Church Memorials Fairoak-Fulford

Fairoak
Farewell
Fazeley
Fenton
Flash
Forsbrook
Forton
Foxt
Fradley
Fradswell
Freehay
Fulford

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Fairoak

CHURCH. Fairoak Chapel . Fairoak Green. Built after 1874. The pulpit was brought from a chapel, which was over the stable at Bromley Hall. Two carved brackets which form the porch to the chapel were carved by Mr Naylor and his son; travellers from John O’ Groats to Land’s End (BOV pp27-28).

Farewell

CHURCH. St Bartholomew. (A BMSGH survey) MEMORIALS. Thomas Adey, Senior Magistrate of Lichfield d1731. Gualterus Noble d1754 of Chorley Hall, 1st wife Anna, & 2nd wife Catharina (Latin inscription). Charles Mann of Chorley in this parish d1822 & wife Dorothy d1822.WW1 roll of honour. Rev. Alexander Fitzhardinge Kingscote d1935 & wife Francis Haidee d1934. Brass plaque on reredos - Caroline wife of Duncan Smith of Wolverhampton. IN THE CHURCHYARD. On external N wall - Richard Brown d1786 also children - John Robert, Richard who died in infancy also Ann wife of Richard d1825. J. Lees Brown.

Fazeley

CHURCH. St Paul (Information from BMSGH) MEMORIALS. In porch a notice of a grant of £200 towards erection of the church on condition 520 seats were reserved for the poor. William Tolson d1876. Mary wife of William Tolson d1906. WW1 roll of honour. WW2 roll of honour. Thanks giving for safe return of those who served in WW2, who worked for E.C. Tolson. John Harling Jones, churchwarden & headmaster of local school, donor to purchase of organ 1931. Vicar’s book rest - Charles & Martha Lunn d1937. Altar table - Lily Burdett d1962. Prayer book rest - Walter & Alice Burdett, for their 50th wedding anniversary 1967. George Henry Hadley, benefactor of the church d1968. Flower stands - Arthur J.L. Bramall, warden to 1976. Rosemary Anne Shorthouse d1979. GLASS MEMORIALS. William Radford d1859 & wife Hannah d1875. Hannah Letitia Radford d1867 & her sister Selina Stretton d1875. Rev. Cyprian Thompson 1868. Lt. Col. Gerard Chilchester of the 98th (2nd Btn), & ther Prince of Wales’s N. Staffs. Regt. & of the 4th Militia Battn of same Regt. died Bonehill House 1906. Thomas Buxton M.R.C.S. d1916. William & Mary Tolson - glass by William Morris & co. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Elaine Margaret Slinger accidently knocked down by a lorry in Silver Street April 15 1965 aged 4 (TH April 23 1965).

Fenton

CHURCH. Christ Church MEMORIALS. Samuel Skerratt of Fenton d1847 & wife Susannah d1862 & son Richard Thompson Skerratt d1891? & also Randle Skerratt Forsyth, grandson of the above d1897 also Joseph Forsyth d1900 also Samuel Sorton son of Richard Thomson & Margaret Skerratt of Fenton d1842 also Margaret wife of Richard Thompson Skerratt & mother of the above d1868 also Jessie Forsyth d1876 also Elizabeth Susannah, her mother, only daughter of Margaret & Richard Thompson Skerratt & wife of Joseph Forsyth d1884. William Baker of Fenton Hall & of Hasfield Court, Gloucester, a local benefactor d1865, it was originally in chancel of old church. Rev. William Sollis 1st vicar of Fenton (from old church) d1873. Rev. Herbert E. Turner M.A. d1895, Proctor in Convocation, Rural Dean of Stoke-on-Trent & vicar of Fenton. Capitals of the pillars in memory of Joseph Weston & wife Elizabeth 1901. WW1 roll of honour, painted on board - very 1918ish. Another WW1 roll of honour - riddel & angel statues to their memory. Life-size figure of Christ on Cross in Lady chapel made in Oberammergau, it is in memory of Father R.A. Huntley d1954 (although there is no plaque. I was told this by a churchwarden). GLASS MEMORIALS. W window was the original E window in the old church. Lady Chapel E window S side - Thomas Turner M.D. of London d1865 & Thomas M. Blois Turner Capt. Bombay Engineers d1847, also Lucretia Anne Turner d1875, & Mary Turner d1877 daughters of the above. E. window, 2 north lights - Charlotte Baker d1874. 2 south lights - Charlotte Baker d1874 & brother, Ralph Browne Baker M.A. d1875. E. window, centre light - Sarah Hitchman d1890. Joseph Grimson 1902. Window to commemorate coronation of Edward VII 1902. Luke Longbottom, he was chief engineer for the North Staffordshire Railway Company, & there is an image of a steam locomotive in top central light 1902. Thomas Wallis Grimson d1920. James Derby & wife Florence Elizabeth & daughters Mona Westray & Evelyn Victoria 1976 - this glass & the next two are restorations after the previous glass was vandalised. Edwin Povey Hewitt d1978. Joseph Emberton, organist d1978. IN THE CHURCHYARD. A brick leaning staired plinth for obelisk (now gone) to commemorate all those moved from churchyard at the building of the new church, it is dated wrongly MDCCCLXC - this ought to be 1890.

Flash

CHURCH. St Paul FURNISHINGS. Commandments board. Painting of a church - is it of Flash? it was presented by Mr & Mrs John Hodgkinson of Gawsworth. MEMORIALS. Jane Brunt d1851 & husband William d1860 & their children George d1823, Thomas d1837, Mary d1837, Betty d1845, Harriet d1861, Sarah d1874, William d1885. Four benefaction boards May 1874. Nora Lambert Peate d1916 aged 16. WW1 & WW2 tablets. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Ellen Day’s headstone has this epitaph ‘Plain was her form, yet rich her mind.’ (VB p211).

Forsbrook

CHURCH. St Peter. MEMORIALS. Altar rail - John Aynsley d1907, & grandson Aynsley Herbert Mayer d1891 aged nearly 13. Rev. Ernest W. Bridgwood, prebendary of Bobenhill in Lichfield Cathedral vicar here to 1939. Altar rails - Lieut. Humphrey Herbert Mayer of 7th Warws. died in battle of Kohima 1944, erected 1961. W doors - provided by the children of Elizabeth Chesworth d1951. Wooden plaque - William Hampson people warden 1941-52. Modern Creed, & Lord’s prayer boards - Nurse Comfort Martin 1980. New rooms in porch area - dedicated by Rt. Rev. Keith Sutton, Bishop of Lichfield 1990. Modern commandment plaques - Gertrude Jackson. Panelling & pulpit rail - Cyril Shenton, churchwarden, & wife Irene. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window central light - Charles Harvey J.P. of Blyth Bridge d1860 interred at St John, Longton. Mary wife of William Bramwall d1899. James Marson of Marsh House d1908. Henry & Maria Scarratt 1915. William H. Sherratt, organist.

Forton

CHURCH. All Saints MEMORIALS. Chest Tomb & effigies of Sir Thomas Skrymsher Knt. d1633 & wife Anne d1656, daughter of Ralph Sneyd of Keele & tiny effigies of their five sons & four daughters - Thomas d1602, Ralph d1619, Robert d1603, Gerard d1666, John, Elizabeth d1609, Mary d1648/9 married Richard Walsh of Stockton, Worcs., Anne who married G. Browne of Shredicote, Margaret who married Francis Comberford. Floor slab to Richard Awnshaw, steward at Aqualate & benefactor of the church d1731. John Walker d1803 & son John Walker d1839 & his son John Walker d1854 & wife of the 2nd John Walker, Mary Ann Thompson d1877. Sir John Fenton Boughey Baronet of Aqualate Hall M.P. d1823 & wife Dame Henrietta Dorothy d1849. Richard Fenton Fletcher Boughey 5th son of Sir John Fenton Boughey Bart d1823. Rev. John Fenton Fletcher Boughey M.A. 2nd son of Sir John Fenton Boughey d1853. Lieut. Colonel George Fenton Fletcher Boughey of 59th Regt. 3rd son of Sir John Fenton Boughey 2nd Baronet d1855 & wife Matilda Elwin Boughey d1904. Sir Thomas Fletcher Fenton Boughey of Aqualate 3rd Baronet d1880 & wife Louisa Paulina Charlotte (nee Giffard of Chillington) d1879. Alfred Fletcher Coplestone-Boughey died at sea on H.M.S. Defence in the Battle of Jutland 1916, also John Fletcher Boughey missing at Ypres 1917, also Anchitel Edward Fletcher Boughey, Lieut. drowned in sinking of the SS Leinster off coast of Ireland 1918. George Fletcher Ottley Boughey C.S.I. Colonel Royal Engineers d1918 & wife Harriet Rose Amy d1925. WW1 roll of honour. Mark Whitmore, choirster d1920. John Wollaston Greene of the Panels, Bury St Edmunds d1925, he married Eva Paulina 2nd daughter of Rev. Sir George Boughey 5th Baronet of Aqualate, she d1973, & their child Paulina d1921 aged 4. There is an ornamental 17C mural monument above, its inscription has been erased or removed. John Robert Morris of Dol-llys, Montgomeryshire 2nd son of Charles John Morris of Wood Eaton d1936 & wife Eleanor Margaret d1918 & 2nd wife Ethel, eldest daughter of Rev. Sir George Boughey d1956. John Fletcher Boughey killed at sea 1940, also David Mevyn Boughey Druce pilot officer killed in action over Tobruk 1940, also Mary Ursula Boughey, junior commander Aux. Territorial Service (F.A.N.Y) died in active sevice 1945. Sir George Menteth Boughey CBE 9th Baronet d1959. Mary Boughey 4th daughter of Rev. Sir George Boughey 5th Baronet d1964. Ernest Joshua Jones d1979, 40 years organist. Lectern - Sir Thomas F. Boughey Bart. Benefactions board - Anne Holbrook gave to the poor of Mereton etc. Two Commandments boards in the belfry. A bell ringers commemoration board. GLASS MEMORIALS. Rev. Sir George Boughey M.A. 5th Baronet of Aqualate d1910 & Dame Theodosia Mary, his wife, daughter of Rev. C. S. Royds of Haughton d1923. E window - dedicated to those who fell in WW1, notice to the side who they are. Tiny window light to the side of the altar - William Robert Wedge. Side E window - Sir Francis Boughey Bart d1927. IN THE CHURCHYARD. SE corner of church - Joseph Slack died Feb. 29 1836 aged 73 inscription suggests he died of a wound received from a fall. William Trubshaw d1836, he was a stone mason who made the memorial to: Rev. T.S. Bright d1838. Boughey family of Aqualate. Vice Admiral Charles Fenton Fletcher Boughey 4th son of John fenton Boughey Bart 1823-94.

Foxt

CHURCH MEMORIALS. Kenneth Oswald Huddleston d1918 buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperingne W. of Ypres (FX p115p). WW1 roll of honour transfered from the methodist church in 1970 (FX p115p). Print of Virgin in a frame - Margaret Anne Burston d1936. Font cover - Eileen Harrop (nee Venables) d1981. Commandments board, transferred from Holy Trinity, Oakamoor 1985. FURNISHING. A Lords Prayer board from Oakamoor. Tapastery of the Last Supper made by Sheila Cooper donated by Ivy kneeling in 1988.

Fradley

CHURCH. St Stephen MEMORIALS. WW1 roll of honour. Flower plant holder below is in memory of Thomas William Smith d1974. All on tiles - Hannah Stephen Hastlehurst d1865. Ann Nicholas d1866. James Charles Nicholas d1888. Ellen Wilkes d1888. GLASS MEMORIALS. James Nichols d1857. John Wood Hastlehurst d1860. FURNISHINGS. Three carpet pieces (long stripes of tapestry) for the sanctuary step worked by Mrs Anne Nichols in 1861. The carpets were in constant use from 1862 to July 1937. They now hang up in the nave. Wooven into the tapestries are the words from the 23rd Psalm. Pulpit is wooden, in each panel around the sides are numerous little shields bearing coats of arms, approx 70. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Many graves to pilots, aircraftmen who died in WW2, particularly those in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Fradswell

CHURCH. St James the Less MEMORIALS. Jane Cromwell d1647. Josiah Spode d1827 - remains are interred at Stoke-upon-Trent. Edmund John Birch of Fradswell Hall d1829. Jane Joule d1874 wife of John Smith Joule. Josiah Dimmock of Fradswell Hall d1892. Rev. Thomas Worthington d1913. Electric lighting in memory of Percy Ashworth of Fradswell Hall 1937. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window - Rev. Thomas Worthington & wife Laetitia. Edmund John Birch d1835 & Mary Anne Birch d1822. Mary Birch d1850. John Smith of Fradswell Hall d1865. Amy Alice Boyle d1873. John William Eld & Eliza 1906.

Freehay

CHURCH. St Chad. MEMORIALS. Bishop Rawle. Rev. George Mather. Porch - Ernest and Reginald Plant 1940. GLASS MEMORIALS. W window - Caroline Penelope Mather wife of Rev. George Mather, daughter of Rear Admiral Clement Sneyd of Huntley Hall who laid the foundation stone of the church 1842. Rev. George Mather. FURNISHINGS. Communion rails brought from Cheadle parish church in 1935.

Fulford

CHURCH. St Nicholas MEMORIALS. Rev. John Dunderdale d1824. Richard Clark Hill of Stallington Hall d1852 interred at Caverswall. Smith Hill Child d1869. Sarah wife of Sir Smith Child Bart. & daughter of Richard Clarke Hill d1890. Elizabeth Sarah Child d1892 & John George Child d1895. Smith Child Bart. d1896. Roylance George Child d1901. WW1 roll of honour. The extention to the North of the churchyard - Georgina Wildblood d1941. J.H. Copestake & H.J. Forster, churchwardens, for their devotion to service, at retirement 1979. Notice - List of voluntary subscribers towards rebuilding of Fulford Chapel. Notice - Chapel rebuilt 1825. A benefactions board had been temporarily removed for cleaning. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window - Georgina Wildblood 1962. Janet & Tracey Barker, Elaine Merxh & Irene Spooner 1974. NOTE. Watercolour of the church in 1814 by William Walsh.

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