Church Memorials Stoke-upon-Trent - Swythamley

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Stoke-upon-Trent

CHURCH. St Peter Ad Vincula MEMORIALS. John Poulson d1691 & wife Joanna d1688, plaque is from the old church. Benefactions tablet - Robert Bagnall invested £100 to be distrubited to the poor on 24 June & 1 Nov., Mrs Hannah Bagnall 1727 left land, Thomas Allen L.L.D. Rector, & Dean of Chester left £100 in his will dated 1731, Thomas Finney of Blurton 1761 money to the poorest widows, the National School was endowed by the Chartered National Society in London & John Chappel Woodhouse D.D. Rector, Dean of Lichfield 1830, it was built 1815, & he left £100 to be invested & used to supply ‘Woodhouse’s Dole’ at Stoke Church on Christmas Day 1836 to the poor if they hadn’t received parish relief in the previous six months. Joshua Twford d1729. William Adams of Bagnall eldest son of Edward Adams & nephew of William Adams master potter of Holden, Burslem d1775 & 1st wife Dorothy d1735 eldest daughter of Francis Meare of Norton Green Hall by daughter of Rev. John Repton B.A. 1692-1697 & 2nd wife Sarah d1787 daughter of William Whieldon of Kingsley, also Richard Adams master potter of Cobridge Gate & Bagnall 3rd son of William & Sarah d1811 & his wife Elizabeth eldest daughter of John Jackson of Greenwood Hall d1834 at Fenton Hall, also William Adams of Fenton Hall of Tunstall & of Bagnall only surviving son of Richard & Elizabeth Adams d1829 buried in the churchyard & wife Sarah eldest daughter of Lewis Heath of Hadderidge, Burslem d1846 at The Watlands, Wolstanton & buried in the churchyard (the above William & Sarah Adams were the parents of William Adams of Greenfield near Tunstall & of Liverpool (b1798) d1865 he married Jane eldest daughter & co-heir of Jesse Breeze of Greenfield she d1864 both died at Tunstall). John Hales of Cobridge d1791 & wife Mary d1819 & three children - Alice d1801 aged 19, Robert d1803 aged 19 & John Hales of Cobridge d1841. Bust relief - Josiah Wedgwood F.R.S. & S.A. of Etruria died Jan. 3 1795. Josiah Spode master potter 1735-1797 founder of the Copeland Spode China Works 1770 (erected 1930). Sarah Wedgwood wife of Josiah died Jan. 15 1815 (b1734) & their youngest son Thomas died July 10 1805 at Eastbury in Dorsetshire. Thomas Wolfe d1818 & wife Rachel d1829. List of 39 benefactors for the provision of the organ, eight new bells & a clock, one of them is George IV who gave L250 from his Duchy of Lancaster estates, the foundations were laid in June 1826. Josiah Sopde of The Mount died July 16 1827. Josiah Spode of The Mount 2nd son of Josiah Spode (b1777) died Oct. 6 1829. Bust relief - William Adams 1772-1829 of Fenton Hall was 7th in direct line of William Adams master potter (d1617), Lewis Adams of The Watlands was warden of this parish in 1842 & 1st chief bailiff of the town 1839/40. Bust relief - Rev. John Chappel Woodhouse, Dean of Lichfield 17 years Rector d1833. John Bourne of Great Fenton died July 15 1833 & wife Amelia d1855. John Robinson M.D. d1837 doctor & wife Jane of Doncaster aged 81. John Tomlinson of Cliffvale d1838 patron of the Rectory of Stoke-upon-Trent. White tablet not in situ in N stairwell to gallery - William Bishop of Shelton Hall d1849. Margaret wife of John Tomlinson d1855 & their eldest son Rev. John Wickes Tomlinson M.A. d1857. Floor tile by altar - Mary Spode d1860. Floor tile by altar - Sir Lovelace Stamer Bart. d1860. William Taylor Copeland master potter 1797-1868 son of William Copeland partner with Josiah Spode I M.P. 1837-52, 1857-65, Lord Mayor of City of London 1836 & one of the founders of N. Staffs. Infirmary, also Richard Pirie Copeland master potter younger son of the above 1841-1913 Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent 1875/6, 1876/7 High Sheriff of the county of Stafford 1902. Frederick Wright Tomlinson of Llwyndu House, Monmouthshire & late of Cliffvale d1869. Floor tile by altar - Caroline Lady Stamer d1872 in Dublin. Plaque to commemorate Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1887. Interior of the church was renovated at cost of £790 consecration by Venerable Sir Lovelace T. Stamer Bart M.A. 1888. Pulpit - John Gilby Uvedale West M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. died at Madeira 1894, Swinnerton Heap’s cantata Fair Rosamund 1890 was dedicated to him (POTP p227). Plaque to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Squadron Sergeant Major D. MGLaren D.C.M. 6th Gov. Staffs. Imperial Yeomanry wounded at Tiger’s Kloof, S. Africa 1901 & died two months later buried at Bethlehem, S. Africa. Pre-Raphelite-looking ceramic tiles with ceramic surround - Rev. C.N. Simpkinson M.A. Rector 1897-1903. Rt. Rev. Sir Lovelace Tomlinson Stamer Baronet. D.D. buried in Stoke Borough Cemetery 1908 (b1829) Rector of Stoke from 1853 & Bishop Suffragan of Shrewsbury. John Blow Ashwell d1910 last town clerk of the Old Borough. Cecil Wedgwood (born 28 March 1863) died July 3 1916 on the Somme only son of Godfrey Wedgwood & great great grandson of Josiah Wedgwood. Sergeant William Thomas Burley died at Bere Island, county Cork whilst serving with the King’s Own Yorks. Light Infantry 1918. To masters & old scholars of Stoke St Peter’s Schools in WW1. To all those who served with 7th Batt. Prince of Wales’s N. Staffs. Regt. in WW1. William Henry Wayte d1920 parish clerk. Font - Restored by P.W. Adams F.S.A. of Woore manor, Shrops. 1931. Henry Venn Stuart D.D. Rector of Stoke-on-Trent 1903-24, Dean of Carlisle 1924-33. William Martin Riley master of the boys school in this parish 1904-39 & headmaster for 26 years. James Joseph Barlow MBE d1952. Harold Malpass chorister d1956. New lighting installation - Clarence Henry Peters d1958. Harry Lake chorister d1962. New Electrical installation - Steven Riley d1980 aged 20. Thomas Riley headmaster for 41 years in the Boys School. MEMORIALS IN THE GALLERY. John Fenton of Newcastle-u-Lyme d1782 & wife Anastasia d1797 & son John Fenton d1782 aged 34. Hugh Booth of Cliff Bank d1789. Organ - Capt. Reginald Tavernor John son of Lieut. Charles Challinor Watson who were killed in WW1. In what is called the WARRIOR CHAPEL are these memorials: Mary Birch daughter of Josiah Spode of The Mount d1850. WW1 roll of honour in the panelling, erected in reverse alphabetical order. The Colour of the 7th (Service) Batt. of the Prince of Wales N. Staffs. Regt. deposited here 27 Nov. 1921 on the occasion of the unveiling of the window. The Window by A. Crown M. McL - for WW1 dead. WW2 roll of honour in which J.P.M. Michelin is named. Unlocated - Sgt. Major Laren. DIAMOND-SHAPED ENCAUSTIC TILES IN THE HALL. Katharine wife of Rev. Robert Hodgson M.A. vicar of West Bromwich d1875. Harry Green artist master of Stoke School of Art d1874 at Great Heywood. Thomas Nicholls d1879 & wife Mary Ann d1899. Ven. Henry Moore M.A. canon & precentor of Lichfield Cathedral 20 years Archdeacon of Stafford d1876. Robert Garner F.R.C.S. & F.L.S. d1890 aged 82. George Augustus Selwyn d1878 Bishop of New Zealand. Most Rev. Robert Gray D.D. 1st Bishop of Capetown & Metropolitan d1872 preached at this church Dec. 10 1858 & Sept. 7 1862. Edward Challinor of Fenton Manor House 10 years churchwarden d1876 at Wetley Abbey. Rev. Sir William Dunbar Bart. Rector of Dummer, Hants d1881. Colin Minton Campbel Manufacturer, High Sheriff 1869 M.P. N. Staffs 1874-80, three times Mayor of Stoke 1880-83 d1885. William French Bamber d1882. William Upton Lester churchwarden d1876. Margaret wife of William Upton Lester d1863. Harriet Hargraves d1898. John Hugh Sweeting chief superintendent of police of Stoke-on-Trent & Mayor of Borough 1878-9 d1884 at Weston-super-Mare. William Ralph Smith d1871 aged 11. Ralph Smith of Winton Terrace d1866. George Welsford superintendent of N.S.R.C. Cos Store Depart. d1890. Ann Welsford wife of George Welsford d1880 she was widow of late Ralph Smith. Edward Barnes d1880 at Buenos Ayres aged 34. Thomas Flackett d1943. Gunner Alfred Thomas Head Nº 222890 Signaller 307th Brigade R.F.A. organist died of dysentery contracted in France Oct. 21 1921 aged 29. Charles Herbert Head d1924. Elizabeth Head wife of Charles Herbert Head d1927. William B. Hargreaves d1912 rectors warden. Mary Ann Emily Steele of the Villas d1881. Mary wife of William Tranter d1875. Amplias (Amy) wife of Caleb Hackney Supt. of Police Stoke-on-Trent d1886. William Tranter d1876. Frances Poulson Rice d1878 at Ashbourne aged 18 interred at Clifton, daughter of Silas Poulson & buried with him. Silas Rice former headmaster of Stoke School of Art d1873 at Clifton, Derbys. Sarah Poulson d1872. John Arnett of Fenton d1875 & wife Mary d1864. Thomas Heath Pratt d1873. Charles Lilly worker for N.S.R. company & secretary of Railway Friendly & Benefit Society d1873. Ann Riley of Oakhill d1872. Sarah Jane Harding d1891 aged 17. John Wood Bardell d1868 aged 19. John Harding d1879. Sarah Harding d1872. Mary Ann Goodfellow d1886. Thomas Goodfellow of Mount Pleasant d1869. Elizabeth Hemmings d1868 & Mary wife of George Hemmings d1868 aged 29. Joseph Cliff d1869 aged 25 from his master Mr. J. Broady of Glebe Street. Florence Isabel 4th daughter of Thomas & Mary Sidney Alcock d1868 in London aged 3. Mary Ainsworth of Penkhull d1867. Robert Rainford of 80 Railway Cottage d1886. Sarah Ann Newton d1905. About three or four tablets are hidden behind modern cupboards. These 12 erected by Portland Lodge of Freemasons Nº 637: Charles Carter P.P.A.C.P. W.M. 1897-8 d1910. John Blow Ashwell P.P.C.W. 16 years treasurer for Staffs. d1910. Rev. W.A. Parker d1905. Thomas R. Yoxall P.P.G.D.D.C. W.M. 1894-5 d1911. Thomas Small P.P.G.Reg. W.M.1901 d1913. Alfred Kingston, Tyler to the Lodge d1915. John H. Bamber P.P.G.D. W.M. 1902 d1913. T. Turpin P.P.G.D.C. W.M. 1904 d1920. William Snelson W.M. 1871 d1914. Edward Butler P.P. D.G.D.C. W.M. 1905 d1920. David Smith P.P.G.W. W.M. 1881 & 1883 d1918. J.E. Egerton P.P.G.Std.B. W.M. 1900 d1921. DIAMOND-SHAPED ENCAUSTIC TILES IN THE NAVE NORTH SIDE. Walter Miller d1896 in Penang Straits Settlements aged 40. Thomas Miller d1880. Eliza Nixon of Whittington Lichfield d1881. Charlotte Kitching d1884 & daughter Charlotte d1884 aged 2 months. Thomas George Benbow d1880. Mary Cooke d1884 aged 26 & daughter Mary Alice d1884 aged 10 weeks. Samuel Peake d1892. William Dolby drowned whilst skating Jan. 5 1895 aged 18. Charlotte Peake d1880. Mary Seddon d1849. Fanny Goodwin d1879. Herbert Dudley d1879 at Derby. Charles East d1879. William Green d1879. Thomas Carter d1851 & Rebekah Carter d1852. Charles Silbers d1866 & wife Eliza Silbers d1878. Martha Plant d1863 & Joseph Plant d1876. Jessie Maude Akock d1875 aged 13. Joseph Walklate d1901 & wife Elizabeth d1901. Sidney wife of R. Steele d1872. Robert Steele accountant of N.S.R. d1878. Henrietta Holme d1877 aged 16 a pupil teacher. John Baker d1877. William Thomas Hulse Banks d1873 aged 23. Mary Agnes Stuart of Harrow d1915 at Stoke. Richard Banks d1886. Andrienne Josseaume d1907 at Geneva. Thomas Hulse d1865 & wife Rebecca d1862. Louisa Clayton Adams d1891. Rice Richard Clayton d1868 aged 24. Edwin Turner employee of Mintons d1904. Joseph & Rachel Brammer. John Sillitoe d1909. George Wheat d1877 & son Samuel Shelley Wheat d1867 aged 7. Elizabeth Chadwick d1896. John Seddon d1874. Edna Ann Bates d1893 aged 23 headmistress of All Saints Infant School. Edwin Alfred Serjeant d1874. WIlliam Carter d1885. William Eardley d1873. Ann Carter d1878 & husband John d1880. John Austin, beadle d1876. William Carter d1881. Hannah Davis d1876. Elizabeth Moore d1886. Thomas Heath Bagnall d1863 interred at Kidsgrove. Sarah Bagnall d1857. Thomas Bagnall d1860. Anne Bagnall d1867. George Mellor d1887. Fanny Mellor d1883. John McMillan d1884. Harriet McMillan d1901. Allan Jerome McMillan died May 8 1894 at sea aged 15. Marianne Annon McMillan d1888 aged 19 & Esther Margaret McMillan d1892 aged 22. Charlotte Annie McMillan d1894 aged 20. Jane Jerrom McMillan wife of William Genders Foden d1885 aged 25 & her daughter Millie d1890 aged 8. Arthur Twyford d1871 aged 11. Fanny Slaney d1893. Milissa Hampson d1873 aged 20. William Wingfield d1893 & wife Martha d1881. Emma Martha Wingfield d1883 aged 16. Eliza Churchill d1861. Alfred Edward Taylor d1871 aged 5. Marion Baker d1893 aged 29 headmistress at Cliffvale. Ruth Brookes d1860. John Brookes d1882 (husband of the former). William Percy Huntley d1872 aged 1 & 8 months. Alfred Reynolds d1891. William Rufus Sneyd d1855 & wife Elizabeth d1872 at Walsall. John Shelley d1869. Elizabeth Shelley d1874. Phoebe Wood d1833 aged 8 months & her brother Charles John Wood d1866 aged 40. Richard Wood d1851 & wife Nancy d1870. Annie Earle Braginton d1898. William Burrow d1899. William Plumer Keary d1871 aged 28. Anne Keary d1848 aged 31 (wife of the former). Arthur Anderson Keary d1850 aged 27. Rev. Henry Keary d1852 aged 31. Lucy Keary d1869 (wife of the former). Anna Maria Keary daughter of Rev. Keary d1879. Rev. William Keary Rector of Nunnington, Yorks. d1856. Emma Williamson d1900. William Williamson d1901. Rev. George Herbert Fowler M.A. d1891. Elizabeth Smith d1844. John Smith d1840 (husband of the former). Charles John Smith d1874. Frances Harwood d1890 buried at Geneva (wife of the former). Alexander Cott M.A. d1889 aged 29 senior curate of Tamworth. Jonathan Leigh d1868 aged 43 Sunday school teacher. DIAMOND-SHAPED ENCAUSTIC TILES IN THE NAVE SOUTH SIDE.One tile obstructed by a partition. Rowley Bradley Newton d1898. Margaret Newton nurse at the N. Staffs. Infirmary d1867. Ruth Boulton d1891. Philip Boulton. Mary Ann Benbow d1902. Hannah Benbow d1866 aged 20. George Henny of 69th Regt. & employee at Mintons d1866. Mary Poulson buried at Ilford Cemetery 1864. Eliza Silvers d1863 aged 23. Mary Emery d1863 aged 29 & Thomas Horwell d1863. Lydia Smith d1864 aged 26. Richard Bibby ‘cut off suddenly’ 1863 aged 19. Annie Salmon d1867 aged 21. Frederick Salmon d1885. Joseph Bardell d1864 aged 22. Charles Samuel Dutton d1863 aged 14. Samuel & Jane Stevens & their niece Sarah Ann Evans who all perished in the wreck of the Anglo Saxon near Cape Race, Newfoundland April 27 1863. Isaac Clowes employee of Copelands d1863. Emily Annette Alcock d1863 at Calcutta aged 3 & 9 months. Thomas Boughey d1875 & his brother George d1888. Thomas Shingler d1863. George Webber d1901 & wife Ellen Jane d1903. John Ray Payne employee of the N.S.R. d1863. Nanny Harris d1865. William Harris d1862 (husband of the former). Elizabeth Harris d1862 aged 30 (daughter of the former). Isaac Harris d1859 aged 31 (brother to Elizabeth). George Fleet d1908. Horace twin son of George & Elizabeth Fleet d1884 aged 10. William Fleet d1884. Charlotte Emma Fleet d1902 (wife of the former). Edward Poulson d1861. John Buxton d1859 & daughter Mary d1862 aged 24. James Glover d1869. GLASS MEMORIALS. Sarah Carter d1870. Charles John Smith of Great Fenton d1874. To the memory of the Mission held in this parish Jan. 24-31 1875. Edward Challinor of Wetley Abbey d1876. George Augustus Selwyn D.D. Lord Bishop of Lichfield 1879. From Richard Hallam Smith 1879 to his parishioners. John Campbell d1882 & Mary Campbell 1885 & their son Colin Minton Campbell d1885. Richard Hallam Smith & wife Martha Jane Smith. In the kitchen area - John Broady. Samuel & Susan Pepper & family 1950 x 2. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Clarke Twins’. John Fenton d1694 aged 56 & wife Catherine (epitaph by their son Elijah Fenton). On top of the memorial to William Adams (d1775) it states - Thomas Adams was buried in this churchyard 1536 with his wife Agnes. Robert Garner d1789 & daughter-in-law Lucy d1844 & her son Henry Fletcher Garner d1837 aged 5 months (the father, wife & son of author Robert Garner). Chest tomb - Samuel Spode d1817 & wife Sarah d1824...... Saba wife of George Whieldon & daughter of Josiah Spode d1811, & Eliza daughter of Josiah & Ellen Spode of Stoke d1793 aged 16. Thomas Chatterley engraver of Shelton d1818. Henry Lark Pratt d1873 & son Henry Lark Pratt d1875 aged 36, both artists. Thomas Astbury. Richard Poole. Herbert Stansfield. CHURCH. Wesleyan Chapel, Epworth St. 1816. (Information from NCSS p220) MEMORIAL. David Bostock d1820 ‘ironfounder of this town’ & wife Mary d1830. FURNISHING. Photo of the pulpit on p224 of NCSS. IN THE LONSDALE STREET NEW GRAVEYARD. Rev. Barnett Perry founder of the Great Chell Mission, Newchapel, injured on his way to attend the Archdeacon’s Visitation April 17 1883 died nearly three weeks later aged 33.

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St Michael

MEMORIALS. In the tower - multilated effigy of a Canon, or Prior C13. In the tower - multilated effigy of a Lady C13. Brass to Thomas Crompton d1619 & wife Ethelred (nee Tusser) & four sons & two daughters. Thomas Unett d1809, Lettice Unett d1822 & son William Unett d1789 & daughter Lettice Unett d1836 & Elizabeth Unett d1838. Ellen wife of Edward Trafford Nicolls of Swythamley Park d1815. Admiral John Jervis d1823, accompanied by very long list of his accomplishments, situated high on the wall (there is a facimile at eye level). Thomas Meakin of Lonfon, formerly of Stone d1839 in Brighton. John Joules d1858, lies in a vault E of the church. John Edward Leveson Jervis 4th Viscount St Vincent d1885. Charles Bakewell Bromley of Walton, Stone d1886. Samuel John Mountford d1910 & wife Martha d1925. Frederick Charles Lockley d1915. Sydney George Walker Watson died in WW1. Herbert Lee, Rector of Stone d1959. Sir Ernest Johnson J.P. pottery manufacturer d1962. Lady Anna Shepard Johnson wife of Sir Ernest, a descendant of the Pilgrim Fathers born New Jersey, USA d1980 aged 96. GLASS MEMORIALS. One of the Kempe windows is presented by Freemasons of St Michael at Stone Nº 2487, 1897, & has masonic symbols. FURNISHING. Church chest with four latches. Cabinet purchased in Belgium by William Thompson M.P. of Walton Grange, was presented by him 1899. ART. Painting of Archangel Michael by Beechey, positioned formerly behind altar in old chancel, now in the gallery E side. Portrait of Sir John Jervis painted by an officer on board the Foudroyant. Bust of Earl St Vincent by Chantrey 1816. Bust of George IV by Chantrey 1822. Kempe glass. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Chest-tomb with effigies of William Crompton d1603 & wife Jane (daughter of Sir Walter Aston of Tixall) d1626 on the sides of the tomb are 14 shields for each one of their children. Jane Kate wife of Gabriel Barnes buried Feb. 19 1698 believed to be oldest gravestone. Thomas Bakewell. Relatives of Peter De Wint. John Hodson. Rev. John Middleton. Henry Fourdrinier. Sundial. IN THE JERVIS MAUSOLEUM. Swynfen Jervis of Meaford Hall d1771 & wife Elizabeth (nee Parker) d1784. William Jervis elder son of Swynfen Jervis (d1771) d1813 & wife Jane (nee Hatrell) d1817. Sir John Jervis Earl St Vincent younger son of Swynfen Jervis (d1771) d1823. Edward Jervis Jervis 2nd Viscount St Vincent nephew of Sir John Jervis (d1823) d1859 & 2nd wife Mary Anne (nee Parker) d1855. Mary Anne Baroness Forester daughter of Edward Jervis Jervis (d1859) d1893. John, eldest son of Edward Jervis Jervis (d1859) d1837, only identified in 2005 (Info Mark Smith) (SN June 9 2005 p1). CHURCH.

Christ Church

MEMORIALS. William Ellerton son of Rev. Francis & Mary Kitchin d1836 an infant at Swinnerton, also their three other infants - John Ellerton d1839, Mary d1839, William Joseph d1841 also Rev. Francis Kitchin M.A. d1852 & wife Mary d1855 at Brewood. Elizabeth wife of Rev Edward Ellerton incumbent of Coulton, Lancs. d1848 at Torquay. Rev. John Ford vicar 1853-82 d1886. Edward Fernie M.D. d1909 medical officer for this district erected by public subscription. Organ rebuilt - Richard Stubbs Larchwood 1920. Vicars stall - Charles Ernest Cope M.A. vicar 1912-29 Rural Dean of Trentham. Prayer rest - Harry Rushton deputy churchwarden. Lights on organ - Joseph Rigby d1981. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window - Rev. Francis Kitchin M.A. d1852. Rev. John Ford d1886 buried at Tittensor. Daniel Dawson d1889. In memory of the sacrament of baptism administered in this church 1898. William Saben d1898. Mary Carter daughter of Edward & Emily Elizabeth Fernie d1899. CHURCH.

St Dominic (R.C.)

MEMORIALS. Modern brass - Thomas Monington Webbe Weston of Sarnesfield Court, Heres. & Sutton Place, Surrey d1857. Modern brass - Sister Mary Philomena Berkeley O.S.D. d1860 aged 31, her father Robert Berkeley of Spetchley Park, Worcs. erected the memorial. Mother Margaret Mary Hallahan O.S.D. d1868. Mother Mary Imelda Poole 2nd prioress d1881. Chest tomb with effigy to Bishop Ullathorne d1889. Mother M. Frances Raphael Drane 3rd prioress d1894. Brass or copper plaque bearing the portrait of Bishop Ullathorne erected on the centenary of his death 1989. GLASS MEMORIALS. William Ullathorne & wife Hannah, this window was set up by their son William Bernard Bishop of Birmingham 1860. Mary Anne Fitzherbert Brockholes d1863 at Swynnerton Park aged 33. Mother Mary Imelda Poole d1881.

Stonnall

CHURCH. St Peter. MEMORIALS. William Robathan, quarter master to the Wolverhampton Troop of Queen’s Own Royal Staffs. Yeomanry d1858. Roof of the church with buttress - George Narry Smith Cooke d1887, interred at Wordsley, Kingwinford. WW1 roll of honour. WW2 roll of honour. Font cover - Herbert Edgeley. Lieut. Col. Barry Charles Bullers A.C.C. A.T.T. Welsh Guards d1982 aged 26 in Falkland Islands war. GLASS MEMORIAL. William Lee d1947 & wife Eliza d1958. FURNISHINGS. Commandment boards. Lord’s Prayer board. Creed board.

Stowe-by-Chartley

CHURCH. St John. MEMORIALS. Chest-tomb with effigies of Sir Walter Devereux d1558, & two wives, 1st wife - Lady Mary d1527 (daughter of Lord Thomas Marquess of Dorset). Metal plate frayed at the edges - Thomas Newport d1587. Two benefaction boards - Thomas Wilkes 1686 & John Tooth 1692. John Purcell Fitz-Gerald d1866. Reredos - Rev. William Hides d1884. John De Ville, trooper d1901 in Boar War, S. Africa. William La Touche Congreve d1916 on Somme. WW1 & WW2 rolls of honour. Gen. Sir Walter Norris Congreve V.C. K.C.B. M.V.O. d1927 in Malta. Lighting - Rev. Walter Kyte Coles 1937. FURNISHINGS. Old long church chest with three locks, unusually thin.

Stramshall

CHURCH. St Michael. MEMORIALS. in porch - Rev. C.F.L. Barnwell d1933, gave the church extention. Reredos - Rev. Charles Frederick Lowry Barnwell, Caroline Beatrix Stilwell Barnwell, & Frederick Arthur Lowry Barnwell 1950. GLASS MEMORIALS. George Spofforth Need d1862, Catherine Anne Need d1895 & Catherine Elizabeth Need d1859. John Jackson Oakden d1884, Mary oakden d1894 & Louisa Oakden d1894. John Carr d1919 & wife Sarah. Rev. Charles Frederick Lowry Barnwell d1933.

Stretton (Burton)

CHURCH. St Mary. MEMORIAL. John Gresson of Bladon, builder of the church d1899.

Stretton (Penkridge)

CHURCH. St John MEMORIALS. Richard Walhouse & wife Elizabeth Walhouse, also their son Richard Walhouse he d1728, erected by his grandson. James Cooper d1873. General Henry Monckton 4th son of Hon Edward & Sophia Monckton of Somerford d1854, & wife Anne only daughter of John Groome of Hilton, Salop d1878. Rev. John Warren Napier-Clavering d1906. Francis Algernon Monckton Lt. Scots Guards killed in action at Hooge, nr Ypres 8 Nov 1914, also Geoffrey Valentine Francis Monckton Lt. Scots Guards killed in action at Cuinchy, nr La Bassee 1915. Arthur Monckton son of General Henry Monckton of Stretton d1917 & wife Lady Gertrude Pleydell Bouverie daughter of 4th Earl of Radnor d1940 both buried in the churchyard. WW1 roll of honour on a paper scroll in a simple frame, 10 died. Rev. Henry Percy Napier-Clavering d1935. Priest’s seat & prayer desk - Thomas Brotherton churchwarden d1955. On a wooden board - The Incorporated Society made a grant. FURNISHING. Old long church chest. NOTE. Loose stone gargoyle of a man looking up to the heavens, by communion rails. IN THE CHURCHYARD. General Henry Monckton dJune 29 1854 aged 74 & wife Anne d1878 & daughter Leonora. Arthur Monckton of Normanston Hall, Lowestoft d1917 & wife Gertrude daughter of 4th Earl of Radnor d1940, & son Christopher Monckton killed at Mons En Chaussee, France 1916. A curious weathered wooden grave rests against a headstone, inscription is nearly illegible - Thomas Herbert ...... son of.....

Swindon

CHURCH. St John the Evangelist MEMORIALS. WW2 roll of honour - Kenneth Bowen, Leslie Cartwright, James Glazzard. Prayer seats - Constance Rose Reynolds d1978. Incumbents board. GLASS MEMORIALS. Mary Jane Perry d1838, & Sarah Perry d1862. Rev. James Raven d1869. Edward Perry d1871. James Perry d1889. To the WW1 dead. Modern glass & very colourful with St Cecilia made out in glass - Charles Augustus Clarke chorister d1972 & wife Alice Maud d1970.

Swynnerton

CHURCH. St Mary. MEMORIALS. Recumbent effigy of Sir John Swynnerton, constable of the Tower of London C14. John Astbury of Blacklow d1733 & wife Mary d1733 also son Thomas d1747. Charity boards with large print - Mr Robert Landor of Woor left 12 bread loaves to be given every Sunday in the year to the poor & wife Mrs Landor left 20 shillings to the minister to preach a sermon on St Matthews day forever & 10 shillings to be left in bread. Thomas Brett, Alderman of Stafford d1742. William Boreham d1811 & wife Mary d1809 & 2nd wife Nancy Vernon d1817 also William Boreham (junior) d1822, also William Henry Boreham son of Charles & Maragaret d1818. Anne Smith d1814. George Steedman of Cold Meece d1820 & wife Ann d1806 & son John d1795. Mrs Frances Granville of Kentish Town d1829. Capt. Charles Edmund Wood d1915 also John Wedg Wood d1915. WW1 roll of honour. Edward John Wedg Wood of Meece House d1922. William Henry Watkin, sexton d1982. The Lady Chapel, brass plaque of 1929 commemorating those buried under the Chapel - Edward Fitzherbert d1612; Elizabeth Gatacre d1616; Mrs Fitzherbert of Swynnerton d1743; Catherine dau of Thomas Fitzherbert Esq of Swynnerton d1755; Thomas Fitzherbert Esq of Swynnerton d1765; Thomas Fitzherbert Esq of Swynnerton d1778; Basil Fitzherbert Esq of Swynnerton d1797; Maria Dormer d1831 aged 60; Francis Fitzherbert, infant, d1840; George Fitzherbert d1852 aged 69; Thomas Fitzherbert d1857 aged 68; Francis Fitzherbert Esq d1857 aged 60; John Fitzherbert Esq d1863 aged 71; George Henry Philip Fitzherbert, infant, d1865. GLASS MEMORIALS. Major John Brereton Frith killed at Mandaly 1945 also his twin brother Capt. Robert Brereton Frith killed 1941 in West Africa. FURNISHING. Oak chest. NOTE. In the Lady Chapel - Seven foot high statue of Jesus Christ C13. IN THE CHURCHYARD. To the E by the hedge - Rev. Richard George, Bishop of Stafford 1958-75, Bishop Clitherow d1984.

Swythamley

CHURCH. A Chapel. (Information kindly supplied by Peter Robinson) MEMORIALS. Sir Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst 1st Baronet d1904 - the church is erected to his memory. Foundation stone - laid by Lady Brocklehurst 1904. Inscription in the floor - Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst 1st Baronet d1904. George Clarke of Park Knoll, Swythamley d1921, servant to the Brocklehursts. Inscription in the floor - Annie Lee Lady Brocklehurst d1951. Lieut. Col. Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst Bart. d1975. Inscription in the floor - Mabel Annie Lady Lee Brocklehurst d1979. GLASS MEMORIAL. Henry Courtney Brocklehurst Capt. 10th Royal Hussars Lieut. Col. of Commando drowned on active service in Burma 1942. NOTE. There is a mechanism & set of eight bells in the tower, which were originally water powered, all the bells are embossed with the initials of Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst & his wife Annie Lee Brocklehurst. A window with the Brocklehurst arms.

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