Grave number | Inscriptions relate specifically to unbracketed names in this column | Items of particular interest and sources of inscriptions (unless included in the text) are bracketed in this column; ages are only indicated when the dates
reflect an early death; ..... indicates illegible text |
A 3 | Broster, Richard | God's will be done
| A 6 | Coleman, William | A faithful husband and a trusty friend
| A 7 | Mills, Orlando John
[Mills, Roland Horace] | Watch therefore, ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh (Matthew 24:42; middle name of Orlando inspired by Shakespeare's As you like it?)
| A 14 | Bolton, William
Bolton, Ellen | At rest
| B 10 | Hawkins, Mary Ann
Hawkins, Ann Elizabeth | Farewell husband, friend and children
Who yet.....
Beneath those rugged hills that yew trees shade
Each in their narrow cell for ever laid
The swallows twittering from their straw built shed
No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed
(These are four selected lines from Elegy written in a country churchyard, Thomas Gray, published 1751)
| B 17 | Hudson, Sam
Hudson, Sarah | Leaving 2 sons and 4 daughters to lament their loss
| B 18 | Malon, Richard Lord | Blessed are they who die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| B 20 | Lloyd, William | Who lies upright a man respected by all who know him, also a tender friend and husband
A lingering illness he..... in patient resignation to the will of Heaven
| B 22 | No name legible | Called away
Lord grant we all in glory meet
| B 23 | Moseley, Mary
[Harborne, Sarah] | .....what a wife should be and she was such
| D 5 | Bruce, Sarah | The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
(Romans 6:23)
| D 6 | Leaver, Eliza
Leaver, John Shapoote | Requiescat in pace
Entered her eternal rest
He took her unto his own home
Entered into rest
| D 10 | Page, Mary Ann | Trusting in God
| D 12 | Faulkner, Mary Margaret | Daughter of Benjamin Faulkner Esq late of Little Chelsea in the County of Middlesex
When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord and he heard me
CXX Psalm ver 1
| D 15 | Butler, Ann | God giveth his beloved sleep
She is not dead but only lieth sleeping in the sweet refuge of her master's breast and far away from sorrow, toil and weeping
She is not dead but only taking rest
| D 17 | Court, James | Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions Psalm 51 v 1
| D 20 | Rackham, Jane | I know my redeemer liveth (Job 19:25)
| D 21 | Rackham, ----- | Of such is the kingdom of Heaven (Aged 9M; Matthew 19:14)
| D 22 | Newland, Eleanor | Peace perfect peace (Hymn, Edward Henry Bickersteth Jr, 1875)
| D 25 | Perrott, Henry | Capt 59th Regt
| D 25 | Byrch, Henry Lavender | I am the resurrection and the life
John XI Chp 25 Ver
(This stone directly abuts a memorial in the form of a cross to Henry and Constantia Ann Perrott, but there may not be a connection)
| D 26 | Downes, Thomas | of Ilfracombe, died at Shottery Hall
| D 30 | Bromley, Samuel | of Stratford on Avon, youngest son of John and Kezia Bromley of Hinton Woodford cum Membris, Northamptonshire
In the midst of life we are in death (Book of Common Prayer, Burial of the Dead)
| D 32 | McGricor, Anna | Jesus + Mercy
| D 33 | Samman, Henry | Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| D 34 | Samman, Frank Graves | Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven (Aged 4M; Matthew 19:14)
| D 42 | No name legible | Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| D 55 | Evans, Henry Griffith | Henry Griffith Evans MA Headmaster of the Grammar School and Chaplain of the Guild Chapel
The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him and His righteousness unto children's children
Psalms CIII XVII
His pupils with deep respect and affectionate regret have erected this memorial
| D 62 | Richardson, Catherine | Sacred to the memory of Catherine relict of the late Benjamin Richardson of Hillingdon Middlesex
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16)
| D 68 | Savage, William
Savage, Mary Spender
Savage, Elizabeth |
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God (Hebrews 4:9)
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8)
| D 80 | Lambert, Ann | But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that slept (1 Corinthians 15:20)
To die and be with Jesus
Sweetly to enter into peaceful rest.....
| DK 10 | Smith, Eustace Lancaster Carr | May his soul rest in peace
| DK 46 | Burrage, Edith Sarah | Here waiting for the coming of the Lord rests the body of Edith Sarah, beloved child of John W W and Isabella Burrage
Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him
(Thessalonians 4:14)
| E1 3 | Timms, James | Farewell dear child, but not forever
Trace but his steps and meet him in Heaven
(Aged 8)
| E1 5 | Savage, John
Savage, Susannah | Return in hopes of.....
in Christ by God's omnipotence
| E1 14 | Jackson, Elizabeth | Prepare
| E1 15 | Fletcher, Thomas
Fletcher, Sarah | Be thou faithful unto death and thou shalt receive a crown of life
(Revelation 2:10)
| E1 16 | Smith, Thomas
Smith, Thomas | of Clifford House
| E1 19 | Wilkes, Sarah | There was a hand we could not see
That beckoned her away
There was a voice we could not hear
Forbade her longer stay
| E1 20 | Smith Jnr, Thomas
[Smith, John] | of Clifford House
| E1 21 | Smith, Felicia
[Smith, Jeremiah] | Daughter of Thomas Smith Esqre of Clifford House
| E1 26 | Guy, Emma
Guy, Marianne | In the paradise of God
| E1 28 | [Guy, William]
Guy, Hannah |
.....remaineth therefore.....to the.....of God
| E1 32 | Sharp, John | Know this O man that mighty par.....
Will come remember full.....
(Died 19th February 1694, so one of oldest stones in churchyard, but since photography it has disappeared beneath the grass)
| E1 33 | Warmington, Sarah | .....is in Christ
| E1 37 | Bonser, PC, William | In affectionate remembrance of William Bonser PC who for 38 years was a devoted and faithful Secretary of the Bank of Avon Lodge of Odd Fellows MU
This stone was erected by his brother Odd Fellows of Stratford-on-Avon in token of respect for his faithful services
Weep not he is not dead but sleepeth
| E1 40 | Pratt, James | The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day
(Aged 15; Proverbs 4:18)
| E1 41 | Jackson, Henry Charles
[Jackson, Charles] | How short is life, how near is death, our days, alas! how few!
This mortal life is but a dream
'Tis like the morning dew
| E1 43 | Jackson, Mary Ann
Jackson, Thomas | Why should we grieve for those that die in Jesus, and are blest
Their happy spirits upward fly, to their eternal rest
Joyful they quit this vale of tears, to reach the peaceful shore
Where sorrow, sin and guilty fears shall vex their souls no more
| E1 44 | Jackson, Leonard
Jackson, William | Not lost but gone before
| E1 46 | Jackson, Samuel
Jackson, Frances | Their course was long - in peace they saw it end
Looking beyond the vale with lively faith
They saw the glory of the promised land
And feared no evils in the shades of death
| E1 47 | Wheeler, Senea | Oh cruel death that could from.....broke the bounds of l..... s.....
Let us suppose.....ound it.....
| E1 54 | Wright, Joseph
Wright, Ann | Affection weeps, heavens rejoice
| E1 55 | Wright, Eliza | Why do we mourn departed friends or shake at death's alarms?
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends to call them to his arms
| E1 57 | Penn, Lydia
Griffiths, Charles | The above were brother and sister
| E1 65 | Hughes, George
Hughes, Edward
Hughes, Sarah Ann | The weakest lambs amidst the flock his tender mercies share
While folded in the Savour's arms are free from every snare
(Aged 10M, 3Y 9M and 1Y 10M; The good shepherd, Philip Doddridge)
| E1 66 | Hughes, Mary | Yesterday.....ast
And let.....last
Tomorrow.....me
Then.....to thee
Then.....quiet rest
No other......
| E1 69 | L....., Thomas | Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding or deceit beguile his soul
Wisdom of Solomon, 4th chapter, 11th verse
| E1 73 | Talbert, Mary
Talbert, Alice Elizabeth
Talbert, Julia | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| E1 B | Chafy, Rev Chafy | Cedar tree from Gethsemane
| E1 C | Masters, William
James
Masters, Lilian
Agatha | Masters Beech in memory of his parents, planted by their youngest son Greville 1988
| E1K 7 | No name legible | Time is no.....it mayn't be yours another night
How soon frail flesh is gone
| E2 5 | Smith, William
Smith, Betty | Hopes to live eternally
| E2 7 | Prentice, George
Prentice, Alice | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God
(Matthew 5:8)
| E2 8 | Collins, Rebecca
[also of 3 children] | Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty (Hymn, Reginald Heber )
| E2 11 | Jones, Thomas
Jones, George Edward | .....or like the morning flowers, if one sharp wind sweeps over the fields it withers in an hour (Hymn)
| E2 13 | Fessey, Joseph Southam | Farewell to all, the time has come for me to leave my earthly home
But in the home that's free from pain
I hope to meet you all again
| E2 19 | Such, Harriet | She asked life of thee
And thou gavest her a long life, even for ever and ever
| E2 24 | Sharman, William
Sharman, Elizabeth | May they rest in peace
| E2 28 | White, Edwin George | Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade
Death came with friendly care
The opening bud to heaven conveyed
And bade it blossom there
(Aged 6M; Epitaph on an infant, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
| E2 29 | White, Caroline May | This lovely bud so young and fair
Called hence by early doom
Just came to show how sweet a flower
In Paradise would bloom
(Aged 18M; Epitaph on an infant, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
| F 1 | Cooper, Nanny | (of Bridge Town)
| F 2 | Miles, Edward
Miles, Elizabeth
Cooper, Ann | It was the will of God
| F 5 | Taylor, Thomas
[Taylor, John] | Late of Bridge Town
| F 7 | Gardner, Thomas
[Gardner, Ann] | Affliction sore, long time I bore
Physicians were in vain
Till God did please to give me ease
And free me from my pain
| F 8 | Gilmore, Andrew
[Gilmore, Hannah] | I know that my Redeemer liveth (Job 19:25)
| F 13 | [Price, Mary]
Spence, Arthur Frank | Nephew of the above
Loved most by those who knew him best
| F 18 | Burrows, Alice
Burrows, Mary Ann | Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| G1 7 | Judd, William | Who in the prime of life, after a short but severe illness, died, regretted and beloved by all that knew him
(Aged 24)
| G2 22 | James, John
James, Arbella | Thy will be done (Lord's Prayer/Matthew 6:10)
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| G2 23 | Freer, John Branston
[Freer, William]
[Aldborough, Caroline]
[Freer, Elizabeth Mary] | John Branston Freer Esqre
40 years JP and DL for the County of Warwick
| G2 38 | Warner, Joseph
[Warner, Ann] | One of the Brethren of The Earl of Leicester's Hospital, Warwick
| G2 39 | Payton, William Shakespeare | (Interesting name in this Stratford-upon-Avon context)
| G2 46 | Clarke, John
Clarke, Elizabeth | Late of Shottery
Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth (Proverbs 27:1)
The will of the Lord be done (Acts 21:14)
| G2 47 | Walker, John | The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us (Romans 8:18)
| G2 53 | Atkinson, John
[Atkinson, Mary] | For 25 years second master of the Grammar School in the town
| G2 57 | Pritchard, Fanny | Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God, Mark X 14
(Aged 3M)
| G2 58 | Pritchard, Mary | Widow of Frederick Pritchard MRCS & LSA
At rest
Thy will be done (Lord's Prayer/Matthew 6:10)
| G2 59 | Pritchard, Frederick | What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter
John XII v VII
| G2 64 | Barker, Elizabeth | Will dwell in the House of the Lord forever (Psalm 23:6)
| G2 65 | Pritchard, MA,
Rev Richard
[Pritchard, Francis Fisher] | Late Rector of Whitechurch, Warwickshire
| G2 69 | Knight, Catherine | This stone is erected as an affectionate memorial to mark the resting place of her mortal remains
| G2 70 | Manders, Saac | To loved Uncle Saac Manders late of C Dublin Ireland, died at The Hill, Stratford-on-Avon
And they shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels (Malachi 3:17)
| G2 71 | [Sowdon, Henry Best]
Sowdon, Margaret
|
Her children arise up and call her blessed (Proverbs 31:28)
| G2 72 | Flower, Violet Honora | Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade
Death came with friendly care
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed
And bade it blossom there
(Aged 3Y 8M; Epitaph on an infant, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
| G2 73 | Witherington, William Henry Hague | I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me
(Aged 1Y 10M; 2 Samuel 12:23)
| G2 74 | Witherington, John
Witherington, Elizabeth | For so He giveth His beloved sleep (Psalm 127:2)
| G2 75 | Inns, John
[Inns, Sarah Ann] | Here rests in love the beloved and affectionate remains of John Inns
Weep not my wife and children
Farewell my loved ones dear
Great is your grief, but strive to say
Thy will O God be done
| G2 76 | Dyke, Thomas | Farewell wife and children dear
I am not dead, but sleeping here
Here I am, where you must be
Therefore prepare to follow me
| G2 78 | Craig, John Stirling | Surgeon LRCPE
Born at Peebles, died at Stratford-on-Avon
| G2 79 | Overton, Mary | A faithful servant of Thos Mason Esqre and the late Miss Mason
| G2 82 | Cranford, Harriet Walford | At rest
| G2 B | Nicholls, Vernon Sampson
Nicholls, Phylis
| Bishop of Sodor and Man 1971-1983
Assistant Bishop of Coventry 1983-1996
For ever with the Lord
Eternally united in the love of God
| G2 C | Spiller, Dennis | Vicar 1981-92 Holy Trinity Stratford-upon-Avon
| G2 D | Beatty, Maria
Adelaide | Widow of the Rev John Beatty of Bungay, Suffolk
Daughter of the Rev R F Collis of Kilconnel Galway
Died at Balham
| G2 E | Collis, Margaret
Bourke | Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him!
(1 Thessalonians 4:14)
| G2 F | Rush, Elizabeth
Anne | Daughter of the Rev R Collis Rector and Prependary
| G2 G | Collis, Maria | Mine eyes have seen thy salvation (Luke 2:30)
| G2 H | Cherry, Margaret | Born at Scarborough
Died at Stratford-on-Avon
Until the day break and shadows flee away (Song of Solomon 4:6)
| GA 1a | Dennis, Meade Hodson | Not my will, but the Lord's be done
Luke XXII v 42
| GA 3a | Hunt, William Oakes | Clerk of the Peace of the County of Warwick for 52 years
Town Clerk for the borough of Stratford upon Avon for 40 years
| GA 4a | [Pratt, Charles]
[Pratt, Henry Joseph]
Pratt, Mary
[Pratt, Charles]
[Pratt, -----] |
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| GA 10a | Sproston, John Manning
Sproston, Ann | Prepare to meet thy Maker
| GA 13a | Sproston, John
[Sproston, Mary] | late of Bishopton in this parish
Yeoman descended from an ancient family at Wrenbury in the County of Chester
| GA 15a | Hobbes, Robert Philips
Hobbes, Emma
Hobbes, Robert Horne
[Hobbes, Maria Katherine] | What the blest shade! With fond regretful gaze
We linger o'er this record of thy days
What tho' uncheer'd by thy sweet converse
Earth seems joyless now - all hush'd its wonted mirth
Yet wrong us not - nor deem a parent's tear
Would fain recall thee to this lower sphere
Shine on in thine bright orb and hymn the praise
Of the Eternal One while we our days' appointed term will wait
And then aspire to blend our voices with thy seraph choir
Thy will be done Mat VI 10
Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord (Matthew 25:21)
| H 4 | Stephens, Daniel
Stephens, Emma | They may rest from their labours (Revelation 14:13)
| H 12a | [Weston, Thomas Woods]
Weston, Constantia
[Weston, William Woods]
|
Second wife of Thomas Woods Weston, and daughter of the Rev Bartholomew Musson, Rector of.....
This tomb was erected by an affectionate son
| H 13 | Scriven, Henry Augustus
Scriven, Josiah Rowley | In memory of two brothers
Henry Augustus Scriven aged 27
who was drowned while bathing in the Thames at Bray Lock
June 3rd 1872
and Josiah Rowley Scriven
who was drowned by the overturning of his boat at Weston Lock on the Avon July 2nd 1873 aged 24
| H 14 | Scriven, Rosa Georgina
Scriven, Frederick Arthur William | Suffer the little children to come unto me
Mark X 14
The dead shall be raised
(Aged 10 and 1; 1 Corinthians 15:52)
| H 15 | Scriven, Henry Valentine
[Scriven, Margaret Emma] | Vicar of Preston on Stour and Chaplain of the Stratford on Avon Union
| H 22 | North, Charles
North, Henry | In loving memory of Charles North
Born May 5th 1870 died May 31st 1870
Also of Henry North
Born May 5th 1870 died June 3rd 1870
(Twins who did not survive long)
| H 25 | Snelling, Susan Caroline
Snelling, William | Daughter of Mrs Peter Hunt
Her end was peace
Buried in Willesden Cemetery London
| H 27 | Hodgkinson, James Malcolm
Hodgkinson, William Wallace | Dear Jamie
Jesus said, suffer little children to come unto me
(Aged 3Y 7M; Matthew 19:14)
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God
(Matthew 5:8)
| H 28 | Baylis, Benjamin
Baylis, Jane | Resting in hope
Thou art with me
| H 29 | Pitcher, John Kent
[Pitcher, John Kent]
[Kent, Mary Hunscote]
[Kent, Mary Eliza]
[Kent, Sarah Ann]
| With Christ, which is far better
| H 31 | Barnacle, Thomas
[Barnacle, Susannah]
[Barnacle, John] | Cropt in the bed of youth, secure from future evil
Although the loss was great
It was the Almighty's will
Should I repine to lose what God hath given
(Aged 21)
| H 32 | Wakefield, George Waterloo
| Died 1865 leaving a widow and three children to deplore his untimely end (Name possibly relating to a family memory of the Battle of Waterloo, 1815?)
| H 33 | Rose, Albert Amos | Son of Albert and Alice Rose
Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God
(Aged 2Y 6M; Matthew 19:14)
| H 38 | Barnacle, George
Barnacle, Ann | We trust in God
| H 39 | Harrison, William | He was a man of.....
| H 40 | Harris, Walter John | Son of John and Susanna Harris
Not lost but gone before
(Aged 1Y 8M; Hymn, Benjamin Clark)
| H 41 | Cranmer, Mary
Cranmer, Charles
Cranmer, James | Not lost but gone before (Hymn, Benjamin Clark)
| H 43 | Carter, Caroline | Rest, rest in peace, thy toils of Earth are o'er
Sorrow shall sting and sickness waste no more
Hard the task from thee to part
Whilst fond remembrance clings around the heart
| H 45 | Page, Edmund John | Thou who canst change the heart and raise the dead
As thou art by to sooth our parting hour
Be ready when we meet with thy dear pard'ning words
| H 49 | Horseman, Elizabeth | I know that my Redeemer liveth
Job XIX 25
| H 50 | Cheshire Junr,
William | Who died after a short illness, June 23 1853 in the 29th year of his age
Although brought up as an operative printer, he was led by his love for nature to the study of botany. Attained considerable proficiency, but unfortunately died too young to leave any lasting record of his labours.
His memory however lives in the hearts of his associates and friends by whom the monument was erected.
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, though to itself it only live and die
Sonnet 94
| H 52 | Barnacle, Ann
Barnacle, Joseph | With Christ which is far better
| H 60A | Gladstone,
Thomas Wooten | Not lost but gone before
(Aged 2Y 2M; Hymn, Benjamin Clark)
| H 65 | Warrilow, Ellen | Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| H 69 | Hatten, Emily Eliza | With Jesus in Heaven
(Aged 18Y 8M)
| H 70 | Taplin, Charles | (son of John Taplin late of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, Gent)
| H 71 | Tinsley, Harriett
Tinsley, John Biddle
Tinsley, George Alfred
Tinsley, James Thomas | The beloved wife of Richard Tinsley (of Ashbourne, Derbyshire)
The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin
1 John 1 7
Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out
John VI 37
O meet me in the valley when heart and flesh shall fail
And softly, safely, lead me on until within the veil
And Saviour deal as kindly with those I leave behind
Till each shall in our heavenly home a sweet welcome find
(Aged 8M, 14M, 4Y 10M)
| H 72 | Alcock, John
Alcock, Mary Ann | Humbly we hope that death to him was gain
To whom God 's mercy through his blessed Son
Gave gracious strength through long continued pain
Meekly to trust and say "Thy will be done"
She is gone and the grave hath received her
T'was Jesus that called her away
She has gone to the Lord that redeemed her
From night to the splendour of day
| H 82 | Fretwell, Ann | What is my strength that I should hope?
And what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? Job VI 11
| H 83 | Greenway, Mary Ann | May she rest in peace
| H 87 | Cook, William
Cook, Sarah | Faith in thy gracious keeping
Leave we now thy servants sleeping
(Hymn, John Ellerton, 1870)
| H 92 | Lattimer, Augusta Eliza | And they shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels (Malachi 3:17)
| H 93 | Bethell, Thomas
Bethell, Martha
and 3 of their children who died in infancy | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God
(Matthew 5:8)
| H 94 | Mair, William | Late Officer of Inland Revenue
Thy will be done (Lord's Prayer/Matthew 6:10)
| H 96 | Wooten, John
Wooten, Mary
Wooten, William
[Wooten, Richard] | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
Late of HM Royal 7th Hussars who died on his passage home from India, March 28th 1865, aged 33 years
| H 97 | Birch, Lydia Mary
[Birch, Jessie]
[Birch, Thomas] | Into thy hand I commit my spirit, for thou hast redeemed me O Lord, God of Truth (Psalm 31:5)
| H 99 | Cranmer, Esther | Thy will be done
Into thine hand I commit my spirit
Thou has redeemed me O Lord God of Truth (Psalm 31:5)
| H 100 | Martin, Charles | Formerly a chorister of Holy Trinity Church
Boast not thyself of tomorrow
For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth
(Proverbs 27:1)
| H 101 | Cranmer, Job | Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come
Matt XXIV 42
| H 104 | Cranmer, Amos | Amici.....im amor f.i. vemias
| H 107 | Thornecroft, Marianne | Youngest daughter of Elias & Ann Thornecroft (late of Leamington)
Calm in the bosom of thy God
Fair spirit rest thee now
E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod
His seal was on thy brow
(Dirge, poem by Felicia Dorothea Hemans)
| H 109 | Wells, Hannah | Thy will be done (Lord's Prayer/Matthew 6:10)
| H 114 | Bryan, John
Freeman | Second son of the late Thomas Frances Bryan, Addlestrop, Gloucestershire
Blessed are the peacemakers (Matthew 5:9)
| H 115 | Kitchen, William
Kitchen, Rebekah | May they rest in peace
| H 116 | Kitchen, Elizabeth
Kitchen, Emma | Blessed are those that trust in the Lord (Jeremiah 17:7)
| H 117 | Cross, Mary
Cross, Jane
Cross, Thomas | Watch, for in such an hour as ye think not
The Son of Man cometh (Matthew 24:44)
He died in Jesus and is blest
How sweet his slumbers are
| H 119 | Tracy, George Albemarle | "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord" (Revelation 14:13)
A bitter cup, a shock severe
To part with one we loved so dear
Our loss so great, we'll not complain
But trust in Christ to meet again
| H 120 | Freeman, Merton James
Freeman, Mercy
Freeman, Thomas | Beloved in life, in death not forgotten
He is not lost; in youth's bright sunny morning
He gave his heart with all its hopes to God
Then from the world and its allurements turning
He meekly walked the path his Master trod
(Aged 17)
Though lost to sight, to memory dear
He sought that peace which heaven alone can give
| H 122 | Rogers, Martin
Rogers, John Thomas | So he giveth his beloved sleep (Psalm 127:2)
| H 123 | Rogers, Lucy | Because I live, ye shall live also (John 14:19)
| H 124 | Rogers, Henry Martin
Rogers, Elizabeth Jane
Rogers, Edith Harriet | I am the resurrection and the life (John 11:25)
| H 124a | Sadler, Ann | Of Stroud, Gloucestershire, who died at Stratford-upon-Avon
Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee
(Psalm 55:22)
| H 125 | Arch, Elizabeth
[Hawkins, Jane] | Younger daughter of Daniel and Jane Hawkins who fell asleep in Jesus
Erected by loving friends and pupils
Not my will but thine be done (Luke 22:42)
| H 127 | Wakefield, William | Lord when our stage of life is run, may we obtain the prize
And like the daily setting sun, go down again to rise
| H 128 | Baldwin, John
Baldwin, Mary
[Smith, Anne]
[Baldwin, William]
[Baldwin, Mary]
[Baldwin, Mary]
Baldwin, William Henry
Baldwin, Sarah Ann | I am the resurrection and the life
He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live
(John 11: 25)
In the midst of life we are in death
(Book of Common Prayer, Burial of the Dead)
| H 129 | Southam, Mary
Southam, Mary | Here lieth the body of Mary the wife of James Southam who departed this life the 10 of September ano dom 1682
Also here lieth the body of Mary the daughter of James Southam who departed this life the 21 day of November 1682
A daughter of Abraham here doth lye
Returned to the dust
Whose life was hid in Christ with God
In whom was all her trust
Who wisely wrought while it was day
And in her spirit did watch and pray
To hear God's word attentive was her ear
Her humble heart was full of holy fear
(Both died in 1682, and this is the oldest identified headstone in the churchyard)
| H 132 | Gibbs, Adam | .....well my wife and children lay
Gi..... only here
From now.....
| H 135 | Hewins, Joseph
Hewins, Ann | Sleeping in Jesus
| H 137 | Whiteman, Emma
[Whiteman, John]
[Millington, Mary Ann]
[Whiteman, Hannah] | Amor et.....
As flowers in summer fade
She vanished as the rainbow
After sultry showers
She sunk pale and lovely like the fleecy snow
Which in the sunbeam melts
And we have laid her in her peaceful resting place
To await the coming of her Lord
(Aged 1Y 10M)
| H 138 | Hewins, Thomas
Hewins, Mary Ann | Lord Jesus Saviour ever blest
Grant to thy redeemed rest
| H 147 | Aubley, Emma
Aubley, William John | Be ye also ready
(Mother died 12th October 1869; Matthew 24:44)
This lovely bud so young and fresh
Called hence by early death
(Son died 28th March 1870, aged 9M 3W)"
| H 150 | Bentley, Wilfred
[Bentley, Daphne] | Priest
| H 158A | [Thompson, William]
[Thompson, Anne]
Gibbs, Edward
Gibbs, Anne
[Gibbs, Sarah]
[Gibbs, Mary]
[Gibbs Mary]
[Russell, Mary] |
With long life will I satisfy him
And show him my salvation
91 Psalm 16 v
| H 158X | Shaylor, Thomas | Here lies a kind and inoffensive friend
Peaceful during life and in his dealings just
Constant to a friend and true with his.....
| H 159 | Illegible name
[Hemming, Thomas] | She in a sacred calm resigned her breath
And as her eyelids closed she smiled in death
| H 167 | Rothwell, Anne | Areston in the County of Lancashire who died at
Stratford-upon-Avon
| H 171 | Tasker, George
[Tasker, Susannah] | I hope his joys may never cease
| H 176 | Sargeson, Thomas
[Sargeson, Elizabeth] | Thy will be done (Lord's Prayer/Matthew 6:10)
| H 177 | Southam, .....
Southam, Hannah | The years roll round and steal away
The breath that first thou gave
What ere we do, where ere we go
We are travelling to the grave
| H 178 | Alcock, Mary Ann Loyd, Richard
Loyd, Elizabeth | Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth
Yea saith the spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them (Revelation 14:13)
| H 179 | Palmer, James | An affectionate husband, faithful servant and a tried and trusty friend
| H 186 | Williams, Thomas
Williams, William | Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13)
| H 189 | Stanbridge, Reuben | I am trusting thee Lord Jesus
Trusting only thee
Trusting thee for full salvation
Great and free
(Hymn, Frances R Havergal)
| H 190 | Mills, Joseph
Mills, Mary | The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away
Blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1:21)
| H 192 | Taylor, John
[Taylor, Sarah]
Taylor, Thomas
[Taylor, Mary]
[Taylor, Susan]
[Taylor, John] | (late of Bishopton)
(stone mason)
| H 200 | [Compton, John]
Court, Phebe |
My life is past
Happy were we while it did last
So after me no sorrow take
But love my child for my sake
| H 203 | Rose, John Henry
Rose, John George Amos | Watch for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come
(Died less than a year after his baby son, aged 26; Matthew 24:42)
Jesus called a little child unto him
(Aged 10W)
| H 206 | Thomson, Charlotte
Walker, Robert
Walker, Charlotte | Wife of James Archer Thomson MBCM and second surviving daughter of the late Robert and Charlotte Walker
He giveth his beloved sleep (Psalm 127:2)
| H 212 | Maining, William | For this is the will of God (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
| H A | Wright, Susannah
[Wright, William] | Wife of William Wright of Clifford Hill (late of Dodwell)
| H P | Evetts, John
Evetts, Mary | I know that my Redeemer liveth (Job 19:25)
| M 2 | Nason, Stephen
Nason, Alice Lucy
Nason, John Robert | In a vault beneath are deposited the remains of the Revd Stephen Nason MA, Vicar of this parish twenty four years and one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County, in which offices he discharged his duty both as a Minister and a Magistrate with fidelity, firmness and integrity. He died May 31st 1787 aged sixty nine years.
Also of Alicy Lucy Nason relict of the above and daughter of Robert Wise Esqre of Standhampton, Oxon. She died February 15th 1799.
Also of John Robert Nason their youngest son, late Major of the 47 Regt. He died at Norton Lindsey August 22nd 1851 aged 85 years.
| M 9 | Harding, Henry | Henricus Harding
Quondam Vicarius
| M 10 | Wainwright, Rupert | "The Admiral's Oak"
To the proud memory of Rear Admiral Rupert Wainwright, CB, DSC
| M 11 | Masters, William James
Masters, Lilian Agatha | Masters Beech
In memory of his parents
Planted by their youngest son Grenville 1988
| M 12 | Chafy, Rev Chafy | Cedar tree from Gethsemane
| M 16 | Blackwood, F M P | Michael's Beech
Captain F M P Blackwood
The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
| M 18 | Holy Trinity Church | Mulberry planted in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of this church in 2010
| M 19 | Emrys-Jones, John
Emrys-Jones, Marise | Medlar in loving memory
Their ashes lie in this churchyard
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