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Englishcombe ENGLISHCOMBE MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS 2017 Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Author: P J Bendall Date: 20-Nov-2017 Status: Issue 1 Issue 1 ii Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 Graveyard ........................................................................................................................... 3 Section A ...................................................................................................................... 4 Section B .................................................................................................................... 10 Section C .................................................................................................................... 20 Section D .................................................................................................................... 29 Section F .................................................................................................................... 31 Section G ................................................................................................................... 34 Section H ................................................................................................................... 38 Section J .................................................................................................................... 44 Section K .................................................................................................................... 54 Internal Memorials ............................................................................................................... 74 Wall Memorials ............................................................................................................. 74 Ledger Stones .............................................................................................................. 85 Index ............................................................................................................................... 88 Issue 1 iii Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Issue 1 iv Engliscombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Introduction and bestowed on the Duchy of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales, in right of the said Duchy, being lord of the manor. The Church is pleasantly situated on the brow of a hill, and presents a contrast to those which we have lately described, in having a central embattled tower, with pinnacles. The font is Norman, and square. On the north side of the tower, which contains five bells, are two finely preserved zigzag arches. The west window is of the decorated period, and contains stained glass. There are four shields in the mouldings: one of the Abbey of Bath; another depicting a bugle horn; the third a bow; and the fourth a quiver of arrows. In the porch is a small decorated canopy, and near the altar a piscina. The south chapel has a square-headed decorated window, and on the wall between it and the nave is a figure of an angel supporting a coat-of-arms. Above is a window divided into two compartments, which contains some ancient stained glass. The church was thoroughly repaired in 1840, when sixty additional sittings were obtained. In the graveyard is a decaying recumbent effigy, which probably once occupied an altar-tomb in the chapel. The church contains the remains of a stone coffin – presumable the This document contains transcriptions of inscriptions on memorials at St ‘recumbent effigy’ - which the histories suggest dates from the 13th Peter’s church, Englishcombe near Bath. century. From the Bath Chronicle of Thu 23 Jul 1840 p3; INTERESTING DISCOVERY.―During the early part of last week, as Histories and descriptions of the church can be found at: some workmen were employed in digging and levelling the floor Church of St Peter, Englishcombe, Bath & North-East Somerset by of Englishcombe church, with a view to re-pewing it, they Robin Downes http://www.englishcombe.net/pdf/RobinDownes.pdf discovered, close to the spot where the pulpit stood, and partly A Short Guide to Englishcombe Parish Church with some notes on its embedded in the foundation-wall, a large coffin, the lid history and of that of the Manor (4th edition 2007) composed of a single stone, on which was carved a recumbent http://www.englishcombe.net/pdf/Short%20Guide%20A4%20pdf.pdf figure, with hands crossed in the attitude of prayer, and enveloped in a rude representation of a gown or drapery. The From Rambles About Bath and Its Neighbourhood by R E Peach (6th coffin contained a skeleton on perfect preservation, the back edition 1876) p271: part of the skull resting in a cavity formed at the bottom of the Here stood one of [the De Gournay] baronial castles; but Sir coffin the receive it. They also, in digging a drain outside the Thomas de Gournay being attainted for the murder of King edifice, at a depth considerably below the foundation, uncovered Edward II., Englishcombe, with his other estates, was confiscated several similar stone coffins, the contents of which time and 1 Draft 1c Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions damp had converted to dust. The inference seems to be that the present church has been erected on the site of some ecclesiastical edifice existing at a remote period on the same spot. Stone coffins have, from time to time, in the memory of persons now living, been discovered in this parish during the last thirty-five years, in draining a field belonging to John Cottle, Esq., of Hatfield-place. From Primitive Sun Dials or Scratch Dials – Containing a list of those in Somerset by Dom Ethelbert Horne (1858-1952), (The Wessex Press, Taunton 1917) p41: ENGLISHCOMBE CHURCH 21. On the W. buttesss of the S. transept there is what seem to be a dial. It is 6 feet 6 inches above the ground, the noonline is about 3 inches in Age profile length, and the stylehole, which is small and dhallow, is about ½ inch in The age profile has 30% aged under 11 and 25% aged over 70. depth and 3/₁₆ of an inch in diameter. The aspect is S. by 10º E. Jun 3d, 1913. The dial is faint, the lines weak, and its is a doubrful one, as it is difficult to see how the central hole could have held a style. There is a good deal of ivy on the church which prevents a thorough examination of the alls being made. Occupation profile From census entries for about 10% of those buried, the occupational profile reflects the farm-based economy although there are some who Number of burials per year worked in the nearby stone quarries. In the period from 1784 to present there have been 1,182 burials. The The country of birth has been established for about a quarter of those number of burials per year was between 6 and 10 during the 19th century, buried, mainly in the 19th century; this is almost exclusively England. this decreasing over the next 50 years to less than one per year. The churchyard is now ‘closed’ with only the burial of cremated remains outside the eastern end of the church. Issue 1 2 Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Overall Layout The churchyard is on all four sides of the church. A survey was started out in about 2002 but never completed. No sexton’s book describing who is buried where seems to have survived. In the absence of this the original survey divided the churchyard into arbitrary areas A-L with numbers then assigned to the surviving memorials. The northern side of the churchyard had the graves arranged in a grid aligned with the line of the northern wall of the church. The graves in the southern area are quite sparse but also seem to be arranged in a grid. Issue 1 3 Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Graveyard Issue 1 3 Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Section A Names Inscription Notes A.1 William Score (- W. S. 1842) 1842 William Score (- 1853) W. S. 185(?)3 Slab. Partially delaminated with the inscriptions only visibly by the pressure maps on the remaining surface. From the burial register: William Score, aged 58, of Keynsham, was buried on 7 May 1842. From the burial register: William Score, aged 21, of Cambridge Place parish of Lyncombe & Widcombe, was buried on 24 Jun 1853. Issue 1 4 Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Names Inscription Notes A.2 John Cottle (1801- Headstone: 1824) ******* To the Memor[y of] Mary Cottle (1805- JOHN Eldest Son OF MR C. 1828) who died November 8TH 1824 Age[d 2]3 MA. OTTLE Died . [18]28 AGED 2? **** Footstone: J . C . 1824. M . C . 1828. Headstone and footstone. From the burial register: John Cottle, aged 23, of Englishcombe, was buried on 15 Nov 1824. From the burial register: Mary Cottle, aged 22, of Englishcombe, was buried on 8 Feb 1828. A.3 Jacob Cottle (1769- Headstone: 1844) SACRED To the Memory of JACOB COTTLE, of this Parish who died Augst 26th 1844 Aged 76 Years Footstone: J . C . 1844 Headstone and footstone. From the burial register: Jacob Cottle, aged 75, of Englishcombe, was buried on 31 Aug 1844. Issue 1 5 Englishcombe, nr Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Names Inscription Notes A.4 Samuel Fowler (- S . F . 1812 1812) Here rests a Man of useful Life. Who lov’d his Children, friends and Wife: William Fowler His peaceful Kingdom was his Home. (1794-1836) Where fraud nor strife durst never come: His Words and Deeds did ever tend. Christian Fowler To serve his Neighbour and his Friend: (1788-1845) And hence beloved to latest Breath. Was much lamented in his Death. Mary Young (1811- W. F . 1836. 1845) C . F. 1845.
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