St Peter s Leckhampton Tombstone Inscriptions

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1 Please refer to the plan of the churchyard to find the position of each tombstone Section J J.51 Ridged and apexed ledger topped by horizontal cross, on hipped plinth on base stones formerly with railings. Sc: Bowd Sc. North side: Sacred to the Memory of / Harriet Jane, wife of Rear-Admiral J B Carter C. B / and eldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir / Archibald Collingwood Dickson BarT / She died Decr 31ST Aged 59 Years. / "Thy will be done." South side: Sacred to the Memory of / Admiral Thomas Wren Carter, / Companion of the Bath, Officer of the Legion of Honour, / and the third Class of the order of the Mediidie / He died at Ryde in the Isle of Wight, / FebR 1ST 1874 Aged 86 Years. / "Tho' I walk through the valley of the shadows of death I will fear no evil." J.52 Cambered ledger on plinth on base stones formerly with railings, horizontal cross. Above: HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF / VICE ADMIRAL / GEORGE EDWARD WATTS, / C.B. K.H. G.C. J.J. / WHO DIED AT MALVERN / ON THE 2ND JANUARY 1860 / AGED 75 YEARS. / On cross: ALSO / SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / Left: CONRAD AUGUSTUS / WATTS / COMMANDER R.N. / AGED 40. / FOURTH SON OF THE ABOVE / VICE ADMIRAL WATTS / WHO FELL ASLEEP AT / REDCAR YORKSHIRE / SEPT Right: ALSO OF / ELIZABETH / HIS WIFE / WHO DIED / APRIL / AGED 69. Below and above small Maltese cross: I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH, AND THAT HE SHALL STAND AT THE LATTER DAY UPON THE EARTH. JOB XIV. 57. Left: AND THOUGH AFTER MY SKIN WORMS DESTROY, THIS BODY YET IN MY FLESH SHALL I SEE GOD JOB XX?.26 Right: COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOUR & ARE HEAVY LADEN AND I MATT.II.28. Below small cross: THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS & DO BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS. THESE SEE THE WORKS IN THE LORD & HIS WONDERS IN THE DEEP. PS.CVII J.53 Ledger SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY / OF / THOMAS RAMSDEN, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / SUDDENLY / AUGUST 20TH / WATCH THEREFORE FOR YE KNOW NOT / WHAT HOUR THE LORD DOTH COME. / AGED 70 YEARS J.54 Headstone with large kerb surround, collapsed on south side. There is an inner kerb set in the shape of a cross. Sc: LEWIS Sc. William Sheppard Esqr / of Clifton, Somersetshire. / died at Cheltenham / September 2 nd / in the 16 TH Year of his Age / This last tribute / of affection & esteem is erected / by her whom he has left to mourn / thro life his irreparable loss. / Caroline Christiana Bennet Sheppard, / of Home View Cheltenham, widow of the above / and daughter of the late Samuel Fyler Esqr / of Dover Street, Piccadilly, London, and Twickenham, Middlesex. /

2 died April 20 TH / And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, / Write, 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. Rev. xiv. 13. V. J.55 Collapsed kerbs surrounding horizontal cross. Lead lettering. West end: REV. JOSEPH FINCH FENN. B.D North side: 24 YEARS VICAR OF CHRISTCHURCH, CHELTENHAM, AND HON CANON OF GLOUCESTER. East end: BORN OCT ENTERED INTO REST JULY South side: MINA WIDOW OF THE REVD J.F.FENN, DIED FEB "I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS." J.56 Kerbs surrounding collapsed cross on plinths. Lead lettering. The 1911 plan has Mary Ann Wood, died 1891 as being interred in this grave. IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / MILLICENT ANN OVERBURY, / DAUGHTER OF / JOHN OVERBURY, / AND COUSEN OF MARY A. WOOD. / BORN AUG / DIED NOV / "YOUR JOY NO MAN TAKETH FROM YOU." / ST JOHN. XVI.22. J.57 Collapsed Gothic headstone with plinth surrounded by shaped kerbs. Lead lettering. IN LOVING + MEMORY OF / HENRY JOHN BIFFEN / BORN MAY 7TH 1846, / ENTERED INTO REST OCTR 7TH1891. / FOR 22 YEARS / HEAD MASTER OF CHRISTCHURCH BOYS SCHOOL / CHELTENHAM. / "THEY REST FOM THEIR LABOURS AND THEIR / WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM." / ALSO OF MARY JANE BIFFEN / SEPT 2ND 1849 DEC. 20TH / ERECTED BY "OLD BOYS" OF THE ABOVE SCHOOL J.58 Cross on three plinths surrounded by kerbs. Lead lettering. J.59 Kerbs. Plinth: In / holy Love / for ever more In loving Memory of / [Courteney] Gerrard Pr[ance] / who entered into rest January 9TH 1888 / Aged 32 Years. And of / Mary Katherine / beloved wife of above / 22ND January 1943 Kerbs: FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD West end: CHARLES KING AGED 72 North side: ANNA MARIA KING AGED 93 "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD." East end: "WAITING FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST." J.60 Cross on three plinths surrounded by kerbs. IN MEMORIAM / CHARLES FREDERICK ELCUM / BORN JANUARY 18TH 1814, / DIED FEBRUARY 24TH / MANY YEARS PRACTISING AS SURGEON IN CHELTENHAM.

3 J.61 Not used J.62 Headstone with kerbs. IHS / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM PEARCE / DIED SEPTR 25TH / AGED 59 YEARS. / AT REST / ALSO OF / ELIZABETH / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / WILLIAM PEARCE. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / FEBRUARY 10TH / AGED 61 YEARS. / HER END WAS PEACE. J.63 Headstone. IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF / JOHN CORMELL, / WHO DIED FEBRUARY 23RD1897 / UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE / SHADOWS FLEE AWAY. J.64 Headstone with kerbs. IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF / EMMA CORMELL / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / NOVR 12TH / AT REST. / ALSO OF / JOSEPH CORMELL / DIED APRIL 19TH / PEACE, PERFECT PEACE. J.65 Headstone with lead lettering and carved inset depicting water wheel and corn. In Loving Memory of / FREDERICK BOULTER, / WHO FELL ASLEEP NOVEMBER 12 TH 1893, / AGED 71 YEARS. / WAITING FOR THE APPEARING OF HIS LORD AND / SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. / Also of / SUSAN, / THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED APRIL 4 TH / FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND / ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO THEM ALSO WHICH / SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH / HIM. J.66 Kerbs, collapsed on north and south sides. Grave plan states: grave of Nathaniel Smith, West end: IN LOVING MEMORY OF North side: WILLIAM SUMNER SMITH buried J.67 Kerbs, collapsed on all sides, surrounding horizontal cross. Cross: IN THY PRESENCE IS THE / FULNESS OF JOY South side: to be done East side: ALSO OF HARRIET, HIS WIFE WHO DIED NOV AGED 95. J.68 Cambered ledger on base stones formerly with railings. Sc: LEWIS & SON SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS MACKENZIE / ESQUIRE C. B. / LATE INSPECTOR GENERAL / OF HOSPITALS BOMBAY, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / MARCH 17TH / AGED 59 YEARS. / "IN THEE, O LORD DO I HOPE THOU

4 WILT HEAR, / O LORD MY GOD." PSA.XXXVIII.15. / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF / HUGH MACKENZIE, / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED ON THE 8TH MARCH / / AGED 18 YEARS. / "THY WILL BE DONE." J.69 Slightly cambered ledger on base formerly with railings. SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS HAMILTON, / ESQUIRE, / OF CHELTENHAM, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / 6TH AUGUST 1858 / Aged 56 Years. / ALSO OF / HELEN HAMILTON / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED AT HER RESIDENCE / GLENARBUCK LODGE, THE PARK / IN THIS PARISH / ON THE 8TH JANUARY 1885 / Aged 78 Years. / Also IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JANE ELIZA HAMILTON, / ELDER DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED ON JUNE 23RD 1908 / "IN SURE & CERTAIN HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION TO / ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST." J.70 Raised hipped ledger on base on base stones formerly with railings. Horizontal cross bearing: IHS. Inscriptions on sloping sides. South side: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / FRANCES. / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE THOMAS EDWARDS ESQ. / WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM APRIL / DEERLY (SIC) BELOVED North side: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF /LAWRENCE WILLIAM HARRISON ESQ BORN 17 AUG 1780 DIED 18 FEB 1862 J.71 Ledger with bevelled edge raised on base on base stones formerly with railings. Small horizontal cross bearing: IHS SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / DIANA / THIRD DAUGHTER OF THE LATE / WILLIAM PLUNKETT ESQR / BARRISTER AT LAW, / WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM / ON THE 27TH OF MARCH / AGED 20 YEARS J.72 Ledger on base on base stones formerly with railings. Sc: H.T. RYLAND, Junr. 'I-H-S' on small attached horizontal cross. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ELIZABETH HARDY SMEE, / OF CLIFTON HOUSE CHELTENHAM / WHO DIED THE 23RD MAY 1859, / AGED 63. / "IN VAIN THIS MONUMENTAL STONE WE RAISE / ANGELS ALONE CAN GIVE AN ANGELS PRAISE." / ALSO OF EMMA SMEE, / OF THE GRANGE HACKBRIDGE, SURREY / WHO DIED THE 23RD OF APRIL 1881, / AGED 78. / "A GOOD LIFE HATH BUT A FEW DAYS, BUT A / GOOD NAME ENDURETH FOR EVER." J.73 Ledger on base on base stones formerly with railings. Sc: H.T. RYLAND, Junr. 'I-H-S' on small attached horizontal cross. SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / RICHARD JAMES. / ELDEST SON OF THE LATE / RICHARD JAMES BEHAN / ESQUIRE, / SURGEON BOMBAY ARMY / WHO DIED 21ST OCTOBER 1859, / AGED 16 YEARS. / ALSO OF / MARIA ANN, / WIDOW OF THE LATE / RICHARD JAMES BEHAN ESQR / SURGEON BOMBAY ARMY, / AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / MAY 21ST 1877.

5 J.74 Ledger. SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JULIANA, / THE BELOVED WIFE OF LT. COL HAMILTON, / OF GREVILLE HOUSE / DIED OCTR 28TH 1859 / AGED 59 YEARS. / ALSO OF / EDWARD FORD HAMILTON / A LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SERVICE / BOMBAY ESTABLISHMENT. / DIED 16TH OCTOBER 1861 / AGED 70 YEARS. J.75 Ornate cross with enclosing circle, on ridged and hipped plinth surrounded by kerbs supporting decorated rails. Sc: Saml Rugbuck? Sc. Cross: IHS Plinth: East: + LAWRENCE JOHN HARRISON M.A. / BORN APRIL 7th / DIED MARCH 17th / Incumbent of Mortlake with East Sheen Surrey. / Incumbent of SS. Philip & James, Leckhampton, / North: In / Memory of / JAMES LEWIS / WIGAN, / Dearly Loved Husband of / FRANCES MAUD WIGAN, / eldest Son of JAMES WIGAN, / of Mortlake / Died Feb. 8th West: + Also MARIA FELICITE HARRISON. / Mother of / REV LAWRENCE JOHN HARRISON, / AND JANET MABEL HARRISON, / His Youngest Daughter South: In / Memory of / FRANCES MAUD / WIGAN, / Dearly Loved Wife of / J.L. WIGAN, / And Second Daughter of / REV L.J. HARRISON, / July 8th J.76 Cross on three plinths surrounded by kerbs; lead lettering. SACRED / TO THE SWEET MEMORY OF / ESTHER FANNY, / YOUNGEST CHILD OF / THE LATE WILLIAM WHEATON CHARD / COLONEL ROYAL FUSILIERS. / AND FANNY HIS WIFE / BORN OCTOBER 16TH 1888 / DIED OCTOBER 1ST / "WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW, / BUT THOU SHALL KNOW HEREAFTER." J.77 Not used J.78 Headstone with lead lettering and kerbs. In Loving Memory / of / FRANCES CHARLOTTE (FANNY,) / WIDOW OF MAJOR JOHN BIGGS, / LATE 4TH DRAGOON GUARDS, / AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE / DR MALDEN OF WORCESTER; / WHO FELL ASLEEP TRUSTING IN JESUS. "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY." / OCTOBER 12TH / AGED 73 YEARS. / "GOD IS LOVE." J.79 Cross on three plinths surrounded by kerbs. IN FOND MEMORY / OF OUR DEAR MOTHER / HANNAH WIDOW OF / THOMAS HUNT TARLETON / 4TH LIGHT DRAGOONS / WHO ENTERED INTO REST / 11TH OCTOBER 1895, AGED 87. / "I SHALL BE SATISFIED / WHEN I AWAKE WITH THY LIKENE[SS]."

6 J.80 Decorated headstone, lead lettering, with footstone reset in front. In loving Memory of / EDITH LOUISA BARRETT, / WHO FELL ASLEEP DEC. 22, 1900, / AGED 27 YEARS. / Also of / LOUISA BARRETT, / MOTHER OF THE ABOVE. / WHO DIED 8TH AUGT 1906, / AGED 69 YEARS. / "THY WILL BE DONE." Footstone: E. L. B. / / L. B. / J.81 Cambered ledger on base formerly with railings. Sc: LEWIS & SON IN MEMORY OF / BENJAMIN BRADLEY WARD, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AT CLARE VILLA, CHELTENHAM / MARCH 5TH / AGED 82 YEARS. / "FOR TO THIS END CHRIST BOTH DIED AND ROSE / AND REVIVED THAT HE MIGHT BE LORD BOTH OF / THE DEAD AND LIVING." ROMANS XIV.9.VER. / ALSO OF / MARY WARD, / DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED NOVEMBER 22ND / AGED 71 YEARS. / "FOR TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO DIE / IS GAIN." / ALSO OF / SUSANNA SHARP, / NIECE OF THE ABOVE B.B. WARD / WHO DIED JULY 10TH 1871, / AGED 67 YEARS. / "THERE REMAINED THEREFORE A REST TO THE / PEOPLE OF GOD." HEBREWS IV C. 9 V. J.82 Headstone with inset circle containing decorated bronze cross. Hipped and ridged ledger surrounded by kerbs formerly with railings. MATILDA NEILL / DIED 5 TH OCTOBER / I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH. / HARRIET AMELIA SMIRKE / SISTER OF THE ABOVE / DIED 23 RD FEBRUARY J.83 Decorated headstone with footstone surrounded by large kerbs formerly with railings. Lettering in black. HERE LIE / THE / MORTAL REMAINS OF THE / REVEREND / JOSEPH ESMOND RIDDLE M.A. / FOR NEARLY TWENTY YEARS / INCUMBENT OF THE CHURCH / OF ST PHILIP & ST JAMES / IN THIS PARISH / WHERE A MONUMENT / ERECTED BY HIS CONGREGATION / TESTIFIES THE ESTEEM & RESPECT / IN WHICH HE WAS HELD BY THEM / HE DIED SUDDENLY / ON THE 22. AUGUST / AGED 55. / IN THE MORNING IT IS GREEN, AND / GROWETH UP BUT IN THE EVENING / IT IS CUT DOWN, DRIED UP AND WITHERED J.84 Headcross. IHS / In Memory of / F. H. A. / Born 21. January / Died. 19. September / BUT JESUS SAID, SUFFER LITTLE / CHILDREN AND FORBID THEM NOT / TO COME UNTO ME FOR OF SUCH / IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. / Matthew 19 C. 11 V. J.85 BAPLEY or BAYLEY Headcross. ihs / Alfred / Eastfield Baply, / Born February 8th 1865, / Died March

7 J.86 Not used J.87 Cross on three plinths surrounded by kerbs. Cross resting against plinths. East side: IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / MABEL EMILY / THE DEARLY BELOVED DAUGHTER OF / JOHN AND EMILY ELIZABETH WALTER / BORN 11TH APRIL 1876, / DIED 30TH JUNE / "THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY." J.88 White marble cross on three plinths surrounded by kerbs. Lead lettering. East: IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / MARGARET NICHOLSON / WHO DIED FEB / AGED 73 YEARS. / "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH." West: IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM SON OF / THOMAS?? MARGARET NICHOLSON / WHO DIED JULY 7TH 1892, / AGED 47 YEARS. J.89 Cambered ledger. Sc: G.Lewis. SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN CRAWFORD YOUNG, / COLONEL UNATTACHED / LATE OF THE SEVENTY NINTH / HIGHLANDERS, / WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM / FEB. 13TH / 1858, / IN THE 73RD YEAR OF HIS AGE. J.90 Grave of Elizabeth Ann Mitford (Mrs), died 1859 J.91 Ledger. IN MEMORY OF / SUSAN / WIDOW OF THE LATE / JOHN KEMP ESQ. / FORMERLY OF BROOMHILLS ESSEX / WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM / ON THE / 26 TH DAY OF JANUARY / 1860 / IN THE 91 ST YEAR OF / HER AGE. / I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKE WITH THY LIKENESS. PS XVII.15. / ALSO OF / EMMA KEMP / DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED DECR 15 TH 1862, / AGED 56 YEARS. / COME UNTO ME ALL THAT / LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN AND / I WILL GIVE YOU REST. J.92 Crossed on three plinths with kerbs and footcross. Cross: East: Sacred / to the Memory of / CAP[TAIN HENRY / ADOLPHUS HOBSON / 22D REGIMENT BOMBAY N.I. / BORN AT POONA 24TH MAY 1841 / DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 18TH NOVEMBER 1876 / AGED 35 YEARS. North: ERECTED BY ALL HIS BROTHER OFFICERS, BOTH / EUROPEAN AND NATIVE IN THE XXIIND REGIMENT. / AS THEIR TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION AND RESPECT / TO HIS MEMORY Kerb: North: "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD South: AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME." Footcross: H. A. H. / 1876 J.93 Headstone, partly defaced, with footstone: J. W. / 1858

8 S. M. JOSEPH WARDE, E[SQ] FOR[MERL]Y A CAPTAIN IN T[HE] WEST KENT MILITIA, AND LATE OF DEDHAM, ESSEX YOUNGEST SON OF[THE R]EVD JOHN WARDE VICAR OF YALDING, KENT, [& ANN]E?, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER [OF] THOMAS TURNER, [ESQ] OF HUNTO--- [WHO DIED AT] CHELTENHAM ON [THE] -- DEC 1858, IN THE 80[TH] YEAR OF HIS AGE J.94 Kerbs with lead lettering. North side: HARRIETT HART J.95 Kerbs with lead lettering. North side: MARY BREARLEY LAWTON J.96 Headstone with kerbs and lead lettering. IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / SURGEON-MAJOR MARK STYLE, / WHO DIED SEPTR 30 TH 1894, / AGED 77 YEARS / I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED / MY COURSE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH J.97 Headstone with defaced surface. Sacred / to the Memory of / CAPT. JOSEPH MARRETT, R.N / WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM, / AUGUST 26TH 1857 / AGED 78 YEARS J.98 White marble cross on three plinths with body ledger surrounded by kerbs. Cross: his In Affectionate remembrance of / Jane M. Howard, / (fourth daughter / of the late Rev. Robert M.A. / Rector of B[ury]thorpe and / Incumbent of Christ Church, Scarborough) / who fell asleep in Jesus on the / 23 rd of March / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. / ALSO / JOHN BOLTON WOODTHORPE, / NEPHEW OF THE ABOVE, / DIED SEPT. 24 TH / AGED 84. / WHEREAS I WAS BLIND Ledger: JANE M. / HOWARD / DIED MARCH 23 / 1870 J.99 Headstone with lead lettering, leaning against its base, with kerbs supporting railings and footstone reading: W : P / IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM PRICE / WHO FOR 68 YEARS WAS A FAITHFUL AND / RESPECTED SERVANT IN THE FAMILY / OF MRS EVANS, GREENFIELDS / WHERE HE DIED MAY 8TH 1874, / AGED 67. / FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND / TO DIE IS GAIN. / HAVING A DESIRE / TO DEPART AND TO BE WITH CHRIST / WHICH IS FAR BETTER. J.100 Grave of Joseph Stanton (Capt), died J.101 Grave of Richard Rogers Ellis (Maj), died 1859; Charlotte Mary Ellis (Mrs), died 1872 J.102 Grave of Roderic B. Mackenzie (Capt) 1867; Emilia Mackenzie Brown Constable, died 1874; Kenneth Frances Brown Constable, died 1885

9 J.103 Grave of Jane Abercrombie (Mrs), died 1862 J.104 Grave of Stuart Osmund Mills, died 1869; Robert Oscar Bruce Mills, died 1878 J.105 J.106 J.107 These small wooden crosses commemorate Lance-Corporal Alfred William George Enoch, M M and Privates Alfred Frederick Victor Hunt and Harold George Summers, who lost their lives during the First World War. They replace crosses originally sent back from Flanders.