Church Memorials Shareshill-Smallthorne

Shareshill
Sheen
Shelton
Shenstone
Sherriff Hales
Silverdale
Slindon
Slitting Mill
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Shareshill

CHURCH. St Luke. MEMORIALS. Effigy of Sir Humphrey Swynnerton d1562 on window sill on N side of nave E end. The effigy of his wife Cassandra (Giffard) d1562 is on the sill of the facing window in S wall; they were separated from a chest tomb at the time of the 1743 rebuilding. There were other Swynnerton tombs before this period (LGS p211). Benefactions board dated 1861 - the Lord of the Manor of Great Saredon charged five shillings on Bentley Green to be paid by the occupier every Mid Summer Day 1697: Henry Vernon 1732 gave 40 shillings: 40 shillings from the occupier of Tranter’s Croft in Cheslyn Hay: ”The Sum of 20 shillings to be paid annually by the occupier of The Quarry Flat, alias The Stone Pit Leasow in Little Saredon for the distribution of Bibles, Testaments, & Prayer Books among those children who have said The Catechism well. This Charity is lost The Parties occupying the land have refused to make any payment since the year 1828”: Mrs knight of Cannock by will dated 1847 gave to the minister of Shareshill £5 annually (less income tax). W wall below gallery - (in Latin & from the old church) Rev. John Morrall d1700. Penelope wife of Henry Vernon of Hilton Hall d1726 she bore him five sons & two daughters all surviving by time of her death save for Elizabeth who died aged 2. Rev. William Budworth Master at Brewood Grammar School d1748 (in Latin). Rev. George Boodle Clare B.A. d1859. Font - the gift of Jane Helen Eccles 1861. William H. Havergal M.A. (father of Frances the hymn writer) d1870 at Leamington, Rector of Astley 1829-42, St Nicholas, Worcester 1845-60, Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral. Rev. Robert Butcher d1908. WW1 roll of honour, plus four names from WW2 on paper in a frame below. Rev. Wilfred Ernest Walkerdine M.A. vicar to 1957. Rev. Edward Downing vicar 1968-79 (d1980). GLASS MEMORIALS. E window side lights - Henry Vernon of Hilton Park d1855 aged 26 son of H.C. Vernon. E window centre light - Joshua Price of Featherstone d1856. FURNISHINGS. Commandments, Creed, Lord’s Prayer boards. NOTE. C14 wall painting was discovered in 1965, there is an illustration of a detail of it in a picture frame. Unusual Tuscan entrance porch built by the Vernons c.1743. Matchstick model of the church made by S.J.T. Hill. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Broken chest tomb - Marianne Petit daughter of John Meslin-de-Glatigny in Normandy & wife of Louis Petit des Istans in Normandy (who died at Naples a Brigadier General in the British Army) d1743, were they Huguenots? Chest tomb - William Adcock died on board H.M.S. Windsor Castle June 30 1823 aged 19. Unintentionally amusing inscription on William Bickford’s headstone which tells that he was late of Paradise (a district near Coven), not that he was presently in Paradise! Eneas Frederick Starkey accidently killed May 28 1902 aged 14. Augustus Leveson Vernon of Hilton Park d1925 & wife Selina Anne Vernon d1930 & son Walter Bertie William Vernon d1948 & wife Ester Hodgson Vernon d1957. Frederick Adams accidently killed Oct. 9 1933. Trevor Turner accidently killed May 7 1967. William Pinson one of the churchwardens who has his name under the clockface. W. Hodgkins worked for the Vernon family & tended their graves here d1982. ‘Pal’ a dog, his small scroll stone was removed from the Vicarage garden. Thanks to Rev. Smith for his help.

Sheen

CHURCH. St Luke. MEMORIALS. Benefactions board - Richard Ward 1674, Ellen Birch, Rev. Ashton 1722, Elizabeth Vnitt 1749, William Vnitt of Stone (the board was restored & hung by Rev. W.H. Dunning 1896). Mildred Arabella Charlotte Henrietta Beresford-Hope of Beresford Hall d1881. A.J.B. Beresford-Hope of Beresford Hall M.P d1887, buried at Christ Church, Kilndown, Kent, likewise his wife previously mentioned. Rev. William Henry Dunning d1896. Joseph Gould d1897. John Wardle d1902. IN THE CHURCHYARD. To E of the church - very defaced effigy (of a priest?) with hands clasped, c.1200. Memorial to the Crichton family, mid C19. Twenty lime trees planted in 1761 of which 19 survive.

Shelton

CHURCH. St Mark. MEMORIALS. Joshua Twyford, potter of Shelton d1729 (the plaque is modern). Joseph Bull d1872 interred at Hartshill. Small tile in floor - William Leyland, choirboy 1872. Joseph Reynor White d1877. Encaustic tiles in the floor in front of altar - Bishop Lonsdale, & Bishop Selwyn. Encaustic tile in floor - George Evans Shirley, chorister d1882. Lectern - Joshua Sims d1894. Cathedral glass was place in 19 windows of the church by John Hall & Chas Rowland Cooper 1897. Priests chairs x 2 - Albert Hayward d1898. John Lovell Hamshaw d1899. John Hall d1907. Ann Dickens d1909. Reading table - Charles Daniel of Shelton Hal d1915. Pulpit - The parents of Thomas W. Twyford D.L. of Whitmore Hall 1919. Thomas William Twyford J.P. D.L. master potter d1921 buried at Whitmore. Mrs Cecil Wedgwood d1939 - placed by the Hanley British Legion of which she was patron. Console of the organ - Harold Perry & Stanley Oldacre, air-raid wardens of Group 13, killed by enemy action 1940. The motor & fan of the organ - Sergt. Horace Teeton RAF V.R. disappeared in action 1941. Emily Parkhouse d1945 & sister Gertrude Lane d1945, benefactors. Edwin Fellows d1951 & wife Lavinia Fellows d1953 & sons Gilbert d1907, & Sidney d1918, Edwin Fellows bequeathed his residuary estate to the rector of Shelton to be used by the poor. William Ducan Evans d1958 & wife Lucy Evans d1951. Baptistry - Rowland Hill d1977. Chairs in the Lady chapel - Reginald Smith d1980. Mother & Child ceramic relief - Sam & Annie Bennett 1983. John Dobell 1985. Console of the organ - Roy Dale d1989. Memorial to the ‘Old Contemptibles’ Stoke-on-Trent Branch. Memorial board to many choristers. FURNISHINGS. Commandment boards. CHAPEL. St Mark. The Ellis Memorial Centre for the deaf. 1936. MEMORIALS. ‘Last Supper’ carved by Martin Dutton (who was deaf & dumb) in memory of Charles Graham Goodwin 1897 -1958. Modern cross hung on wall - Alfred Spencer Owen 1962. Harold Smith, warden 1972. Joseph Ellis OBE J.P. F.I.S.W. d1977, founder of the chapel. Chest/ sacrament cupboard - Florence Lawton d1989. Pews - William Smith, Mrs Edith Cage, Charles E. Goodwin. GLASS MEMORIALS. Alan T. Harris 1942. Miss E. Bennett.

Shenstone

CHURCH. St John MEMORIALS. Mary daughter of Sir Gabriel Lowe of Newarke, Glous. Knt. she first married Robert Ducie of Little Aston & afterwards Thomas Jollyffe of Cofton, Worcs. d1663. Curious iron tablet - Catherine wife of Samuel Browne d1704. Alexander Adcock d1724 & wife Jane d1729 also their sons William d1734 & Thomas d1747 & Dorothy wife of William d1779 & their son Thomas d1779 & his wife Mary d1765. John Dolphin of Moss House d1726, J.D. Dolphin d1756, Henry Dolphin d1742 & wife Sarah d1781 & John Dolphin d1782 & his sister Elizabeth d1813. Richard Scott of Little Aston d1734 & wife Ann daughter of John Addyes of Moor Hall, Warws. d1754 & left one daughter Mary, wife of Andrew Hacket of Moxhul, Warws. Edward Grove D.C.L. of Shenstone Park Deputy Lieut. of Staffs. d1845. John Nock Bagnall J.P. D.L. of Shenstone Moss d1884. Lectern - Robert William Essington vicar 1848-95. Organ - Edward Swynfen Parker-Jervis son of 2nd Viscount St Vincent Lord of the manor of Shenstone of Little Aston Hall d1896. Mary Ann Bagnall wife of John Nock Bagnall d1909. Reredos & panelling - Michael Vallancey Molloy 2nd Lieut. & Machine Gun Officer & 2nd Batt. Sherwood Foresters who fell 1915 at Hooge. WW1 roll of honour. Thomas Addison Negus d1918 & wife Edith Mary d1926. Rev. Eben Molloy d1932 & wife Harriot Rachel Emily d1933. Electric lighting - Edward Jackson Smart & his brother John Arthur Webb Smart, by the wife & family of Edward Jackson Smart 1938. WW2 roll of honour. New tenor bell - Nellie Hinds d1968. John Willimott who was responsible for much of the planning for the re-ordering scheme. Re-ordering of the nave - Rev. Robin Toley. Incumbents board. GLASS MEMORIALS. Emily wife of Edward Grove of Shenstone Park to memory of their youngest son Edmund Sneyd Grove Lieut. R.N. she d1861. William Parker Admiral of the Fleet; Baronet & Grand Cross of The Bath d1866. Sarah Jane Negus d1868. Edward John eldest son of Hon. Edward Swinfen Parker Jervis of Aston d1868 aged 29. Frances Anne wife of Admiral Sir William Parker d1871. Thomas Neville of Shenstone House d1885. William Winter Riddell of Shenstone Lodge 1893. Nigel C.A. Neville d1923. Susie Godrich 1962. E window - John Shawe Manley of Manley Hall, he laid the first stone of this church & wife Catherine Emelia. Robert Essington of Nolands Farm, Wilts. & wife Sarah. Sarah Elizabeth Butler & Catherine Ann Hadden Butler. FURNISHING. Font of Norman origin, it stood for many years outside the church after the old church ceased to be in use. Church chest. Royal coat of arms achievement 1707-14. Commandment boards. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Tower of the old church. These from SHOS vol 2 p37: S side of church in centre of churchyard Alexander Ward d1663?: Same position as previous Henry Ward d1661? both gravestones have amusing long epitaphs: Edward Lake d1701: Sarah Ingram d1751: William Smyth (had benefaction board in the old church) had long remained in ruins much to the repoach of the people of Upper Stonnall, to whom he had left his charity to: The son of Richard & Mary Burgess of Quarndon, Leics. he killed himself at the Welsh Harp in Upper Stonnall where he came as a traveller in the stage coach.

Sherriff Hales

CHURCH. St Mary MEMORIALS. Floorslab - Rev. Edward Aston son of M. Walter Aston of Wollgaston d1705. Floorslab - Rev. Edward Aston ..... his 2nd daughter wife of Henry Gresnold d1716 aged 33 leaving behind her one daughter. Floorslab on alter steps defaced - John Blakemore had issue one son & three daughters d1717, also his grand children. Two floorslabs on the altar steps defaced - Catherine Blakemore. Catherine Blakemore wife of John Blakemore also Catherine Blakemore (spinster) d1729. Rev. C.R. Bradburne vicar of Sherriffhales-cum-Woodcote d1891. Screen - WW1 dead & all Sherriff Hales families. Reredos panelling & altar - Rev. Charles Randal Bradburne 1881-91 erected 1923. Candle holders - John Tomlinson 1923. Communion rails - M.E. & L. Whittle & family 1923. On October 10 1926 in two hours & 55 minutes a peal of Grandsire Doubles 5040 changes being 42 six scores, with 10 different callings was rung on the bells in the tower. Three sanctuary lamps to commemorate the fathers of the Oxford Movement 1833 - 1933, also the 25 year ministry of Rev. Robbin Abney Giles, and a rememberence lamp to those who died in WW1. Organ - John Lovekin d1940 chorister, bell ringer & parish clerk for a great many years. Foster Abney Giles killed in action Malaya 1941. Choir stalls - WW2 dead. Brian Abney Giles d1960. Robbie Abney giles d1967. Incumbents list from 1319. GLASS MEMORIALS. Two composite plates made up from ancient glass from Lilleshall Abbey. E window - The Hammonds family 1923. To commemorate the baptism of John Alexander Strickland 1943 & Mary Ann Strickland 1944 (both emigrated to Canada with their parents). IN THE CHURCHYARD. Ancesters of the present Bishop of Tasmania.

Silverdale

CHURCH. St Luke. MEMORIALS. Large gothic memorial with portrait to Francis Stanier of Silverdale d1856 at Madeley Manor, interred at Wolstanton. Edith Mabel daughter of Charles H.E. Graeme Capt. 104th Regt. & Susan Mary d1866 aged 34 at Madeley Manor, lies buried in the churchyard. Alfred John Harvey d1899 aged 17, & Albert Harvey Lowe d1904 aged 19 - tribute by St Luke’s Bible class. Rev. George Armitage B.A. 1st vicar of the church d1900 buried at Hampstead. Peal of bells was dedicated by the Ven: J.H. Crump M.A. Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent 1907 at cost of £500. Bertram Arthur Harding d1913 aged 26 he was a lieut. in the Silverdale Company 5th Batt. Lichfield Regt. of the Church Lads’ Brigade. John Fernyhough killed in action in France 1918 aged 20. George Ryder 5th North Staffs. Regt. d1918 aged 23 as POW at Fishback, Germany. The screen to those who died in WW1, the cross above is in memory of Mr Arthur Street. Copy of ‘The Light of the World’ by William Holman Hunt, in memory of Laura Ellen Moore d1927 aged 35. Bookcase - James Gee d1931 & Elizabeth Gee d1937. Organ rebuilding - Katherine Wrench 1963. Mother’s Union Banner - Audrey Mary Sylvester 1986. Curtain over piscina - Marion Jean Oakes. Candle holder by altar - Hiram & Olive Harrison. The Light of Christ Banner dedicated on Mothering Sunday 1990 to Ethel Joan Bloor. GLASS MEMORIALS. Philip & Reginald, infant children of Francis & Caroline Stanier Broade 1865 & also erected by Mary Stanier to memory of her daughter Lucy 1860. Mary Ann Jane Flack 1880. Glass to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubliee 1897. Rev. George Armitage 1st vicar here, for 39 years. Modern glass with Scouts badge emblems - Cyril Harvey, Group Scout leader in thanks giving of 50 years of scouting at Silverdale 1929-79. Two lights - i) John Woodcock, churchwarden d1980 ; ii) George Smith, churchwarden d1971. Ronald Mountford, churchwarden d1981. PAINTING. Madonna & Child (probably a copy). IN THE CHURCHYARD. WW2 memorial stone.

Slindon

CHURCH. St Chad. MEMORIALS. Edward Simpson of Slindon House d1915 & wife Jane d1951. Alfred Donald Saunders killed in action in Libya 1942. GLASS MEMORIAL. Andrew Wade Morris d1982. S side window designed by Jane Gray of Shrawardine (1994) - Norman John Simpson d1985 (who was the first person baptised in this church) & wife Muriel Corden d1984. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Foundation stone at foot of W wall laid by Alice Helen Francis wife of John Charles Salt 1893, note Francis is spelt the male way. Her name appears correctly as Alice Helen Frances Salt on her gravestone. John Charles Salt founder of the church (brother of William Salt).

Slitting Mill

CHURCH. St John the Baptist. Built by 1892. MEMORIALS. Green altar frontal - Arthur Dutton, John Bush, George H. Crutchley, Joseph Holdcroft, Aaron Holdcroft, Henry Thompson, who all died in WW1. Elizabeth Gardiners inscription in the lectern bible (STMSM Nov 1975 pp6,15p). FURNISHINGS. Reredos has this inscription on the back - ‘Mary Gardner, the Stone House Rugeley 1910’ there is a tradition that she carved it herself. The bell in the bell tower is from the stables at Hagley Hall given by C.S. Wheildon (Church Guide by Sheila M. Simpson).

Smallthorne

CHURCH. St Saviour MEMORIALS. Rev. Henry Stanway Kelsall d1882. Very pretty tile mosaic showing the crucifiction - Rev. F. R. Farebrother d1901. George Ward, artisan, churchman d1903. Pretty tiled plaque - Charles Bowyer Adderley 1st Lord Norton, the founder of the church d1905. Encaustic tile - Rev. Leslie George Graham B.A. LL.B. d1908. Encaustic tile - Frederic F. Meaden d1910. To commemorate the diamond jubilee of the church 1910. Pte. George Richard Reynolds of the Australian Imperial Force son of George Reynolds of Tachbrook House, Normacot killed in action 1918 interred in Albert Cemetery, France. Chest - Thomas Talbot d1965. Statue of Virgin Mary - Graham Pegg d1982. Sanctuary lamp - Konstanty Krasocki. Sanctuary lamp - Laura Brittle. The Stations of the Cross are all in memory of someone. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window - Charles Bower & Harriet Hopkins May 1892. Glass in memory of the jubilee of this church 1900. Rev. Frederic Robert Farbrother M.A. 1888-1901. Charles (Chad) May d1902 in S. Africa & William Eustace May d1869. Hannah Bourne d1928. Isaac Ellerton chorister d1933 also Harriet Glover 1939. John Thomas Bean d1938. Martha Emily Talbot d1938 & Matilda Ann Talbot d1938. William Henry Davies & wife Ruth 1939. John Bourne d1943. Wilfred Dale d1943, Emily Hackney d1921, John Hackney d1929, & Annie Hackney d1961. Hilda Leese d1944.

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