding square vase. AT

W.D. & H.O. WILLS

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Names Inscriptions Notes The birth of Charles Stowell was registered 194/Q1 Keynsham. Baptised on 7 Feb 1894 at St Luke’s, Brislington: Charles, son of George & Emma Ann Stowell.

The birth of Henry George Stowell was registered 1899/Q3 Keynsham. Baptised on 21 Jul 1899 at St Luke’s, Brislington: Henry George, son of George & Emma Ann Stowell.

The marriage of Charles Stowell to Bessie L Taylor was registered 1921/Q2 Keynsham.

The death of Charles Stowell, aged 67, was registered 1961/Q2 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1961: STOWELL Charles of Briar Cottage Church Cottages Newton St. Loe Somersetshire died 16 April 1961 at Manor Hospital Bath Administration Bristol 5 July to Bessie Louisa Stowell widow. Effects £348 11s.

The death of Henry George Stowell, born on 15 Jun 1899, was registered 1993/Nov Bristol. 214 Ellen Dorothy Peers IN (1884-1969) LOVING MEMORY OF ELLEN DOROTHY PEERS BORN JANUARY 13TH 1884 DIED DECEMBER 30TH 1969.

Cross on 3 plinths.

The death of Ellen Dorothy Peers, born on 15 Jan 1884, was registered 1969/Q4 Bathavon. 215 William Maddock (1889- IN LOVING MEMORY 1968) OF WILLIAM MADDOCK BELOVED HUSBAND OF ROSE.

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Names Inscriptions Notes Square vase.

The death of William Maddock, aged 78, was registered 1968/Q2 Bath. 216 Albert Edwin Bailey Plaque: (1916-1987) In Loving Memory of ALBERT GINA Gina Mary Bailey EDWARD MARY BAILEY BAILEY (daughter) Sadly missed Always a smile

Vase: Black plaque in the form of an open book and a freestanding square IN LOVING vase. MEMORY OF ALBERT E. The birth of Gina M Bailey was registered 1926/Q4 Newport M, mother’s BAILEY maiden name: Davies. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE EMMA The death of Albert Edwin Bailey, born on 1 Nov 1916, was registered 1987/Dec 1987.

The death of Gina Mary Bailey, born on 20 Nov 1926, was registered 2006/Dec Bath & NE Somerset. 217 Bessie Sarah Smith Headstone: (1900-1962) IN LOVING Patricia Joan Lawday MEMORY OF (1928-1982) BESSIE SMITH A DEAR MOTHER Geoffrey Rowell DIED AUG. 16TH 1962. Lawday (1918-2004) GONE BUT ALAWAY IN OUR HEARTS R·I·P ALSO HER DAUGHTER PATRICIA LAWDAY

DIED MARCH 2OTH 1982, Small headstone on a base. AGED 54. The birth of Sarah Bessie Hibbard was registered 1900/Q2 Bath, Vase: mother’s maiden name: Meaden. PAT A LOVING WIFE The marriage of Albert Edward Smith to Bessie Sarah Hibbard at St AND MOTHER Peter’s, Twerton was registered 1919/Q4 Bath. 89 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes

Plaque: The birth of Patricia J Smith was registered 1928/Q2 Bath, mother’s GEOFFREY ROWELL maiden name: Hibbard. LAWDAY 1918 – 2004 The marriage of Geoffrey Rowell Lawday to Patricia Joan Smith at BELOVED FATHER Walcot Chapel, Nelson Place, Bath was registered 1948/Q2 Bath. & GRANDFATHER SADLY MISSED The death of Bessie S Smith, aged 62, was registered 1962/Q3 Bath. T.T.F.N. The death of Patricia Joan Lawday, born on 9 Mar 1928, was registered 1982/Q1 Bath. 218 Leonard George Edging, south: Denning (1902-1962) IN MEMORY OF LEONARD GEORGE DENNING WHO DIED 15TH MARCH 1962 Edith Mary Denning A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER AGED 60 YEARS

(1900-1999)

Edging, north: IN MEMORY OF EDITH MARY DENNING WHO DIED 2ND JULY 1999 A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER AGED 99 YEARS

Edging and a square vase.

The birth of Edith Mary Wilton was registered 1900/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Butt. The birth of Leonard George Denning was registered 1902/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Mullet.

The marriage of Leonard George Denning to Edith Mary Wilton at St Michael’s, Twerton was registered 1930/Q3 Bath.

The death of Leonard G Denning, aged 61, was registered 1962/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1962: DENNING Leonard George of Mill Farm Newton St. Loe Bath died 15 March 1962 on the way to Royal United Hospital Bath Administration Bristol 25 April to Edith Mary Denning widow. Effects £1337 15s.

The death of Edith Mary Denning, born on 28 Apr 1900, was registered 1999/Jul Bath & NE Somerset.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 219 Herbert Thomas Wyatt IN (1869-1938) LOVING MEMORY OF HERBERT THOMAS WYATT, Elizabeth Ellen Wyatt DIED OCT. 8TH 1938. (1874-1956) AGED 70 YEARS. — ALSO HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ELLEN, DIED JUNE 24TH 1956, AGED 80 YEARS. Low headstone and edging.

The birth of Herbert Thomas Wyatt was registered 1869/Q3 Totnes. The birth of Elizabeth Ellen Masters was registered 1874/Q4 Clutton.

The marriage of Herbert Thomas Wyatt to Elizabeth Ellen Masters was registered 1901/Q1 Clutton.

The death of Herbert T Wyatt, aged 70, was registered 1938/Q4 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1939: WYATT Herbert Thomas of Pennsylvania Farm Newton St. Loe near Bristol died 8 October 1938 Probate Bristol 9 January to Elizabeth Ellen Wyatt widow Edward Chave farmer and Percy Evry Grant solicitors articled clerk. Effects £1804 5s. 10d.

The death of Elizabeth E Wyatt, aged 80, was registered 1956/Q2 Bathavon. From the National Probate Calendar 1956: WYATT Elizabeth Ellen of Pensylvania (sic) Farm Newton St. Loe Somersetshire widow died 24 June 1956 Probate Bristol 12 September to Florence Katherine Wyatt spinster and Herbert Thomas Wyatt farmer. Effects £4123 18s. 1d. 220 Jehu Hill (1862-1932) IN LOVING MEMORY OF JEHU Alice Ann Hill (1876- DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF 1950) ALICE HILL WHO DIED DEC. 6TH 1932 AT “PARK FARM” NEWTON ST LOE, AGED 70 YEARS. AT REST. ALSO OF ALICE, WIFE OF THE ABOVE Headstone and edging. CALLED HOME MARCH 23RD 1950. The birth of Jehu Hill was registered 1862/Q4 Wincanton. 91 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes SLEEPING WITH JESUS. The marriage of Jehu Hill to Alice A Collins was registered 1913/Q4 Cardiff.

In Kelly’s Somerset Directory 1914 under Priston: Hill Jehu, farmer, Church farm

In Kelly’s Somerset Directory 1923 in the Trades section under Farmers: Hill Jehu, Wellow, Bath

The death of Jehu Hill, aged 70, was registered 1932/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1933: HILL Jehu of Park Farm Newton St. Loe Somersetshire died 6 December 1982 Probate Bristol 24 January to Alice Ann Hill widow. Effects £1791 8s. 6d.

The death of Alice A Hill, aged 73, was registered 1950/Q1 Bathavon. From the National Probate Calendar 1950: HILL Alice Ann of 6 St. George’s Hill Bathampton Bath widow died 23 March 1950 Probate Bristol 2 June to Jack Rees farmer and Edward Morkham Trounson solicitor. Effects £5196 18s. 2d. 221 Richard Moon Perkes, LLM or PERKS Late of Court Essington, Midford, In the county of Somerset. Born 30th June 1852 Died 19th March 1929

Celtic cross on plinths and edging. The cross and the upper plinth are flat on the grave and the text is inaccessible. The inscription comes from Gerry Hines notes on the inscription.

The burial register has no entry for Richard Moon Perkes but there is a burial of Harriet Frances Perkes (1867-1942) on 3 Aug 1942, the widow of Rev Richard Moon Perkes, née Baldock.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 222 Frank Gilbert (1885- 143182 SAPPER 1921) F. GILBERT ROYAL ENGINEERS 29TH AUGUST 1921

GWGC headstone.

The death of Frank Gilbert, aged 36, was registered 1921/Q3 Keynsham. A report of the inquest , which took place at the Globe Inn, Newton St Loe, appeared in the Bath Chronicle of Sat 3 Sep 1931 p21. The verdict was “Suicide by placing himself in front of a passing train on the Midland Railway.” 223 Charles Edward Fernley SGT. CHARLES FERNLEY (1874-1915) 1ST/4TH ESSEX REGT DIED AT NEWTON PARK V.A. HOSPITAL 31ST DECEMBER 1915. AGED 41. — “LIFE IS NOT LOST FOR WHICH IS BOUGHT UNLESS BENOWN.” SPENCER

Headstone surmounted by a cross.

The birth of Charles Edward Fernley was registered 1875/Q1 Mile End. Baptised on 17 Oct 1875 at St Dunstan’s, Stepney: Charles Edward, son of Richard & Eliza Fernley, date of birth: 28 Nov 1874.

In the 1911 census at 57 Ladysmith Avenue, East Ham: Charles Edward Fernley, aged 36, wholesale millinery warehouse porter, born at Stepney, wife Hannah Rebeckah, aged 33, married 9 years 1 child, born at Stepney, and a son.

Charles Edward Fernley, born at Stepney, Middx, of Upton Park, Essex, died on 31 Dec 1915.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 224 Elizabeth Ann Elms IN (1865-1933) LOVNG MEMORY OF ELIZABETH AND THOMAS ELMS, George Henry Thomas ALSO Elms (1865-1909) WILLIAM & BEATRICE ELMS. AND William George Elms WILLIAM GRANT. (1902-1907)

Headstone and edging. Beatrice Elizabeth Elms

(1898-1902) The marriage of George Henry Thomas Elms to Elizabeth Ann Grant at

St Peter’s, Twerton was registered 1893/Q1 Bath. William Grant

The birth of Beatrice Elizabeth Elms in 1898 was registered 1898/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Grant.

The death of Beatrice Elizabeth Elms, aged 4, was registered 1902/Q3 Keynsham

The birth of William George Elms was registered 1902/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Grant. The birth of Albert John Grant was registered 1906/Q Bath, mother’s maiden name: Grant.

The death of William George Elms, aged 4, was registered 1907/Q1 Bath.

The death of George Henry Elms, aged 43, was registered 1909/Q2 Keynsham.

In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: Elizabeth Ann Elms, aged 45, widow, charwoman, born at Twerton on Avon, and son Albert John, aged 4, born at Newton St Loe.

The death of Elizabeth Elms, aged 67, was registered 1933/Q1 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 224A Walter Frederick Lane Sacred to the memory (1893-1919) Of PTE WALTER FREDERICK LANE, ROYAL WEST KENT REGT DIED AT BATH WAR HOSPITAL AUG. 7TH 1919

Headstone and edging. At the top of the headstone is the emblem (a prancing horse), the motto (INVICTA) and name of the regiment.

The death of Walter F Lane, aged 26, was registered 1919/Q3 Bath. Walter Frederick Lane, Private 240357 A Company 1st/5th Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment, died on 7 Aug 1919, aged 26; son of Frederick & Caroline Lane, of Sidcup, Kent [CWGC]. 225 Audrey Pawson (1922- In Affectionate Memory 2010) Of AUDREY PAWSON Née STOWELL 1922 – 2010 A LOVING WIFE MOTHER AND GRANDMA Grief is the price we pay for love

Headstone on a base with an integral vase.

The birth of Audrey Stowell was registered 1922/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Taylor.

The marriage of Audrey Stowell to William Pawson was registered 1943/Q1 Bathavon. 226 Eric Ernest Bird (1898- IN LOVING MEMORY OF 1981) ERIC ERNEST BIRD DIED MAY 15TH 1981 Bessie Louisa Bird AGED 83 YEARS (1900-1995) ALSO BESSIE LOUISA HIS WIFE AND COMPANION IN LATER LIFE DIED JULY 11TH 1995 Headstone on a base and a separate square vase. AGED 94 YEARS 95 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes R·I·P· The birth of Eric Ernest Bird was registered 1898/Q2 Chippenham.

The marriage of Eric E Bird to Emily F L Weaving was registered 1923/Q3 Chippenham.

The marriage of Eric E Bird to Bessie L Stowell was registered 1971/Q3 Bathavon.

The death of Eric Ernest Bird, born on 1 Mar 1898, was registered 1981/Q2 Bath.

The death of Bessie Louisa Bird, born on 12 Aug 1900, was registered 1995/Q3 Bath. 227 Emily Frances Lilian IN Bird (1899-1970) LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR WIFE LILIAN BIRD. MOTHER OF STELLA DIED 5TH MARCH 1970. AGED 71. R·I·P. Headstone on a base.

The birth of Emily Frances Lilian Weaving was registered 1899/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Evans.

The marriage of Emily F L Weaving to Eric E Bird was registered 1923/Q3 Chippenham.

The birth of Stella Lilian Bird was registered 1924/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Weaving.

The death of Emily Frances Lilian Bird, born on 3 May 1899, was registered 1970/Q1 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 228 Stella Lilian Evans IN (1924-1970) LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR WIFE STELLA EVANS DIED JAN. 9TH 1970. AGED 46. R·I·P.

Headstone on a base and a square vase.

The birth of Stella Lilian Bird was registered 1924/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Weaving.

The marriage of Stella L Bird to Roy T Evans was registered 1926/Q1 Bath.

The death of Stella Lilian Evans, born on 9 Feb 1923, was registered 1970/Q1 Bathavon. 229 Albert Harry Bailey East: (1866-1900) In Loving Memory of William M Bailey (- OUR DEAR BROTHER 1909) ALBERT HARRY 2ND SON OF WILLIAM & MARY ANN BAILEY DIED JUNE 5 1900, AGED 33 YEARS. West: Double-width plot. Cross on 3 plinths and edging. WILLIAM M. BAILEY

DIED JANUARY 2ND 1909 In the 1871 census at Newton St Loe: William Bailey, aged 32, AGED 70 YEARS. carpenter, born at Newton St Loe, wife Mary A, aged 35, born at ALSO MARY ANN WIFE OF ABOVE Walcot, Bath, and six children, one of whom was Albert H, aged 4, born DIED NOVERMBER 19TH 1914 AGED 79 YEARS. at Widcombe, Bath.

The death of Albert Harry Bailey, aged 33, was registered 1900/Q2 Keynsham.

The death of William Bailey, aged 70, was registered 1909/Q1 Keynsham.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 230 James Morrish (1788- Sacred 1861) TO THE MEMORY OF _____ MORRISH Ann Morrish (1798- ______1861 1862)

ALSO ANN RELICT OF ABOVE ______1862 Slab. Partly covered by moss.

____ UNTO US EXCEEDING _____PROMISE______4 In the 1851 census at Newton St Loe: Ann Spencer, aged 77, widow, farmer of 240 acres employing 5 men 3 boys and 2 women, born at Twerton (Som), Mary Spencer, aged 30, unmarried, daughter, born at Newton St Loe, Walter Spencer, aged 28, unmarried, employed at home, born at Newton St Loe, James Morrish, aged 60, married, son- in-law, employed at home, born at Lydiard St Lawrence (Som), Ann Morrish, aged 48, married, daughter, born at Newton St Loe, and a servant.

The death of James Morrish, aged 73, was registered 1861/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1862: 18 March. The Will of James Morrish late of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset Yeoman deceased who died 5 December 1861 at Newton St. Loe aforesaid was proved at Bristol by the oaths of Ann Morrish of Newton St. Loe aforesaid Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Effects under £800.

The death of Ann Morrish, aged 63, was registered 1862/Q2 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1862: 17 October. The Will of Ann Morrish late of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset Widow deceased who died 7 June 1862 at Newton St. Loe aforesaid was proved at Bristol by the oaths of Walter Spencer of Newton St. Loe aforesaid Farmer the Brother and John Turner of Bradford in the County of Wilts Schoolmaster the Executors. Effects under £800. 231 Charlotte Holland In (1844-1845) Memory of CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH Edward Holland the Infant Daughter of EDWARD & ELIZA ANNE HOLLAND Eliza Anne Holland who Died August 2nd 18__ Aged 16 Months She is not dead but sle[epeth]

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Names Inscriptions Notes Slab. The right-hand side is partly overgrown. 232 William Knox (1760- UNDERNEATH 1832) lie the remains of WILLIAM KNOX Elizabeth Watson Who departed this life (1756-1841) December 6th 1832 Aged 72 Years. Also of ELIZABETH WATSON who died July 24th 1841 Altar tomb. in the 86 Year of her Age.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 13 Dec 1832 p3: Dec. 6, at Newton St. Loe, aged 72, Mr. Wm Knox, who, for 22 years, filled the station of head gardener to Col. Gore Langton, of Newton Park.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 29 Jul 1841 p3: July 24, Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, in her 86th year, for upwards of 20 years a true and faithful servant as housekeeper to Col. Gore Langton, of Newton Park, by whom she was much respected. 233 John Edward Perrett IN MEMORY OF (1828-1901) JOHN E PERRETT 5·11·1901 Catherine Perrett CATHERINE PERRETT (1832-1908) 28·3·1908 WILLIAM J E PERRETT William John Edwin 3·7·1934 Perrett (1855-1934)

Headstone on a base.

Baptised on 16 Nov 1855 at Berkeley, Som: William John Edwin, son of John & Catherine Perrett.

In the 1881 census at Cameley (Som): William J E Perrett, aged 26, farm manager, born at Berkeley (Som), and wife Lucy T, aged 22, born in Devon.

The death of John Perrett, aged 73, was registered 1901/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1901: PERRETT John Edward of Turnpike-cottage Newbridge-hill Lower Weston Weston near Bath 99 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes labourer died 3 November 1901 Administration Bristol 3 December to Catherine Perrett widow Effects £89 16s.

The death of Catherine Perrett, aged 75, was registered 1908/Q1 Keynsham.

The death of William J E Perrett, aged 78, was registered 1934/Q2 Bath. 234 Mary Jane Hibbard MARY J. HIBBARD, (1880-1936) DIED DEC. 13TH 1936. SAMUEL G. HIBBARD, Samuel George Hibbard DIED MAY 25TH 1953. (1881-1953) AT REST.

Square vase on a plaque.

The marriage of Samuel George Hibbard to Mary Jane Bartlett was registered 1902/Q3 Chippenham.

The birth of Walter Eli Hibbard was registered 1909/Q3, Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Bartlett.

In the 1911 census at Corston nr Bath: Samuel Hibbard, aged 29, carman – railway, born at Corston, wife Mary, aged 30, married 8 years 4 children, born at Gastard (Wilts), and children: Daisy, aged 8, born at Twerton (Som), Charly, aged 7, born at Twerton, Hilda, aged 5, born at Newton (Som), and Walter, aged 1, born at Twerton.

The death of Mary J Hibbard, aged 56, was registered 1936/Q4 Bath.

The Samuel G Hibbard, aged 71, was registered 1953/Q2 Bathavon.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 235 Wilfred Francis Hibbard 650766 CORPORAL (1919-1942) W.F. HIBBARD ROYAL AIR FORCE 24H OCTOBER 1942 AGED 23

GOD’S GREATEST GIFT REMEMBRANCE

CWGC headstone.

The birth of Wilfred F Hibbard was registered 1919/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Bartlett.

The death of Wilfred F Hibbard, aged 23, was registered 1942/Q4 Sheffield.

(His name is on the war memorial inside the church.) 236 Ada Caroline Collins East: (1850-1928) IN LOVING MEMORY Blanche Collins (1856- OF 1931) ADA CAROLINE COLLINS DAUGHTER OF Nora Collins (1852- JAMES & CAROLINE COLLINS 1938) WHO PASSED AWAY DEC. 11. 1928. ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF Cross on plinths. Double-width plot. Caroline Collins (1858- BLANCHE

1950) DAUGHTER OF JAMES & CAROLINE The birth of Ada Caroline Collins was registered 1850/Q2 Keynsham, WHO DIED JULY 15 1931. mother’s maiden name: Scudamore.

The birth of Nora Collins was registered 1852/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s South: maiden name: Scudamore. AND The birth of Blanche Collins in 1856 was registered 1857/Q1 Keynsham, IN LOVING MEMORY mother’s maiden name: Scudamore. OF The birth of Caroline Collins was registered 1858/Q3 Keynsham, NORA mother’s maiden name: Scudamore. 2ND DAUGHTER OF JAMES

& CAROLINE COLLINS

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Names Inscriptions Notes WHO DIED NOV. 14. 1938 The death of Ada C Collins, aged 78, was registered 1928/Q4 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1929: COLLINS Ada Caroline of Dunsford North: 13 Bloomfield-avenue Bath spinster died 12 December 1928 Probate AND IN Bristol 31 January to John James Scudamore Collins miller and Arthur LOVING MEMORY Hibbard Collins retired captain H.M. army and Harry Lea Blakemore OF solicitor’s managing clerk. Effects £19485 10s. 4d. CAROLINE 5TH DECEEMBER OF JAMES The death of Blanche Collins, aged 74, was registered 1931/Q3 Bath. & CAROLINE COLLINS From the National Probate Calendar 1931: COLLINS Blanche of WHO DIED DEC. 14. 1950. Granville House Entry Hill Bath spinster died 15 July 1931 Probate Bristol 8 September to John Hubert Collins and Arthur Hibbard Collins gentlemen and Harry Lea Blackmore solicitor’s managing clerk. Effects £19494 17s. 3d. Resworn £18996 18s. 2d.

The death of Nora Collins, aged 86, was registered 1938/Q4 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1938: COLLINS Nora of Granville House Entry Hill Bath spinster died 14 November 1938 Probate Bristol 16 December to John Hubert Collins of no occupation and Harry Lea Blakemore solicitors managing clerk. Effects £14579 2s. 11d. Resworn £14985 5s. 6d. and £13995 5s. 6d.

The death of Caroline Collins, aged 92, was registered 1950/Q4 Exmoor. From the National Probate Calendar 1951: COLLINS Caroline of 10 King George-road Minehead Somersetshire spinster died 14 December 1950 Probate London 12 February to John Hubert Collins of no occupation and Mary Wallace spinster. Effects £18854 17s. 8d. 237 Thomas Hill Lowe IN (1845-1924) LOVING MEMORY OF THOMAS HILL LOWE Elizabeth Lowe (1843- PRIEST 1936) AT REST FEB. 16TH 1924. RESURGAM. AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE WHO DIED OCT. 24TH 1936, AGED 93 YEARS.

Cross on 3 plinths and edging.

On 20 Jul 1880 at Mirfield parish church, Yorks: Thomas Hill Lowe, bachelor, clerk in holy orders, of Redford Leigh, Lancs, son of John Lowe, gentleman, married Elizabeth Reynolds, spinster, of Mirfield, 102

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Names Inscriptions Notes daughter of William Reynolds, Methodist minister (deceased) (registered 1880/Q3 Dewsbury).

In the 1911 census at Chilfrome Rectory, Dorchester, Dorset: Thomas Hill Lowe, aged 66, clerk in holy orders – Established Church, born at Stourbridge (Worcs), wife Elizabeth, aged 67, married 30 years no children, born at Oldham (Lancs), and a servant.

The death of Thomas H Lowe, aged 78, was registered 1924/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1924: LOWE the reverend Thomas Hill of 4 Ashley-avenue Lower Weston Bath clerk died 16 February 1924 Probate Bristol 25 April to Elizabeth Lowe widow and James Porter shoe merchant. Effects £414 12s. 10d.

The death of Elizabeth Lowe, aged 93, was registered 1936/Q4 Dewsbury. From the National Probate Calendar 1937: LOWE Elizabeth of 5 Spring-grove Batley Yorkshire widow died 24 October 1936 at De Grey House Grosvenor-road Batley Probate London 13 January to Frederick Kay ironfounders manager and James Arthur Porter post- office official. Effects £30. 238 Henry Barlow Maule SACRED (1836-1920) TO THE MEMORY OF MAJOR GEN. H. B. MAULE, LATE ROYAL ARTILLERY. BORN OCT. 4TH 1836, DIED MAY 23RD 1920.

Headstone as a block of rough granite and edging.

In the 1911 census at 2 Pennlea Road, Newbridge Hill, Bath: Henry Barlow Maule, aged 74, single, Maj Genl late Royal Artillery, born at Bath, and two servants.

The death of Henry B Maule, aged 83, was registered 1920/Q2 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1920: MAULE Henry Barlow of 2

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Names Inscriptions Notes Penn Lea-road Weston near Bath died 23 May 1920 Probate London 19 August to Michael Forbes Tweedie solicitor. Effects £23598 19s. 2d.

(There is a plaque in the church.) 239 Square vase. No inscription found. 240 Eliza Simpkins (1847- In 1901) LOVING MEMORY OF ELIZA SIMPKINS, Ann Simpkins (1854- WHO DIED JANUARY 21ST 1901. 1928) AGED 53 YEARS — Sleep thy last sleep Free from care and sorrow. Rest where none weep Till the eternal morning — ALSO OF Headstone with a pointed top and edging. ANN SIMPKINS SISTER OF THE ABOVE The birth of Eliza & James Simpkins were registered 1847/Q4 WHO DIED NOVERMBER 10TH 1928 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Sims. AGED 74 YEARS The birth of Ann Simpkins Simpkins was registered 1854/Q3 Keynsham, — mother’s maiden name: Sims.

In the 1881 census in the household of Mary Barmatyne at Mountressing, Newton St Loe: Jane Simpkins, aged 34, unmarried, cook, born at Newton St Loe, and Ann Simpkins, aged 25, parlor maid, born at Newton St Loe.

In the 1891 census at High Street, Newton St Loe: Hannah Edwards, aged 63, widow, baker grocer beer retailer, born at Hullavington (Wilts), Anna Simkins, aged 34, married, born at Newton St Loe, James Simkins, aged 43, son-in-law, baker, born at Newton St Loe, Eliza Simkins, aged 43, unmarried, living on own means, born at Newton St Loe, and a servant.

The death of Eliza Simpkins, aged 53, was registered 1901/Q1 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1901: SIMPKINS Eliza of Newton St. Loe Somersetshire spinster died 21 January 1901 Probate Bristol 25 February to Thomas George Forman commercial-traveller Effects £1155 3s. 11d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes In the 1911 census at Mansfield House, Limes Road, Tettenhall (Staffs): Richard Simpkins, aged 83, retired brick manufacturer, born at Chippenham (Wilts), wife Anne, aged 81, married 18 years no children, born at Derby, and Anne Simpkins, aged 57, single, born at Newton St Loe.

The death of Ann Simpkins, aged 74, was registered 1928/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1929: SIMKINS Ann of The Shop Newton-street (sic) Loe near Bristol spinster died 10 November 1928 Probate Bristol 4 January to Robert Blackmore builder and contractor and Benjamin Bastin Lake grocer. Effects £1004 7s. 3d. 241 242 Martin Smith Shannan IN (1856-1910) Loving Memory of Sarah Elizabeth MARTIN D. SHANNAN. Shannan (1858-1911) WHO DIED AT MOFFAT JULY 1. 1910 AGED 54 YEARS Veronica Margaret AMD WAS INTERRED THERE. Shannan (1926-1933) — Also Headstone and edging. The headstone is flat. The southern edging is Anna Margaret Shannan SARAH ELIZABETH displaced. (1897-1979) WIFE OF THE ABOVE

WHO DIED AT BATH AUG. 10 1911 Martin Smith Shannon was born on 18 Apr 1856, at Cummertrees, Douglas Shannan (1899- AGED 53 YEARS. Dumfries, son of William Shannan and Agnes Riddick. 1974) ALSO BURIED HERE VERONICA MARGARET SHANNAN DIED MAY 1933 The marriage of Martin Smith Shannan to Sarah Elizabeth Dew was THE RESULT OF A ROAD ACCIDENT registered 1890/Q4 Bristol. ANNA MARGARET SHANNAN NEE HEINRICH The birth of Douglas Shannan was registered 1899/Q4 Kendal. DIED MAY 1979 AGED 81 YRS MOTHER OF VERONICA AND ANTHEA In the 1901 census at Kearstwick, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland: Martin DOUGLAS SHANNAN Smith Shannan, aged 44, estate clerk of works, born in Scotland, wife DIED SEPTEMBER 1974 SGED 74 YRS Sarah Elizabeth, aged 42, born at Trowbridge (Wilts), and children: HUSBAND OF MARGARET Hilda Stafford, aged 8, born at Willesden, Middx, Gladys Rosina, aged CREMATED AT HAYCOMBE 4, born at Kirkby Lonsdale, and Douglas, aged 1, born at Kirkby ALL SADLY MISSED UNTIL THE RESURRECTION Lonsdale, and a servant. WITH CHRIST

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Names Inscriptions Notes The marriage of Douglas Shannan to Anna M Heinrich was registered 1922/Q3 Weymouth. (The birth of Ann Margaret Heinrich was registered 1897/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Lane.)

The birth of Veronica M Shannan was registered 1926/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Heinrich.

The death of Douglas Shannan, born on 25 Oct 1899, was registered 1974/Q3 Bath.

The death of Anna Margaret Shannan, born on 5 Jul 1897, was registered 1979/Q3 Trowbridge. 243 Edith Irene Atkins Edging, south (on 1 line): (1903-1953) IN TREASURED MEMORY OF EDITH IRENE ATKINS WHO DIED APRIL 14TH 1953 AGED 50. Frederick William Atkins (1901-1979) Edging, north: ALSO FREDERICK ATKINS WHO DIED FEB. 10TH 1979. AGED 78.

Edging, east: THY WILL BE DONE. Edging.

The birth of Frederick William Atkins was registered 1901/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Ashley. The birth of Edith Irene Burroughs was registered 1903/Q1 Melksham.

The marriage of Frederick W Atkins to Edith I Burroughs was registered 1934/Q4 Keynsham.

The death of Edith I Atkins, aged 50, was registered 1953/Q2 Bath.

The death of Frederick William Atkins, born about 1900, was registered 1979/q1 Bath. 244 William Burroughs In Memory of (1858-1949) WILLIAM BURROUGHS Elizabeth Adelaide 1858 – 1949 Burroughs (1869-1951) AND ELIZABETH ADELAIDE BURROUGHS 1869 – 1951 Grey plaque. 106

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In the 1911 census at Woodlands Cottage, Limpley Stoke (Wilts): William Burroughs, aged 53, working gardener, born at Chilmarsh, wife Elizabeth Adelaide, aged 42, married 21 years 8 children of which 7 then living, born at Hilperton, and four children (all born at Hilperton).

The death of William Burroughs, aged 90, was registered 1949/Q1 Bathavon.

The death of Elizabeth A Burroughs, aged 82, was registered 1951/Q3 Bathavon. 244A Cecil Wood (1900-1991) IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Doris Wood (1901-1984) CECIL WOOD & WIFE DORIS WOOD

The birth of Doris Eveline Bailey was registered 1901/Q Bath, mother’s maiden name: Dicks.

The marriage of Cecil Wood to Doris Bailey at St John the Evangelist, Lower Weston, Bath was registered 1926/Q3 Bath.

The death of Doris Evelyn Wood, born on 30 Nov 1901, was registered 1984/Mar Bath.

The death of Cecil Wood, born on 9 Jun 1900, was registered 1991/Nov Bath. 245 William Henry Gunning East: (1832-1907) IN LOVING MEMORY OF Elizabeth Ruth Gunning WILLIAM HENRY GUNNING (1829-1919) WHO DIED DEC. 21ST 1907. AGED 75 YEARS THY WILL BE DONE. AND OF ELIZABETH RUTH GUNNING HIS WIDOW Double-width plot. A cross on plinths in red polished granite and stone edging. 107 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes WHO DIED AUG. 26TH 1919, AGED 90 YEARS The marriage of William Henry Gunning to Elizabeth Ruth Dew was registered 1853/Q4 Frome.

In the 1891 at Park Farm, Newton St Loe: William H Gunning, aged 59, farmer, born at Horningsham (Wilts), wife Elizabeth A, aged 61. Born at Turley (Wilts), and five children (all born at Corsley, Wilts).

The death of William Henry Gunning, aged 75, was registered 1907/Q4 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1908: GUNNING William Henry of Park Farm Newton St. Loe Somersetshire farmer died 21 December 1907 Probate Bristol 27 March to Arthur Edmund Gunning and Ernest Albert Gunning farmers. Effects £1462 17s.

The death of Elizabeth Ruth Gunning, aged 90, was registered 1919/Q3 Keynsham. 246 Sarah Elizabeth Wall IN (1855-1906) DEAR LOVING MEMORY — of — SARAH ELIZABETH THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF W. WALL WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON DECEMBER 9TH 1906, AGED 53 YEARS. “HER END WAS PEACE.”

Tall headstone and edging.

The marriage of Sarah Elizabeth Mercer to Francis Vowles was registered 1875/Q1 Keynsham.

The marriage of William Wall to Elizabeth Sarah Mercer/Vowles was registered 1881/Q3 Bath.

The death of Sarah Elizabeth Wall, aged 51, was registered 1906/Q4 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 247 John Gale Willis (1818- Sacred to the memory 1902) — OF — JOHN GALE WILLIS FOR MANY YEARS CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH DIED 23RD NOVR 1902, AGED 85 YEARS. — “GOD REST HIS SOUL.” — THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY A SYMPATHETIC FRIEND. Tall headstone and edging. — In the 1881 census at School Place, Newton St Loe: John Gale Willis, aged 63, unmarried, farmer of 1088 acres employing 24 labourers, 3 boys & 2 woman, born at Combehay (Som), and a housekeeper.

In the 1891 census at Newton St Loe: John Gale Willis, aged 73, single, farmer, born at Combehay, Bath, and three servants.

The death of John Gale Willis, aged 84, was registered 1902/Q4 Keynsham. 248 Mary Mercer (1824- IN 1899) EVER LOVING MEMORY _ OF _ George Mercer (1824- OUR DEAR MOTHER 1912) MARY MERCER, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE Bella Ann Mercer (1859- SEPTEMBER 2ND 1899, 1916) AGED 75 YEARS. —·— “HER END WAS PEACE.” ALSO GEORGE,

HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE Tall headstone and edging. RD WHO DIED JANUARY 23 1912, AGED 87 YEARS. The birth of Bella Ann Mercer was registered 1859/Q1 Bath, mother’s —·— maiden name: Shearn. AT REST. —·— In the 1861 census at Corston (Som): George Mercer, aged 36, ISABELLA MERCER, blacksmith, born at Farmboro’ (Som), wife Mary, aged 37, born at DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE 109 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes DIED APRIL 19TH 1916 Farrington Gurney (Som), and five children including Bella, aged 2, born AGED 54 YEARS. at Corston.

The death of Mary Mercer, aged 65, was registered 1899/Q3 Keynsham.

In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: George Mercer, aged 86, widower, born at Farmborough (Som), and daughter Bella, aged 45, single, sub- postmistress, born at Timsbury (Som).

The death of George Mercer, aged 87, was registered 1912/Q1 Keynsham.

The death of Bella A Mercer, aged 54 (!), was registered 1916/Q2 Keynsham. 249 Enoch Harford (1862- R.I.P 1899) IN LOVING MEMORY OF ENOCH AND KATE HARFORD Georgianaa Kate LATE OF CLAYS END FARM Harford (1858-1916)

Low headstone and edging.

The birth of Enoch Harford was registered 1862/Q3 Westbury.

The marriage of Enoch Harford to Georgianna Kate Mattick was registered 1887/Q1 Mere.

In the 1891 census at Nutty Coppice Farm, Nunney (Som): Enoch Harford, aged 29, farmer, born at Westbury (Wilts). Wife Kate, aged 29, born at Cold Aston (Glos), children: Colin, aged 1, born at Nunney, and Gladys, aged 1 month, born at Nunney, and a servant.

The death of Enoch Harford, aged 36, was registered 1899/Q1 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1899: HAYFORD Enoch of Claysend-farm Newton St. Loe Somersetshire farmer died 20 February 1899 Administration Bristol 18 April to Georgiana Kate Harford widow Effects £1708 18s. 6d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Georgianna K Harford, aged 58, was registered 1916/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1916: HARFORD Georgianna Kate of 2 South-parade Bath widow died 18 March 1916 Probate Bristol 26 April to Reginald Charles Mattick farmer and George Henry Carey ironmonger. Effects £341 13s. 6d. 250 Henri Lionel Saunders IN EVER (1869-1933) LOVONG MEMORY OF DEAR DAD Florence Saunders HENRI LIONEL SAUNDERS (1881-) WHO ENTERED INTO REST MAY 5. 1933. SAFE IN GOD’S KEEPING. FLORENCE SAUNDERS IN CONSTANT LOVING MEMORY OF DEAREST MUM ALSO REMEMBERING WITH LOVE THEIR SON HENRI JOHN SAUNDERS

Cross on 3 plinths and edging.

The birth of Henri Lionel Saunders was registered 1869/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Bowen.

The marriage of Henri Lionel Saunders to Florence Clark was registered 1900/Q2 Kensington.

In the 1911 census at 42 Pelham Street, Kensington: Henri Lionel Saunders, aged 42, butterman, born at Bath, wife Florence, aged 29, married 10 years 2 children, born at South Kensington, and two children.

The death of Henri L Saunders, aged 64, was registered 1933/Q2 Keynsham. 251 John Richard Perrett IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF (1884-1946) JOHN RICHARD PERRETT DIED SEPT. 11TH 1946, Hilda Mary Perrett AGED 62 YEARS. (1890-1964) ALSO HILDA MARY, HIS WIFE DIED SEPT. 7TH 1964, AGED 74 YEARS.

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Names Inscriptions Notes

The marriage of John Richard Perrett to Hilda Mary Jones at St Mark’s, Lyncombe was registered 1911/Q3 Bath.

The death of John R Perrett, aged 62, was registered 1946/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1947: PERRETT John Richard of Manor Farm Combe Hay near Bath died 11 September 1946 Administration Bristol 22 January to Hilda Mary Perrett widow and John Robert Perrett farmer and dairyman. Effects £34513 3s. 3d.

The death of Hilda M Perrett, aged 74, was registered 1964/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1964: PERRETT Hilda Mary of Newtonhurst Darlington Road Bathwick Bath widow died 7 September 1964 at St. Martins Hospital, Bath Administration Bristol 4 December to John Robert Perrett farmer and Vera Doreen Kynaston married woman. £2480. 252 Robert Harold Rose (1899-1949) 1949 1993 TO LIVE IN MEMORY LILY FLORENCE Lily Florence Caroline IS NOT TO DIE CAROLINE Rose (1901-1993) — ROSE MY HUSBAND UNITED WITH HAROLD ROSE HER HUSBAND ON FLIGHT LIEUT. R.A.F. THE 5TH MARCH

AGED 49 AGED 91 YEARS Edging with a plaque in the form of an open book. PILOT IN TWO WORLD WARS REMEMBERING ALL THAT WAS BEST The birth of Robert Harold Rose was registered 1899/Q4 Tendring. IN THE YEARS The birth of Florence Lily C Saunders was registered 1901/Q4 TOGETHER Kensington. Baptised on 8 Dec 1901 at St Paul’s, Kensington: Florence Lily Caroline, daughter of Henri Lionel & Florence Saunders of 16 Bute Street, father’s occupation: butterman.

The marriage of Robert H Rose to Lily F C Saunders was registered 1924/Q2 Kensington.

From The London Gazette of 23 May 1939 (Issue 34628) p3481: Flying Officers. 25th Apr. 1939. Robert Harold ROSE.

The death of Robert H Rose, aged 50, was registered 1949/Q4 Kensington.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Lily Florence C Rose, born on 19 Nov 1901, was registered 1993/May Bath.

See also grave 250. 253

Edging. No inscription found. 254 Walter Combermere South: Lee Floyd (1841-1917) To the Glory of GOD and in Memory of WALTER COMBERMERE LEE FLOYD, Cecilia Mary Louisa OF KELSTON KNOLL BORN 24TH FEBRUARY 1841, DIED 31ST MARCH 1917, Floyd (1852-1928) SON OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY FLOYD, 2ND BARONET

North: To the Glory of GOD and in Memory of CECILIA MARY LOUISA FLOYD HIS WIDOW Double-width plot. Multi-layered tomb, the upper part of which is BORN 2ND DECEMBER 1852. DIED 24TH DECEMBER 1928, pitched in the form of cross. DAUGHTER OF JAMES FINDLAY OF EASTER HILL, N.B.

The marriage of Walter Combermere L Floyd to Elizabeth Jane Dunning was registered 1869/Q2 St Geo H Sq.

On 5 Aug 1882 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London: Walter Cumberemere Lee Floyd, widower, gentleman, of Queens Road, son of Henry Floyd (deceased, bar[one]t, married Cecilia Mary Louisa Findlay, spinster, of Leinster Square, daughter of James Findlay, merchant (registered 1882/Q3 Kensington).

In the 1911 census at 13 Miles Road, Clifton, Bristol: Walter C L Floyd, aged 70, civil engineer retired, born at Brussels, wife Cecilia M L, aged 58, married 28 years 4 children, born at Calcutta, India, three children and five servants.

The death of Walter C L Floyd, aged 76, was registered 1917/Q2 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1917: FLOYD Walter Combermere 113 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes Lee of Kelston Knoll near Bath died 31 March 1917 Probate London 26 June to Cecilia Mary Louisa Floyd widow James Francis Murray Floyd lieutenant H.M. Army and George Douglas Findley esquire. Effects £9294 6s. 4d. 255 Robert Blackmore In Loving Memory (1826-1908) _ of _ ROBERT BLACKMORE Mary Ann Blackmore WHO DERPARTED THIS LIFE (1844-1909) OCT: 9TH 1908. AGED 83. — Walter Samuel ALSO OF MARY ANN, HIS WIFE Blackmore (1864-1906) DIED DEC: 23RD 1909. AGED 65. — Double-width plot with a tall headstone and edging. Mary Blackmore (1862- ALSO OF WALTER SAMUEL.

1942) SON OF THE ABOVE The birth of Walter Samuel Blackmore was registered 1864/Q4 DIED AUG: 30TH 1906. AGED 42. Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Tilley. —

“UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.” The marriage of Walter Samuel Blackmore to Mary Joiner was — registered 1887/Q3 Keynsham. ALSO OF MARY, A LOVING AND DEVOTED MOTHER In the 1891 census at Newton St Loe: Robert Blackmore, aged 64, clerk DIED FEB. 3RD 1942, AGED 79. of works, born at Hatch Beauchamp (Som), and wife Mary A, aged 47, born at Combe Down (Som).

In the 1891 census at Newton St Loe: Walter S Blackmore, aged 27, joiner & carpenter, born at Newton St Loe, wife Mary, aged 28, born in Scotland, and children: Mary, aged 2, born at Newton St Loe, and Robert, aged 1, born at Newton St Loe.

The death of Robert Blackmore, aged 82, was registered 1908/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1908: BLACKMORE Robert of Newton Saint Loe Somersetshire retired clerk of works died 9 October 1908 Probate Bristol 12 November to James Barrett Blackmore florist. Effects £303 18s. 11d.

The death of Walter Samuel Blackmore, aged 41, was registered 1906/Q3 Keynsham.

The death of Mary Ann Blackmore, aged 65, was registered 1909/Q4 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Mary Blackmore, aged 79, was registered 1942/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1942: BLACKMORE Mary of 2 Rosslyn-road Bath widow died 3 February 1941 Probate Bristol 13 March to Robert Blackmore company director. Effects £234 5s. 6d. 256 James Barrett IN LOVING MEMORY OF Blackmore (1856-1921) JAMES BARRETT BLACKMORE OF TWERTON HILL, Jemima Ellen DIED JULY 18TH 1921. AGED 66. Blackmore (1857-1935) I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH. — Robert Frank AND ELLEN, HIS WIFE Blackmore (1886-1914) DIED DEC. 5TH 1935, AGED 78, IN THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY — ALSO ROBERT FRANK BLACKMORE

ELDER SON OF THE ABOVE Cross on a large plinth and edging. R ND DIED IN FRANCE, DEC 22 1914, AGED 28. NE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, AND I WILL The birth of James Barrett Blackmore was registered 1856/Q2 GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE. Keynsham. The birth of Jemima Ellen Stevens was registered 1857/Q4 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Elliott.

The marriage of James Barrett Blackmore to Jemima Ellen Stevens was registered 1880/Q1 Bath.

The birth of Robert Frank Blackmore was registered 1886/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Stevens.

In the 1911 census at Highfield, Twerton-on-Avon, Bath: James Barrett Blackmore, aged 55, nurseryman – employer, born at Newton St Loe, wife Jemima Ellen, aged 53, married 31 years 4 children, born at Twerton-on-Avon, and children: Constance Nellie, aged 29, telegraphist, born at Twerton-on-Avon, Edith Millicent, aged 20, clerk, born at Twerton-on-Avon, and Thomas James Barrett, aged 14, born at Twerton-on-Avon.

Robert Frank Blackmore, Lance Corporal 11272 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, died aged 28 on 22 Dec 1914; son of James Barrett Blackmore and Ellen Blackmore, of Highfield, Twerton Hill, Bath; Le Touret Memorial Panels 2 and 3 [CWGC].

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Names Inscriptions Notes From the National Probate Calendar 1916: BLACKMORE Robert Frank of Camden Place Wolverhampton-road Stafford a lance corporal in the 4th (reserve) battalion Coldstream Guards died on or since 22 December 1914 on active service Probate Lichfield 23 March to Ewen Mackinnon Kerr engineer. Effects £313 2s. 11d.

The death of James B Blackmore, aged 65, was registered 1921/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1921: BLACKMORE James Barrett of Highfield Bath died 18 July 1921 Probate London 10 September to Thomas James Barrett Blackmore florist Constance Nellie Barrett Sutton (wife of Sidney William Sutton) and Edith Millicent Blackmore spinster, Effects £12448 18s. 9d. 257 William Henry Copp IN LOVING MEMORY OF (1861-1940) WILLIAM HENRY COPP DIED MARCH 16TH 1940. AGED 77. Laura Copp (1860-1911) ALSO OF LAURA WIFE OF THE ABOVE Florence May Copp DIED JUNE 20TH 1911. AGED 50. (1900-1912) ALSO OF FLORENCE MAY AGED 12. Walter Stanley Copp WALTER STANLEY AGED 8 MONTHS Double-width plot. Low headstone and edging. (1897-1898) CHILDREN OF ABOVE PEACE PERFECT PEACE The marriage of William Henry Copp to Laura Woolley was registered 1884/Q4 Westbury.

The birth of Walter Stanley Copp was registered 1897/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Woolley. The death of Walter Stanley Copp was registered 1898/Q1 Keynsham.

The birth of Florence May Copp was registered 1900/Q2 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Woolley.

The death of Laura Copp, aged 50, was registered 1911/Q2 Keynsham.

In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: William Henry Copp, aged 48, born at Carhampton (Som), wife Laura, aged 50, married 26 years 7 children, born at Road (Som), and four children.

The death of Florence M Copp, aged 12, was registered 1912/Q4 Keynsham.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of William H Copp, aged 78, was registered 1930/Q1 Bathavon. From the National Probate Calendar 1940: COPP William Henry of 15 Newton St. Loe Somersetshire died 16 March 1940 Probate Bristol 8 May to Richard Taylor Copp farmer and Edith Fleta Perry (wife of Reginald John Perry). Effects £922 2s. 10d. 258 Ann Elizabeth Flower Edging, south: (1854-1934) IN MEMORY OF ANN ELIZABETH FLOWER DIED AUG. 16 1934, AGED 79.

Edging, east: SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD.

Edging.

The marriage of Edwin Bryan to Jane Porter at St James, Bath, was registered 1893/Q1 Bath.

The death of Anne E Flower, aged 80, was registered 1934/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1934: FLOWEER Ann Elizabeth of 54 Newbridge-road Bath widow died 16 August 1934 Administration Bristol 4 October to Jane Bryan (wife of Edwin Bryan). Effects £119 9s. 1d. 259 Sarah Jane Notley IN (1855-1935) LOVING MEMORY OF SARAH JANE NOTLEY George Henry Notley WHO DIED MAY 17 1935, AGED 80 (1854-1947) ALSO GEORGE HENRY HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE DIED JUNE 14. 1947, AGED 91. AT REST. Low headstone and edging.

The marriage of George Notley to Sarah Jane Davidge was registered 1878/Q3 Clutton.

In the 1891 census at the Old Toll House, Ashfield, Romsey (Hants): George Notley, aged 35, dairyman, born at Knighton (Dorset), and wife Sarah A, aged 36, born at Frome (Som).

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Names Inscriptions Notes In the 1911 census at Ashton Hill, Corston: George Notley, aged 56, poultry farmer small holder – own account, born at Knighton (Dorset), and wife Sarah, aged 56, married 32 years no children, born at Frome (Som).

The death of Sarah J A Notley, aged 80, was registered 1935/Q2 Keynsham.

The death of George H Notley, aged 92, was registered 1947/Q2 Bathavon. 260 Frances Mary IN REMEMBRANCE Blackmore (1873-1947) FRANCES MARY BLACKMORE DIED 2ND MARCH 1947, AGED 73.

Cross on a large plinth. No edging.

The birth of Frances Mary Blackmore in 1873 was registered 1874/Q1 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Tilley.

In the 1911 census at 3 Lyme Road, Newbridge, Bath: Frances Mary Blackmore, aged 37, single, dressmaker, born T Newton St Loe.

The death of Frances Blackmore, aged 73, was registered 1947/Q1 Bath. 261 Jane Starr (1876-1946) IN LOVING MEMORY OF JANE STARR WHO DIED JUNE 9TH 1946 AGED 69 YEARS — Come unto me you weary and I will give you rest.

Low headstone and edging.

The death of Jane Starr, aged 69, was registered 1946/Q2 Bridgwater. 118

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Names Inscriptions Notes 262 William Sidney Dew East: (1855-1927) WILLIAM SIDNEY DEW WHO PASSED AWAY APRIL 24th 1927, Harriet Dew (1854- AGED 72 YEARS. 1935) “THY WILL BE DONE.” ALSO OF HARRIET HIS WIFE Walter Willis Dew WHO DIED NOVEMBER 15TH 1935 (1890-1955) AGED 81 YEARS PEACE PERFECT PEACE Double-width plot. Cross on 3 plinths and edging. The cross and South: uppermost plinth are resting on the remaining plinths. And WALTER WILLIS DEW The birth of Harriet Willis was registered 1854/Q3 Bath, mother’s DIED AUGUST 14TH 1956 maiden name: Wheeler. AGED 65 YEARS The birth of Walter Sidney Dew was registered 1855/Q2 Westbury. “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK.” On 5 Feb 1878 at St Luke’s church, Bedminster: William Sidney Dew married Harriet Willis (registered 1878/Q1 Bedminster).

The birth of Walter Willis Drew was registered 1890/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Willis.

In the 1911 census at Home Farm, Newton St Loe: William Sidney Dew, aged 57, farmer, born at Southwick (Wilts), wife Harriet, aged 56, married 34 years 3 children of which 2 then living, born at Dunkerton (Som), and son Walter Willis, aged 20, single, working on farm, born at Newton St Loe.

The death of William S Dew, aged 73, was registered 1927/Q2 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1927: DEW William Sidney of Home Farm Newton-street (sic) Loe near Bath died 24 April 1927 Probate Bristol 27 May to Harriet Dew widow. Effects £4585 1s. 10d.

The death of Harriet Dew, aged 81, was registered 1935/Q4 Chippenham. From the National Probate Calendar 1936: DEW Harriet of Roseleigh South-street Corsham Wiltshire widow died 15 November 1935 Probate Bristol 7 January to Walter Willis Dew retired farmer and Philip George Chesterman solicitor. Effects £386 0s. 8d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Walter W Dew, aged 65, was registered 1955/Q3 Chippenham. From the National Probate Calendar 1955: DEW Walter Willis of Roseleigh 15 South-street Corsham Wiltshire died 14 August 1955 at The District Hospital Chippenham Wiltshire Probate 25 October to Lilian May Dew widow. Effects £6480 8s. 11d. 263 Edwin John Moore EDWIN JOHN Lascelles (1863-1930) MOOORE LASCELLES, SON OF THE Frances Elizabeth REV. EDWIN LASCELLES Lascelles (1862-1934) DIED JAN. 24 1930, AGED 67. ALSO FRANCES ELIZABETH LASCELLES, Edwin Charles Griffith HIS WIFE Lascelles (1890-1950) DIED MARCH 2ND 1934, AGED 71. ALSO EDWIN CHARLES GRIFFITH LASCELLES, THEIR SON DIED FEBRUARY 9TH 1950, AGED 59.

Cross on 4 plinths and edging. On the square cross at the centre is a heart and on the four arms a clover/shamrock.

The birth of Edwin John More Lascelles was registered 1863/Q1 Brighton. Baptised on 17 Feb 1863 at St Nicholas’s, Brighton: Edwin John Moore, son of Edwin & Margaret Bushby Lascelles.

The marriage of Edwin John Moore Lascelles to Frances Elizabeth Griffith was registered 1885/Q3 Keynsham.

The birth of Edwin Charles G Lascelles was registered 1890/Q2 Chelsea.

In the 1911 census at 30 Bramham Gardens, Earls Court, London SW: Edwin John Lascelles, aged 48, private means, born at Brighton, wife Frances Elizabeth, aged 47, married 25 years 1 child, born at Llangoidmore, Cardiganshire, and two servants.

The death of Edwin J M Lascelles, aged 67, was registered 1930/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1930: LASCELLES Edwin John Moore of The Grange Weston Park Bath died 24 January 1930 Probate Bristol 25 February to Frances Elizabeth Lascelles widow and Percy St. John Lascelles and George Edmund Longrigg esquires, Effects £81529 14s. 7d in England, Resworn £81613 13s. 2d.

The death of Frances E Lascelles, aged 71, was registered 1934/Q1 Newton Abbot. From the National Probate Calendar 1934: LASCELLES Frances Elizabeth of Tapley Bishopsteignton Devonshire widow died 2 120

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Names Inscriptions Notes March 1934 Probate Bristol 4 April to Edwin Charles Griffith Lascelles esquire. Effects £4782 16s. 3d.

The death of Edwin C G Lascelles, aged 61, was registered 1950/Q1 Westminster. From the National Probate Calendar 1950: LASCELLES Edwin Charles Griffith of 12 Belgravia House, 2 Halkin-place London S.W. 1 died 9 February 1950 at St. George Hospital London S.W. Probate Bristol 3 May to George Edmund Longrigg and Edmund Fallowfield Longrigg solicitors. Effects £18665 6s. 5d. 264 Laura Ada Flower In (1856-1897) Loving Memory of LAURA ADA Farnham Flower (1858- THE BELOVED WIFE OF 1919) FARNHAM FLOWER, WHO DIED JAN. 24. 1897. AGED 42. Charles Percy Flower — (1888-1918) JUST AS I AM — WITHOUT ONE PLEA BUT THAT THY BLODD WAS SHED FOR ME AND THOU BIDD’ST ME COME TO THEE O LAMB O GOD I COME — And of Tall headstone and edging. FARNHAM FLOWER WHO DIED DEC. 6. 1919. AGED 61. The birth of Farnham Flower was registered 1858/Q4 Bath, mother’s — maiden name: Ball.

The marriage of Farnham Flower to Laura Ada Sheppard at St John the Also of Baptist, Keynsham was registered 1885/Q2 Keynsham.

SERGT CHARLES PERCY, THEIR SON WHO DIED AT DOULLINS, NOV. 9. 1918 The birth of Charles Percy Flower was registered 1888/Q1 Keynsham, AGED 30. mother’s maiden name: Sheppard. INTERRED AT SOUVENIR CEMETERY ST OMER, FRANCE The death of Laura Ada Flower, aged 40, was registered 1897/Q1 — Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1897: FLOWER Laura “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK.” Ada of Newton-Saint-Loe Somersetshire (wife of Farnham Flower) died 24 January 1897 Administration Bristol 23 June to the said Farnham Flower blacksmith Effects £116 10s. 8d.

The marriage of Farnham Flower to Ann Elizabeth Porter at St James, Bath was registered 1900/Q3 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes In the 1911 census at the Hadley Arms, Combe Down, Bath: Farnham Flower, aged 52, licensed victualler, born at Englishcombe, wife Annie Elizabeth, aged 51, married 11 years no children, born at Portbury, and son Sidney Harold, aged 15, born at Newton St Loe.

From the National Probate Calendar 1919: FLOWER Charles Percy of 54 Newbridge-road Bath wheeler sergeant Canadian A.S.C. died 9 November 1918 in France Administration London 18 June to Farnham Flower retired licensed victualler. Effects £160 2s. 6d.

The death of Farnham Flower, aged 61, was registered 1919/Q4 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1920: FLOWER Farnham of 54 Newbridge-road Bath died 6 December 1919 Probate London 4 February to Ann Elizabeth Flower widow. Effects £1722 7s. 7d. 265 Mary Ann Taylor (1875- East: 1936) IN LOVING MEMORY Sidney Taylor (1868- OF 1945) DEAR MUM MARY TAYLOR DIED 17TH JULY 1936.

West: An oblong block. ALSO

SIDNEY TAYLOR The birth of Mary Ann Grant was registered 1875/Q3 Bath, mother’s DIED maiden name: Bence. 10TH SEP. 1945

The marriage of Sidney Taylor to Mary Ann Grant at St Peter’s, Twerton was registered 1894/Q1 Bath.

The birth of Ellen Elizabeth Taylor was registered 1895/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Grant.

In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: Sidney Taylor, aged 43, horseman on farm, born at Corsley (Wilts), wife Mary Ann, aged 35, married 17 years 3 children, born at Twerton-on-Avon, and children: Ellen Elizabeth, aged 15, domestic servant, born at Priston (Som), and Edith Mary, aged 13, born at Priston.

The death of Mary A Taylor, aged 60, was registered 1936/Q3 Bathavon.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Sydney Taylor, aged 77, was registered 1945/Q3 Bathavon. 266 John Fletcher (1886- IN 1953) LOVING MEMORY OF Ellen Elizabeth Fletcher JOHN FLETCHER (1895-1970) DIED 24TH OCTOBER 1953. AGED 67. ALSO HIS WIFE, ELLEN ELIZABETH DIED 9TH SEPTEMBER 1970. AGED 75. Black headstone on a base. AT REST The death of John Fletcher, aged 67, was registered 1953/Q4 Bath.

The death of Ellen Elizabeth Fletcher, born on 12 Aug 1895, was registered 1970/Q3 Bath. 267 Albert Edward Mear Base: (1889-1954) ALBERT EDWARD HUSBAND OF Annie Louise Mear ANNIE MEAR (1889-1962) DIED APRIL 5. 1954 ALSO OF ANNIE Ada Emma Cox (1896- 1972) Vase: ADA E COX A square vase on an oblong base. 3 FEB 1972

SISTER OF The birth of Annie Louise Cox was registered 1889/Q4 Langport. ANNE The birth of Ada Emma Cox was registered 1895/Q3 Langport.

WWI Attestation Record date 26 Feb 1916: Albert Edward Mear, born at Isle Abbott nr Taunton, carter, 26 years 9 months, next-of-kin: Elizabeth Mear, mother, of Isle Abbott, Somerset Light Infantry 4th Reserve, discharged as medically unfit on 5 Apr 1917.

The marriage of Albert E Mear to Annie L Cox was registered 1920/Q3 Langport.

The death of Albert E Mear, aged 64, was registered 1954/Q2 Bath.

The death of Annie Louise Mear, aged 73, was registered 1962/Q4 Bath. 123 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes

The death of Ada Emma Cox, born on 14 May 1895, was registered 1972/Q1 Devon C. 268 Chandos Grenville Gore CHANDOS GRENVILLE Langton (1909-1966) 6TH EARL TEMPLE OF STOWE BORN 13·7·1909·DIED 14·4·1966

Cross on 3 plinths and edging.

Baptised on 19 Sep 1909 at Holy Trinity church, Weymouth: Chandos Grenville, son of Chandos Graham & Frances Ethel Gore Langton.

The death of Chandos G T G Langton, aged 56, was registered 1966/Q2 Lunesdale (Lancs). 269 Evelyn Arthur Grenville COMMANDER THE HONble Gore Langton (1884- EVELYN ARTHUR GRENVILLE 1972) GORE-LANGTON. D.S.O. ROYAL NAVY Irene Maria Gore 1884 – 1972. Langton (1892-1967) ALSO HIS LOVING WIFE IRENE MARIA (NÉE HARTSIDE SPAIGHT) 1892 – 1967. Grey headstone on a base.

The birth of Evelyn Arthur G Langton was registered 1884/Q2 Christchurch.

The death of Irene M G Langton, aged 76, was registered 1967/Q4 Truro.

The death of Evelyn Arthur G G Langton, born on 5 Apr 1884, was registered 1972/Q2 Wandsworth.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 270 Chandos Graham Plinths: Temple Gore Langton TO THE GLORY OF GOD (1873-1921) AND TO THE PRECIOUS MEMORY OF MY DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND Frances Ethel Gore CHANDOS G. TEMPLE GORE LANGTON Langton (1875-1953) WHO DIED AUGUST 19TH 1921 MY BELOVED IS MINE AND I AM HIS FRANCES ETHEL, WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED MAY 25TH 1953. Plaque: THEIR DAUGHTER LADY ANN BATHURST Cross on 3 plinths and edging in rough stone. A separate square grey 1908-2004 plaque. THEIR SON STEPHEN Born on 8 Sep 1873 at Stobo, Peebles, Scotland: Chandos Graham, son 7th EARL TEMPLE OF STOWE of William Stephen Gore Langton & Helen Mabel Graham Montgomery. 1910-1988 The birth of Frances Ethel Gore was registered 1875/Q3 Marlborough. DIED IN AUSTRALIA REMEMBERED HERE The marriage of Chandos Graham T G Langton to Frances Ethel Gore was registered 1907/Q2 Pewsey.

In the 1911 census at Manningford Bruce, Pewsey (Wilts): Chandos Graham Temple Gore Langton, aged 37, retired Army officer, born at Stobo, Peebleshire, wife Frances Ethel, aged 31, married 3 years 3 children, born at Ogbourne St George (Wilts), children: Elizabeth Ann, aged 3, born at Shrewton (Wilts), and Ronald Stephen Brydges, aged 5 months, born at Mannngford Bruce, and seven servants (five domestic and two grooms).

The death of Chandos G T G Langton, aged 47, was registered 1921/Q3 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1921: LANGTON the honourable Chandos Graham Temple Gore of the Mount Newton St. Loe Somersetshire died 19 August 1921 Probate London 5 November to the right honourable Algernon William Stephen Earle Temple and Cyril Frederick Penton captain H.M. Army. Effects £18352 8s. 5d.

The death of Frances E T G Langton, aged 77, was registered 1953/Q2 Bathavon. From the National Probate Calendar 1953: LANGTON Frances Ethel Temple Gore otherwise Ethel Gore of Tolzey Cottage Queen Charlton Keynsham Bristol widow died 25 May 1953 Administration

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Names Inscriptions Notes (with Will) Bristol 28 August to Elizabeth Ann Bathurst (wife of Peter Bathurst). Effects £1290 2s. 11d. 271 William Stephen Gore East: Langton (1847-1902) WILLIAM STEPHEN FOURTH EARL TEMPLE OF STOWE BORN 11TH MAY 1847 DIED 28TH MARCH 1902

COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.

PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH, GIVE I UNTO YOU.

Around the edging: Cross on 3 plinths and edging. The inscription around the edging is as AND WITH THE MORN THOSE ANGEL FACES SMILE large raised letters. WHICH I HAVE LOVED LONG SINCE, AND LOST AWHILE The birth of William Stephen Langton was registered 1847/Q2 St Geo H Sq. East, on a carved scroll: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES In the 1881 census at The Park House, Newton St Loe: William S Gore Langton, aged 33, married, landowner JP MP, born in London, five children, a governess and seven servants.

In the 1891 census at Park House, Newton St Loe: William S Gore Langton, Earl of Temple, aged 42, born at St George Hanover Square, London, wife Helen M, aged 42, born in Scotland, eight children, two visitors, two governesses and fourteen servants.

In 1892 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Temple.

From the National Probate Calendar 1902: TEMPLE the right honourable William Stephen of Newton-park Newton Somersetshire earl died 28 March 1902 at Cairo Egypt Probate Bristol 15 July to Helen Mabel countess Temple widow Effects £368929 9s. 9d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 272 Helen Mable Gore East: Langton (1848-1919) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HELEN MABEL COUNTESS TEMPLE OF STOWE WIFE OF WILLIAM STEPHEN FOURTH EARL TEMPLE OF STOWE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 21ST OF NOVEMBER 1919 AGED 71 HEAVEN’S MORNING BREAK, AND EARTH’S MAIN SHADOWS FLEE, IN LIFE IN DEATH, O LORD, ABIDE WITH ME. Cross on 3 plinths and edging. Inscription as carved raised letters.

The death of Helen M Temple, aged 71, was registered 1919/Q4 Windsor. From the National Probate Calendar 1920: dowager countess TEMPLE OF STOWE the right honourable Helen Mabel of The Glade Englefield Green Surrey widow died 21 November 1919 Probate London 11 February to the right honourable Algernon William Stephen earl Temple of Stowe. Effects £27959 17s. 6d. 273 Albert Henry Perkins IN (1894-1954) LOVING MEMORY OF ALBERT H. PERKINS Winifred Rose Perkins DIED 16TH MAY 1954 (1898-1988) AGED 59

WINIFRED R. PERKINS DIED 18TH JULY 1988 AGED 89 Grey headstone on a base, resting on a flagstone.

The birth of Albert Henry Perkins was registered 1894/Q3 Bath. The birth of Winifred Rose Bailey was registered 1898/Q4 Clutton.

The marriage of Albert Henry Perkins to Winnifred Rose Bailey at St John the Baptist, Midsomer Norton, was registered 1920/Q1 Clutton.

The death of Albert H Perkins, aged 59, was registered 1954/Q2 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1954: PERKINS Albert Henry of The Bungalow Stothert and Pitts Sports Field Twerton Fork Bath died 16 May 1954 at The Royal United Hospital Bath Administration Bristol 29 September to Winifred Rose Perkins widow. Effects £983 6s. 9d. 127 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes

The death of Winifred Rose Perkins, born on 23 Sep 1898, was registered 1988/Jul Bath. 274 Joan Helen Gore IN Langton (1917-1977) LIVING MEMORY OF JOAN HELEN WIFE OF THE VIth EARL TEMPLE OF STOWE 11-6-1918 – 28-4-1977

Cross on a base in light grey polished granite.

Wife of Chandos Grenville Gore Langton (1909-1966), 6th Earl Temple of Stowe. See grave 268.

The marriage of Chandos G T G Langton to Joan H Abbot was registered 1943/Q3 Chelsea.

The death of Joan Helen Gore Langton, Countess Temple of Stowe, born on 11 Jun 1917, was registered 1977/Q2 Lancaster. 275 Agnes Florence Regina IN MEMORY OF Gore Langton (1866- AGNES FLORENCE REGINA 1941) WIFE OF 5TH EARL TEMPLE OF STOWE DIED MARCH 3RD 1941

Cross in 3 plinths and edging. Polished light gray granite.

Wife of Algernon William Stephen Gore Langton (1871–1940), 5th Earl Temple of Stowe. See grave 276.

The death of Earl Algernon W S T Stowe, aged 69, was registered 1940/Q1 Bathavon.

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Names Inscriptions Notes

The death of Agnes F R Temple, aged 74, was registered 1941/Q1 Bathavon. From the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald of Sat 8 Mar 1941 p11: “The Dowager Countess Temple was twice married. She was the daughter of Mr. C. de Laporte, and when she was married to the fifth Earl, who died on February 19 last year, she was the widow of Mr. A. Burrows, of Melbourne, Australia. ... Her marriage to Earl Temple took place in 1913. ... Newton Park, the stately home of the Temple’s family, was quite recently “in the news” owing to the announcement that the extensive estate of nearly 4,000 acres had been privately sold to the Duchy of Cornwall by the executors of the late Earl. The sale is believed to have been necessitated by heavy death duties. ... In the picturesque little churchyard of Newton St. Loe, near Bath, the Dowager Countess was laid to rest on Thursday afternoon in a flower- lined grave adjoining that of her husband. ...” 276 Algernon William Gore SACRED Langton (1871-1940) TO THE MEMORY OF ALGERNON WILLIAM STEPHEN FIFTH EARL OF TEMPLE OF STOWE BORN 9TH NOVEMBER 1871 DIED 19TH FEBRUARY 1940 “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.”

East, on a carved scroll: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES

Cross on three plinths and edging in light grey polished granite.

From the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald of Sat 24 Feb 1940 p12: “We regret to announce the death of Algernon William Stephen, Earl Temple of Stowe, which occurred on Monday at Newton Park from angina pectoris. Earl Temple was in his 69th year. Lord Temple, who was the fifth Earl, was born in 1871 and succeeded to the title in 1902. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and took his B.A. honours degree in 1896. He was at one time attache in the Diplomatic Service, lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, Private Secretary and A.D.C. to the Governor of Cyprus, and hon. Major 3rd Batt. Prince Albert’s Somerset L.L.

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Names Inscriptions Notes During the European was he was staff lieutenant and attached to the Ministry of Munitions. ...” 277 Rhoda Jane Trimble Headstone: Bull (1862-1951) IN EVER LOVING Winifred Mary Bull MEMORY OF (1893-1976) RHODA BULL SINGER, WIFE, MOTHER Margaret Lucy Bull BORN APRIL 12TH 1862 (1900-1984) DIED JANUARY 16TH 1951 HER GRACEFULNESS WAS LIKE A FIRE TO THE ______Edging, north: Headstone surmounted by a roofed crucifix and edging. WINIFRED MARY BULL, BORN AUGUST 12. 1893, DIED AUGUST 13. 1976.

In the 1881 census at Penryn, Weston, Bath: John J Fryer, aged 31, Edging, south: cement & lime merchant born at Exeter, Roderick Fryer aged 28, MARGARET LUCY BULL BORN MARCH 16. 1900 DIED NOVEMBER 1. 1984. brother, undergraduate Oxford, born at Exeter, Elizabeth Fryer, aged

58, widow, mother, fund holder, born in Cornwall, Ethel A Fryer, aged On the cross: 20, unmarried, sister, born at Exeter, Rhoda J Fryer, aged 18, sister, JESU MERCY born at Exeter, and two servants.

On 1 Jan 1889 at St Philip’s, Clerkenwell: Ernest Henry Bull, aged 33, bachelor, theatrical manager, of 8 Great Castle St W, son of Henry Grace, Bull, physician, married Rhoda Jane Trimble Fryer, aged 26, of 4 4 Upper Vernon St, WC, daughter of John Fryer, gentleman (registered 1889/Q1 Holborn)

The birth of Winifred Mary Bill was registered 1893/Q3 Marylebone. The birth of Margaret Lucy Bull was registered 1900/Q1 Wolverhampton. Baptised on 19 Apr 1900 at St Andrew’s, Wolverhampton: Margaret Lucy, daughter of Ernest Henry & Rhoda Jane Trimble Bull.

In the 1911 census at 1 Ridgemount Gardens, London WC: Rhoda Bull, aged 48, married, no occupation, born in Devon, and children: Winifred, aged 17, born in London, and Margaret, aged 11, born at Wolverhampton. (Signed ‘Rhoda Bill. Mrs E. H. Bull’)

The death of Rhoda J T Bull, aged 88, was registered 1951/Q1 Westminster. From the National Probate Calendar 1951: BULL Rhoda Jane Trimble otherwise Rhoda of 1 Ashley-gardens Westminster widow

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Names Inscriptions Notes died 16 January 1951 Probate London 31 March to Coutts and Company. Effects £11006 18s.

The death of Winifred Mary Bull, born on 12 Aug 1893, was registered 1976/Q3 Malvern.

The death of Margaret Lucy Bull, born on 16 Mar 1900, was registered 1984/Nov Oxford. 278 Alfred Trimble On the cross: Fryer (1848-1937) JESU MERCY Headstone: ALFRED FRYER PRIEST BORN 10TH JANUARY 1848 FELL ASLEEP 21ST OCTOBER 1937 BEHOLD A GREAT PRIEST WHO IN HIS DAY PLEASED GOD

Headstone surmounted by a roofed crucifix and edging.

The birth of Alfred Trimble Fryer was registered 1848/Q1 Exeter.

In the 1911 census at St James’ Vicarage, Walthamstow, Essex: Alfred Trimble Fryer, aged 63, single, vicar of St James’s church, born at Exeter, and a servant.

The death of Alfred T Fryer, aged 89, was registered 1937/Q4 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1938: FRYER the reverend Alfred Trimble of 129 Newbridge-road Bath clerk died 21 October 1937 at the Forbes Fraser Private Hospital Newbridge Hill Bath Probate Bristol 30 March to Herbert William Jordan company director. Effects £10751 19s. 11d. Resworn £11024 12s. 9d. There was a brief obituary in the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald of Sat 23 Oct 1937 p8. 279

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Names Inscriptions Notes 280 Elizabeth Fryer (1820- East: 1896) ELIZABETH FRYER FELL ASLEEEP 11TH SEP. 1896 John Trimble Fryer IN THE 77TH YEAR OF HER AGE (1850-1915) “IN TE DOMINE, SPERAVI.”

JOHN TRIMBLE FRYER FELL ASLEEP ST JOHN EVANGELIST’S DAY 1915 R.I.P Double-width plot. Cross on plinths. The age has been corrected in the carving.

The marriage of John Fryer to Elizabeth Trimble was registered 1845/Q1 Exeter.

In the 1871 census at Mint Street, Exeter: John Fryer, aged 55, retired schoolmaster, born at Hatherleigh (Devon), wife Elizabeth, aged 50, born at Maraham (Cornwall), children: Roderick R T, aged 17, born at Exeter, Emily E T, aged 14, born at Exeter, Ethel E T, aged 9, born at Exeter, and Rhoda J, aged 8, born at Exeter, and two servants.

In the 1881 census at Penryn, Weston, Bath: John J Fryer, aged 31, cement & lime merchant born at Exeter, Roderick Fryer aged 28, brother, undergraduate Oxford, born at Exeter, Elizabeth Fryer, aged 58, widow, mother, fund holder, born in Cornwall, Ethel A Fryer, aged 20, unmarried, sister, born at Exeter, Rhoda J Fryer, aged 18, sister, born at Exeter, and two servants.

The death of Elizabeth Fryer, aged 76, was registered 1896/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1897: FRYER Elizabeth of Weston near Bath widow died 11 September 1896 Probate Bristol 12 March to the reverend Alfred Trimble Fryer clerk Effects £6039 12s. 2d.

The death of John T Fryer, aged 65, was registered 1915/Q4 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1916: FRYER John Trimble of 63 Newbridge-road Bath lime manufacturer died 27 December 1915 Probate Bristol to Roderick Richard Trimble Fryer gentleman, Effects £15079 8s. 7d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 281 Maggie May Fuller IN (1899-1900) Memory of MAGGIE MAY FULLER, DIED FEBRUARY 9TH 1900 AGED 4½ MONTHS.

Small headstone surmounted by a cross and edging.

The birth of Maggie May Fuller was registered 1899/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: May. The death of Maggie May Fuller, aged 0, was registered 1900/Q1 Keynsham. 282 John Miles (1858-1936) South: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF FATHER & MOTHER Elizabeth Miles (1861- JOHN MILES BESSIE MILES 1936) APRIL 12 1936 AGED 77 YEARS AUGUST 1. 1936 AGED 75 YEARS

East: LOVING MEMORIES FROM KITTY & NEL

Edging. West:

RE-UNITED In the 1911 census at Glentroy Villas, Pilning (Glos): John Miles, aged 52, railway inspector – railway company, born at Newton St Loe, wife Bessie, aged 49, married 23 years 2 children, born at St Davids (Pembs), and children: Kate Mary, aged 20, single, born at Wolverhampton (Staffs), and Nellie, aged 19, single, born at Bristol.

The death of John Miles, aged 77, was registered 1936/Q2 Bristol.

The death of Elizabeth Miles, aged 75, was registered 1936/Q3 Bristol. From the National Probate Calendar 1936: MILES Elizabeth otherwise Bessie of Glenroy Pilning near Bristol widow died 1 August 1936 at Bristol General Hospital Administration Bristol 24 August to Kate Mary Miles spinster. Effects £150.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 282A Tobias Price (2008) Tobias Price Born asleep 3rd September 2008

In our hearts forever Love always Mummy, Daddy and Twin Brother Oliver

Grey headstone on a base with two integral vases. 283 Emily Gertrude Curtis IN (1893-1976) LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER George Joseph Thomas EMILY GERTRUDE CURTIS Curtis (1889-1980) DIED OCT. 22ND 1976. AGED 83. AND OF HER DEAR HUSBAND GEOORGE JOSEPH THOMAS CURTIS DIED DEC. 17TH 1980. AGED 91.

RE-UNITED Grey headstone on a base with an integral vase.

The birth of George Joseph T Curtis was registered 1889/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Francis. The birth of Emily Gertrude Hibbard was registered 1893/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Bond.

The marriage of George J T Curtis to Emily G Hibbard was registered 1918/Q4 Keynsham.

The death of Emily Gertrude Curtis, born on 6 Sep 1893, was registered 1976/Q4 Bath.

The death of George Joseph T Curtis, born on 19 Oct 1889, was registered 1980/Q4 Waltham Forest.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 284 Edward James Chave South: (1877-1957) A LOVING HUSBAND AND DEVOTED FATHER, EDWARD JAMES CHAVE DIED JANUARY 10TH 1957. AGED 79. Rose Elizabeth Chave (1881-1961) North: A LOVING WIFE AND DEVOTED MOTHER Dulcie Rose Chave ROSE ELIZABETH CHAVE. DIED NOV. 12TH 1961. AGED 80 YEARS. (1918-1974) East: Edging in grey polished granite. ALSO DULCIE ROSE.

YOUNGEST DAUGHTER The birth of Edward James Chave was registered 1877/Q4 Bath, DIED FEB. 21ST 1974. AGED 55. mother’s maiden name: Collett. The birth of Rose Elizabeth Jarvis was registered 1881/Q3 Hereford.

The marriage of Edward James Chave to Rose Elizabeth Jarvis at Lugwardine (Herefordshire) was registered 1907/Q2 Hereford.

The birth of Dulcie R Chave was registered 1918/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Jarvis.

The death of Edward J Chave, aged 79, was registered 1957/Q1 Bathavon. From the National Probate Calendar 1957: CHAVE Edward James of Home Farm Newton Saint Loe near Bath died 10 January 1957 Probate Bristol 29 March to Rose Elizabeth Chave widow Alec Edward Chave farmer Dulcie Rose Chave spinster and Eric James Gasper grocer. Effects £10760 10s. 5d.

The death of Rose E Chave, aged 80, was registered 1961/Q4 Bathavon. From the National Probate Calendar 1962: CHAVE Rose Elizabeth of Home Farm Newton St. Loe near Bath widow died 12 November 1961 Probate Bristol 28 February to Dulcie Rose Chave spinster and Alec Edward Chave farmer. Effects £9417 17s. 9d.

The death of Dulcie Rose Chave, born on 15 Jul 1918, was registered 1974/Q1 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 284A

Square vase. 284B MOTHER FATHER RE-UNITED

Square vase. 285 MOTHER

Sqaure vase. 286 Frank Ernest James FRANK E. J. ANGELL Angell (1893-1967) DIED FEBRUARY 9TH 1967 AGED 73. — A SERVANT OF OUR LORD

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Names Inscriptions Notes Headstone on a base with an integral vase.

The birth of Frank Ernest J Angell was rgeistered 1893/Q4 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Scott.

The death of Frank E J Angell, aged 73, was registered 1967/Q1 Bathavon. 287

No memorial. 289 Charlotte Jane SACRED Montague (1860-1924) TO THE MEMORY OF Thomas Burridge CHARLOTTE J. MONTAGUE Montague (1863-1951) AT REST DEC. 23RD 1924 AND OF THOMAS B. MONTAGUE DIED FEB. 21ST 1951.

Cross on plinths and edging.

The birth of Charlotte Ann Kelloway was registered 1860/Q1 Salisbury.

On 2 Aug 1886 at St Edmund’s, Salisbury: Thomas Burridge Montague, son of William Montague, married Charlotte Jane Kelloway, daughter of George Kelloway.

In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: Thomas Montague, aged 47, estate foreman, born at Wellow, wife Charlotte, aged 50, married 24 years 6 children of which 5 still lving, born at Salisbury, and three children.

The death of Charlotte J Montague, aged 64, was registered 1924/Q4 Keynsham.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Thomas B Montague, aged 87, was registered 1951/Q1 Trowbridge. 290 William Robert Welsh On bowl: (1905-1916) ROBIN On base of bowl:

Middle plinth: ONLY SON OF HUGH & FRANCES WELSH DIED 5TH OCTOBER 1916, AGED 11 YEARS

A bowl on top of three plinths and edging.

The birth of William Robert Welsh was registered 1905/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Jackson.

In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: Hugh Welsh, aged 34, land agent – own account, born at Edinburgh, wife Frances, aged 32, married 7 years 1 child, born at Hepburn, Northumberland, son William Robert, aged 5, born at Newton St Loe, two servants and a visitor.

The death of William Robert Welsh, aged 11, was registered 1916/Q4 Bath. 291 Eileen Helen Tovey IN (1909-1989) LOVING MEMORY OF EILEEN HELEN TOVEY John Frederick Tovey A DEARLY LOVED WIFE & MOTHER (1915-2008) WHO DIED ON 12TH FEBRUARY 1989 AGED 79. ‘UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN’ ALSO JOHN FREDERICK TOVEY Grey headstone on a base with a separate square vase. A DEARLY LOVED FATHER WHO DIED ON TH The birth of Eileen Ellen Wakefield was registered 1910/Q1 Pontypridd. 30 JUNE 2008 The birth of John F Tovey was registered 1915/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s AGED 92. maiden name: Allen.

The marriage of John F Tovey to Eileen H Wakefield was registered 1947/Q3 Bathavon.

The death of Eileen Helen Tovey, born on 7 Dec 1909, was registered 1989/Feb Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 292 Alec Edward Chave (1910-1988) † IN LOVING MEMORY OF Ivy Lilian Chave (1921- ALEC EDWARD CHAVE 1990) DIED 29.7.88, AGED 77 YRS DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND, Donna Patricia FATHER AND GRANDFATHER Jefferies (1988-1989) “REMEMBERED WITH LOVE.” ALSO OF IVY LILIAN DIED 17.11.1990, AGED 67 YRS DEARLY LOVED WIFE, MOTHER &

GRANDMOTHER Grey headstone on a base. ALSO DONNA The birth of Alec E Chave in 1910 was registered 1911/Q1 Bath, PATRICIA JEFFERIES mother’s maiden name: Jarvis. GREAT GRANDAUGHTER OF ABOVE 11.1.88 – 13.8.89 The marriage of Alec E Chave to Kathleen F Hole was registered TREASURED MEMORIES OF A 1934/Q1 Shepton Mallet. LITTLE ANGEL The marriage of Alec E Chave to Ivy L D Cornish was registered 1945/Q3 Bathavon.

The death of Alec Edward Chave, born on 6 Dec 1910, was registered 1988/Jul Bath.

The birth of Donna Patricia Jefferies was registered 1988/Feb Bath, mother’s maiden name: O’Sullivan. The death of Donna Patricia Jefferies, born on 11 Jan 1988, was registered 1989/Aug Bath.

The death of Ivy Lillian Chave, born on 21 Aug 1921, was registered 1990/Nov Bath. 293 Albert Bailey (1842- Edging, south: 1929) IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALBERT AND ROSA BAILEY

Rosa Bailey (1861-1939)

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Names Inscriptions Notes Edging.

From the burial register: Albert Bailey, aged 87, of 11 Newton St Loe, was buried on 15 Oct 1929.

From the burial register: Rosa Bailey, aged 77, of 11 Newton St Loe, was buried on 17 May 1939. 294 Joseph Bees (1849- Headstone: 1907) IN LOVING MEMORY Annie Bees (1848-1918) OF JOSEPH BEES, William James Bees DIED DEC. 18TH 1907, (1884-1929) AGED 58. THY WILL BE DONE. Mary Banham (1917- ALSO OF 2000) ANNIE, WIFE OF THE ABOVE

Mary Burch (1922-2006) DIED JAN. 2ND 1918 Tall headstone, edging and 3 plaques. AGED 69. Leonard Roy Burch WE GIVE THEM JOY, DEAR ONE The birth of William James Bees was registered 1884/Q2 Keynsham, (1922-2013) WE KNOW THEY ARE HAPPY NOW LIFE’S HOLY MISSIONS ALL WELL DONE mother’s maiden name: James. HEAVEN’S SUNSHINE ON THEIR BROW ALSO The death of Joseph Bees, aged 58, was registered 1907/Q4 Keynsham. IN LOVING MEMORY OF From the National Probate Calendar 1908: BEES Joseph of Newton Saint WILLIAM JAMES BEES Loe Somersetshire gardener died 18 December 1907 Administration SON OF THE ABOVE Bristol 17 February to Annie Bees widow. Effects £71 9s. WHO DIED JUNE 3RD 1929, AGED 45. The marriage of William James Bees to Ellen Tucker at St Michael’s, Plaque 1: Twerton was registered 1909/Q2 Bath. MARY BANHAM DIED IN CANADA The birth of Rose Eileen Bees was registered 1910/Q2 Bath, mother’s 2nd MAY 2000, AGED 82. maiden name: Tucker. ALTHOUGH OUR ______HAVE COME HOME WE WILL ALWAYS In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: Annie Bees, aged 63, widow, born ______HEARTS OF YOUR at Glasbury (Breconshire), William James Bees, aged 26, married, LOVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS tailor’s presser, born at Newton St Loe, Ellen Bees, aged 25, married, A DISTANT LAND daughter-in-law, born at Twerton-on-Avon, Walter Bees, aged 16, son, MARY apprentice to mechanical dentistry, born at Newton St Loe, and Rose Eileen Bees, aged 11 months, grandchild, born at Newton St Loe. Plaque 2: IN LOVING MEMORY OF The birth of Mary Bees was registered 1917/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Tucker. 140

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Names Inscriptions Notes MARY BURCH 1922-2006 The death of Annie Bees, aged 69, was registered 1918/Q1 Keynsham. BELOVED WIFE OF LEN From the National Probate Calendar 1918: BEES Annie of Newton St. AND Loe Bristol widow died 2 January 1918 Administration Bristol 18 January DEARLY LOVED MOTHER to Joseph Bees market gardener. Effects £189 4s. 3d. OF PHILIP AND LESLEY Passenger on the SS Empress of Canada from Liverpool to Montreal, Plaque 3: departing on 15 Sep 1948: Mary Bees, aged 31, last address in UK: 44 IN LOVING MEMORY OF Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, country of intended future permanent LEN BURCH residence: Canada. 1922 – 2013 BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARY The birth of Leonard R Burch was registered 1922/Q3 Bath, mother’s DEARLY LOVED FATHER maiden name: Cowley. OF The birth of Evelyn M Naish was registered 1922/Q3 Bath, mother’s PHILIP AND LESLEY maiden name: Tucker.

The marriage of Leonard Roy Burch to Evelyn Mary Naish at the Methodist Chapel, Oldfield Park West, Bath was registered 1947/Q3 Bath.

The death of Evelyn Mary Burch, born on 22 Jun 1922, was registered 2006/Nov Bath & NE Somerset.

From the Bath Chronicle of 28 Mar 2013: BURCH Leonard (Len) Died suddenly on Friday 22nd March 2013 at the Royal United Hospital aged 90 years. Reunited with his beloved wife Mary. Much loved dad, grandpa and great-grandpa. Former Manager of Bristol and West Building Society. Heartfelt thanks to staff at Oldfield Surgery and Coronary Care Unit. Thanksgiving service at Horizon's Methodist Church, The Hollow on Friday 12th April at 12.30pm. Family flowers only please, but donations to Steps and Shelagh Mc Brien CCU (cash or cheques payable to G F Hunt) may be sent to G F Hunt, Funeral Directors, 41 Livingstone Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3PH.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 295 Elsie Clara Woodham ELSIE CLARA Davies (1906-1993) WOODHAM DAVES WIDOW OF Alfred Woodham Davies MAJOR ALFRED (1904-1951) WOODHAM DAVIES RM SOLICITOR OF CRICCIETH GWYNEDD BORN 14TH AUGUST 1906 DIED 30TH AUGUST 1993 Stone headstone on a base. AGED 87 YEARS.

The birth of Alfred Woodham Davies was registered 1904/Q4 Hendon.

The death of Alfred W Davies, aged 46, was registered 1951/Q2 Kensington. From the National Probate Calendar 1951: DAVIES Alfred Woodham of Turners Spring Burton End Stanstead Essex died 20 May 1951 at St. Charles Hospital Kensington London Administration London 28 September to Elsie Clara Woodham Davies widow and Colin Aufrere Dawson solicitor. Effects £7333 14s. 4d.

The death of Elsie Clara Davies, born on 14 Aug 1906, was registered 1993/Sep Bath. 296 Michael George Gay † (1937-1988) TREASURED MEMORIES OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER MICHAEL GEORGE GAY 28 APRIL 1937 ~ 26 APRIL 1988 AT REST IN GOD’S CARE

Grey headstone on a base.

The birth of Michael G Gay was registered 1937/Q12, Bath, mother’s maiden name: Bodman.

The death of Michael George Gay, born on 28 Apr 1937, was registered 1988/Apr Ely.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 297 Charles Home Cochran East: (1850-1930) CHARLES HOME COCHRAN, VICE-ADMIRAL, R.N., M.V.O. Dorothea Beatrice 22.JUNE 1850 – 14. FEB. 1930. Winifred Cochran SON OF THE LATE (1886-1963) ALEXANDER COCHRAN, ESQ. OF ASHKIRK, HAWICK. — “SANS PEUR ET SANS REPROCHE.”

South:

IN A Celtic cross on 2 plinths and edging. The leaded inscription is on the LOVING MEMORY OF upper plinth. HIS WIFE DOROTHEA BEATRICE The birth of Charles Home Cochran was registered 1850/Q3 Bath, COCHRAN mother’s maiden name: Batsford. 10.NOV.1886-18.FEB.1963 The marriage of Charles Home Cochran to Evelyn May Felton was registered 1901/Q2 Kensington.

The marriage of Charles H Cochran to Dorothea B W Purdon-Clarke was registered 1925/Q4 Kensington.

The death of Charles H Cochran, aged 79, was registered 1930/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1930: COCHRAN Charles Home of the Retreat Weston-road Bath died 14 February 1930 Probate Bristol 14 April to Dorothea Beatrice Winifred Cochran widow. Effects £5422 9s.

The death of Dorothea B W Cochran, aged 76, was registered 1963/Q1 Ealing. From the National Probate Calendar 1963: COCHRAN Dorothea Beatrice Winifred Purdon of 1 Sutherland House Sutherland Road Ealing London W.13 widow died 18 February 1963 at King Edward Memorial Hospital Ealing Probate Bristol 15 May to The National Provincial Bank Limited. Effects £2309 3s. 7d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 298 Charles Frederick East: Langdon (1868-1947) IN LOVING MEMORY Eliza Emma Langdon OF (1863-1951) CHARLES FREDERICK LANGDON V.M.H. Frederick Charles BORN FEB. 5. 1868, Langdon (1891-1897) DIED MARCH 2. 1947. ALSO HIS WIFE Double-width plot. A cross on a single plinth. The inscriptions are on Hugh Frederick ELIZA EMMA LANGDON the sides of the plinth. (VMH = Victoria Medal of Honour awarded to Langdon (1900-1910) BORN SEPT. 2. 1863, horticulturalists.) DIED MAY 6. 1951.

Stephen Charles The birth of Hugh Frederick Langdon was registered 1900/Q1 Langdon (1904-1990) South: Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Keevill. FREDERICK CHARLES The birth of Stephen Charles Langdon was registered 1904/Q4 Bath, Violet Langdon (1904- LANGDON mother’s maiden name: Keevil. 2001) BORN JULY 23. 1891,

DIED JAN. 1. 1897 The death of Hugh F Langdon, aged 10, was registered 1910/Q3 Bath.

North: In the 1911 census at Evi View, South Down, Bath: Charles Frederick HUGH FREDERICK Langdon, aged 43, nurseryman – employer, born at Newton St Loe, wife LANGDON. Eliza Emma, aged 46, married 20 years 6 children of which 4 then living, BORN FEB. 24. 1900, born at Midsomer Norton (Som), and four children. DIED AUG. 8. 1910.

In the Post Office Bath Directory 1912: Plaque: Langdon Charles F. (Blackmore and Langdon), Evi view, South down IN LOVING MEMORY OF

STEPHEN CHARLES LANGDON (The firm of Blackmore and Langdon appears in numerous press articles 1904—1990 for awards at flower shows.) AND OF HIS BELOVED WIFE

VIOLET (BILLIE) The Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald of Sat 16 Nov 1935 has an article LANGDON on the award of “the Victoria Medal of Horticulture to Mr. C. F. 1904—2001 Langdon, senior partner in the famous firm of Messrs. Blackmore and Langdon, delphinium and begonia specialists, of Twerton Hill Nurseries.”

The Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald of Sat 12 Oct 1940 p8 had an article on Mr C F & Mrs Langdon celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. It gives a brief history of C F Langdon’s career on horticulture.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The death of Charles F Langdon, aged 79, was registered 1947/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1947: LANGDON Charles Frederick of Hillcott Southdown Bath died 2 March 1947 Probate Bristol 21 July to Allan George Langdon and Stephen Charles Langdon nurserymen. Effects £26671 17s. 6d.

From the National Probate Calendar 1951: LANGDON Eliza Emma of Hillcott Southdown-road Bath widow died 6 May 1951 Probate Bristol 29 August to Allan George Langdon and Stephen Charles Langdon nurserymen. Effects £1861 18s. 3d.

The death of Violet Langdon, born on 21 Apr 1904, was registered 2001/Apr Bath & NE Somerset. 299 300 George Henry Bence (1874-1966) Edging, south: AND GEORGE HENRY BENCE 1874-1966

Edging.

The birth of George Henry Bence in 1874 was registered 1875/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Townsend.

The death of George H Bence, aged 91, was registered 1966/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1966: BENCE George Henry of 22 Winchester Bath died 1 January 1966 on the way to St Martins Hospital Bath Probate Bristol 9 February to William James Bence retired grocer and Edward James Bence accounts clerk. £5034.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 301

302 John Hawkins (1853- Vase: 1931) IN LOVING MEMORY OF Hannah Hawkins (1856- JOHN 1937) HAWKINS DIED Annie Eliza Hawkins JUNE 29TH 1931 (1884-1966) AND HANNAH DIED ____ 9TH 1937 A square vase on a base.

Base: The marriage of John Hawkins to Hannah Wheeler was registered ANNIE 1882/Q4 Bath. DIED

21ST OCT 1966 In the 1891 census at Newton St Loe: John Hawkins, aged 36, sawyer, AGED 82 born at Chard (Som), wife Anna, aged 30, born at Newton St Loe, children: Annie E, aged 6, born at Newton St Loe, Fanny, aged 5, born at newton St Loe, and Edith A, aged 1, born at Newton St Loe, Thomas Wheeler, aged 79, father-in-law, born at Marston Bigot (Wilts), and Eliza Wheeler, aged 67, mother-in-law born at Newton St Loe.

The death of John Hawkins, aged 77, was registered 1931/Q2 Keynsham.

The death of Hannah Hawkins, aged 80, was registered 1937/Q2 Bathavon.

The death of Annie Eliza Hawkins, aged 82, was registered 1966/Q4 Bath. 303 Dorenda Mary Hume † (1919-2002) IN LOVING MEMORY OF DORENDA HUME A DEAR MUM AND NAN DIED 30TH OCT. 2002 AGED 83

Light-coloured stone headstone.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The birth of Dorenda M Tovey was registered 1919/Q4 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Allen.

The marriage of Dorenda M Tovey to Arthur G Hume was registered 1948/Q3 Bathavon.

The death of Dorenda Mary Hume, born on 19 Sep 1919, was registered 2002/Oct Bath & NE Somerset. 304 Frederick Edward IN Hapgood (1873-1955) LOVING EMORY OF EDWARD HAPGOOD Elizabeth Hapgood DIED MAR. 1. 1955 (1879-1959) AGED 81. ALSO HIS WIFE ELIZABETH DIED FEB. 15. 1959. AGED 79. Edging with a small rectangular headstone and a square vase.

The birth of Frederick Edward Hapgood was registered 1873/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Tucker. The birth of Elizabeth Hillier was registered 1879/Q4 Bath.

The marriage of Frederick Edward Hapgood to Elizabeth Hillier was registered 1903.Q4 Keynsham.

In the 1911 census at Newton St Loe: Frederick Edward Hapgood, aged 37, labourer on estate, born at Marksbury (Som), wife Elizabeth, aged 31, born at Tucking Mills (Som), two children and Sarah Hapgood, aged 75, widow, mother, born at Publow (Som).

The death of Frederick E Hapgood, aged 81, was registered 1955/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1956: HAPGOOD Frederick Edward of 4 Newton St. Loe Bath died 1 March 1955 at The Manor Hospital Bath Administration Bristol 3 February to Elizabeth Hapgood widow. Effects £948 16s. 8d.

The death of Elizabeth Hapgood, aged 79, was registered 1959/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1959: HAPGOOD Elizabeth of Cambrook House Hallatrow Somersetshire widow died 15 February at

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Names Inscriptions Notes St. Martins Hospital Bath Administration Bristol 8 May to Frank Edward Hapgood stoker. Effects £146 9s. 3d. 305 Dora Parsons (1871- IN 1933) MEMORY OF DORA PARSONS DEIC OCTOBER 24TH 1933. AGED 62 YEARS —

Cross on one plinths and edging.

The death of Dora Parsons, aged 62, was registered 1933/Q4 Keynsham. From the National Probate Calendar 1934: PARSONS Dora of The Hayes Newton St. Loe Somersetshire spinster died 24 October 1933 Administration London 12 June to Ellen Daisy Parsons spinster, Effects £783 1s. 1d. 306 James Croome Collins (1784-1820) ______of ROBERT and ABIGAIL COLLINS William Collins (1794- of this Parish 1822) [w]ho died February ______in the 36th Year of h__ Age Robert Collins (1756- Also of WILLIAM 1823) Son of the aforesaid ROBERT and ABIGAIL COLLINS Altar tomb. Abigail Collins (1759- who departed this life ______

1838) 1822 Aged 2_ Years The death of Abigile (sic) Collins, aged 79, in 1838 was registered Also of the aforesaid 1839/Q1 Keynsham. ROBERT COLLINS, who died

May 11th 1823, Aged 64 From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 27 Dec 1838 p3: Also of Dec. 23, aged 79, at Newton St. Loe, Abigail, relict of Mr. Robt. ABIGAIL COLLINS, Wife of Collins, formerly of the Globe Inn. She was beloved and respected by the said ROBERT COLLINS all who knew her. who died Decr 23rd 1838 Aged 77.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 307 W H 1714

Small headstone. 308

of this Parish who died ______Aged __ Also

Altar tomb. 309

310

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Names Inscriptions Notes 311

312 Joseph Cox (1755-1792) In [Memory] of ______Martha Cox (1752-1792) of the ______Who De[parted this life] The 27th day o[f] ______Aged 3_ Also of MARTHA ______who Departed [this life] the 10th day of Oc[tober] ____ Slab. Right-hand side delaminated. Aged 39

From the burial register: Joseph Cox, aged 37, of Bath, was buried on 31 Aug 1792. 313 George Hancock (1814- In Loving Memory 1877) of GEORGE HANCOCK Albert Harry Hancock OF SOUTH BANK BATH (1855-1877) DIED JULY 25TH 1877. AGED 63. Also of ALBERT HARRY, YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED JANUARY 1ST 1877, ND IN HIS 22 YEAR. “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS Tall headstone with a rounded top. ND FLEE AWAY.” CANTICLES.2 17:V The birth of Albert Harry Hancock was registered 1855/Q2 Bath. Baptised on 30 Apr 1855 at Weston: Albert Harry, son of George & Frances Hancock.

The death of Frances Hancock, aged 43, was registered 1860/Q1 Bath. See grave 320.

In the 1861 census at 1 South Bank Villas, Weston: George Hancock, aged 47, widower, perfumer, born at Bath, children: George, aged 22, 150

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Names Inscriptions Notes perfumer, born at Widcombe, Francis, aged 12, born at Weston, Laura, aged 9, born at Weston, Thomas R, aged 8, born at Weston, Albert H, aged6, born at Weston, Florence M, aged 4, born at Weston, and a servant.

The death of Albert Harry Hancock, aged 21, was registered 1877/Q1 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1877: 7 June. The Will of Albert Harry Hancock late of Polsloe-road Heavitree in the County of Devon Wine Merchant who died 1 January 1877 at South Bank Weston in the County of Somerset was proved at Exeter by George Hancock of South Bank Wine Merchant the Father one of the Executors. Effects under £100.

The death of George Hancock, aged 63, was registered 1877/Q3 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1877: 21 November. The Will of George Hancock late of South Bank Villa Weston near Bath in the County of Somerset Wine Merchant who died 25 July 1877 at South Bank Villa was proved at Bristol by Thomas Abraham Hancock of Crediton in the County of Devon Wine Merchant the Son one of the Executors. Effects under £2,000. 314

Small headstone. No inscription found.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 315 Joyce Lansdown (1721- 1773) In Also Memory of JOYCE here lieth the Body Abraham Lansdown Wife of of the aforesaid (1723-1780) Abraham Lansdown ABRAHAM LANSDOWN of this Parish who died Octr 2_ 1780 who died 2_ ___ 1773 Aged 57 Years. Aged 50 Years And of

Small headstone. 316

317

318 Ann Collins (1779-1856) South: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ANN WIFE OF Abraham Collins (1784- ABRAHAM COLLINS 1858) WHO DIED FEBRY 20 ____ AGED 78 YEARS OF HER AGE North: ALSO OF ABRAHAM COLLINS WHO DIED MAY ______Pitched 4 ways. AGED 72

In the 1851 census at Newton St Loe: Abraham Collins, aged 66, farmer 25 acres employing 1 man, born at Newton St Loe, wife Ann, aged 71, born at A[b]bots Leigh (Som), and a servant. 152

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Names Inscriptions Notes

Possible death registration for Ann Collins 1856/Q1 Gloucester.

The death of Abraham Collins, aged 73, was registered 1858/Q2 Bath. From the National Probate Calendar 1858: 14 June. The Will of Abraham Collins late of the Parish of Weston near Bath in the County of Somerset Builder deceased who died 3 May 1858 at 1 South Bank- villas in the said Parish was proved at Bristol by the oaths of George Hancock of the City of Bath Perfumer and Robert Harrill of Warkleigh in the County of Devon Yeoman the Executors. Effects under £450. 319 Elizabeth Turner (1755- Sacred to the Memory of 1823) ELIZABETH Wife of RICHARD TURNER Susannah Turner (1788- who died April 24th 1823 Aged 6_ 1823) Also SUSANNAH daughter of RICHARD and ELIZABETH TURNER Richard Turner (1751- who died Sep. 14. 1823 Aged 35 1826) From years of sickness and corroding pain Released eternal life ______Altar tomb. The incised inscription is on the upper surface. After a life of trial most severe The applauding voice of ______Have now the blessings which she needs ___ Enjoyed with God made perfect with the __ Also the above RICHARD TURNER who died Octr 14 1826 Aged 74 Also RICHARD and HENRY who died in their Infancy 320 Frances Hancock (1817- Sacred 1860) TO THE MEMORY FRANCES, WIFE OF George Hancock GEORGE HANCOCK OF SOUTH BANK BATH Abraham Collins AND DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM COLLINS Francis Collins Hancock LATE OF THIS PARISH (1849-1868) DIED JANUARY 4TH 1860 AGED 43. AN AFFECTIONATE AND EXEMPLARY DAUGHTER, WIFE AND MOTHER. Tall headstone with a pointed top. Also of FRANCIS COLLINS 153 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes SON OF THE ABOVE The birth of Francis Collins Hancock was registered 1849/Q1 Bath, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE mother’s maiden name: Collins. JULY 14TH 1868 IN THE 20TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. In the 1851 census at Bristol Road, Weston: George Hancock, aged 35 perfumer, born at Bath, wife Francis (sic), aged 32, born at Newton St Loe, children; George, aged 13, born at Weston, and Francis, aged 2, born at Weston, and a servant.

The death of Frances Hancock, aged 43, was registered 1860/Q1 Bath.

The death of Francis Collins Hancock, aged 19, was registered 1868/Q3 Bath.

See also grave 313. 321 William John Cyril Light IN MEMORY EVER DEAR (1898-1961) OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND WILLIAM JOHN CYRIL LIGHT Kathleen Annie Light WHO DIED 25TH JANUARY 1961 (1897-1974) AGED 62 YEARS. THY WAY, NOT MINE, O LORD. ALSO HIS DEAR WUFE KATHLEEN ANNIE WHO DIED 28TH JUNE 1974. Double-width plot. A cross on a plinth and edging. AGED 75 YEARS.

The birth of Kathleen Annie Mattick was registered 1897/Q3 Clutton, mother’s maiden name: Wilcox. The birth of William John C Light was registered 1898/Q3 Bury St Edmunds.

The marriage of William John Cyril Light to Kathleen Annie Mattick was registered 1922/Q1 Bath.

The death of William J C Light, aged 62, was registered 1961/Q1 Honiton. From the National Probate Calendar 1961: LIGHT William John Cyril of Park Farm Newton St. Loe Somersetshire died 25 January 1961 at The Victoria Cottage Hospital Sidmouth Devon Probate Bristol 20 September to Kathleen Annie Light widow Bernard Albert Light farmer and Howard Harper Mattick grocer. Effects £13306 17s. 7d.

The death of Kathleen Annie Light, aged 77, was registered 1974/Q3 Bath.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 322 Bernard Albert Light BERNARD LIGHT (1923-2002) LOVED HUSBAND OF EILEEN AND DEARLY LOVED FATHER OF JEREMY, GREGORY & CHRISTOPHER

Grey slab and a square vase.

The birth of Bernard A Light was registered 1923/Q4 Frome, mother’s maiden name: Mattick.

The death of Bernard Albert Light, born on 24 Aug 1923, was registered 2002/Jan Bath & NE Somerset. 323 Hugh Lloyd Roberts () HUGH LLOYD-ROBERTS R.I.P Wooden cross with a small metal plaque. 324 Geoffrey Incleton Jose IN (1915-1916) LOVING MEMORY OF Herbert Incleton Jose GEOFFREY INCLETON JOSE (1884-1917) DIED 14TH FEB. 1916 — Edith Maud Jose (1886- AND HIS FATHER 1981) HERBERT JOSE KILLED IN ACTION Small headstone and edging. 3RD SEPT. 1917. AGED __

— The birth of Herbert Ingleton (sic) Jose, was registered 1884/Q3 ‘UNTIL THE DAY BREAK.’ EDITH JOSE Wandsworth. WIFE AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE DIED 11TH APRIL 1981, AGED 95 In the 1911 census at The Globe, Newton St Loe: Thos Wm Jose. Aged 62, inn keeper, born at Lizard, Cornwall, wife Emily, aged 46, married 28 years 2 children, born at Woolwich, Kent, children: Herbert Incleton,, aged 26, single, assists in business, born at Battersea, Surrey, and Ester Jane, aged 20, single, assists in business, born at St Martin, Middx, and a servant.

The marriage of Herbert I Jose to Edith M Bull was registered 1913/Q4 Southampton.

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Names Inscriptions Notes

The birth of Geoffrey I Jose was registered 1915/Q3 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Bull. Death aged 0 registered 1916/Q1 Keynsham.

Herbert Incleton Jose, Private M2/188924 No. 2 Water Tank Coy, Army Service Corps, died aged 33 on 3 Sep 1917; son of Thomas William and Emily Jose, of Newton St., Loe, Bristol; husband of Edith Maude Jose, of 97, Newbridge Rd., Bath; Cabarat-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez XIX.E.16 [CWGC].

The death of Edith Maud Jose, born on 20 Feb 1886, was registered 1981/QA2 Bath. 325 Harriet Louise Moore OUR PRECIOUS LITTLE ANGEL (1994-1996) HARRIET LOUISE MOORE Kimberley Harriet Moore (1998-2002) 3rd December 1994 – 24th June 1996

Darling you will live in our hearts and thoughts forever

Also her adorable and much treasured Sister KIMBERLEY HARRIET Brown headstone. ‘NINNY’ _____5th August 2002 ______taken 326 Jacob Charles JACOB CHARLES Robertson (1999) ROBERTSON 15th – 18th NOVEMBER 1999

“Born to be an angel”

Grey headstone on a base.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 327 John Raymond Wood (1926-2004) † Treasured Memories Of A Devoted Husband, Father & Grampy JOHN RAYMOND WOOD Fell Asleep 27th Sept. 2004 Aged 77

Rest in Peace Grey headstone on a base. 328 Peter John Ricards JOSS (2006) Peter John ~ RICARDS ~ November 3rd 2006 You came into our lives Too early and left us Too soon. In our hearts And loved forever Mummy & Daddy

Dark grey headstone on a base. 329 Sofia Daisy Cottell SOFIA Humphries (2008) DAISY COTTELL HUMPHRIES

08·01·08

White headstone on a base.

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Western Ashes Section

Names Inscriptions Notes 351 Thomas Hall (1918- THOMAS HALL 1987) 1918-1987 A DEARLY LOVED Elsie Hall (1922-1998) HUSBAND & FATHER ELSIE HALL 1922-1998 A DEARLY LOVED WIFE & MOTHER

Plaque.

The death of Thomas Hall, born on 10 Dec 1918, was registered 1987/Dec Bath.

The death of Elsie Edith Hall, born on 27 Sep 1922, was registered 1988/Nov Gt Yarmouth.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 352 Anne Trueman (1934- ANNE TRUEMAN 1986) 1934 – 1986 CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE

Plaque.

The death of Irene Anne Trueman, born on 31 Jul 1934, was registered 1986/Mar Bath. 353 Gertrude Winifred IN LOVING MEMORY OF Ashley (1911-1985) GERTRUDE WINIFRED ASHLEY THE DEAR DEVOTED WIFE OF Arthur Reginald Ashley ARTHUR (1909-2003) DIED DEC. 24TH 1985, AGED 74 YEARS. ARTHUR REGINALD ASHLEY DIED NOV. 25TH 2003 AGED 94. TOGETHER AGAIN. Plaque.

The death of Gertrude Winifred Ashley, born on 1 Jan 1911, was registered 1985/Dec Bath.

The death of Arthur Reginald Ashley, born on 8 May 1909, was registered 2003/Nov N Somerset. 354 Charles Parsons (-1974) IN MEMORY OF CHARLES PARSONS Albert May Parsons (- DIED 8TH FEB. 1974. 1981) AGED 74. ALSO HIS WIFE ALBERTA MAY PARSONS, DIED 18TH JUNE 1981, AGED 90, RE-UNITED Small headstone on a base with an integral vase.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 355 Arthur Oldfield (1924- CHERISHED MEMORIES 1985) OF ARTHUR “BILL” OLDFIELD DIED 9TH FEB. 1985 AGED 61 YEARS AT EACH SUNRISE OUR LOVE OF YOU REMAINS ALIVE “ONLY A WHISPER.” Plaque.

The death of Arthur Oldfield, born on 15 Jan 1924, was registered 1985/Feb Bath. 356 Robin Peter Grater IN LOVING MEMORY OF (1948-1977) ROBIN PETER GRATER A PRECIOUS HUSBAND AND FATHER DIED 4TH DEC. 1977 AGED 28 DEARLY LOVED AND ALWAYS MISSED

Plaque with an integral vase.

The birth of Robin P Grater was registered 1948/Q4 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Sharp.

The death of Robin Peter Grater, born on 8 Nov 1948, was registered 1977/Q4 Bath. 357 Jack Tuckwell (1901- IN LOVING MEMORY OF 1990) JACK TUCKWELL PASSED AWAY 7TH DEC. 1990, Doris Kathleen AGED 88 YEARS. Tuckwell (1904-1993) ALSO DORIS KATHLEEN TUCKWELL NOW REUNITED WITH JACK DIED 30TH MARCH 1993 Plaque. IN HER 90TH YEAR.

The birth of Kathleen Doris Saunders was registered 1904/Q2 Winchcomb (Glos).

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Names Inscriptions Notes The marriage of John Tuckwell to Doris Stephen was registered 1925/Q2 Winchcomb.

The death of Jack Tuckwell, born on 23 Feb 1901, was registered 1990/Dec Bath.

The death of Doris Kathleen Tuckwell, born on 29 Feb 1904, was registered 1993/Mar Bath. 358 Herbert Francis Arthur H. F. A. SYMONS Symons (1916-1977) ‘BERT’ DIED 10TH SEPT. 1977 Iris Kathleen Symons AGED 61 (1913-2002) I. K. SYMONS ‘IRIS’ DIED 14TH APRIL 2002 AGED 88

TOGETHER AGAIN Plaque. LOVED AND MISSED BY ALL THEIR FAMILY The birth of Iris K Chave was registered 1913/Q3 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Jarvis. The birth of Herbert F A Symons was registered 1916/Q2 Bristol, mother’s maiden name: Withey.

The marriage of Herbert F A Symons to Iris K Chave was registered 1948/Q2 Bathavon.

The death of Herbert Francis A Symons, born on 29 Apr 1916, was registered 1977/Q3 Bath.

The death of Iris Kathleen Symons, born on 7 Jun 1913, was registered 2002/Apr Bath & NE Somerset. 359 Adrian John Tuckwell ADRIAN JOHN TUCKWELL (1959-1984) DIED 24TH FEB. 1984 AGED 25 YEARS WITH TENDER LOVE DEEP REGRET WE WHO LOVED YOU NE’ER FORGET

Plaque. 161 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes

The birth of Adrian J Tuckwell was registered 1959/Q1 Bathavon, mother’s maiden name: Allen.

The death of Adrian John Tuckell, born on 14 Feb 1959, was registered 1984/Feb Bath. 360 Peter Gordon Tuckwell (1932-1989) NIGEL PATRICK TUCKWELL Nigel Patrick Tuckwell BORN 22.10.1960 (1960-2002) DIED 11.12.2002 SO GREATLY MISSED SO DEARLY LOVED CHERISHED MEMORIES OF PETER GORDON TUCKWELL (SAM) Plaque and a square vase. DIED 22ND AUGUST 1989 AGED 56 YEARS. The birth of Peter G Tuckwell was registered 1932/Q4 St Geo H Sq, TILL WE MEET AGAIN mother’s maiden name: Stephens.

The marriage of Peter Gordon Tuckwell to Frances Lilian Perry at St Thomas Becket, Widcombe was registered 1959/Q1 Bath.

The birth of Nigel P Tuckwell was registered 1960/Q4 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Perry.

The death of Peter Gordon Tuckwell, born on 29 Sep 1932, was registered 1989/Aug Bath. 361 Eric James Gasper ERIC JAMES GASPER (1911-1974) DIED SEPT. 22ND 1974 AGED 62 Joyce Doreen Gasper ALSO (1915-2002) JOYCE DOREEN GASPER DIED MAY 8TH 2002 AGED 87 A LOVING COUPLE AND DEVOTED PARENTS Plaque.

The birth of Eric J Gasper was registered 1912/Q1 Bedford, mother’s maiden name: Newman. The birth of Joyce D Chave was registered 1915/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Jarvis.

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Names Inscriptions Notes The marriage of Eric J Gasper to Joyce D Chave was registered 1938/Q2 Bathavon.

The death of Eric James Gasper, born on 30 Dec 1911, was registered 1974/Q3 Bath.

The death of Joyce Doreen Gasper, born on 19 Apr 1915, was registered 2002/May Mendip. 362 William Thomas Allen WILLIAM ____ ALLEN (1903-1984) 190_ - 1984 LOVED WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE Phyllis Kitty Allen ALSO (1903-1987) HIS BELOVED WIFE PHYLLIS 1903-1987 TREASURED MEMORIES OF A DEAR MUM & DAD Plaque.

The birth of Phyllis Kitty Bailey was registered 1903/Q4 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Bailey.

The marriage of William T Allen to Phyllis K Bailey was registered 1928/Q3 Keynsham.

The death of William Thomas Allen, born on 2 Mar 1903, was registered 1984/May Bath.

The death of Phyllis Kitty Allen, born on 8 Nov 1903, was registered 1987/Jan Bath. 363 Grace Millicent IN LOVING MEMORY OF Tuckwell (1929-1995) GRACE TUCKWELL DIED 16. JULY 1995 Anthony John Tuckwell AGED 66 YEARS (1925-2003) ABIDE WITH ME AND I WITH YOU TONY TUCKWELL DIED 29. JANUARY 2003 AGED 77 YEARS Plaque and a square vase. REUNITED AT LAST WITH GRACE

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Names Inscriptions Notes The birth of Anthony J Tuckwell was registered 1925/Q3 Cheltenham, mother’s maiden name: Stephens. The birth of Grace M Allen was registered 1929/Q2 Keynsham, mother’s maiden name: Bailey.

The marriage of Anthony J Tuckwell to Grace M Allen was registered 1950/Q2 Bathavon.

The death of Grace Millicent Tuckwell, born on 29 Apr 1929, was registered 1995/Jul Bath.

The death of Anthony John Tuckwell, born on 26 Jun 1925, was registered 2003/May Bath & NE Somerset. 364 John Robert Perrett IN LOVING MEMORY OF (1922-1985) JOHN R. PERRETT DIED JAN. 7TH 1985 June Perrett (1923- AGED 52. 2005) LOVED BY ALL ALSO HIS WIFE JUNE DIED APRIL 27TH 2005 AGED 81. Plaque and a square vase. AT REST TOGETHER.

The birth of John R Perrett was registered 1922/Q1 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Jones.

The marriage of John Robert Perrett to June Rayment at St Mary’s Bathwick was registered 1948/Q4 Bath.

The death of John Robert Perrett, born on 17 Feb 1922, was registered 1985/Jan Bath.

The death of June Perrett, born on 28 Aug 1923, was registered 2005/Mar Bath & NE Somerset. 365 Coralie Joy Macgrain CORALIE MACGRAIN (1956-2002) BEAUTIFUL WIFE LOVING MOTHER AND ADORED DAUGHTER DIED 7TH JUNE 2002 AGED 45 YEARS

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Names Inscriptions Notes Plaque.

The birth of Coralie J Tuckwell was registered 1956/Q2 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Allen.

The marriage of Coralie J Tuckwell to Robert J Macgrain was registered 1978/Q1 Bath.

The death of Coralie Joy Macgrain, born on 22 Apr 1956, was registered 2002/Jun Bath & NE Somerset. 366 Isobel Millicent Gray ISABEL GRAY (1915-1990) 12 – 4 – 90 AGED 74 GOD BLESS

Black plaque with an integral vase.

The death of Isobel Millicent Gray, born on 9 Jun 1915, was registered 1990/Apr Bath. 367 Margaret Gray Penman MARGARET GRAY (1902-1990) PENMAN 1902-1990 Remembered With Love and Gratitude By All Her Family

Grey plaque with an integral vase.

The birth of Margaret Gray Rutherford was registered 1902/Q4 Newcastle upon Tyne.

The marriage of Margaret G Rutherford to Alan Penman was registered 1929/Q3 Newcastle upon Tyne.

The death of Margaret Gray Penman, born on 3 Sep 1902, was registered 1990/Apr Bath. 165 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes 368 Tom Fielden Hood IN HAPPY MEMORY OF (1904-1986) SIR TOM HOOD KBE CB TD DL 1904-1986 Joan Hood (1906-1992) AND HIS LOVING WIFE JOAN 1906-1992 WHO ENJOYED THEIR LIVES TOGETHER AND LIVING IN THIS VILLAGE Placed by their sons Jim and Nick Hood Grey plaque. June 2004 The birth of Tom Fielden Hood was registered 1904/Q2 Bristol.

On 4 Jun 1931 at Stoke Bishop (Glos) Tom Fielden Hood, aged 27, son of Tom Hood, married Joan Hellyar or Pocock, aged 23, daughter of Arthur Ernest Pocock.

The death of Sir Tom Fielden Hood, born on 16 Mar 1904, was registered 1986/Dec Bristol. There was a death notice in The Times of 17 Dec 1986.

The death of Joan Hood, born on 7 Aug 1906, was registered 1992/Jan Bristol. 369 Maurice John Wyatt IN LOVING MEMORY OF (1923-2004) MAURICE JOHN WYATT 11TH JULY 1923 30TH SEPTEMBER 2004

Stone plaque.

The birth of Maurice J Wyatt was registered 1923/Q3 Plymouth, mother’s maiden name: Makin.

The death of Maurice John Wyatt, born on 11 Jul 1923, was registered 2004/Oct Mendip.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 1 Henry Langton (1679- Left: 1703) Viator audi, Flens marmor te alloquitur Ne lareat quis hie humaius quieseit, HENRICI est quam premis hæc terræ moles. Quem, IOSEPHO LANGTON Armigero FANSUSCA coniux Fælicem olim Partum tuilt, jam serentem Luctus Cumulatiores et lachrymas vix Consolabiles Iuvenis erat erectæ ad omne Honestum indolis, Arubus humaniorbus ultra ætaem politus. Cui illimis morum Candor, et animi tralucentis Suavitas Et mundana omnia Conculcans magnanimatas Mirandus quod ita cæperit, Miserandus quod ita desierit. In se perfecturus quod cæptum erat in suis Sed, proh dolor, magna assequutus et ad maiora natus Fatorum cessit invidiæ, Gratijs Lugentibus. In Vernanti ætate raptus ab amplexu suorum Et Spes parentum et Lætitia, et perennis dolor; Iuverabus relinquens Exemplum, Senioribus Suspirium Omnibus dulcem et indelebilem memoriam, Obijt. 10 Sept. 1703 Ætatis 24 Ejusdem Sepulchra grernio Contumultantur THOMAS, ELIZABETHA, IOHANNES, IOSEPHUS, BORLACEUS From History of the Family of Borlase which appeared in The Genalogist Deliciæ breves Parentum Vol II in a article written by William Copeland Borlase MP p291: Quos tenella ætate ad meliora rapuere sata “Francis, sister and coheir of Sir John Borlase, married Joseph Langton His etiam acesserunt ætate provecuores of Newton Park (Newton St. Loe), co. Somerset, Esq., by whom she MARIA et DOROTHEA. had—Henry, Francis, Dorothea, Mary, and Anne Langton, the first four MARIA annos circiter quindecem expleverat, mentioned in their grandmother's will, and all five in Sir John Borlase's DOROTHEA ad vicesimum usq primum suor beavit will for £1,500 each.” Ingenio fælix aspectu suavis total amabilis Et quæ Vitutes, quas Senioribus annis exhiberet And in a footnote: Promisit in Primus “In the parish church of Newton St. Loe, near Bath, is a monument of Digna senio juventute floruit the Langton family, quartering the arms of Borlase, and on the Sed debitam meritis sedem monument : — "Ejusdem sepulchri gremio contumulantur Thomas, Cum non haberet in terris properavit ad Cælum, Elizabetha, Johannes, Joseph, Borlasius, deliciae breves parentum quos Annorum Numerum Dotibus et moribus Exæquans tenella astute ad meliora rapuere fata. " Hic etiam acceperunt ætate provectiori Maria et Dorothaea. Maria annos circiter quindecim expleverat ; Dorothea ad vicessimum usque primum suos senioribus annis exhibent, promisit in primis. Digna senio, juventuti floruit, sed debitam meritis sedem cum non habuit in terris, properavit ad cœlum, annorum numerum dotibus et moribus exæquans. 1701" 168

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Names Inscriptions Notes Frances Langton (1687- Right: 1756) Siste iterum Viator En novi luctus caussæ Post fletus Liberis devitos meriunture Parentes, Joseph Langton (1706- FRANCISCA enum Uxor IOSEPH LANGTON charissima 1779) Acutissimis fracta morbis Eosq animo plusquam virile perpessa Charlotte Langton (- Ab omibus liberate est 1757) Aug 26 1756 Æt 69 Nec diu susperfuit ejusdem Maritus, Bridget Langton (1732- Hujus Parochiæ decus et tutamen, 1774) Qui ad sedes beatorum lubenter discessit, Annorum et Virtutum plenus, Mar 17 1739 Æt 82 De quo plurima laude digna dicerentur Nisi quod ipse vetuerit Hic deniq dormiunt amborum cineres Spe beatæ resurrectionis

Flens adhic loquitir Marmor Hic jacet aggregatus as Suos IOSEPHUS LANGTON Arm ROBERTI LANGTON e Brislington Arm Filius IOSEPH supra memorati Nepos maternus Utriusq: Hæres Ob. 10 Feb 1779 Æt 72 Vir, si quis alius. Iustitiæ tenax Decori studisus, Vitæ integ__ Eodem insuper Tumulo duarim ejus Uxorum Conduntur Exuviæ (viz) CAROLETTÆ PETRI BATHURST e Clarendon Park In Agro Wilt. Arm Filiæ Quæ Prolem vix supersutem enixa Decessit 24 Iul 1757. Nec non BRIGETTÆ, GUL EVELYN GLANVILLE E Sinclair in Com. Cant. Arm Filiæ Quæ ob 9 Ian 1774 Filiam unicam & hæredem Marito ligenu Relinquens

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Names Inscriptions Notes 2 Roberta Jane Heard IN AFFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF (1854-1927) ROBERTA JANE HEARD WIFE OF Henry James Heard PREBENDARY H. J. HEARD (1856-1931) DIED OCTOBER 4TH 1927 “IN THE PEACE OF GOD” ERECTED BY MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES PF THE MOTHERS UNION NEWTON ST LOE. BRANCH In the 1911 census at St Michael’s Rectory, 9 Belmont, Bath: Henry James Heard, aged 54, rector of St Michael’s, Bath, born at Dublin, wife Roberta Jane, aged 56, married 11 years no children, born at Kilbarron, Tipperary, Henry Fitzgerald Heard, aged 21, son, student Caius College, Cambridge, born in London, and three servants.

The death of Roberta J Heard, aged 73, was registered 1927/Q4 Keynsham.

From the Bath Chronicle and Herald of Sat 15 Oct 1927 p20 Mrs Roberta Jane Heard was buried in St Michael’s Cemetery after a service at Newton St Loe.

The death of Henry J Heard, aged 74, was registered 1931/Q1 Bath. Buried in St Michael’s Cemetery (grave C.B.9). 3 Frances Hotchkin Underneath this place (1705-1756) Lie the Body of FRANCES HOTCHKIN Robert Langton Daughter of ROBERT LANGTON of BRISLINGTON Without ____ Without Covering Obt Octr 23d 1756 Ætat 51

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Names Inscriptions Notes 4 Edward Hartley In proud and loving memory of Kirkpatrick (1877-1915) EDWARD HARTLEY KIRKPATRICK Major 52nd Light Infantry Who fell in action in France on May 16th 1915 Aged 37 years.

“Lord, who shall abide in Thy Tabernacle? who shall dwell in Thy Holy Hill? He that walketh uprightly.” Psalm XV. 1.2. 5 Susannah Warburton Near (1696-1766) this place are deposited the Remains of Hugh Warburton (1695- SUSANNA 1771) Wife of Lieut General WARBURTON She departed this Life April 9th 1766. Aged 69 As also those of HUGH WARBURTON Esqr General of His Majesty’s Forces & Colonel of the 27th Regmt of foot Ob: 26 Aug 1771 There is a wikipedia entry for Hugh Warburton (1695-1771) Ætat 76

THIS AISLE WAS ADDED TO THE CHURCH A.D.1857. IN ORDER THAT THE NAVE MIGHT BE FREE FOR THE USE OF THE POOR OF THIS PARISH FOR EVER.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 6 Elizabeth Barry (-1687) Neare this Place lyeth the Body of Elizabeth Barry ye wife Of Richard Barry Esqre Counsellor at law late of the Kingdom of Ireland who departed this life Octr 15 Anno Dom 1687

7 Ann Sutton Near this Place are interred the Remains of ANN SUTTON Wife of DR THOMAS SUTTON Physician to the British Forces and Daughter of ...... In the 34th Year of her Age

On a small block beneath the plaque: LANCASHIRE BATH Fect . 8 Lydia Ann Thompson To the Memory of (1742-1815) LYDIA ANN THOMPSON Who died 26th February 1815 William Thompson Aged 72 Years (1743-1817) Her afflicted Husband WILLIAM THOMPSON Esqr of the Island of Jamaica and of Gay Street Bath deeply deploring the loss of the best of Wives has caused this Tablet to be erected over the Vault which contains her remains and awaits his own And also of the above named WILLIAM THOMPSON who died universally regretted 3rd May 1817. Aged 73.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 9 Henry Casamaijor DONATION R Henrietta Davis HENRY CASAMAIJOR ESQ bequeathed to the Rector and Churchwardens of this Parish, One Hundred POUNDS Robert Gooden 3 Per Cents, upon Trust, to apply the Dividends, in repairing the Graves, Iron-Railings, Base, and Tombs: respectively of The Richard Warner Testator- MRS HENRIETTA DAVIS and ROBT GOODEN ESQR and ELIZH His Wife And in preserving this Tablet and to dis- John F Davis tribute the remainder, (if any) within 14 Days after received, among such Poor, of this Parish, as they in their consciences Peter Gunning should think right and proper. D The Revd RICH WARNER, of this Parish, and JOHN F. DAVIS, M.D. Thomas Balne Royal Crescent Bath. Executors. Stock invested, in the joint names of the Revd PETER GUNNING, Rector, and MR THOMAS BALNE, Churchwarden. WILL. Proved 4th March 1824.

10 Jane Mason (1776-1823) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF Thomas Mason JANE, THE WIFE OF THOMAS MASON, OF BOWLING HALL, IN THE PARISH OF BRADFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF YORK, ESQUIRE SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN BATH, ON THE 3RD OF APRIL 1823, IN THE 47TH YEARS OF HER AGE, AND IN A VAULT BENEATH THIS TABLET ARE DEPOSITED HER REMAINS.

Jones’ Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, Etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England (1831) p44 has a section on ‘Bowling Hall, Yorkshire, The Seat of Thomas Mason Esq’. This explains how the estate was sold in 1815 to John Sturges, John Green Paley and Thomas Mason and that, on the division of the property in 1821, that part of the estate including the hall went to Thomas Mason.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 10 Apr 1823 p3: Thursday died in this city, Jane, wife of Thos. Mason, esq; of Bowling hall, near Bradford, Yorkshire.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 11 Peter Gunning (1778- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 1840) THE REVD PETER GUNNING. M.A. FORMERLY FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE. OXFORD: Sarah Gunning (1780- AND CHAPLAIN TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS 1839) THE DUKE OF KENT

James Phillott FOR MANY YEARS RECTOR OF BATHWICK, BATH: AND OF THIS PARISH: WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 28TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1840:

AGED 65 YEARS. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 31 Dec 1840 p3: “Dec. 28, after a short ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF illness, the Rev. Peter Gunning, the much-beloved and respected HIS BELOVED WIFE Rector of the parishes of Newton St. Loe, and of Bathwick cum-Woolley, SARAH, THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF in this county.” THE LATE REVD JAMES PHILLOTT. D.D. RECTOR AND ARCHDEACON OF BATH. SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 24TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1839: AGED 58 YEARS. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE CHILDREN IN TOKEN OF THEIR LASTING AFFECTION AND REGARD. 12 Joseph Cazneau (1733- Sacred to the Memory 1806) of JOSEPH CAZNEAU Esqr who died May 19th 1806 Aged __ Years Digby Cazneau (1773- This Monument is erected 1815) By his afflicted Widow as a testament of her regard Catherine Cazneau of a most affectionate Husband (1735-1817) And ______Friend DIGBY CAZNEAU Esqr His Son, Died August 27th 1815, Aged 42 Years, Joseph Cazneau was a merchant at Liverpool. Cazeneau Street in CATHERINE Liverpol takes his name from Joseph Cazneau who was the first to build Relict of the above Named a house there in about 1796. JOSEPH CAZNEAU Esqr

Died March 3rd 1817. Aged 81 Years. Papers of John Adams, Volume 16: February 1784–March 1785 by John Adams p229 has a postscript to a letter which mentioned Joseph Cazneau’s wished to become American Consul at Liverpool, was a 174

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Names Inscriptions Notes native of Boston and had lived in Liverpool ‘twenty odd years … & is there a reputable merchant – the firm of his House is Cazneau & Martin’.

From Irish Maritime Trade in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in Patterns of Trade, Market Structures, and Merchant Communities (PhD thesis) by Karen A. Cheer: “The partnership of Cazneau & Marlin jointly and severally appeared in the shipping reports 37 times in 1785. Bailey’s Directory lists Joseph Cazneau as a merchant in “Hanover street,” Liverpool in 1783.190 Of the 2 consignments arrived from Belfast consigned to ‘Cazneau & Marlin’ in 1785, eight were linen cloth. Bailey’s Directory of 1783 listed Ayton Marlin as a merchant in Duke Street.”

The Bath Chronicle of Thu 22 May 1806 p3 has a short death notice stating the [Joseph] Cazneau died at his house in Sydney Place. PROB 11/1444/94 Will of Joseph Cazneau of Bath, date 5 Jun 1806.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 31 Aug 1815 p3: Sunday, suddenly, in Sydney-place, Digby Cazneau, esq; formerly a lieut. In the Bath Rifle Corps.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 13 Mar 1817 p3: On 3d inst. died, at an advanced aged, Mrs. Cazneau, of Sydney- place.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 13 Anne Gibb (1679-1749) In the Burial Place of the Famiiy Are deposited the Remains of George Gibb Dame Anne Gibb Wife of Sir George Gibb Joseph Langton Of Adderbury in Oxfordshire Baronet Who departed this Life Robert Langton In the Year 1749 Aged 70 Second Daughter and Coheir Thomas Langton Of Joseph Langton of Newton Park Esqr And Relict of Robert Langton Esqr Of Brislington in this County Eldest Son of Sir Thomas Langton K._ To whose Memory This Monument is likewise erected

14 John Chapman (1710- M.S. 1786) JOHANNIS CHAPMAN S.T.B. Pridem Coll: Line. Oxen: Socii Somerseterdis. Dein hujus Ecclesiæ. Ecelesiarum insup_ Apud Bathoniam Rectoris Nec non Archidiaconi Bathoniensis. Obiit Anno Domini 1786. Ætatis suæ 75. Qualis erat, quails et tu Lector Dies a___ _aniffestabit

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 27 Jul 1786 p3: “Yesterday died, at the rectory house at Newton, in the 77th year of his age, the Rev. John Chapman, archdeacon of this diocese, rector of the three parishes of this city, and of Newton, vicar of Lyncombe and Widcomb:—A very worthy Minister of the Gospel, and a most amiable character in private life.”

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 24 Aug 1786 p3: “Friday last, the Rev. James Phillott, A. M. was presented by the Corporation, to the Rectory of this City, with the Vicarage of Lyncomb and Widcomb annexed, void by the death of the Rev. Archdeacon Chapman.”

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Names Inscriptions Notes 15 Benjamin Hill (1731- BENJAMIN HILL of Farrington Gurney 1796) died the 20th Day of August 1796 Aged 68 Years Sarah Hill To perpetuate his Memory this Tablet Is erected at the Expense of his ___ing Widow MRS SARAH HILL

There is a brief death notice in the Bath Chronicle of Thu 25 Aug 1796 p3.

Somerset Heritage Centre DD\BR\me/24: George Gullick of Camerton, lab., and Mary his wife, to Thomas Scammell of Bradford, Wilts., farmer, conveyance of money under will of Benjamin Hill of Farrington Gurney, innholder, 1797, with accounts; admon. of estate of George Gullick, 1798. 16 Honoria Dutton (1777- SACRED 1807) to the Memory of HONORIA DUTTON Ralph Dutton Relict of Ralph Dutton Esqr who departed this Life Joseph Gubbins on the 13th January 1807 Aged 30 Years. — TO PERPETUATE Remembrance of Affection warm & sincere of Friendship ardent & constant in a dearly Beloved & ever lamented Sister and to manifest a deeply impress’d sense of Gratitude This Tablet is here placed By From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 15 Jan 1807 p3: JOSEPH GUBBINS

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Names Inscriptions Notes Yesterday evening departed this life, after a severe and painful illness, endured with most patient submission, Mrs. Dutton, relict of R. Dutton, esq; brother to Lord Sherborne — a lady whose sweetness of temper and engaging manners rendered her universally beloved, and whose death will be deeply regretted by an extensive circle of personages of high rank and respectability. 17 Thomas Crowder Near this place Clemens (1760-1832) are deposited the Mortal Remains of THOMAS CROWDER CLEMENS Esqr formerly of Ashfield, County of Lancaster.

This Tablet is erected by his only surviving Daughter, as a Memorial of Duty, Affection, and Gratitude, to her beloved and lamented Father.

Petition of Liverpool to the House of Commons, February 14 1788 “ … Your Petitioners therefore contemplate with real concern the attempts now making by the petitions lately preferred to your honourable House to obtain a total abolition of the African Slave Trade, … your Petitioners humbly pray to be heard by their counsel against the abolition of this source of wealth ” One of the petitioner was Thomas Crowder Clemens.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 31 May 1832 p3: May 25, at Elm Brook Lodge, Weston, Thomas Crouder Clemens esq, late of Ashfield, near Liverpool, aged 71.

PROB 11/1801/443 Will of Thomas Crowder Clemens of Bath, date 14 Jun 1832.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 18 Lady Willson (-1814) IN MEMORY OF

WIFE OF SIR ALEXANDER WILLSON, BART OF THE CITY OF BATH DAUGHTER OF ___ THARP OF GREEN POND IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE __ OF ____ 1814

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 21 Apr 1814 p3: “Friday, after a long and painful illness, the lady of Sir Alexander Willson, M.D. of this city.”

From Gentleman’s Magazine Vol 87 Jul-Dec 1817 p362 in a list of marriages: “Sir Alexander Willson, M.D. of Bath, to Miss James, only dau. of the late Selwyn James, esq. of Stroate, co. Gloucester.”

From Gentleman’s Magazine Vol IX Jan-Jun 1838 p107: “July 15. At Clifton, aged 78, Sir Alexander Wilson, Knt. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, M.D. and LL.D. of Stroate. Co. Gloucester, and Pulteney-street, Bath.” 20 Henry Barlow Maule IN MEMORY OF (1836-1920) MAJOR GENERAL H.B.MAULE FOR 52 YEARS IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY HE WAS WITH THE SIEGE TRAIN BEFORE SEBASTOPOL DURING 3 BOMBARDMENTS AND SERVED THE GUNS IN THE RIGHT ATTACK ON SEPT 8TH 1855. HE ALSO SERVED WITH THE RAJPUTANA FIELD FORCE DURING THE INDIAN MUTINY.

See grave 238.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 21 John Taylor (1734- Sacred to the Memory 1806) of a most dear and ever to be lamented Husband and Parent JOHN TAYLOR ESQR of BATH who departed this life the 8th of November 1806 in the 72nd Year of his Age full of those blessed hopes of immortality which a holy and pious life can only inspire.

From the Bath Chronicle of 13 Nov 1806 p3: Saturday died, most sincerely regretted by his family and friends, in his 72d year, J. Taylor, esq; of Duke-st.

From A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; Or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Vol IV by John Burke (1838): JOHN TAYLOR, esq. of the Circus, Bath, and of Grosvenor Place, London; so celebrated for his talents as an amateur in painting, and the friend of Garrick, Gibbon, Franklin, Coleman, and the other wits and literati of his day. None of Mr. Taylor’s exquisite productions were ever sold, but are principally in the possession of his daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Taylor, and his grandson, Dr. Taylor. These splendid effort are mentioned in “Humphrey Clinker,” and his other works, and highly commended by some beautiful lines of the Rev. Richard Graves. Gifted with great abilities himself, Mr. Taylor invariably befriended genius in others, and was the first to notice the celebrated Benjamin Wets, at that time a Cooper’s son in Philadelphia. Mr. Taylor m. at Clifton 4th June, 1763, Rebecca, daughter of Richard Luther, esq. of Myles’s, in Essex, (see family of LUTHER), and had, with junior issue JOHN, his heir. He d. 8th November, 1806, and his decease is thus recorded in the Bath paper of that day; “On Saturday died at his house in this city John Taylor, esq. Upon most subjects of science and literature few men were better informed, but this excellence as a landscape painter will long be known to the world, from the beautiful engravings taken from some of his celebrated pictures. His house in this city, some years since, was resorted to by all persons distinguished for talent and genius.” The following lines were written by David Garrick upon seeing Mr. Taylor’s pictures and hearing a connoisseur declare, “They are finely painted for a gentleman;” …”

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Names Inscriptions Notes 22 Fanny Bœthia Mcleod In ever loving Memory of (1840-1925) Our Dearest Mother FANNY BŒTHIA MCLEOD (née MAULE) Died 29th December 1925 Aged 85 — Your children tank God upon every remembrance of you Mother darling —

The birth of Fanny Boethia Maule was registered 1840/Q4 Bath, mother’s maiden name: Warrington. Baptised on 18 Nov 1840 at St Mary’s Bath: Fanny Boethia, daughter of Henry St John & Sarah Coffin Maule.

The marriage of Fanny Boethia Maule to Francis Hastings McLeod was registered 1861/Q4 Keynsham. In the 1911 census at 12a Vale Terrace, Kings Road, Chelsea: Fanny Boethia McLeod, aged 70, widow, born at Bath, children: Ada, aged 48, single, born at Agra, India, Henry Norman, aged 46, single, invalided on pension GPO, born at Allahabad, India, and Jessie M, aged 44, single, born at Simla Himalacar. India, and a servant.

The death of Fanny B Macleod, aged 85, was registered 1925/Q4 Brentford. From the National Probate Calendar 1926: McLEOD Fanny Boethia of 50 Sutton Court-road Chiswick Middlesex widow died 29 December 1925 Probate London 25 January to Ada McLeod spinster Harry Norman McLeod late captain H.M. Army and Jessie McLeod spinster. Effects £1556 8s. 1d.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 23 Henry St John Maule IN (1805-1879) AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF HENRY ST J. MAULE Sarah Coffin Maule BORN 20 MAY 1805. DIED 19 MARCH 1879. (1811-1882) — AND OF SARAH COFFIN, HIS WIFE BORN 18 AUGUST 1811. DIED 20 NOVEMBER 1882. — THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR SURVIVING CHILDREN. — THE GRAVE IS AT N. E. CORNER OF THIS CHURCH YARD.

See grave 130. 24 Rebecca Taylor (1742- Sacred to the Memory of 1821) REBECCA, Widow of JOHN TAYLOR Esqr of Bath John Taylor (1734- Daughter of the late RICHARD LUTHER Esqr 1806) of Myles’s Essex, And last Survivor of that Family: Richard Luther Possessed of a most amiable Disposition, uniting genuine Benevolence with unaffected Piety, (which justly endeared her to those Friends who so much lament her loss;) She quitted this Life on the 16th of July 1821, in the 79th Year of her Age; From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 19 Jul 1821 p3: AND in the sure Hope of a blessed Immortality. Monday died, at Clifton, Mrs. Taylor, widow of *** Taylor, esq: late of this city.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 25 Wilfred Francis Hibbard TO THE HONOURED MEMORY (1919-1942) OF WILFRED HIBBARD, R.A.F. James Potter JAMES POTTER, R.N. HUBERT SHAILES, D.C.L.I Hubert William Shailes WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES (1924-1944) IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM

Wilfred Francis Hibbard, Corporal 65076 RAF, died aged 23, on 24 Oct 1942; son of Samuel and Mary Hibbard, of Newton St. Loe; husband of Annie Maria Hibbard, of Blackheath, Birmingham; Buried Newton St Low churchyard [CWGC].

Possibly: James William Potter, AB D/SSX 24861 RN, HMS Prince of Wales, died 10 Dec 1941, Plymouth Memorial Panel 48, Column 1. The battleship was sunk on 10 Dec 1941 by a Japanese air attack off Kuantan in the South China Sea with 327 fatalities.

The birth of Hubert W Shailes was registered 1924/Q4 Axbridge, mother’s maiden name: Weeks. Hubert William Shailes, Private 14543122 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, died aged 19, on 30 Jun 1944; son of Robert and Ada Mary Shailes, of Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset; Assisi War Cemetery IV.C.5 [CWGC].

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Names Inscriptions Notes 26 NEWTON ST LOE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 — 1919

NAVY Commdr the Hon Evelyn A.G.Gore- Gunner Tom Perry Langton D.S.O ARMY Lieut The Earl Temple of Stowe Private Fred Curtis Capt the Hon Chandos Gore-Langton , , George J. T. Curtis Major E. Hartley Kirkpatrick , , Farnham Deacon Major Lionel Scott , , Fred Derrick Capt Clive Gaskell , , Wilfred J. Diment Capt Berthon E. Wallace Trooper William Elton Capt Hugh Welsh Private Henry Fear Lieut Douglas Shannan , , H.William Francis Lieut Stuart A. Wallace Sapper George Francis Sergt William J. Copp W/Telg: Albert Francis Sergt Alfred Deacon Private John H. G. Francis Sergt Edwin Woodham , , Herbert I. Jose Crpl J. Alec Blackmore , , Joseph Marks Crpl Edward Hapgood Gunner W. Wilfred Morgan LCrpl Frank Blake Gunner Ernest J. Papps LCrpl Cecil F. Carllike Private Frank Pearce Bombdr Christopher Perry , , William Pearce Sapper Walter Ashley Gunner Adolphus S. Pery Private Frank E. J. Angell Private Reginald Perry , , A. Edward Bailey , , Rufus Perry , , John Backhouse , , James Perrett , , Henry Bees Sapper Henry Tovey , , Walter Bees Private Henry Turner , , Frank Bond , , Augustus Whatley , , Edward W. Burroughs , , Charles Whittington Sapper Edmund Copp , , James Wills W.O. Robert R. Montague

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Names Inscriptions Notes 27 Abel Moysey (1715- Near this Spot 1780) Lie the Remains of ABEL MOYSEY, late of the City of Bath, Doctor of Physic, who closed a life distinguished by uncommon Talents, Industry, and Success, in the Practice of his Profession, on the eleventh of Augt 1780 in the fifty fith year of his Age. He was taken off after a short illness in the fullness of Prosperity, and in the Vigour of his Faculties, but not unprepared; he had set Religion ever before his Eyes, and died the Death of the Righteous. Sublatum ex oculis quærimus

In 1747 elected as physician to the Bath General Hospital. See Diseased, Douched and Doctored by Roger Rolls (2012) p145 which states that “Dr. Moysey’s methods of earning a living were not always beyond reproach” giving an example. There is a painting of him by Thomas Gainsborough (one of his patients) dated circa 1765.

There is a wall memorial in St Swithin’s church to some of his descendants. 28 John Julius (1732-1813) In a Vault beneath are deposited the Remains of JOHN JULIUS Esquire of the Island of St Christopher late of Bath who died on the 8th of November 1813 Aged 81 Years

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Names Inscriptions Notes From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 18 Nov 1813 p3: “Yesterday died at his house in Laura-place, at an advanced age, John Julius, esq; whose death will be a source of deep regret to the large circle of friends.” 29 Mary Harris (1737-1777) MARY HARRIS Died December 24th 1777 Stephen Harris Aged 40 Years Daughter of Arabella Harris STEPN HARRIS Esqr Barrister at Law and ARABELLA his Wife of Bell Brooke in the County of Radnor

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 25 Dec 1777 p3: “Monday evening died at Newton St. Loe, most sincerely lamented by her surviving friends and acquaintance, Miss Harris, sister to the Lady of Charles Owen, Esq; of this city; and daughter of Stephen Harris, Esq; late of Besbrooke in Radnorshire.” 30 Alexander Charles In memory of Lascelles (1866-1893) Alexander Charles Lascelles Lieutenant 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry Younger Son of the Revd Edwin Lascelles, B.A., Rector of this Parish, Died Feby 12 1893 in his 26th year. — Erected by the Officers of both Battalions of the Regiment.

See grave 128. 31 Edwin Lascelles THE WINDOW ON NORTH SIDE OF ALTAR WAS PRESENTED BY THE REVD EDWIN Mrs Lascelles LASCELLES RECTOR OF NEWTON S. LOE IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE AND SON THE Charles Eaton WINDOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE WAS PRE- SENTED BY MRS LASCELLES IN MEMORY Stephen Thomas OF HER BROTHER CHARLES EATON THE Hardwick WINDOW IN CHANCEL WAS PRESENTED BY MRS LASCELLES IN MEMORY OF HER

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Names Inscriptions Notes SON STEPHEN THOMAS HARDWICK 32 Frances Anne Gore ANIMA CRUX ANCHORA (1815-1876) FRANCES ANNE GORE WIFE OF THE REVD GEORGE GORE RECTOR OF NEWTON ST LOE DIED OCTOBER 19 1876, AGED 61. BURIED IN THE CHURCHYARD OF MICHAELSTON-LE-PIT, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN.

THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM

33 George Gore (1806- ANIMA CRUX ANCHORA 1878) GEORGE GORE. M.A. RECTOR OF NEWTON ST LOE DIED MAY 22ND 1878, AGED 71 YEARS. BURIED IN THE CHURCHYARD OF THIS PARISH.

THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM

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Names Inscriptions Notes 34 Edwin Lascelles (1838- To the memory of 1923) Edwin Lascelles, B.A. Rector of Newton St Loe 1878-1904 Edwin John Moore Died December 24th 1923. Lascelles Aged 85 years. Buried at Easebourne, Sussex. — Erected by his only surviving son Edwin John Moore Lascelles.

Rectangular brass plaque. The spelling ‘Easebourne’ is as found. 35-36 Thomas Lowfield (1721- THOMAS LOWFIELD Esquire 1797) Died 15th December 1797 Aged 76 Years. Catherine Lowfield “A devout Man and one that feared God (1737-1820) which gave much Alms to the people and prayed to God always.” Acts X.2

This humbler tribute of respect to CATHERINE LOWFIELD Relict of THOS LOWFIELD Esqr Is inscrib’d to her memory By her affectionate and grateful Niece FRANCES TURNER; She departed this life the 19th of Jany 1820 From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 27 Jan 1820 p3: “Wednesday died, at Aged 82. her house in Belmont, aged 82, Catherine Lowfield, widow of Tho. She was truly relig____ Ch______Lowfield, esq; by whose death, the public charities have lost a liberal contributor, and many poor individuals will have deeply to lament her death.” 37 Mary Hering (-1818) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MRS MARY HERING RELICT OF Julines Hering (1732- JULINUS HERING ESQR 1797) OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA AND OF HEYBRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX SHE DIED ON THE 1ST OF JUNE 1818, IN THE 77TH YEAR OF HER AGE. A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN VIRTUE.

From Best Companions: Letters of Eliza Middleton Fisher and Her Mother, Mary Hering Middleton, from Charleston, Philadelphiam and 188

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Names Inscriptions Notes Newport , 1839-1846 edited by Eliza Cope Harrison (2001): “Mary Helen Hering was born in Jamaica in 1772, where her father, Julines Hering, an afficier in the British army, owned sugar plantations and slaves. Her mother, Mary Inglis, grew up in Philadelphia, the daughter of a Scots merchant who had settled there. She married Julines Hering while he was stationed in the North American colonies in the 1760s.”

In Gentleman’s Magazine Vol XCII Jun-Dec 1822 p202 in a footnote to an article on ‘Armorial Decorations at Fonthill Abbey’ are various references to the Herin family. 38 Ann Maria Lumley NEAR THIS PLACE (1791-1840) LIE THE REMAINS OF THE HONORABLE LADY ANN MARIA LUMLEY DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN SEVENTH EARL OF SCARBOROUGH SHE WAS BORN 29TH JANUARY 1791, AND DIED 4TH MAY 1840 FROM HER EARLY YOUTH HER LIFE WAS IN SICKNESS AND SUFFERING IN PIOUS RESIGNATION AND IN DEEDS OF BENEVOLENCE AND SECRET CHARITY.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 7 May 1840 p3: “May 4, at Arbutus THIS TABLET IS INSCRIBED AS A MEMORIAL Lodge, near Bath, the Right Hon. Lady Anna Maria Lumley, sister of the OF HER VIRTUES BY HER AFFECTIONATE Earl of Scarborough.” AND AFFLICTED MOTHER ANNA MARIA,

COUNTESS OF SCARBOROUGH. Arbutus Lodge is in Weston Road, Bath. 39 Daniel Hering (-1777) To the Memory of Lt Col DANIEL HERING who Died the 20th Novr 1777

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Names Inscriptions Notes From an online history of the Inglis family and the History of the Inglis of Auchindinny and Redhall by John Alexander Inglis, in Chapter 11: “Captain (Julines) Hering also owned an English property, Heybridge Hall, Maldon, Essex, which he held on a leasehold title from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. It had belonged to his uncle, the Reverend Julines Hering (1694-1775), who left it to him by will, subject to the liferent of another uncle, Colonel Daniel Hering, who, however, only survived till November 1777. At that time Captain and Mrs. Hering were at Bristol, and then, or soon afterwards, Mrs. Hering, with the children, settled at Bath, while her husband travelled on trading voyages between Bristol and Jamaica. He died at Paul Island on March 14, 1797, aged sixty-five: his widow survived him for twenty-one years, and died at her house, 12 Russell Street, Bath, on May 31, 1818, in her seventy- seventh year.”

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 27 Nov 1777 p3: “Same day [Thursday] died Col. Dan. Hering, in an advanced age.”

PROB 11/1037/149 Will of Daniel Hering of Bath, date 9 Dec 1777. 40 Joseph Walker (1727- Near this Place are deposited the Remains 1805) of Joseph Walker Esquire formerly Major in the 12th Dragoons, Who departed this life the Mary Walker (1730- 8th of April 1805 Aged 77. He endured with 1805) the utmost patience for many Years a most excruciating Malady and his meek deportment gained him numerous Friends. Also Mary Wife of the above Joseph Walker Who departed this life the __ of January 1805 Aged 74 She possessed in an eminent degree the

Christian virtues, was an affectionate wife and a sincere Friend. 41

A framed, illuminated text of the Lord’s Prayer.

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Names Inscriptions Notes 42 William Quincey The lighting Roberts (1912-1980) was given to the glory of God in grateful memory of Colonel William Quincey Roberts C.V.O., C.B.E., D.S.O, T.D., D.L., J.P. Church warden 1946~1980 his personality was a light to his friends Luke VIII XVI

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Ledger Stones

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Names Inscriptions Notes 1 Amy Borlase (1640- HERE ______AMY 1673) DAUGHTER OF ______BORLASE OF BOCKMORE IN [THE COUNT]Y OF BUC[KS] BARONET WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE ______MDCLXXIII

A reference to Amy Borlase, daughter of Sir John Borlase (1619-1672), 1st baronet of Bockmer.

From History of the Family of Borlase which appeared in The Genalogist Vol II in a article written by William Copeland Borlase MP p292: “(10) Amy Borlase, "of Newton St. Loe, Somerset, singlewoman," d. of Sir John Borlase, Bart. Will made 31 Oct., 1673 ; proved 17 Dec, the same year, by Joseph Langton, Esq., executor. She leaves £10 to the poor of each of the parishes of Newton St. Loe, Medmenham, Little and Great Marlow, Ludgilson, and Stratton Awdley. To her brother Baldwin Borlase she leaves £500, at the age of 21. To Borlase Miller, son of Sir Humph. Miller, £200 for binding him apprentice. To her eldest brother, Sir John Borlase, £100. To her sister, Anne Borlase, £200 at 21. To Anne, the d. of Mr. William Redwood, of the city of Bristol, and to my goddaughter Amie Dickison, and to my godson Benjamin, the son of John Harrington, Esq., £50 each, at the age of 21 or on marrying. To Mr. William Deane of Bockmore, clerk, £10. To Mr. John Price, minister of Newton St. Loe, and Mr. Joseph Baker, minister of Corston, Mr. John Paul, minister of Stanton Prior, Doctor Robert Pearce, and Mr. Henry Parker, £5 each." Other bequests to servants.”

The Newton Park Conservation and Management Plan September 2010 by Nicholas Pearson Associates states in a footnote “Joseph Langton’s sister-in-law was Amy Borlase. Her coffin plate was dug up near the Castle in the early twentieth century suggesting that the Castle had a

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Names Inscriptions Notes chapel and burial ground, although there are few other records of human skeletal remains found at Newton” 2 The stone is worn an no inscripion is discernable. 3 William Gent (1729- MAJOR GENERAL 1811) WILLIAM GENT [Die]d 9th February 1811 Aged 61 Years

On the inscribed inscription just before ‘9th’ is a small but clear ‘5’.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 7 Feb 1811 p3: Tuesday died at his house in Bennet-street, after a short illness, Major-General Gent.

PROB 11/1519/291 Will of William Gent, Major General in the Service of the United East India Company, date 18 Feb 1811. 4 John Taylor (1732- Interred beneath 1806) JOHN TAYLOR Esqr of Bath who departed this life Rebecca Taylor (1742- Novr 9th 1806. 1821) Aged 71. And his Widow REBECCA who died July 16th 1821, Aged 78.

From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 13 Nov 1806 p3: Saturday died, most sincerely regretted by his family and friends, in his 72d year. J. Taylor, esq; of Duke-st.

PROB 11/1453/46 Will of John Taylor of Bath, date 6 Dec 1806.

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Names Inscriptions Notes Monday died, at Clifton, Mrs. Taylor, widow of *** Taylor, esq; late of this city.

PROB 11/1647/339 Will of Rebecca Taylor, Widow of Clifton, date 29 Aug 1821. 5 John Morris (-1728) Iohn Morris died May 27th 1728 Martha his wife died January 17th 1752 Martha Morris (-1752) HERE LYETH THE BODY OF WM John Morris (-1701) SON OF IOHN MORRIS OF THIS PISH WHO DIED THE 26th OF NOV. 1701

6 Richard Whipey (-1734) Also Here ______RICHARD William Hicks (1672- WHIPPLE of this Parish son of 1732) RICHARD WHIPPLE of Stockwood Who departed this life December _ ____ Aged __ Years

Brass plaque: Also Here lieth the Body Of his Grandson WILLIAM HICKS of this Parish GENT. Who died Oct. the JI 1730 Aged 60 Years Also Here lieth the Body of ___ HICKS Wife of ______1743 Aged __ Years

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Names Inscriptions Notes 7 Elizabeth Chambers (- ELIZABETH CHAMBERS 1811) second daughter of EDWARD CHAMBERS Esq. Edward Chambers decd departed this life Jan. 28th 1811

9 Mary Ellicott (1735- [Be]neath this Stone are Deposited the 1790) Remains of Mrs Mary Ellicott Wife of Mr Edward Ellicott of Merton in the Edward Ellicott (1730- [C]ounty of Surry: She came to Bath for the 1791) ___y of her Health but it pleased the Almighty to disappoint her hopes and tho[se] of her disconsolate Family. She Died the _0th of December 1790. Aged 55 Years. Also in Memory r of EDWARD ELLICOTT Esq of Merton in the County of Surry From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 10 1791 p4: who died Febry the 3d 1791 Mr. Edw, Ellicott, of the Royal Exchange, whose wife died a few weeks Aged 60. since at Bath. His death was hastened by the severe affliction he felt for the loss of his John Ellicott was a member of the Ellicott family (originally from above mentioned amiable Cornwall), who were clock- and watchmakers at Swithin’s Alley, Royal and affectionate Wife. Exchange.

From Biographical and historical accounts of the Fox, Ellicott, and Evans families, and the different families connected with them by Charles W Evans (1882): “The oldest son (of John Ellicot (-1773)) was the first Edward Ellicott, and succeeded his father in business. He was an excellent mathematician, eminent in his profession, and generally partook of his father’s philosophical knowledge and attainments. He married a daughter of Mr. Lessingham, and died, in 1791, of a broken heart, seven weeks after his wife.”

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Names Inscriptions Notes 12 Henry Fisher (1721- 1778) Henry Fisher DIED 6TH DECR 1778 Susanna Fisher (1722- AGED 57 1795) Susanna Fisher HIS WIDOW DIED 13TH APL 1795 AGED 72

13 Joseph Cazneau (1733- Underneath lie in ___ 1806) the Remains of JOSEPH CAZNEAU ESQ Digby Cazneau (1773- who departed [this life] 1815) May 19: 18__ Aged 72.

DIGBY CAZNEAU Died Aug. __ __

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Dedications on Windows

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Names Inscriptions Notes W1 John Trimble Fryer TO THE GLORY OF GOD — AND IN TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN (1850-1915) MEMORY OF JOHN FRYER, FOR 30 MEMORY OF ALFRED FRYER, PRIEST. YEARS ORGANIST OF THIS CHURCH. Alfred Fryer (1848- 1937)

St John and St James the Great.

See graves 278 and 280. W2 Elizabeth Fryer (1820- TO THE GLORY OF GO, AND IN TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN 1896) MEMORY OF ELIZABETH FRYER. LOVING MEMORY OF RHODA BULL.

Rhoda Jane Trimble Bull (1862-1951)

Saint Elizabeth and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

See graves 277 and 280. W3 Stephen Thomas Hardwick (1876-1901) TO THE GLORY OF GOD HE WAS KILLED IN AND IN LOVING MEMORY ACTION AT TWEEFON- OF LIEUT STEPHEN TEIN SOUTH AFRICA THOMAS HARDWICK CHRISTMAS DAY 1901 R.F.A. THIS WIDOW IS DED IN THE 26TH YEAR OF ICATED BY HIS MOTHER HIS AGE SISTER AND BROTHER FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

In the 1891 census at The Grange, Bradord on Avon (Wilts): Philip C Hardwick, aged 68, born in London, wife Helen, aged 41, born at Swansea, children: Helen, aged 17, born at Wimbledon, Philip E, aged 15, born at Hereford Gardens, London, Stephen T, aged 14, born at 199 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions

Names Inscriptions Notes Hereford Gardens, London, Edith M Eaton, aged 31, single, sister-in- law, born at Swansea,three visitors, and thirteen servants.

From the National Probate Calendar 1902: HARDWICK Stephen Thomas lieutenant in the Royal-artillery died 25 Dec 1901 at Tweefontein South Africa Administration London 24 March to Helen Lascelles (wife of the reverend Edwin Lascelles) Effects £49830 6s. 5d. Resworn November 1902 £53962 11s. 8d.

The Battle of Groenkop, otherwise Battle of Tweefontein, on 25 Dec 1901 was a raid by about 600 Boers led by Christiaan de Wet. It took place at night with the Boers climbing a 61m kop and firing onto the British tents below. There were about 50 British troops killed, 88 wounded and over 200 captured.

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