SALTFORD MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS 2017 Saltford – Memorial Inscriptions Author: P J Bendall Date: 15-Mar-2017 Status: Issue 1 Issue 1 2 Saltford – Memorial Inscriptions Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 2 Graveyard ........................................................................................................................... 6 Old Section ................................................................................................................... 6 New Section ................................................................................................................ 50 Row A ................................................................................................................. 53 Row B ................................................................................................................. 62 Row C ................................................................................................................. 81 Row D ................................................................................................................. 97 Row E ................................................................................................................ 105 Row F ................................................................................................................ 115 Row G ................................................................................................................ 129 Row H ................................................................................................................ 145 Row I ................................................................................................................. 163 Row J ................................................................................................................ 173 Row K ................................................................................................................ 184 Row L ................................................................................................................ 197 Row M ................................................................................................................ 206 Row N ................................................................................................................ 220 Row O ................................................................................................................ 236 Cremation Memorials .................................................................................................... 251 Section 1............................................................................................................. 252 Section 2............................................................................................................. 258 Section 3............................................................................................................. 267 Section 4............................................................................................................. 283 Section 5............................................................................................................. 295 Lost Memorials .................................................................................................................. 298 Issue 1 3 Saltford – Memorial Inscriptions Internal Memorials .............................................................................................................. 304 Wall Memorials ............................................................................................................ 304 Ledger Stones ............................................................................................................. 327 Windows ................................................................................................................... 329 Index .............................................................................................................................. 331 Issue 1 4 Saltford – Memorial Inscriptions Introduction destroyed, and when the time came to repair it instead of restoring it in accordance with the windows beside it the builder calmly carried up the mullions and made a square top to the window — an exact copy of the sill inverted, so that in effect he has let a stone gridiron into the wall. The tower has been “mended" also and presents no particular point of interest. It contains only one bell, with the inscription— PERROT FENTON. CHURCHWARDEN, T. MEARS OF LONDON. FECIT 1820. Within the church we have a flat ceiling, old-fashioned pews and a western organ gallery wherein are placed the singers and the school girls, the latter of whom are not particularly attentive to the service. The walls are covered with plaster but the chancel arch seems to show traces of Early English work. The font is one of the most interesting in the neighbourhood. It is heptagonal in shape with seven angels' heads at the base of the shaft. From the Church Rambler – A Series of Articles on the Churches in the There is also a tablet in the church to the memory of Benedictus Marwood Neighbourhood of Bath by Harold Lewis (1876): Kelly, Admiral of the Blue, in her Majesty's service, erected by his widow Yet the natural position of Saltford is delightful. Standing upon what the in affectionate remembrance of a beloved husband. The lady who erected Americans call a bluff you look down commandingly upon the broad meads that tablet still lives in the village; and just above the churchyard there and beautiful valley through which the Avon winds its way to the sea. is a new school, with this inscription over the doorway: — " Rebuilt by Running along in front of the prettily wooded slopes on the Kelston side Juliana Kelly, 1874" The same lady does much to assist the poor and the of the river the line of the Midland Railway can be traced for a long aged; beside many other things she distributes coal during the winter, distance, and on the other side is the Great Western main line, so there and in the summer gives a treat to young and old in the field in the front is no lack of that animation which the passing train imparts to the of Saltford house. She visits the people in their houses, and in fact does landscape, at least in the opinion of the town-bred observer. Few everything in her power to promote their welfare. rectories, even in this pleasant land, enjoy a finer prospect than this, . which is bounded in one direction by the smoke of Bristol and in the other Like the adjacent manor of Keynsham, Saltford was annexed to the by the hills which shelter Bath. honour of Gloucester and held thereof in the time of Henry III. and Edward I. by the family of Bayouse. They were succeeded by the Bassets, and The church itself consists of a chancel, nave and tower, to which a vestry then the Bodneys, of whom I have spoken. Afterwards it passed to the has been added, but it was restored in 1851 on very utilitarian principles Brydges family, that of the dukes of Chandos and remained with them till and I cannot say there is much in it to interest the archaeologist beyond the dispersion of all their property in this neighbourhood about a quarter one or two good Perpendicular windows. Another of these has suffered a of a century ago. curious fate. At some period of its existence its tracery has been Issue 1 2 Saltford – Memorial Inscriptions The New Ground In 1894 the churchyard was extended to the east. A plaque on the northern wall of this new section has: TO THE GLORY OF GOD and to the use of the Parish of Saltford for ever this added portion of the Churchyard was made a free gift by MAJOR LAMOROCK FLOWER A.D. 1894 Previous Surveys There have been a number of surveys of the churchyard over recent decades: between 1960 and 1982 by Frank Vine, in 1988 by Gordon Reed and Eddie Cooper, in 1999 by Miriam Hare and in 2004 by Nigel Newbery. The 2004 documentation states that ‘no attempt has been made to replicate individual type styles’ and the Figure 2 The church circa 1920 sizes of font and the use of italics don’t replace the actual appearance of the inscriptions. This documentation was not generally available. In this survey an attempt has been made to show the general forms of the inscriptions using different font sizes etc. In addition reference has been made to the parish register where there are ambiguities in the names and dates. In the 1980s the headstones in the old part of the churchyard were moved and placed along the western and southern walls. A photograph in the vestry dating from about 1924 shows that arrangement of memorials at that time The burial register (entry 553) specifies that ‘various 18th & 19th century human remains excavated during the archaeological dig’ were buried on 7 Sep 1994 in front of grave 1.16. (This corresponds to Row A near the Selman chest tomb.) Figure 3 Average yearly number of burials by decade The average number of burials per pear has been typically between 6 and 8. There was a peak in 1837 (which occurred elsewhere in Bath due to an influenza epidemic. There were other peaks which are probably not significant. However in 1886 there were 21 burials with an average age of 31. Issue 1 3 Saltford – Memorial Inscriptions Occupants Ages are present in the burial registers from 1837. The age profile shows that 15.4% of those buried were aged under 11 and 41.2% were aged over 70. This is contrast with, for example, Widcombe – a poor urban