The Weardale Churchyard Project Prepared by Ken Heatherington (Weardale Museum) & Margaret Manchester (Weardale Field Study Society) Frosterley Churchyard, Frosterley, Weardale, Co.Durham, England. number Inscription frosterley IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ ANN THOMPSON,/ WHO DIED AUGUST 20TH 1924/ AGED 69 YEARS./ "PEACE, 001 PERFECT PEACE." frosterley IN MEMORY OF/ ALBERT/ BELOVED HUSBAND/ OF ALICE MITCHELL/ DIED OCT 22ND 1936/ AGED 33 002 YEARS frosterley In Loving Memory Of/ MARGARET HORN/ died 8th Dec 1937/ aged 72 years/ also DANIEL her husband/ died 003 28th Sep 1940/ aged 80 years/ AT REST frosterley In Loving Memory of/ LILIAN BOUSFIELD/ died 26th Oct 1937 aged 49 years/ also of JOHN R. her husband/ died 004 10th May 1948 aged 71 years frosterley In Loving Memory Of/ HENRY PERCIVAL/ The beloved son of/ FREDERICK & ELIZABETH A NATTRASS/ died 005 2nd Nov 1933 aged 23 years frosterley In Memory of/ ROBERT COLLINSON/ WHO DIED AT HAREHOPE HOUSE/ MAY 22 1911 AGED 50 YEARS/ HIS 006 END WAS PEACE/ ALSO OF/ THOMAS COLLINSON/ WHO DIED SEP 27TH 1920/ AGED 64 YEARS frosterley IN/ MEMORY OF/ MATTHEW LEE J. P./ 18 AUG 1872 - 9 APRIL 1938/ AND OF LILLY HIS WIFE/ 25 DEC 1875 - 007 16 OCT 1963 frosterley IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ HANNAH/ WIFE OF/ CUTHBERT NATTRASS/ WHO DIED MARCH 30TH 1912/ 008 AGED 69 YEARS/ ALSO OF THE ABOVE/ CUTHBERT NATTRASS/ WHO DIED DEC 12TH 1926/ AGED 84 YEARS/ ALSO OF THEIR SON/ JOHN MICHAEL/ WHO DIED DEC 31ST 1936/ AGED 56 YEARS frosterley In/ Loving Memory/ of/ MY DEAR HUSBAND/ JOHN BAINBRIDGE/ OF WEST BRIDGE END FARM,/ WHO DIED 009 18TH MAY 1928/ AGED 80 YEARS: frosterley In/ Loving Memory of/ RALPH GOWLAND/ OF BELLE VUE/ WHO DIED JANUARY 31ST 1923/ AGED 76 YEARS/ 010 ALSO OF HIS SISTER/ ANNIE GOWLAND/ WHO DIED DECEMBER 28TH 1926/ AGED 76 YEARS/ ALSO OF HIS BROTHER/ JOSEPH GOWLAND/ WHO DIED OCTOBER 16TH 1929/ AGED 81 YEARS frosterley IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM HERBERT/ BELOVED SON OF WILLIAM AND M. J. SIMM/ WHO DIED JUNE 18TH 011 1917/ AGED 25 YEARS frosterley IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ MARGARET JANE SIMM/ OF BELLE VUE FROSTERLEY/ DIED JULY 29TH 1936/ 012 AGED 73 YEARS./ ALSO WILLIAM HENRY/ HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE/ DIED SEPT 30TH 1936/ AGED 72 YEARS./ UNTIL THE DAY BREAK. frosterley DLI/ 2279 PRIVATE/ A. DENNISON/ DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY/ 26TH JUNE 1915 AGE 27/ FAITHFUL TO THE 013 LAST frosterley IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ MARY/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ JOHN GARDNER/ OF VICTORIA COTTAGES,/ 014 WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 15TH/ 1898,/ AGED 50 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ JOHN GARDNER/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ MARCH 3RD 1909/ AGED 66 YEARS. frosterley In Loving Memory of/ OUR DEAR AUNT/ MARY/ DENNISON/ DIED 1ST APRIL 1954/ AGED 69 YEARS 015 frosterley IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ MARGARET EMERSON/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ RICHARD EMERSON/ 016 FROSTERLEY/ WHO DIED MARCH 9TH 1895/ AGED 68 YEARS/ Not lost but gone before/ ALSO OF RICHARD EMERSON/ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ MARGARET EMERSON/ WHO DIED NOVEMBER 13th 1902/ AGED 72 YEARS/ THY WILL BE DONE frosterley IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM MADDISON./ DIED 13TH FEB 1895,/ AGED 63 YEARS./ ALSO BARBARA 017 HIS WIFE/ DIED 4TH AUGUST 1923/ AGED 86 YEARS./ ALSO JANE MARGARET THEIR DAUGHTER/ DIED 6TH AUGUST 1876/ AGED 14 YEARS./ ALSO THOMAS THEIR SON/ DIED 3RD JAN 1892/ AGED 20 YEARS./ ALSO JOSEPH THEIR SON/ DIED 17TH JULY 1926 AGED 68 YEARS/ ALSO JOSEPH THOMPSON, SON OF THE ABOVE/ KILLED IN FRANCE 28TH SEPT 1918 AGED 22 YEARS./ AT REST frosterley In Memory of/ REV./ BURNHOPE DENNISON/ P.M. MINISTER/ WHO DIED AT WEST STANLEY/ AUGUST 27TH 018 1914/ AGED 43 YEARS./ ALSO GRACE ANN/ BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED AUGUST 29TH 1914/ AGED 46 YEARS/ "FAREWELL UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND/ THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY" frosterley In Loving Memory of/ MARY ANN STOUT,/ WIFE OF JOHN STOUT,/ OF FROSTERLEY,/ WHO DIED OCT 29TH 019 1885,/ AGED 63 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE JOHN STOUT,/ WHO DIED MARCH 30TH 1889,/ AGED 67 YEARS./ ALSO EDITH ANNIE STOUT,/ THEIR GRAND-DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED NOV. 17TH 1885,/ AGED 3 YEARS & 9 MONTHS./ ALSO JANE STOUT, WIFE OF/ JONATHAN STOUT,/ WHO DIED MARCH 28TH 1894,/ AGED 43 YEARS./ ALSO JONATHAN STOUT, SON OF/ ABOVE WHO DIED FEB. 8TH 1897,/ AGED 52 YEARS./ "Blessed are the dead which die/ in the Lord" frosterley In/ Affectionate Remembrance of/ ELIZABETH SIMM/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF B. SIMM OF/ BOLLIHOPE near 020 FROSTERLEY,/ WHO DIED JANUARY 24TH 1889/ AGED 59 YEARS./ ALSO PHILLIS THEIR DAUGHTER/ WHO DIED AUGUST 21ST 1870/ AGED 14 YEARS/ INTERRED IN WALLSEND CHURCH YARD/ ALSO BROWN SIMM WHO DIED/ AT BRIDGE END FROSTERLEY MARCH 5TH 1896/ AGED 66 YEARS frosterley In/ Loving Memory of/ JOHN THOMAS GARDNER/ died 8th March 1941/ aged 69 years/ also ELIZABETH his wife/ 021 died 16th Feb 1934/ aged 60 years/ and of their son/ JOHN REED GARDNER/ died 31st July 1932/ aged 29 years. frosterley fallen stone - face down 022 frosterley In Loving Remembrance/ of/ EMMA, THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF/ THOMAS AND CAROLINE GREENWELL/ 023 OF BISHOPLEY/ WHO DIED NOV. 1ST 1894,/ AGED 22 YEARS./ "For ever with the Lord"./ ALSO THE ABOVE THOMAS GREENWELL/ OF BISHOPLEY,/ WHO DIED JULY 28TH 1901./ AGED 73 YEARS./ ALSO OF THE ABOVE/ CAROLINE GREENWELL/ WHO DIED MAY 26TH 1906,/ AGED 76 YEARS. frosterley In Loving Memory of/ THOMAS/ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ SARAH JANE GREENWELL,/ DIED 11TH JAN 024 1925, AGED 65 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVE SARAH JANE GREENWELL/ DIED 2ND JUNE 1926, AGED 60 YEARS/ ALSO GEORGE HERBERT SON OF THE ABOVE/ KILLED IN FRANCE 16TH MAY 1915, AGED 26 YEARS./ AT REST. frosterley IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ELIZABETH/ WIFE OF JOHN ELLIOTT/ OF BOLLIHOPE/ WHO DIED DEC ?? 1892/ 025 AGED 70 YEARS/ ALSO THE ABOVE/ JOHN ELLIOTT/ WHO DIED ???????? 1902/ AGED 84 YEARS/ ALSO ROBERT ELLIOTT THEIR SON/ DIED JULY 21st 1914/ AGED 70 YEARS frosterley Front : SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN BURKS/ WHOSE DEATH WAS CAUSED BY AN/ ACCIDENT AT 026 THE BISHOPLEY QUARRY/ ON NOV 9TH 1886, AGED 77 YEARS. THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY MANY OF/ HIS FELLOW WORKMEN AND FRIENDS AS A/ TOKEN OF THEIR SINCERE REGARD AND RESPECT/ FOR HIM./ "BE YE ALSO READY."/ Rear : SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ MARY BURKS/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN BURKS/ DIED NOV 30TH 1884,/ AGED 77 YEARS./ IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE. frosterley IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN GEORGE/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ JANE STEPHENSON/ WHO DIED NOV 027 8TH 1931 AGED 67 YEARS./ ALSO OF THE ABOVE/ JANE STEPHENSON/ WHO DIED APRIL 27TH 1949 AGED 81 YEARS./ ALSO JOHN GEORGE THEIR BELOVED SON/ WHO DIED JUNE 14TH 1903 AGED 3 YEARS. frosterley fallen stone - face down 028 frosterley fallen stone - face down 029 frosterley In Memory of/ THE FAMILY/ OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND/ HANNAH JOHNSON OF FROSTERLEY/ DOROTHY 030 JOHNSON DIED AUG. 26TH/ 1871 AGED 33 YEARS./ HANNAH ELIZTH WILKINSON DIED/ SEPT 29TH 1871 AGED 2 YEARS./ ANN ROBINSON DIED JANY 16TH/ 1872 AGED 37 YEARS. frosterley LOVE'S REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ ROBERT THOMAS WALTON/ A SON OF WEARDALE,/ WHO DIED AT 031 WILLINGTON, IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM/ APRIL THE SEVENTH 1892/ AT THE AGE OF 30 YEARS/ NOT IN STONE ALONE BUT IN LIVING/ EARTH IS HIS NAME WRITTEN frosterley IN/ MEMORY OF/ ELIZ DOBSON/ DAUGHTER OF/ JOS AND FRANCIS/ DOBSON, OF SUNNISIDE,/ DIED MAY 032 21ST 1873,/ AGED 10 YRS./ ALSO THOS THEIR SON/ DIED JULY 25TH 1874/ AGED 7 YRS/ ALSO FRANCIS THEIR DAUGHTER/ DIED NOV 13TH 1894/ AGED 22 YRS./ ALSO FRANCES/ BELOVED WIFE OF JOSEPH DOBSON/ DIED JUNE 27TH 1908 AGED 68 YEARS frosterley In/ Loving Memory/ of/ HANNAH PROUD/ WIFE OF THOS PROUD, HILL END/ WHO DIED JUNE 29TH 1886/ 033 AGED 50 YRS./ ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED/ THOMAS PROUD/ WHO DIED AT HILL END/ ON DECEMBER 20TH 1908,/ AGED 78 YEARS./ "For ever with the Lord" frosterley ……………….. badly eroded ……………/ AGED 16 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS/ AND WAS INTERRED AT 034 STANHOPE/ ALSO MARY, WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 12TH 1877./ AGED 69 YEARS./ ALSO JOSEPH SON OF THE ABOVE/ AND HUSBAND OF JANE MADDISON/ WHO DIED JUNE 20TH 1908/ AGED 68 YEARS./ ALSO THE SAID JANE MADDISON/ WHO DIED NOVEMBER ?? 1920/ AGED 86 YEARS./ ALSO JOSEPH DOWSON/ ADOPTED SON OF JOSEPH & JANE MADDISON/ WHO DIED DEC. 19TH 1909 AGED 39 YEARS. frosterley In Loving Memory Of/ a dear wife and mother/ MYRA MAY HARRISON/ Died 13th January 1987/ aged 70 years./ 035 also/ FREDERICK HUMPHREY/ HARRISON/ a dear husband and father/ died 16th March 1997/ aged 84 years frosterley fallen stone - face down 036 frosterley IN/ AFFECTIONATE/ MEMORY/ OF/ WILLIAM ROBINSON/ THE LOVING HUSBAND OF/ PHEOBE PICKERING 037 TAYLOR/ WHO DIED AUG. 5TH 1898,/ AGED 49 YEARS/ ALSO OF THE ABOVE/ PHEOBE PICKERING TAYLOR/ WHO DIED JAN. 20TH 1926 AGED 70 YEARS. frosterley At rest./ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ROBERT/ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ FRANCES DOWSON/ DIED 11TH 038 AUGUST 1925/ AGED 74 YEARS/ ALSO FRANCES HIS WIFE/ DIED 8TH FEB. 1936/ AGED 76 YEARS frosterley IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ FLORENCE HANNAH/ GOWLAND/ BORN JUNE 12TH 1899/ DIED JAN 28TH 1913 039 frosterley In/ Loving Memory of/ JOSEPH,/ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ MARY ANN ALLISON,/ LATE OF CHATTERLEY 040 FARM, WOLSINGHAM,/ DIED APRIL 10TH 1918,/ AGED 67 YEARS./ ALSO OF THE ABOVE/ MARY ANN ALLISON. DIED JAN. 7TH 1925, AGED 78 YEARS. frosterley GOD WILL GIVE YOU TO US/ AGAIN WITH JOY AND/ GLADNESS FOR EVER./ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ 041 JOHN,/ DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ ELIZABETH TAYLOR OF FROSTERLEY/ WHO DIED OCTOBER 1ST 1894, AGED 58 YEARS/ HIS END WAS PEACE/ ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED ELIZABETH TAYLOR/ WHO DIED AUGUST 29TH 1918, AGED 75 YEARS frosterley IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ THOMAS TAYLOR/ LATE OF BOLLIHOPE/ WHO DIED FEB 14TH 042 1885/ AGED 78 YEARS/ ALSO MARY WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED APRIL 25TH 1887 AGED 77 YEARS/ THEIR END WAS PEACE frosterley fallen stone - face down 043 frosterley In/ Memory of/ JOHN GEORGE/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ ISABEL ENGLISH,/ WHO DIED 3RD JANUARY 1931/ 044 AGED 71 YEARS./ ALSO OF THE ABOVE/ ISABEL ENGLISH/ WHO DIED 9TH MAY 1945/ AGED 82 YEARS.