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NEWTON ST LOE MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS 2016 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Author: P J Bendall Date: 3-May-2016, updated 23-Apr-2017 ii Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 Maps .............................................................................................................. 3 Graveyard ........................................................................................................ 8 Southern Section .......................................................................................... 8 Northern Section ........................................................................................ 43 Western Section ........................................................................................ 95 Western Ashes Section ................................................................................ 173 Internal Memorials ........................................................................................... 184 Plaques .................................................................................................. 185 Ledger Stones .......................................................................................... 208 Dedications on Windows .............................................................................. 214 Index ........................................................................................................... 217 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions iv Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Introduction This volume contains transcriptions of inscriptions There is also a typewritten transcript for the period the Ground, for burying Strangers in the Church, the on memorials at the church of at Newton St Loe near 1698-1843. Rector claiming £5.5s as his own Fee, deducting only Bath. It is based on carrying out a survey and 6/8 which would pay the Church Warden out of it as reconciling the information on the memorials with The burial registers from 1890 until present have the old accustomed Fee on the Ground of the Church the entries in the burial registers. been transcribed. being his Freehold. WHEREUPON the Churchwarden on hearing the Mutes attending Mr Ellicott’s corpse opening the Church Door, descended from the Gallery and told them to desist for that the Corps should not be brought into the Church for Burial till he had received the Two Guineas of Mr Plura or that he would promise Payment of it. The Rector (Sermon being concluded) went to the Church Warden and after much Altercation between him and the Church Warden and Pleura (the Undertaker) the Two Guineas was paid by the Undertaker to the Church Warden and the Corps was interred. The Rector was 11 minutes absent from his seat. After the entries for Charles Combs, aged 76, a Figure 1 The church from the west Figure 2 The church from the east pauper, buried on 8 Mar 1792, and Alexander Cole, The original burial registers are held by Somerset aged 68, on 11 Mar 1792: “He being at the Burial of Archive and Heritage Centre and are: A curiosity is that there are some commentaries the above Combs was asked to help carry the corps D\P\new.s.l/2/1/1 Baptisms, marriages and burials from someone’s personal knowledge such as the to the Grave, he replied, he could not for he was 1538-1719 burial of the rector John Wood on 19 Nov 1820 which taken ill, and immediately became speech less and D\P\new.s.l/2/1/2 Baptisms, marriages and burials has “The Funeral was very mean and shabby and was insensible, and continued to be so until it was out 1720-1804 reported no shroud” and for James Mitchell, buried 12 o’clock at Night and then he died, not having D\P\new.s.l/2/1/3 Baptisms and burials 1805-1812 on 1 Mar 1827 “Run over by a coach. N.B. The Coach token or shewn any signs of sensibility from the Time D\P\new.s.l/2/1/7 Burials 1813-1890 was driven by Thos Hawkins.”. he was taken ill till he died. The equivalent set of microfiches exist at Bath From the burial register in 1791 after the entry for Against the entry for Elizabeth Perry, relict of Record Office but end abruptly with entry 776 dated the burial of Edward Ellicott on 13 Feb 1791: Richard, of Charlcombe, buried on 27 Jul 1792: “She 25 Mar 1888, when typically registers have 400 A Dispute having arisen between the Rector and was the last of the race of English Dames. The entries or multiples thereof. The missing entries Church Warden on Account of the Church Wardens married women are all metamorphosed into Ladies have been obtained from the Somerset Archive and demanding “2.2s in Consequence of an Order of and the Farmers’ daughters into Misses.” Heritage Centre. Agreement of a Vestry held 13 years since, for the purpose of raising the old Fine of 6/8 for Breaking 1 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions The information from the memorials along with census entries have been used to supplement the information from the burial registers. For those entries for which an occupation has been found the following diagram shows the different categories. Figure 3 See Newton St Loe, NE Somerset – A study of vernacular building survey (1999) which contains a breakdown of occupations from the 1841 and 1851 censuses. The number of burials per year, about 10 per year in the 1700s until the 1850s, is now less than 5 per year and mainly the burial of ashes. 2 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Maps The graveyard is on all four sides of the church. The gate from Church Street leads to a path with, on this southern side, a series of memorials and the war memorial. At the western end are a group of cremation plaques. Past this is a gate into the adjacent field. The western section is arranged in about six rows and has another section of cremation plaques close to the church. The northern section is mostly under trees and, as elsewhere is the graveyard, the graves are orientated east-west. The northern part of this section has bushes which limit accessibility to some memorials. Some memorials are surrounded by metal railings which can also limit access. The numbering system for the graves has used that based on the work carried out by Gerry Hines. His map is in the church. The arrangement of the cremation plots are given in the relevant sections of the document. Figure 5 Overall layout. 3 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions 4 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions 5 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions 6 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions 7 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Graveyard Southern Section 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/footstone. 2 Chest tomb. No inscription found. 8 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Names Inscriptions Notes 3 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. 5 6 9 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Names Inscriptions Notes 7 Martha Deverill (1701- In 1768) Memory of Martha, Wife of Daniel Deverill who Daniel Deverill (1690- died 6 March 1768. Aged 66. 1770) Also ye said Daniel Deverill Died 20 Octr 1770 Aged 80. John Deverill (1745- And of John Deverill 1773)l their Son who died 5 Headstone. From the burial register: Martha Deverill was buried on 6 Mar 1768. From the burial register: Daniel Deverill was buried on 23 Oct 1770. From the burial registered: John Deverill, aged 27, was buried on 8 May 1773. 7A 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 1730) SARAH March 24, 1730. 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) From the burial register: Mary Thatcher, daughter of James, was buried on 20 May 1727. Afft received 25th. (The ‘afft’ indicates the affidavit Sarah Thatcher (-1780) for the burial in wool arising from the Burial in Woollen Acts 1666- 1680.) From the burial register: Sarah Thatcher, daughter of James & Sarah, was buried on 29 Mar 1730. 10 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Names Inscriptions Notes From the burial register: James Thatcher, son of James & Sarah, was buried on 15 Aug 1743. From the burial register: James Thatcher was buried on 12 Jan 1770. From the burial register: Sarah Thatcher was buried on 1 Jan 1780. 9 10 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.) 11 Newton St Loe, Bath – Memorial Inscriptions Names Inscriptions Notes 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. 14 Multi-layered tomb with a raised cross on the upper surface. 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.