Stanhope Churchyard
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The Weardale Churchyard Project Prepared by Margaret Manchester on behalf of Weardale Field Study Society St Thomas' Churchyard, Stanhope, Weardale, Co.Durham, England. MEM NO. INSCRIPTION 1 In Affectionate Remembrance/ of/ GEORGE SANDERSON/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF HANNAH SANDERSON/ WHO DIED APRIL 4TH 1881 AGED 54 YEARS/ ALSO CLYDE SON OF THE ABOVE/ DIED MARCH 9TH 1870 AGED 2 YEARS/ ALSO WILLIAM SON OF THE ABOVE/ DIED AUGUST 9TH 1881 AGED 37 YEARS/ ALSO JOHN GEORGE SON OF THE ABOVE/ DIED JANY 20TH 1885 AGED 33 YEARS/ ALSO THOMAS SANDERSON/ WHO DIED JUNE 7TH 1887/ AGED 39 YEARS/ ALSO ROBERT SANDERSON/ WHO DIED MAY 22ND 1888/ AGED 34 YEARS/ ALSO OF THE ABOVE HANNAH SANDERSON/ DIED APRIL 3RD 1902 AGED 74 YEARS/ ALSO OF ANNIE NICHOLSON/ DIED APRIL 26TH 1906 AGED 34 YEARS 2 In/ MEMORY OF/ HANNAH WIFE OF/ JOSEPH DIXON OF EASTGATE/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ FEB 21ST 1860 AGED 73 YEARS/ ALSO OF ANN THEIR THIRD/ DAUGHTER WHO DIED/ JULY 1ST 1821 AGED 7 YEARS/ ALSO OF THE ABOVE/ JOSEPH DIXON WHO DIED/ DECEMBER 24TH 1861 AGED 74 YEARS 3 In Loving Memory/ of/ NICHOLAS/ BELOVED HUSBAND/ OF ELIZABETH SANDERSON/ WHO DIED DECR 5TH 1885/ AGED 67 YEARS./ ALSO OF THEIR CHILDREN/ JOHN/ DIED JUNE 3RD 1864 AGED 21 YEARS/ SARAH/ DIED NOVR 10TH 1866 AGED 20 YEARS/ MARY/ DIED DECR 7TH 1882 AGED 23 YEARS/ AND ELIZABETH HIS BELOVED WIFE/ WHO DIED OCT 2ND 1892/ AGED 73 YEARS/ "THY WILL BE DONE"/ ANNIE SMOKER/ DIED NOV 21ST 1927/ AGED 87 YEARS/ FREDERICK SMOKER/ DIED MARCH 9TH 1932/ AGED 83 YEARS 4 In/ Loving Memory of/ Thomas WILSON/ OF SCURFIELD HOUSE/ WHO DIED 25 DEC 1843/ AGED 46 YEARS./ ALSO OF JANE, WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED 26 APRIL 1892,/ AGED 94 YEARS./ ALSO OF/ ISABELLA, THEIR DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED AT BISHOP OAK/ 26 DEC 1902/ AGED 73 YEARS./ ALSO OF ELIZABETH, THEIR DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED AT EAST BIGGINS/ 20 JULY 1908,/ AGED 81 YEARS. 5 In Loving Memory/ of/ NORMAN ALDERSON/ DIED MARCH 12TH 1937/ AGED 13 YEARS/ AT REST 6 In Loving Memory of/ OUR DEAR SON/ WILLIAM EDWARD ALDERSON/ WHO DIED 26TH JUNE 1942/ AGED 25 YEARS/ LOVED & REMEMBERED 7 In/ Affectionate Remembrance/ of/ ANN BUSHBY WIFE/ OF/ HENRY BUSHBY ____NWOOD/ WHO DIED ______/ AGED 6_/ ALSO IN/ LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF/ HENRY BUSHBY/ WHO DIED DEC ____/ AGED 74/ AND OF MARY____/ WHO DIED____/ ____/ J.PARKER STANHOPE 8 IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MY DEAR HUSBAND/ NORMAN FIELDING/ DIED 3RD SEPT. 1973/ AGED 70 YEARS/ AND HIS BELOVED WIFE/ MABEL/ DIED 7TH MARCH 1982 9 I H S/ In Loving Memory of/ JOHN THOMPSON,/ WHO DIED 4TH AUG. 1930,/ AGED 84 YEARS./ ALSO OF JANE, HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED 3RD OCT. 1950/ AGED 98 YEARS/ ALSO OF SARAH JANE/ THEIR DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED 17TH JAN. 1981/ AGED 93 YEARS 10 SACRED/ To the memory of JANE/ Daughter of Nicholas and Mary/ Lowes of Browns-House who/ died 25th June 1798 Aged 5 Years/ Also of SARAH their Daughter/ who died 17th November 1810 Aged/ 7 Years. NICHOLAS LOWES/ died 29th August 1818 Aged 65/ Also of GEORGE Son of JOHN and/ MARGARET LOWES of Broomelaw/ in the Parish of GAINFORD who/ died November 10th 1840 aged 6 years/ Also of MARY NEICE OF THE ABOVE/ NICHOLAS LOWES OF/ BROWNS HOUSE WHO DIED JANUARY 17/ 1848 AGED 88 YEARS/ALSO OF THEIR SON JOHN LOWES WHO/ DIED MAY 19TH 1866 AGED 76 YEARS/ ALSO OF MARGARET HIS WIFE WHO DIED/ OCTOBER 10TH 1843 AGED 50 YEARS/ ALSO OF JONATHAN LOWES THEIR SON/ WHO DIED JUNE 26TH 1869 AGED 39 YEARS. 11 IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ ELIZABETH WIFE OF WM GIBSON/ WHO DIED JUNE 27TH 1809 AGED 32/ ALSO ESTHER THEIR DAUGHTER WHO/ DIED JUNE 8 1809 AGED 4 1/4 YEARS/ LIKEWISE 3 OF THEIR CHILDREN/ WHO DIED IN INFANCY/ ANN 2ND WIFE OF WM GIBSON WHO/ DIED DEC 10 1825 AGED 51 YEARS/ ALSO THE ABOVE WILLIAM GIBSON/ LATE OF GREENHEAD WHO DIED/ MARCH 12TH 1837 AGED 66 YEARS 12 IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CHARLES EMERSON/ OF/ STANHOPE/ WHO DIED SEP. 18TH 1893/ AGED 51 YEARS 12A IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ ADA/ DAUGHTER OF/ A AND M.E. COATES/ DIED 11. JAN. 1906/ AGED 2 YEARS & 4 MONTHS/ ALSO OF EDITH MABEL/ THEIR DAUGHTER/ DIED AT RYHOPE AUG. 17 1905/ AGED 6 MONTHS/ FOR SUCH IS THE/ KINGDOM OF HEAVEN/ ARTHUR COATES/ DIED 10 JUNE 1919 AGED 12 YEARS 13 IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CHARLES EDWARD FENWICK/ died 1ST Jan. 1946 aged 63 years/ also of MARY JANE his wife/ 20th Feb 1955 aged 77 years 14 IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN LOWES/ OF STANHOPE/ WHO DIED ON THE 2ND DAY OF/ NOVEMBER 1836 AGED 78 YEARS/ PHEBE WIFE/ OF THE ABOVE DIED IN JULY/ 1802? AGED 38 YEARS/ GEORGE/ THEIR SON DIED ON THE 23RD/ DAY OF MAY 1825? AGED 18 YEARS/ THOMAS ROSEBY/ Grandson of the above/ JOHN LOWES... 15 Illegible 16 IN/ Loving Memory of/ WHITFIELD MARTINDALE/ OF SCURFIELD HOUSE STANHOPE/ WHO DIED JULY 21ST 1908/ AGED 55 YEARS 17 Illegible 18 Illegible 19 Here lieth the body/ of Nicholas Whitfield/ who Departed this life/ June the 29th 1761 aged/ 23 years/ Richd Kell died April ye/ 19th 1762 aged 54 years 20 IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ JOSEPH COLLINGWOOD ILEY/ OF EASTBOURNE HOUSE, STANHOPE/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ ELIZABETH ILEY/ WHO DIED APRIL 10TH 1907/ AGED 65 YEARS/ ALSO OF/ JOHN PEARSON ILEY, THEIR SON/ WHO DIED JAN 17TH 1907/ AGED 41 YEARS/ THY WILL BE DONE/ ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED ELIZABETH ILEY/ WHO DIED NOV. 28TH 1927/ AGED 83 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR SON/ THOMAS HODGSON ILEY/ WHO DIED JULY 22ND 1928/ AGED 54 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER/ ESTHER ETHEL ILEY/ DIED SEPT 25TH 1960 AGED 79 YEARS/ ALSO GEORGE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF/ VIOLET ELLEN WARD/ DIED APRIL 26TH 1969, AGED 85 YEARS/ ALSO THE ABOVE/ VIOLET ELLEN WARD (NEE ILEY)/ DIED APRIL 22ND 1975 AGED 90 YEARS 21 In Loving Memory of/ THOMAS WALTON/ DRUGGIST, STANHOPE/ WHO DIED APRIL 20TH 1884/ AGED 62 YEARS/ ALSO/ ANN WALTON/ WIDOW OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED MARCH 28TH 1896./ AGED 72 YEARS/ ALSO/ GEORGE WALTON/ ONLY SON OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED APRIL 13TH 1898/ AGED 54 YEARS/ INTERRED IN ST EDMUNDS CEMETERY, GATESHEAD/ ALSO/ MARGARET EGGLESTONE/ WIFE OF/ WILLIAM MORLEY EGGLESTONE/ OF STANHOPE/ AND ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE/ THOMAS & ANN WALTON/ WHO DIED AUG 21ST 1914/ AGED 66 YEARS/ ALSO OF THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM MORLEY EGGLESTONE/ WHO DIED AUG 13TH 1921/ AGED 83 YEARS/ FOREVER WITH THE/ LORD AMEN SO/ BE IT 22 In/ Loving Memory/ of/ ANTHONY SMITH/ WHO DIED NOV 5, 1895/ AGED 74 YEARS./ Erected by his/ Nephew and Neice/ 23 IN MEMORY OF/ THE LATE/ JOHN PARMLEY,/ OF STANHOPE HOUSE,/ WHO FOR UPWARDS OF FORTY ONE YEARS WAS/ AGENT FOR THE LONDON LEAD COMPANY/ AND UPWARDS OF FIFTY ONE YEARS/ A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST./ HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE JAN 28TH 1860/ AGED 65 YEARS./ His end was peace/ THIS LANGUISHING HEART AT REST/ ITS THINKING AND ACHING ARE O'ER/ THIS QUIET IMMOVEABLE BREAST/ IS HEAVED ______NO MORE/ ALSO OF ANN RELICT OF THE ABOVE/ JOHN PARMLEY WHO DIED/ JULY 17TH 1875 AGED 63 YEARS./ ALSO JAMES PARMLEY, / GRAND-SON OF THE ABOVE/ DIED JUNE 23RD 1929 AGED 67 YEARS./ AND JANE HIS BELOVED WIFE,/ DIED OCT 29TH 1952 AGED 90 YEARS. (ON REVERSE) ALSO OF GRACE DAUGHTER OF/JAMES PARMLEY/ DIED 18TH DEC 1970/ AGED 80 YEARS 24 IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN HENRY SNOWDON,/ WHO DIED JANUARY 5TH 1941,/ AGED 64 YEARS/ ALSO OF ANNIE MORLEY, HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED JULY 9TH 1952/ AGED 75 YEARS 25 In Affectionate Remembrance/ HANNAH/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ MICHAEL BROWN,/ OF STANHOPE,/ WHO DIED APRIL 16TH 1886/ AGED 71 YEARS./ ALSO/ MICHAEL BROWN/ WHO DIED APRIL 26TH 1888/ AGED 71 YEARS/ J.VICKERS/ BP AUCKLAND 26 In/ Loving Memory of/ JOHN SANDERSON/ DIED 18TH AUGUST 1920/ AGED 73 YEARS. ALSO HIS DEAR WIFE/ MARY ANN/ DIED 6TH JULY 1934/ AGED 78 YEARS./ ALSO THOMAS/ SON OF THE ABOVE/ DIED 25TH AUGUST 1973/ AGED 82 YEARS. 27 No inscription 28 In/ Loving Memory/ of/ WILLIAM ROWLAN WHO DIED/ SEPT 5TH 1895, AGED 80 YEARS./ ALSO EDEN HIS WIFE WHO DIED/ SEPT 9TH 1896 AGED 72 YEARS./ ALSO LILY THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER/ WHO DIED APRIL 4TH 1898 19 YEARS/ PEACE PERFECT PEACE/ ALSO OF MARGARET ELLEN/ DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF THE LATE/ JOHN TEAL,/ WHO DIED MARCH 27TH 1936,/ AGED 70 YEARS./ ALSO OF/ GEORGE/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ ELIZA ROBINSON / WHO DIED MARCH 4TH 1910/ AGED 56 YEARS/ (ON REVERSE) ALSO OF ELIZA ROBINSON/ DIED DEC 4TH 1956 AGED 90 YEARS. 29 In Loving Memory of/ THOMAS MAWSON/ WHO DIED DEC, 6TH 1914,/ AGED 65 YEARS./ ALSO OF PHOEBE HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED OCT, 25TH 1883/ AGED 38 YEARS./ ALSO OF JOHN WILLIAM THEIR SON/ WHO DIED JAN 15TH 1899, AGED 21 YEARS./ ALSO OF ANNIE THEIR DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED SEP, 2ND 1905,/ AGED 30 YEARS./ ALSO HANNAH JANE, THEIR DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED OCT 1ST 1929,/ AGED 58 YEARS. 30 STANHOPE MARKET CROSS / THIS COLUMN IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE MARKET CROSS/ ERECTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE RE-FOUNDING/ OF STANHOPE MARKET IN 1669 BY BISHOP JOHN COSIN./ THE MARKET AND FAIRS WERE ESTABLISHED FIRST BY/ BISHOP THOMAS LANGLEY IN 1421. 31 ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF THOS GIBSON/ OF FROSTERLY MILL,/ WHO DIED MAY 6, 1833 AGED 58 YEARS./ ALSO MARY HIS WIFE WHO DIED/ NOVEMBER 15TH 1856 AGED 84 YEARS./ ALSO ANN, THEIR DAUGHTER WHO/ DIED JULY 20TH 1855 AGED 58 YEARS,/ ALSO GEORGE THEIR SON WHO DIED/ JULY 17TH 1864 AGED 57 YEARS.