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 Inscriptions of the Memorials and Headstones in and around Hastingleigh St. Marys Church.

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to see the inscriptions that appear on that memorial or headstone.

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Grave No.
(Surname)
Inscription:

Notes:
001 PRIDEAUX:

HERE LIE
THE REMAINS OF
GOSTWYCK PRIDEAUX
CLERK M.A.
FOR 17 YEARS
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED MARCH 21 1880
IN THE 81ST YEAR
OF HIS AGE
 

West aspect of the Prideaux
pillar next to the Lychgate.
002 PRIDEAUX:

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY
OF A FAITHFUL WIFE AND
CHRISTIAN MOTHER
LUCRETIA PRIDEAUX
WHO DIED APRIL 10TH 1857
AGED 60 YEARS
THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED
1.Cor 15 chap.52 vers
 

South side of the Prideaux pillar,
next to the Lychgate


(nee Lucretia Castle)

003 LEGGET:
GEORGE LEGGET
LATE OF THE PARISH OF BRABOURN
WHO DIED JULY
1780 AGED 45? ALSO HE LEFT
ISSUE BY MARY HIS FIRST WIFE
ONE SON GEORGE AND BY
ELIZABETH SECOND WIFE TWO
SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER
STEPHEN, WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH
(wife 1 = Mary Pilcher d.Apr 1770 : grave 123 / wife 2 = Elizabeth Stickels)
 

Originally this stone was upright (though not stable)
and next to the pathway
to the church door,
but was moved in 2009
to cover an exposed  vault, nearer the Lychgate,
as the vault's ceiling had collapsed.
004

COVENEY:

 

Floor stone partly in the
Vestry and partly in the south Aisle.

This is probably the grave of John Coveney, who dictates in his will that he wishes to be buried IN Hastingleigh church next to his wife. This would date the grave circa 1676.

005 TAPPENDEN:

The lighting of the Chancel was installed
In 1961 by members of the congregation and
parish of Hastingleigh in affectionate memory
of George Tappenden and in appreciation of his
work for many years as Churchwarden during
which period he did much to strengthen
the spiritual life of this parish.
 

 


Tablet on north wall of the Nave
006 SANKEY:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE SANKEY, SURGEON OF MAIDSTONE,
YOUNGEST SON OF SAMUEL SANKEY OF HASTINGLEIGH
WHO DIED ON BOARD THE "S.S. CHIMBORAZO"
ON HIS WAY TO AUSTRALIA, JANUARY 27TH 1885
IN THE 54TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE AND CHILDREN.
ALSO OF AGNES LAURA SANKEY
3RD DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED MARCH 9TH 1956

 
Tablet on north wall of the Nave
007 HALKE: 
2 Brass memorial plaques, one in Latin text and the other a Picture or
Rebus of a Hawk.
JOHN & AMIA (Amy) HALKE, maternal grandparents of William Harvey MD
who discovered the circulation of blood.
They are also reputed to be 13 x Great Grandparents of
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
 

On the floor, in the aisle of the Nave.
008 SANKEY:
IN MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT G.G.J.SANKEY
XXXV TH SIKHS
WHO DIED AT NOWSHERA PUNJAB INDIA
ON THE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1902
DEEPLY REGRETTED BY ALL RANKS OF HIS REGIMENT
---
ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS
 


Memorial plaque on wall to the right of the rood screen

[see also memorial window No.015]

[see bottom of military memorials for detail of his murder Click ]

009 DUTHIE:
JOHN JAMES
Son of the Rev. A.H. and
Mary Duthie
Who died Aug 9 1829
Aged 9 months
 

Floor stone in Chancel
Nearest the Nave
010 SANKEY:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
GEORGE FREDERICK
SANKEY M.D.
WHO FOR MANY YEARS BELONGED
TO THE 39TH REGIMENT
AND DIED AT DUGSHAI, E.INDIA
ON THE 14TH OCTOBER 1876
AGED 33
THIS TABLET
IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS,
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN OF THE REGIMENT
AS A MARK OF AFFECTION
FOR ONE
WHOM THEY DEEPLY REGRET.
 

Tablet on North Wall of Chancel
011 SANKEY:
Here lieth the Body of
SARAH the Wife of JOHN
SANKEY of this Parish, Daugh
of Hezekia Marshall
Catharine his Wife late
of Braborn who left issue
one son Rich and one daug
Margaret. She died May
8th 1751 aged 36 years.
Here lieth the Body of
JOHN SANKEY
who died March 7th 1761
Aged77 years
----
Also FRANCES Wife of the said
JOHN SANKEY
died May ye 12: 1765
aged 75 years
 

Floor stone in Chancel, next
along from 009
012 SANKEY:
Beneath this stone
Is deposited the remains of
RICHARD SANKEY Esq.
Late of this Parish; who departed this life
January 26th 1806 aged 80 Years.
 

Floor Stone in Chancel
013 BRIDGES/SANKEY:
Here lieth
Interr·d the Body of
MARGARET the Wife of
Mr THOMAS BRIDGES
Who died
The 8. Of July 1754
Aged 32 years

This dust alone remains
Tis all that dyd
Let hallowed Earth
The sacr·d reliques hide
Shrin·d in my breast
Her living Image lies
And the pure spirit
Triumphs in the skies

The above Margaret
was the Daughter of
John Sankey

Floor stone in chancel
014 SANKEY:
IN A VAULT
IN THIS CHURCH YARD
ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF
JOHN SANKEY ESQ
WHO DIED THE 16TH OCTOBER 1842
AGED 58 YEARS
ALSO OF MARY, HIS WIFE
WHO DIED THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 1815
ALSO OF SAMUEL SANKEY ESQ.
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED THE 19TH DECEMBER 1851 AGED 74 YEARS
ALSO OF MARY, HIS WIFE
WHO DIED THE 26TH OCTOBER 1855
AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO SAMUEL JOHN SANKEY
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED THE 30TH APRIL 1877
AGED 64 YEARS
ALSO OF ANN, HIS WIFE WHO DIED 28TH SEPTEMBER 1890
AGED 72 YEARS
ALSO OF FANNY, WIFE OF
RICHARD JOHN SANKEY
WHO DIED 29TH JUNE 1919
AGED 72 YEARS
ALSO OF RICHARD JOHN SANKEY
WHO DIED 6TH NOVEMBER 1923
AGED 82 YEARS
ALSO OF LESLIE RICHARD SANKEY
WHO DIED JUNE 12TH 1936
AGED 61 YEARS
 

Tablet on North Wall
015 SANKEY:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE DEARLY LOVED MEMORY OF LIEUT° GRAHAM G.J.SANKEY 35TH SIKHS, YOUNGER SON OF RICHARD J. SANKEY, OF SOUTH HILL IN THIS PARISH, WHO DIED AT NOWSHERA IN THE PUNJAB, INDIA. SEPT 8TH 1902 AGED 23. THIS WINDOW IS DEDICATED BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS.


3 panelled window behind the
main Altar In memory of
Graham Sankey who was murdered
at Nowshera.

[see also plaque No.008]

016 WOOD:
IN MEMORY OF
DOUGLAS WOOD
1919-1979
ORGANIST AND FRIEND
OF THIS CHURCH
 

On the lid of the Sheet Music box to
the right of the Organ. Doug Wood
was organist at the church for
most of his adult life.
017 PORTEUS-GRAHAM:
To the Glory of God and in memory of
William Porteus Graham B.1868 D.1935
Resurgam
 


Stained glass window to the right
of the Chancel

[see also head stone No.072] 

018 MARSHALL:
J-H. M.
1836
[this is John Harfleet Marshall]
 

Stone with 3 initials and a date.
019 MARSHALL:
M.M.
1841
[this is Martha Marshall - d.18 Jan 1841 wife of John Harfleet Marshall ]
 

Stone with 2 initials and a date.


(nee Martha Browning)

020 BREEZE:
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
RICHARD BREEZE
1906-1977
 

Upright stone
021 FINDLAY:
NOEL CHARLES
MANSFELDT FINDLAY
1899-1976
MARY CECILIA
FINDLAY
1908-2006
 

Upright head stone


(nee Lady Mary Cecilia Legg, eldest
daughter of 7th Earl of Dartmouth)

022 LANGFORD:
IN
LOVING REMEMBRANCE
OF
WILLIAM RICHARD
LANGFORD
1906-1980
AND
MILLICENT SARAH
LANGFORD
1912-2003
TOGETHER AGAIN
 

Upright stone

(nee Millicent Sarah Wanstall)

023 GOODERHAM:
PEACE
PETER THOMAS
GOODERHAM
1945-1981
REMEMBERED WITH MUCH LOVE
AND AFFECTION
PEACE IS MY PARTING GIFT TO YOU
MY OWN PEACE
SUCH AS THE WORLD CANNOT
GIVE
 

Upright stone
024 BACON:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
CHRISTOPHER
BACON
1944-2005
 

Flat stone in the ground
025 BROOKE:
COLIN
BROOKE
1941-2001
(on the reverse of the grave stone is written)
NOTHING
is
PAST
Nothing
is
LOST
One
brief
MOMENT
and
ALL
will
BE
as it
was
BEFORE
 


Upright head stone
026 KELLY:
John Walter
KELLY
1937-2006
Dearly loved
Husband of Anne
Pa and Grandpa
 

Upright head stone
027 FILE:
In
Loving Memory
SARAH
WIFE OF WILLIAM FILE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DECEMBER 27 1897
AGED 73 YEARS
THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED
---
ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED
WILLIAM FILE
WHO DIED MAY 24TH 1920
IN HIS 100TH YEAR.
 


(nee Sarah West)
028 STICKELS:
IN MEMORY OF
CUBISON STICKELS
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED MAY 17TH 1886
AGED 81
 

Upright head stone
029 DRAPER:
KATHLEEN
TERESA
DRAPER
1915-2003
Fondly remembered
By her family
And pupils
 

Upright head stone
030

HODGSON:

Deep down
On the hearth of my being
In the warmth of my everything
I am safe and I am calm
And I wait
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SIMON JOHN KINGSMILL
HODGSON
1965-1987
 

Upright head stone (Feb2010-this stone has been removed)
May 2010, professionally restored headstone is now back in place.
And it looks great!
031 JESSEL:
LOVING MEMORY
OF
SHIRLEY CORNELIA
JESSEL
1935-1977
 

Upright head stone


(nee Shirley C. Waters)

032 WOOD:
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
DOUGLAS GEORGE WOOD
WHO DIED APRIL 7TH 1973
AGED 59
 

Upright head stone
033 MUGFORD:
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARGOT MAUD MUGFORD
1825-1972
AND HER HUSBAND
ROY PETHERBRIDGE MUGFORD
1885-1958
(BURIED AT LYMPSTONE)
ALSO
BLAISE MUGFORD
1922-1980
AND
BARBARA M.S. DAWS
1837-1986
 

Upright head stone


(nee Margaret Maud Bliss)

034 SCOTT:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
JAMES SCOTT
WHO DIED ON 18TH MARCH 1979
AGED 86 YEARS
MABEL PATRICIA
DIED ON 6TH JULY 1981
AGED 81 YEARS
REUNITED
 

Upright head stone
035 HAWKE:
Remembered with love
A dear husband
And father
Dennis Ernest Hawke
1926-1997
Forever in our thoughts
 

Upright head stone
036 POSSNICKER:
KENNETH FRANK
POSSNICKER
DEID 2ND MAY 2004, AGED 76
A DAILY THOUGHT
A SILENT TEAR
A CONSTANT WISH
THAT YOU WERE HERE.
 



Upright head stone
Update April 2016
Vera Violet Possnicker has been buried with her late husband and the headstone is removed for updating.

(nee Vera Violet Hopkins m.1952 Wandsworth)
037 JERROM:
Remembered Forever with love and pride
Edward
James Jerrom
4th February 1938-
3rd August 2005
A loving husband and dad.
Rest with our love.
 

Upright head stone
038 RUSSELL:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
A DEAR SON AND BROTHER
DAVID GEORGE
RUSSELL
DIED 21ST AUGUST 1976
AGED 17 YEARS
FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS
 

Upright head stone
039 RUSSELL:
In loving memory
of
BENJAMIN ROBERT
RUSSELL
15 Jan 1920 -10 Dec 1999
And Wife
ELSIE JOCELYN
RUSSELL
18 Oct 1929 -9 May 2011
Forever in our thoughts
 
 

Upright head stone
[Updated photo and inscription amended Aug 2013] nee Elsie Gregory.
040 HOMER:
IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
A DEAR HUSBAND
FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
KENNETH WALTER
HOMER
1920-2004
 

Upright head stone
041 SMITH:
TO
THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE SMITH
WHO DIED FEB° 1?
1860
AGED 5 YEARS
---
SHALL ARISE . John Ch25 V6
 


Upright head stone
042 HOOPER:
Heather
Christine
HOOPER
NEE Randall
Of Lyddendane
1945-2005

Generosity Grace and Spirit
 


Upright head stone
043 WYBORN:
In
Memory of
MARY ANN
WIFE OF GEORGE WYBORN
WHO DIED DECEMBER 5 1882
AGED 21 YEARS
 


Upright head stone


(nee Mary Ann Atwood)

044 MILLS:
IN
AFFECTION ???
??????/
PA????? FARM IN
THE ???? OF 
??????
WI ???????
????
AGED ??????
(+passage)
HE THOUGHT IT BEST


Cross/head stone has lost facade
due frost damage.

This is a Mills grave stone according to an older map of the churchyard. It might be for William Mills who was buried 25 Apr 1890. He was aged 51 and from Coldblow.

045 WEEKES:
In
Loving Memory
Of
ELLEN WEEKES
BORN JANUARY 7TH 1829
DIED AUGUST 8TH 1912
Father in thy gracious keeping
Leave we now the servant sleeping
 


Upright Cross


(nee Ellen Black)

046 WEEKES
In
loving memory of
JAMES WILLIAM WEEKES
OF BRABOURNE
BORN JUNE 15TH 1859
DIED NOVEMBER 28TH 1919
WHO BEST CAN DRINK HIS CUP OF WOE
TRIUMPHANT OVER PAIN
WHO PATIENT BEARS HIS CROSS BELOW
HE FOLLOWS IN HIS TRAIN
 


Upright head stone
047 WEEKES:
J.W.W.
1919
(this is JAMES WILLIAM WEEKS)
 


Upright foot stone
048 A YOUNG/HAYWARD:

[in Braille]   DAD               

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ALLAN ALFRED YOUNG
17 SEPTEMBER 1941
18 MARCH 2010
LAID TO REST
WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS
GEORGE WILLIAM HAYWARD
1870-1953
ELLEN ELIZA nee POTTS
1871-1955


Head stone to mark the grave of Bill and Nellie Hayward and one of their grandsons. Bill Hayward was verger and sexton at Hastingleigh for over 40 years.

Allan Young was the 3rd son of the 8 children of Tom and Emily Young of Newbarn Farm. He was born at Bishops Cottages, Hastingleigh and died at Hawkinge. [Click]
048 B TAPPENDEN:
CUBISON FRANCIS TAPPENDEN
DIED NOVEMBER 11TH 1943
 
 

Upright head stone
049 TAPPENDEN:
In loving Memory
of
FLORENCE FANNY
WIFE OF
C.F.TAPPENDEN
BORN OCTOBER 16TH 1867
DIED OCTOBER 15TH 1916
NOT AS I WILL BUT AS THOU WILT
 


Upright head stone


(nee Florence Fanny Hooper)

050 TAPPENDEN:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD GEORGE
TAPPENDEN
DIED MAY 28TH 1937
AGED 69
IT IS NOT NIGHT IF THOU BE NEAR.
 


South Face of cross
051 TAPPENDEN:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ELIZA ANN
WIFE OF
EDWARD GEORGE TAPPENDEN
BORN FEBRUARY 22ND 1872
DIED APRIL 8TH 1920
THY ROD AND STAFF MY COMFORT STILL
THY CROSS BEFORE TO GUIDE ME
 


East face of same cross as above No. 050.


(nee Eliza Ann West)

053 CODMAN:
BERTHA ELEANOR CODMAN DIED JUNE 21ST 1931 AGED 54 YEARS.
UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
 

Perimeter Stones surrounding the
grave plot, with engraved
words on the side stones.
055 CROFT:
IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLES CROFT
PASSED AWAY
OCTOBER 8TH 1921
AGED 79 YEARS
ALSO OF
ANNIE HIS WIFE
PASSED AWAY
OCTOBER 10TH 1934
AGED 69 YEARS
 


Upright head stone
056 SANKEY:
TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF
WILLIAM HENRY
SANKEY
OF HASTINGLEIGH + BROADSTAIRS
SON OF SAMUEL J. SANKEY OF SOUTH HILL
DIED 21 JULY 1936 AGED 92
AND OF EMILY ANNIE HIS WIFE
DIED 20 MARCH 1937 AGED 86
 


Upright Cross


(nee Emily Annie Parker)

057 TAYLOR:
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
MAJOR GEORGE TAYLOR
WHO DIED APRIL 12TH 1919
Aged 66 years
 
 

Upright Cross
058 MILLS:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ESTHER JANE MILLS
WIFE OF FRANCIS MILLS
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED APRIL 28TH 1932
AGED 85
PATIENT IN SUFFERING
FRANCIS MILLS
DIED NOVEMBER 7 1934
AGED 92
IN THEIR DEATH THEY WERE
NOT DIVIDED 2. SAM 1.23
 

 

Upright head stone


(nee Esther Jane Bourne)

060 HUKINS:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
SYDNEY JOHN
HUKINS
DIED DECEMBER 1ST 1937
AGED 23 YEARS
TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE
BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE.
 

Upright head stone
061 YOUNG:
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN EDWARD
YOUNGEST SON OF
THOMAS & FRANCES YOUNG
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
DIED MAY 19TH 1917
AGED 15 YEARS
(The plinth has been raised up out of the ground and the cross restored on top: Restored in September 2009.
A sincere THANK YOU to Mr K. Young and Mr N. Young for fixing this.)
 


Broken Cross in ground next to the
base of the cross.

Now restored


(nee Frances Ann Hill) His parents are buried at Elmsted.

062 PEBERDY:
FREDERICK WALTER
PEBERDY
1917-1990
LOVED AND BELOVED
HUSBAND, FATHER
GRANDFATHER AND
GREAT GRANDFATHER
NOW REUNITED WITH
HIS BELOVED WIFE
ENID MAY PEBERDY
1920-2012
BELOVED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER
FOREVER LOVED AND
DEARLY MISSED BY US ALL
REST IN ETERNAL PEACE
 
 

Upright head stone
[Updated to include new inscription -Aug 2013]  nee Enid May Bartram
063 CLARK:
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD CLARK
A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER
DIED 20TH MARCH 1982
AGED 84 YEARS
ALSO ELLEN KATE
LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER
REUNITED 10-1-89
AGED 88 YEARS
 


Upright head stone


(nee Ellen Kate Prebble)

[Ted & Nellie Clark]

064 CHAPMAN:
MAURICE CHAPMAN
1930-1982
MARGARET ANN CHAPMAN
1934-2014
..

Upright head stone
(nee Margaret Ann Fletcher m.1963 Canterbury)

Update Apr 2016
Headstone cleaned and updated with additional inscription.
065 GRAHAM:
In
Loving memory
Of
PHYLLIS CLARE GRAHAM
S.R.N. Q.A.I.M.S
1895-1987
(Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service)
 


Upright head stone
066 GRAHAM:
IN LOVING MEMORY
MARY DOROTHEA
GRAHAM
1897 ~ 1981
 


Upright head stone
067 LOWDON:
MAY LOWDON AT REST FEB 8TH 1946 AGED 73 YEARS.
(nee Mary Hannah Alberta Lowden)
 

Perimeter Stones surround the grave
plot, with words engraved on the longer
side stones.
068 A BLISS FORGE:
JOHN BLISS FORGE
1921-2008
 

Upright head stone
068 B FORGE:
ARTIST WRITER
ANDREW
FORGE
1923-2002
 

Upright head stone
069A FORGE:
SIDNEY
WALLACE
1890-1948

MARGARET
1922-1966

JOANNA
RUTH
1892-1991
 


Upright head stone


(nee Joanna R. Bliss)

069B BURGESS:
CLAIRE HELEN
BURGESS
NEE FORGE
1951-1989
 


Flat stone in the ground in front
of 069A
070 GRAHAM:
JOHN
HENRY PORTEUS GRAHAM
LT  COLONEL
3RD MAY 1866 : 15TH JUNE 1956
 



Upright Cross

Update May 2014: Sadly this cross has now fallen over. whether undermined or pushed by an act of vandalism is unknown, but it is now almost horizontal having toppled in an Eastwards direction.
071 RYAN:
PAUL RYAN
1948-1989
It's not how a man ends up that
Matters, it's how he has affected the
Hearts and souls of those around him
 


Upright head stone
072 GRAHAM:

SACRED TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF
WILLIAM PORTEUS GRAHAM
1868-1935
AND HIS WIFE MABEL PRIOR
1870-1947
THIS PLACE IS HALLOWED BY THOSE
WHO LOVE THEM
 

Flat stone at the end of a grave plot
with stones surrounding
the perimeter.

(nee Mabel Prior Nicholson)

[see also memorial window No.017]

073 WELLER:

CHARLES THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ETHEL WELLER DIED MARCH 2ND 1946 AGED 58
 
 

Grave surrounded by perimeter stones,
the engraved words are along those
stones on the south side.
074 LLOYD:

ALICE WOODBINA LLOYD
BORN 1864 ~ DIED 1944
---
RHYS KENNETH LLOYD
BORN 1899 : DIED 1964
( middle name is misspelt on the plaque
: should perhaps read Woodbine as per her birth cert.)
 


Flat stone with grave surrounded by
perimeter stones.


(nee Alice W Lewis widow, of the Rev. Rees Lloyd Lloyd)

075 LEONARD:

F.M.L
P.S.L.
(The Leonards :see below 076)
 


Upright foot stone
076 LEONARD:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FLORENCE MARY LEONARD
DIED 8TH APRIL 1945
AGED 70
AND OF PERCY STOKES LEONARD
DIED 21ST JULY 1948
IN HIS 80TH YEAR
 


Upright head stone


(nee Florence Mary Wake)

077 DIVE:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
AMY DIVE
AT REST 29TH APRIL 1941
IN HER 80TH YEAR
REST IN PEACE
 


Upright head stone
078 GREEN:

WILLIAM GREEN DIED 15TH FEBRUARY 1946 ALSO NELLIE HIS WIFE DIED 30TH APRIL 1945 AGED 73 YEARS.
 

Grave is surrounded by perimeter
stones on which the engraved words
can be found.
079 SEWELL:

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN ALFRED SEWELL
DIED 24 FEB 1947
AGED 59

Flat stone in the ground.
080 ELSE:

IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
ROBERT J.
ELSE
DIED
JULY 18 1936
AGED 37

THY WILL
BE DONE
 


Flat stone in the ground
081 MARSH:

IN
LOVING
MEMORY
FREDERICK
JAMES
MARSH
1881-1966
ANNIE
MAI
MARSH
Nee JONES
RHOSGADFAN
GWYNEDD
1896-1990
[Let light perpetual shine upon them]

On the reverse of the stone now reads:
ARTHUR MARSH
1930 - 2011
 
 

Upright head stone

 

082 PAGE:

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ALBERT GEORGE PAGE
1915-1966
AND
EELIN LOUISE PAGE
1918-2004
 

Upright head stone
083 TAPPENDEN:
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
GEORGE TAPPENDEN
18TH OCTOBER 1960
AND HIS WIFE
MOLLIE
1905-1995
 
 
Upright head stone
084 UNKNOWN:
There are no surviving text or dates on or surrounding this plaque and plot.
Unable to identify it, however from the style of plot it would be reasonable to assume it is circa 1940s.
 

Perimeter stones surround the grave
plot and a head stone is visible,
but the facade had been destroyed
by the weather.
085 ELSE:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
THOMAS ELSE
DIED JULY 9TH 1924 AGED 64
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
ALSO CAROLINE
HIS WIFE
(there may be more text but it would be below ground level.)
 

Head stone also perimeter stones
surrounding the grave plot
(nee Caroline Payne)
086 HELMER:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FRANK L.R. HELMER
1911-1983

 
Plaque on a small Rock or field stone,
in the grass
087 GORELL-BARNES:
COME UNTO ME YE ALL THAT
LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN
AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST
MICHAEL LETHBRIDGE GORELL BARNES
1926-1982
DEARLY LOVED
REST IN PEACE
 

Inscription replaced with:
Michael Lethbridge Gorell Barnes
May 13th 1926 - December 22nd 1982
Christine Rosalind Mary Gorell Barnes (nee Knight)
June 20th 1925 - December 6th 2010
Deeply Loved

Plaque on a rock or field stone,
set in the grass .

His widow 'Chris' Christine Gorell Barnes (nee Knight) is now intered here too. [2011]

088A MARSH:
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ELLEN
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
ROBERT MARSH
DIED DEC 8TH 1924
AGED 75
---
Also ROBERT MARSH
DIED MARCH 19TH 1929
AGED 79
 


Upright head stone
(nee Ellen Brett)
088B PULLEN:
ALSO ANNIE PULLEN
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED 7TH APRIL 1975
AGED 90 YEARS
 


Separate small upright stone set in
to the ground immediately in front
of the above head stone No. 088A
089 MILLS:
LOVING MEMORY
OF
JAMES EDWARD
MILLS
DIED
MARCH 10TH 1933
AGED 85 YEARS
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
 


Upright head stone shaped like an
open book
093 JACKSON:
ROSE JACKSON
1899-1988
LOVED
 


Flat memorial stone immediately
behind the church east wall
094 THOMAS:
MARJORIE THOMAS
1903-1988
THOUGH EARTH HOLDS
MANY SPLENDOURS
WHEREVER I MAY DIE
I KNOW TO WHAT BROWN COUNTRY
MY HOMING THOUGHTS WILL FLY
 


[transcription corrected 15 Dec 09, with information received from Marjorie Thomas' family.
The inscription is from a poem by Dorothy McKellar.]

Flat memorial stone immediately
behind the church east wall
095 WADE:
BRIAN WADE
1966-1990
IN LOVING MEMORY
 


Flat memorial stone immediately
behind the church east wall
096 HANCE:
ALSO
TO THE MEMORY OF
MY DEAR MOTHER
LOUISE FRANCES HANCE
NEE KIRBY
WHO DIED MARCH 23RD 1968
 


Upright head stone

[see also 154 for the reverse side image and inscription]

097 HANCE:
In Loving Memory of
JOHN EDWARD HANCE
ONLY SON OF
EDWARD AND LOUISE HANCE
NEE KIRBY
WHO DIED NOV 7TH 1961
PEACE PERFECT PEACE
 

 

Upright head stone

[see also 153 for the reverse side image and inscription]

098 KIRBY:
H.K.
1891
(this is Harriet Kirby died .5th Oct 1891 aged 57 years)
 


Upright head stone
099 TAPPENDEN:
H.J.T.
1894
(this is Henry James Tappenden bur. 24 Oct 1894 aged 33)
 


Upright Cross/head stone
100 TAPPENDEN:
IN
Loving memory of
HENRY JAMES
SECOND SON OF
GEORGE AND SARAH TAPPENDEN
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED OCTOBER 18TH 1894
AGED 33 YEARS
THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS
 


Upright head stone
101 TAPPENDEN:
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
THOMAS WILLIAM
SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH TAPPENDEN
OF THIS PARISH
WO DIED 20 DECEMBER 1893
AGED 34 YEARS
(+ passage)
 


Upright head stone
102 TAPPENDEN:
In Loving Memory of
SARAH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
GEORGE TAPPENDEN
OF HASTINGLEIGH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
25TH NOVEMBER 1905
AGED 70 YEARS
PEACE AT EVENTIDE
 


Upright head stone
103 TAPPENDEN:
In Loving Memory of
GEORGE TAPPENDEN
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON OCTOBER 25TH 1905
AGED 77 YEARS
(+passage)
 


Upright head stone
104 CHADBOURN:
In Memory of
WILLIAM CHADBOURN
Who died Feb· 1? 1813
Aged 76 Years
(+passage)
 


.
105 CHATBOURN/ CHADBOURN:
Here lies ye Body of
Hannah Daug° of
John & Ann Chatbourn
His wife
Who died June 19
1762
Aged 21 years
(+passage)
Also Tho° Chatbourn....


Here lies ye Body of
Eleanor Daug° of
John & Ann Chatburn
His Wife
Who died Oct 27
1760
Aged 27 Years
(+passage)



Double headstone
106 ROOKE:
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
FREDERICK KENYON ROOKE
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 23RD 1909
AGED 29
 


Upright Cross/head stone

[see also memorial window No.150]

107 NEWPORT:
In
Sacred
Memory of
MARY NEWPORT
Late of this Parish
Who departed this life
February 13 1832 aged 66 years
Left surviving one Daughter
Viz. Mary
(+passage)
 

Upright head stone
108 SANKEY:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LESLIE RICHARD SANKEY
SON OF
RICHARD JOHN SANKEY
BORN MAY 23RD 1875
DIED JUNE 12TH 1936
 


Upright Cross

[see also window No.149.]

109 SANKEY:
AND OF HIS WIFE
GLADYS WINIFRED
BORN 28TH DEC 1883
DIED 12TH AUGUST 1969
 


Flat stone on ground in front of the
above cross No. 108


(nee Gladys W. Hales)

110 SANKEY:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
RICHARD JOHN SANKEY
OF SOUTH HILL
BORN 10TH JUNE 1841 / DIED 6TH NOV 1923
AND OF FANNY FOX SANKEY
FOR 45 YEARS HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE
BORN 30TH JULY 1846, DIED 29TH JUNE 1919
 

Upright cross


(nee Fanny Fox Tomalin)

[see memorial window No.151]

111 SANKEY:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
RICHARD SANKEY
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED THE 28 OF MARCH 1862
AGED 68 YEARS
(+passage)
ALSO MARY WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MARCH 6TH 1875
AGED 75 YEARS
 


Upright head stone
112 MARSHALL:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN MARSHALL
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED DEC  26TH 1845
AGED 80 YEARS

LEFT SURVIVING
ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
4 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS
ALSO THE ABOVE
ELIZABETH
HIS WIFE
DIED DEC  23RD 1850
AGED 82 YEARS
 


Upright head stone


(nee Elizabeth Kidder)

113 COOK:
In Memory of
LETITIA COOK
OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED
15?TH JAN  1865? AGED 60 YEARS
LEFT SURVIVING 4 SONS AND
5 DAUGHTERS VIZ. WILLIAM
WALTER, RICHARD, JAMES, MARY
LETITIA, JULIA ANNE & DENNIS.
 


Upright head stone
114 STICKELS:
IN
Affectionate Remembrance of
SARAH
WIFE OF EDWARD STICKELS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 20TH 1878
AGED 68 YEARS
LEFT SURVIVING 2 SONS AND 5 DAUGHTERS

A FAITHFUL FRIEND, A MOTHER DEAR
A LOVING WIFE LIETH HERE
MY COURSE IS PAST, MY RACE IS RUN
AND YOU MY CHILDREN PREPARE TO COME.
 


Upright head stone


(nee Sarah Marshall)

115 KINGSLAND:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM KINGSLAND
OF THIS PARISH
BORN JANUARY 31ST 1827
DIED MARCH 15TH 1865
IN HEAVEN THERE·S REST
 


Upright head stone
116 BIRCHETT / BURCHETT:
IN
Ever Loving Memory
Of
HENRY BIRCHETT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DEC 27TH 1877
AGED 66 YEARS
---
Also of CHARLOTTE
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY DEC 20TH 1909
AGED 87 YEARS
---
FOR A WHILE THEIR TIRED BODIES
LIE WITH REST TOWARD THE MORN
TILL THE LAST AND BRIGHTEST EASTER
DAY BE BORN
 


Upright head stone


(nee Charlotte Brett)

117 STICKELS:
In Memory of
WILLIAM STICKELS
Late of the Parish of Elmstead
Who Died September 25th 1806
Aged 63 Years
Left Issue by Elizabeth his Wife
One Daughter viz. Mary
(+passage)
 


Upright head stone


(nee Elizabeth Sanders)

118 VENABLES:
REVEREND
DUDLEY
JAMES
VENABLES
1917-2004
R.I.P.
 


Flat memorial stone near to
Lych Gate
119 SOAR:
MURIEL SOAR
1918-2004
Beloved Wife, Mother
Grandmother and Friend
Called Home
10th September 2004
 


Flat memorial stone near to
Lych Gate
120A STICKELS:
IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES STICKELS
Who died January 11th
1840 aged 67 years
If in the flower such bounty lies
Which blooms at morn at evening dies
What shall our heavenly bodies do
When clothed with immortality
 


Upright head stone
120B STICKELS:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS STICKELS
OF THIS PARISH
DIED AUGUST 20th 1859
AGED 81 YEARS
LEFT SURVIVING THREE SONS
AND ONE DAUGHTER (VIZ)
CUBISON, GEORGE, EDWARD AND FRANCES
 


Upright head stone
121 STICKELS:
IN MEMORY OF
ELVY STICKELS
Who died March 17th
1845 aged 27 years.
In prime of life as you may see
I left my friends to mourn for me
Grieve not dear friends at my decease
For Christ I hope has made my peace.
 


Upright head stone
122 STICKELLS/STICKELS:
THE MEMORY OF
JOHN STICKELLS
Late of this Parish who Died in
Feb 1784 Aged 62 Years
Also ELIZABETH Wife
of the above named JOHN
who Died 20th August 1782
Aged 64 Years
They left issue one son and
One Daugh
 


Upright head stone


(nee Elizabeth Farries)

123 LEGGET / PILCHER:
In Memory of
MARY Wife of George Legget
Of the Parish of Elmsted Dau
Of Stephen Pilcher.........................
.................
.................
(moss covered stone needs cleaning before further research)
(NB: She was buried 10 April 1770)
 

Upright head stone
124 LEGGET:
In Memory of
GEORGE LEGGET
Late of the Parish of
ELMSTED who died Aug
12. 1756 aged 33 Years
 


Upright head stone.

This is a Grade 2 listed monument.

125 STICKELS:
JUDITH
Wife of Thomas Stickels of
This Parish who departed life
April 12. 1806? Aged 37 Years
Left issue four Children
Two sons & two Daughters
Thomas, George,Elizabeth & Mary
(+passage)
 


Upright double width headstone


(nee Judith Legget)

126 HOLME:
Here lieth ye Body
Of JOSEPH HOLME who
Died May 15th 1751
Aged 6 Years
 


Upright head stone

This is a Grade 2 listed monument

127 HARVEY:
Sacred
To the Memory of
MARY
Wife of William Harvey late of the
Parish of Waltham
Who departed this life 25th of Nov
1824 aged 32 years
(+passage)
 


Upright head stone (nee Mary Stickels/Stickles)
128 COOK, MARSHALL & CAMP:
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM COOK
WHO DIED AT WYE OCTOBER 15TH 1891
AGED 85 YEARS
ALSO MARY ANN MARSHALL
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MAY 28TH 1882
AGED 49 YEARS
ANNIE SEPTINA CAMP
FOURTH DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AT MONTROSE SCOTLAND
DECEMBER 27TH 1891 AGED 46 YEARS
DEEPLY REGRETTED BY ALL WHO KNEW THEM
 

This stone was on the South West
side of the church building, but
broke in to 3 pieces, the stump
remains in its original place, but
the two upper parts are now against
the North edge of the churchyard
lying flat and have a memorial
bench secured on top of it.

The damage is severe, but the stone is
still readable.

129 SWAIN/SWAINE:
Here lieth the Body of
Abigail Swain Daughter
Of Nicholas & Abigail Swain
Who departed this life June
Ye 9th 1768 Aged 37 Years
Here also lieth
Ye Body of WILLIAM SWAIN
Who died March ye 10th 1774
Aged 25 Years
 
 


Upright head stone
130 SWAIN/SWAINE:
Here lieth ye Body of
NICHOLAS SWAINE
Who departed this life Oct 23
1760 aged 66 Years
He left issue by Abigail his wife
4 sons and 3 Daughters
Also
ABIGAIL Wife of the said
NICHOLAS SWAINE
Who died Sep ye 11th 1772?
Aged 64 Years
 


Upright head stone


(nee Abigail Halke)

131 SWAIN/SWAINE:
Here lies the Bodies of
Ann, Elizabeth, Mary & Susanna
Daughters of Nicholas & Abigail
Swain
 
(this inscription is split in two halves.)
Upright head stone
wider than average
Eliz  died Dec 17.                   Ann died Nov 13.
1754 aged 10                      1734 aged 9
Years 11 Months                       Weeks
Susanna died May                    Mary died Jan21.
21. 1755 Aged 9                    1742 Aged 10
Years 2 Months                        weeks



132 SWAIN/SWAINE:
To the Memory of
JOHN SWAINE
The son of
Nicholas and Abigail Swaine
Who departed this life
September the 3. 1797
Aged 57 Years
 


Upright head stone
133 SWAIN/SWAINE:
In the MEMORY of
THOMAS SWAINE
Late of this Parish
Who Died 1?th Oct 1789
Aged 53 Years
 


Upright head stone
134 SWAIN/SWAINE:
In the Memory of
NICHOLAS
Son of Nicholas & Abigail Swaine
Who departed this life September
The ?. 1798 Aged 66 Years
 


Upright head stone
135 GLOVER:
In Memory of
CATHARINE
Wife of William Glover
And Daughter of Nicholas
And Abigail Swaine
Who departed this life
January 18th 1818?
In the 70th year of her age
(name spelled as Katherine on burial register)
 


Upright head stone
136 SWAIN/SWAINE:
In Memory of
SARAH SWAINE
Of the Parish of PETHAM
Who died December 4th 1822
Aged 79 Years
 


Upright head stone
137 BROOKER:
In Memory of
PAUL BROOKER
Late of Stelling Minnis
Yeoman
WHO DIED APRIL 16TH 1835
AGED 35 YEARS
 


Upright head stone
138 KIDDER:
BENEATH THIS STONE ARE DEPOSITED
THE REMAINS OF
ELIZA KIDDER
Daughter of
Thomas & Susanna Kidder
.......
(frost damaged grave stone)
According to records made by Leland Duncan in 1890 the missing lettering once read:
 
formerly of Lydden Dane Farm
 in this parish,
died at Guston near Dover
.......
December 13. 1877
AGED 71 YEARS

BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TO MORROW
FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT A DAY MAY
BRING FORTH.
 


Upright head stone


(nee Susanna Weekes)

139 KIDDER:
Sacred
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS KIDDER
Of LYDDEN DANE Farm
In this Parish
Who died 21st April 1853
Aged 83 Years
Also of SUSANNAH his Widow
Who died 12th January 1862
Aged 82 Years
Prepare to meet thy God.
 


Upright head stone


(nee Susanna Weekes)

140 HAWKINS:
Sacred
To the Memory of
SUSANNA Wife of GEORGE HAWKINS
And Daughter of
THOMAS and SUSANNA KIDDER
Of this Parish
Who died 12th February 1847
Aged 30 years.
 


Upright head stone
141 KIDDER:
Sacred
To the memory of
THOMAS WEEKES KIDDER
Son of
THOMAS & SUSANNA KIDDER
Of LIDDEN DANE Farm
In this Parish
He died universally respected
And lamented by his Family
On the 14th of September 1843
Aged 32 years
Also of THOMAS KIDDER
Grand father of the above
Of the COURT LODGE Farm
In this Parish
He died the 25th of Jan  1806
Aged 65 years
 


Upright head stone
142 MANUELL:
In Memory of
THOMAS MANUELL
OF THIS PARISH
DIED MAY 14th 1838
AGED 56 YEARS
HE LEFT SURVIVING BY ELIZABETH
HIS WIFE 9 CHILDREN MARY ANN
ELIZABETH, WILLIAM, GEORGE, HARRIET
DANIEL, HENRY, DAVID AND JAMES
ALSO JOHN, MARIA AND FRANCES
CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE LIE
BURIED HERE.

Here lies lamented in this silent Grave
A tender Husband and a Parent brave
Pale King of Terrors how could thou destroy
The Widows Hope and her Children's joy
Alas he is gone and like a spotless Dove
To .... the Number of the Blessed above.

Also
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED NOV 3RD 1875
AGED 90 YEARS
.... she lived with Honour died in peace
...hope of Heavenly Joys that never cease

 

Upright head stone

[nee Elizabeth Kingsland]

143 COOK:
Sacred
TO THE MEMORY OF
ISABELLA LOUISA COOK
WHO DIED NOV? 20TH 1863
AGED 24 YEARS
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
---
Go home dear Friends and do not weep
For me don't shed a tear
For I am gone but just before
To meet my Saviour dear


The following photo shows the rough outline of the proposed building works at the church
and why the stone would need to be removed if the works are approved.



Upright head stone
[nee Isabella Louisa Browning, first wife of Walter Cook, daughter of James Browning and Rebecca Brice.

UPDATE Apr 2016
Please note that there are proposals to relocate this headstone to make way for a toilet and disabled access room to be built on to the north wall of the church. It will necessitate encroaching in to the Browning family burial ground though this should be the only headstone that needs moving.
144 BROWNING:
(right hand side)
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE BROWNING
WHO DIED DECEMBER 9TH 1886
AGED 92 YEARS
---
WHY SHOULD WE MOURN DEPARTING FRIENDS
OR SHAKE AT DEATHS ALARMS
TIS BUT THE VOICE THAT JESUS SENDS
TO CALL THEM TO HIS ARMS.
===
(left hand side)
ALSO OF
SARAH WIFE OF
GEORGE BROWNING
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 8TH 1851
AGED 52 YEARS
---
THE WINTER OF TROUBLE IS PAST
THE STORMS OF AFFLICTION ARE O'ER
HER STRUGGLE IS ENDED AT DAWN
AND SORROW AND DEATH ARE NO MORE.
 

Upright double Head stone


(nee Sarah Brice)



145 BROWNING:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES BROWNING
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCH 10TH 1842 AGED 42 YEARS
ALSO REBECCA WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MAY 21ST 1873
AGED 72
ALSO EDMUND ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AUGUST 15TH 1845
AGED 21 YEARS
ALSO MARY ANN DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JULY 2ND 1842
AGED 14 YEARS
 


Upright head stone


(nee Rebecca Brice)

146 BROWNING:
Sacred to the memory of
JAMES BROWNING late of this Parish
Who departed this life May 16th 1819
Aged 73 years
Also of MARTHA his Wife
Who died December 7. 1822
Aged 75 Years
They had issue two Daughters
Of whom Sarah is surviving.
 


Upright head stone


(nee Martha Petit)

147 MARSHALL:
SACRED
To the Memory of
JOHN HARFLEET MARSHALL
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 28 1836
AGED 43 YEARS
---
ALSO MARTHA HIS WIFE
DIED JANUARY 18. 1841 AGED 46 YEARS
---
ALSO THOMAS YOUNGEST SON
OF THE ABOVE DIED MARCH 30. 1836
AGED 3 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS
---
ALSO JOHN FRANCIS
DIED MARCH 28TH 1837 AGED 19 YEARS
---
ALSO SUSANAH
WHO DIED JUNE 21st  1837 AGED 16 YEARS
---
 ALSO MARK
WHO DIED JULY 7th 1844 AGED 17 YEARS
[Source: Leland Duncan noted in 1890:
 Left surviving William, Elizabeth, George and Mary]
---
ALSO ROBERT............

[Source: Leland Duncan noted in 1890:

 infant son of the above William MARSHALL]
 
 

Tall upright headstone on the North
side of the church building, only
recently damaged by a sharp frost
which has shattered some of the lower front face.

Update April 2016
Sadly this headstone in a sorry state, with even more of the inscription now lost.

(nee Martha Browning)

148 SWAIN / SWAINE:
In Memory Of
HANNAH .......
Of Hastingleigh .........
Died June 20. 1782
Aged 19 years
 


Upright head stone

[Leland Duncan notes in 1890 that the stone read Hannah wife of Nicholas SWAINE, and the age must be incorrect ]

149 SANKEY:
To the memory of Leslie Richard Sankey
Born 23rd May 1875 died 12th June 1936
 

Stained Glass Window

[see also cross No.108]

150 ROOKE:
St Michael Window : In loving memory of Frederick Kenyon Rooke
Who died on St Michael's Day 1909.
 

Stained Glass Window

[see also cross No.106, he was the husband of Nora Klara Harding Sankey]

151 SANKEY:
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Richard John and Fanny Sankey
Of South Hill in this Parish. This Window is erected by their surviving children.
 

Stained Glass window in the
South Wall of the South Aisle.

[see cross No.110]

152 CONANT:
IN MEMORY OF
THE REV. JOHN CONANT, RECTOR OF THIS PARISH, VICAR OF ELMSTED
DIED IN LONDON, APRIL 22ND 1779 ?T.73
BURIED IN THE CEMETERY OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, BLOOMSBURY
ALSO OF HIS WIFE MARY, DAUGHTER OF THE REV. WILLIAM WAKE
RECTOR OF WALGRAVE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, FIRST COUSIN OF ARCHBISHOP WAKE.
SHE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY SUPERIOR QUALITIES OF MIND AND PERSON
DIED APRIL 9TH 1773 ?T.61 BURIED IN THIS CHANCEL ALSO OF THEIR EIGHT SONS:
JOHN, RECTOR OF ST. PETER'S SANDWICH AND VICAR OF TEYNHAM,
DIED MARCH 30TH 1811 ?T.75 BURIED AT SANDWICH
WILLIAM, DIED JULY 22ND 1753 ?T.16 BURIED IN THIS CHANCEL
HERBERT DIED FEBRUARY 25TH 1759 ?T NEARLY 18 BURIED HERE
NATHANIEL, KNIGHTED IN 1813 DIED AT HIS HOUSE IN PORTLAND
PLACE,LONDON, APRIL 12TH 1822 ?T.77 BURIED AT FINCHLEY
CULPEPPER,M.A TRIN COLL, CAMBRIDGE DIED MAY 8TH 1815 ?T 67
BURIED AT MORTLAKE SURREY
ELIAS, DIED IN BENGAL, SEPTEMBER 20TH 1765 ?T 16
AND TWO OTHERS WHO DIED IN INFANCY
 

Tablet on north wall, above and
behind the church organ.
153 KIRBY:
In Affectionate Remembrance of
HARRIET
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN HAMMOND KIRBY
WHO DIED DECEMBER 28TH 1891
AGED 67 YEARS
---
(+passage)
Also of
JAMES JOHN KIRBY
ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED IN ST GEORGE'S HOSPITAL
MARCH 20TH 1898 LATE OF H.M REG THE BUFFS
AGED 32 YEARS
 

Upright headstone

[see also 097 for the reverse side image and inscription]

154 KIRBY:
In Loving Memory of
SERGEANT
ARTHUR WILLIAM KIRBY
NO.3643 OF THE BUFFS EAST KENT REGIMENT
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
AT THE BATTLE OF DRIEFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA
MARCH 10TH 1900
BORN AT LITTLECOMBE, HASTINGLEIGH 1869
YOUNGER SON OF JOHN HAMMOND KIRBY
OF SALTHURST, ROBERTSBRIDGE
---
A SOLDIERS DUTY BIDS HIM SHED HIS BLOOD
AND BRAVE ALL DANGERS FOR HIS COUNTRY'S GOOD

---
 


Upright headstone

[see also 096 for the reverse side image and inscription]

155 WETHERLEY-MEIN:

Planted in 1989 in memory of
Gordon Wetherley-Mein
30th June 1919 - 24th March 1987
Professor of Haematology
St. Thomas' Hospital
Lambeth, London, SE1.

 


Tree - Mountain Ash (Sorbus Joseph Rock)
[NB:He was born 1918]

UPDATE: In the winter storms of 2013-2014 this tree was blown down.
156 BUTLER:

IN MEMORY OF
ALEC BUTLER
BENEFACTOR OF
ST. MARY'S
2008

 


Tree in far north east corner
157 FINDLAY:

TILIA TOMENTOSA PETIOLARIS
This silver weeping lime
was planted to commemorate
Lady Mary Findlay
(1906 - 2003)
who lived at Court Lodge , Hastingleigh
and donated this garden.

 




Tree is on the green opposite the lychgate entrance to the church.


See also 021


(nee Lady Mary Cecilia Legg, eldest daughter of 7th Earl of Dartmouth)

159 LOWDEN:

Margaret Lowden
1908-1986


Floral display stand with scroll motif
160 TAPPENDEN:

Peter Tappenden
1930-1985

Floral display stand with scroll motif
161 COOPER:

IN MEMORIUM
AGNES RACHEL COOPER
GOLDEN DAYS AT
LYDDENDANE FARM
1947-1952


Floral display stand with scroll motif
162 KLATZKO:

Rosemarie Anne Klatzko
Died 13th September 2012
  

ROSEMARIE ANNE KLATZKO
1953-2012
From the children, staff and parents
of Canterbury Steiner School.




Rosemarie Anne Klatzko
25 August 1953 ~ 13 September 2012
Oh how we miss you so much!
May you be in peace.
Please stay close.
God bless you my love.




Headstone front and rear views.
Inscription:
ROSEMARIE
ANNE KLATZKO
25.08.53-13.09.12
A SMILE FROM ROSIE
WAS TO BE TOUCHED
BY THE SUN
WE MISS YOU
LITTLE LAMB
GOD MADE THEE
[and on the rear are the words] TULA SANA

Small plaque on grave site and a memorial bench in the South East corner of the church yard, set in concrete bearing her name 'Rosie', 1953 and 2012 with a memorial rock between.
163 BRACHER:

PETER
WOLSELLEY
BRACHER
1930 ~ 2011

 



.
164 CHOULES / KNIGHT:
[ There is no visible inscription
- this is a memorial to  ]
Margaret Emsie Knight (nee Choules)
13 August 1898-Dec 1980

(widow of Robert T. Knight, m.1924)
 



The statue of the Madonna and child which is up on the south wall of the south aisle of the church, was commissioned from local Hastingleigh artist Gordon Lionel Davies (1926-2007)and donated to the church by John Knight and his sister Chris Gorell Barnes in 1984, in memory of their late mother Emsie Knight.
165
166
167
Three Unidentified:

There are three stones lying flat on the ground surrounding the Holly tree
in the far north western corner, by the front fence, and close to the old sun dial pillar.
Two are full size headstones, either laid with their inscriptions face down or the
inscriptions have been lost to time and weathering.
The third stone is either a child's stone or possibly a foot stone, and it too has no visible inscription.
These stones are usually covered over by grass and ivy, unless you happen to be
visiting in winter or spring after the greenery has been cut right back by the gardeners.







Awaiting further research
168 BARTLETT:
Loving
Memories of
George Frederick
Bartlett
Born 17 January 1889
Died 26 October 1970
and his wife
Harriett Helena
Bartlett
Born 2nd September 1890
Died 25th October 19??
[Further Inscription awaited]



Upright Headstone.

Nee
Harriett Helena Hopkins

169 BARTLETT:
Cherished
Memories of
Eileen
Frances Elizabeth
Bartlett
Born 10 March 1924
Died30 December 2015
God has you in his keeping
We have you in our hearts




Upright Headstone.
170 BARTLETT:
In memory
of
George Stephen
Bartlett
Born 11 December 1848
Died 31 December 1936
Rest in Peace




Upright Headstone.
171 VOIGTS:
In
Loving Memory of
Sonia Voigts
1930-2016
Always in our thoughts.




Flat stone placed near Lych Gate.

Nee Sonia Crocker

172 NANCOLLAS:
Freda Nancollas
1928
2015




Flat stone placed near Lych Gate.

Nee Freda D. Weal