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Wolverhampton
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CHURCH. St Margaret. C11. Rb 1860. MEMORIALS. William Yonge? of Clayton d1502. Susanna Yonge wife of William. John Adams of Bruckehouse d1544 & wife Joan also William Adams, freemason d1629. Effigies on chest tomb of Sir William Sneyd (or Sneidd) of Broadwall & wife Dame Anne (nee Barrowe) d1571. John Adams of Bermersley, Norton born c.1540 & wife Isabel & nephew Thomas Adams d1642 & wife Catherine (nee Bowyer of Knypersley) d1647 also Stephen Adams d1714 & wife Dorothy (nee Wedgwood of Mole, Biddulph) d1661 also Nicholas Adams of Burslem d1567 & wife Elizabeth also William Adams, master potter of Tunstall d1617 (monument in Lichfield Cathedral) also John Adams of Byrcheshead near Burslem, of Bucknall, of Snead Green d1641 buried St John’s Burslem also William Adams of Bagnall, Milton, Snead, Greenfields d1712 also brother Edward Adams of Bagnall d1727 & wife Elizabeth also William Adams of Tunstall eminent potter d1805 & wife Mary d1805 also William Adams of Greenfield near Tunstall & of Liverpool d1865 & wife Jane d1864 also brother Lewis Adams d1850 also Williams Adams of Greenfield, Tunstall, & Moreton House, Wolstanton d1905 & wife Laura Eliza d1914. Joan Adams wife of Thomas master potter of Burslem d1643 also Elizabeth wife of John Addams of Birches Head, & Bucknall Hall d1632. William Sneyd of Keele d1689. Ralph Sneyd d1695. John Sneyd of Keele d1710. In porch three earthen ware slabs - i) Thomas Pain 1718. ii) Samuel Wall? Shaw d1755. iii) Thomas Rowley of Red Street d1767. (There are some narrow small gravestones by the font, similar to ones in porch but more sophisticated.) John Adams of Longbridge Hayes d1757 & wife Dorothy. Ralph Moreton d1787 & wife Hannah d1802 & children Ralph, John, Thomas, Elizabeth Mary & Ralph who died 1803. Luke Bennett d1793 also John Bennett d1794 & Luke Bennett d1795. Sarah Robinson d1795. Mary Moreton d1812. John Tyson d1867. William Hyatt d1868. Oliver Lodge of Moreton House, & Watlands d1884 & wife Grace (nee Heath) d1879. Thomas Hyatt d1907 & wife Anne Thomason d1912. Cecily Janet Adams d1946. Bishop Wolstan, founder. Two benefactions boards - i) Mr Adderley of Blake Hall. ii) Edward Unwin of Hardings Wood. Incumbents board. GLASS MEMORIALS. Elizabeth Bennett wife of John d1878. John Bennett of Dimsdale d1890. Luke & Margaret Bennett of Dimsdale 1896. Charles Challinor of Basford Hall 1896. William Adams of Moreton House d1905 & wife Icavva Eliza d1914. Sarah Anne Ward d1912 younger daughter of Luke Bennett of Dimsdale Hall. Majorie Frances Weston d1917. Ann Elizabeth Wood of Porthill. Sarah _______? FURNISHING. Church chest inscribed - ‘M.B’. ‘1636’. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Randull Bristall. Fifty yards NW of church - Sarah Smith. Admiral Smith-Child. Samuel Willshaw eartheware grave.

Wolverhampton

CHURCH.

St Peter

MEMORIALS. A very old grave stone brought inside, practically illegible - __ALLTAR SOVT HALL AND HEVIS HEAVEN IS LAST (or) REST 1441. Chest tomb with two effigies to John Leveson d1575 & wife Mary. Chest tomb 7 effigies of Thomas Lane of Bentley & wife Katherine 1582 & 12 children round the base - possibly their names were above but now fairly illegible - one male, nine females & two deceased in infancy. Statue of Richard Leveson of Lilleshall d1605. William Walker of Castle of Windsor d1634 he served at the Chapel of Windsor seven years to Queen Elizabeth I & six years to King James. Joseph Hall D.D. Preb. of Wolverhampton 1612 Bishop of Norwich b1574 d1656 (also a tile to him elsewhere in the church)& Richard Hurd D.D. Bishop of Lichfield born & educated at Brewood b1720 d1808 he declined through modesty, the archbishopric of Canterbury. Huge monument to John Lane served under Charles I in Civil War & Charles II in Dutch War d1667. Richard Bracgirdle (latin) & children Elizabeth Merris (of Willenhall?), Dorothy Chetwynd of Rugeley, Sarah Wightwick of Dunstall & Sarah & Anna ......? & Richard d1677? his wife was Theraphulica. Henry Bracegirdle LL.B. d1702. Thomas Bracegirdle d1715 & 1st wife Mary & 2nd wife Sarah daughter of Mr Junior Gibbons & sister of the celebrated William Gibbons Dr. of Physick of London. Rev. John Hillman d1720. Benefaction notice on canvas - William Gibbons of London a native of Wolverhampton helped to erect a charity school with £500 1728. James Augustus Whitley d1781. John Thomas Lane of Bentley d1782 & wife Sarah daughter of Richard Fowler of Pendeford d1784. Elizabeth Johnson spinster d1786. Sarah Illidge d1791 also William Illidge d1795 & their 15 children also Sarah wife of Thomas Illidge d1802 & their daughter Sarah, Thomas d1833 at Berkswell, Warws. Encaustic tile - Richard Hurd D.D. educated Brewood Gammar School Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry d1808. James Rowlison d1811 & wife Hannah d1816 & daughter Ann d1836. Anne wife of John Best Morris d1820. William Fletcher d1822 & wife Harriet d1827. John Mander d1827. Rev. Thomas Walker d1834 & wife Diana d1834 also Rev. Thomas Walker d1861 & wife Elizabeth d1881. John Richards d1836 buried St John’s & wife Mary Ann Richards d1886. Tile - Thomas Perks d1843 & wife Mary Ann Perks d1874. Richard Fryer 1st MP for the borough & early advocate for the repeal of the Corn Laws d1846 also T. Rowley son of I. Rowley M.D. d1757. Ann wife of John Langman d1848 & Emma wife of Frederick Langman d1849 aged 27. George Benjamin Thorneycroft 1st Mayor of Wolverhampton d1851 with bust relief. Harry Shinton d1862 interred at Kinver. Thomas Hewitt Campbell M.A. d1863 also Julia Marion Campbell his wife she drowned at sea off coast of New Zealand like him in 1863, also their children who drowned at sea; Edward, Duncan, Muriel, Lilias & Alfred all aged under 5. Tile - Ann Jones buried at Bricklehampton 1864. Joseph Walter J.P. Mayor 1851 d1865 buried at Bushbury. George Augustus Selwyn - not the usual encaustic tile but a decorative brass with a cross. Richard Hope Price d1865 & wife Mary d1880 & son Richard d1878. Tile - Henry Holding a Blue Coat Scholar d1866 aged 14. William Roper Willcock son of Richard Wilcock twice mayor of Lancaster d1873 & wife Charlotte d1895. Tile - Mary Anne Lewis d1874. Tile - Sarah Elsam wife of Thomas Broadstock d1875. Thomas Clear d1875 & wife Mary Ann d1866 both buried at Bushbury. William Parke dean d1876 buried at Brewood. Tile - John Granger d1877 aged 24. A tile more beautiful than the rest - Charles William Grant an old St Peter’s Boy d1877 aged 24. Alexander Gow d1877. Tile - Edward Humphreyson d1879 & son Edward Howard d1865 aged 8. John Markham d1879 at the Wergs buried at Tettenhall General Manager for 24 years to the Staffs. & Worcs. Canal Company. Tile - Mary Ann Lloyd d1881. John Cockerill d1892 & wife Eliza d1878. Harry White d1879 S. Africa of 94th Regt. of Foot. Elizabeth Mary Edwardes of Farmcote, Shrops. d1885. Eliza Frost d1887 interred at Handsworth. Elizabeth wife of Robert Jessop d1888 at Llandudno & Robert d1892. Elizabeth wife of Thomas Bayley d1890. Alfred Hinde d1890. Thomas Frost d1891 interred at Handsworth. George Wallis F.S.A. Keeper of the Art Collections South Kensington Museum d1891 & wife Matilda d1888. Frederick Barnwell Gibbs d1891 aged 23 & George Clayton Gibbs d1893 aged 22 interred at Bushbury. Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle of Middle Temple d1894 & wife Dame Mary d1884. Rev. John Thomas Jeffcock d1895. Rev. John Thomas Jeffcock Prebendary of Lichfield 1896. Thomas Boyley sidesman d1897. Rev. Alfred Cooke Kettle M.A. of St John’s Coll. Oxon. d1900 at Queenstown, S. Africa. Robert Percy Walker d1905. To those who served in Boar War 1899-1902 - nine names listed. Joyce Richards d1906 & Samuel Perkins Richards d1903 brother & sister interred at Tettenhall. Capt. Louis Cooke Kettle d1906 at Allahabad. John Frederick Sidney d1908. William Steen Whittle Lance Corp. 6th S. Staffs. Regt. killed 1915. John Marston twice Mayor of Wolverhampton d1918. To members of the 3rd North Midland Field Ambulances R.A.M.C.T. 46th & 59th Divisions who gave their lives in WW1. WW1 roll of honour x 2. Statue of St Ursula patron saint of teachers placed by scholars in 1924 in memory of Caroline Annie hewins Headmistress of St Peter’s Collegiate Church Schools 1881-1921. Troop Sgt. Major John Stratford d1932 aged 102 believed to be oldest soldier in British Empire, served in Persia & the Indian Mutiny and in the National Reserve 1911-14. Completion of the restoration of this church 1939 as a result of the Mayor’s appeal which raised more than £10,000 in two weeks. Herbert Knight d1959 bell ringer. The Colours of the Mercian Volunteer formed April 1 1967 subsequently titled 1st Batt. The Mercian Volunteers later the 3rd (Volunteer) Batt. the Staffs. Regt. (the Prince of Wales’s) etc. To commemorate the rebuilding of the organ & restortion of the interior during 1970, a thanksgiving service was held April 29 1971. S door, lobby, & porch - Sir Charles Tertius Mander 1st Baronet (see more about this under NOTE). In the Lane Memorial Chapel many floor slabs now broken up or/ and illegible. Five benefaction boards. Two Blue Coat School charity boards. List of Deans of Windsor & Wolverhampton. GLASS MEMORIALS. W window - Arthur Duke of Wellington K.G. d1852. Rev. John Hodgson Iles d1888 buried at Lichfield. Sarah Eliza Brevitt d1912. To someone who fell at Ypres 1917 the glass had been smashed and covered with and covered with a board. Frederick Howard Skidmore Mayor of Wolverhampton 1913-4 d1920 & wife Sarah Kate Sidmore d1939. Men of the 1st, 2nd 6th Batt. & officers of S. Staffs. Regt. Walter Garrison Cresswell & family 1947. S aisle window - Annie Roper teacher. FURNISHINGS. Font from C15. Huge oil painting with painted inscription in middle. NOTE. A letter from Henry II to his sheriffs of Staffs. that the lands & the men which belong to the church of Wolverhampton be exempt from court attendance & fines both of shires & hundreds & for all things except for murder & highway robbery c.1160. Fascimile of the Harley Charter in BM 43 D. 29 confirmed by Edward III on May 7 1328 of charters granted to Wolverhampton Church by Edward the Confessor (c.1060), William I (c.1072), & the two of Henry II in 1154-5, the copy shows obverse & reverse of seal. Note about the church seals - The seals of the Dean & Chapter of Wolverhampton dating from about 1450, before the Deanery was united with that of Windsor, is carefully preserved in the church safe. Impressions of earlier seals (one post-Restoration seal) are in a glass case hanging on the wall near the S entrance. Fascimile of the Harley Charter in BM 43 E. 51 being letters patent of Edward IV granted Nov. 21 1461 confirming those granted to the church of Wolverhampton in 1328 (7 May): 1374 (12 Dec.) to Richard Postell, Dean & 1379 (30 March) - showing obverse & reverse sides. Cast of a seal of Richard (Beauchamp) while Bishop of Salisbury 1470 installed as 12th Dean of Windsor 1477 & Dean of Wolverhampton 1479 he held all three offices till his death in 1481, he is the bishop whose effigy appears on the font. The Solar now a library for the clergy of Wolverhampton. The last Archdeacon of Stafford Ven. C.E. Blakeway left about 450 volumes to the library to be the property of the Collegiate Church in perpetuity. South outer doors are of oak, above being a tympanium of geometrical design & glazed, an angel bears on a shield the emblem of the patron saint, the keys of St Peter. The Alpha & Omega above, and the wording on the doors to remind those who enter that they have come to God’s sanctuary. The inner doors - Over the centre appear the keys of St Peter & above supported by two angels, with Mother of Pearl holes, are the arms of the Mander family. On E side are arms of the Lady Mander, and of Nova Scotia, her native land. On W side is the crest of Sir Charle sMander & the arms of his college, Corpus Christi, Cam. The two figures who flank the memorial are Charles I & St thomas a Beckett - Charles I because of his stay in Wolverhampton in 1642 & St Thomas a Beckett was the Chancellor who signed the document confirming the privileges of the church in 1168. The memorial is made to designs by Mr J.A. Swann F.R.I.B.A. of Birmingham & the craftsmen were Messrs Panchieri & Hack of Bromsgrove. The old lead or tin weather cock from roof? IN THE CHURCHYARD. Walter Southall. Joseph Jones. John Giffard. CHURCH.

St John

St John’s Square. 1760. MEMORIALS. A board table listing seven benefactors on N stairs to gallery, erected 1768. Phoebe wife of William Allen d1796, William Sparrow of Wolverhampton d1789 & wife Mary & Elizabeth wife of William Sparrow & daughter of William Allen d1816 & William Sparrow of Pattingham her only son d1834 & wife Mary d1819 also Caroline 1st wife of William Hanbury Sparrow of Penn d1822 & 2nd wife Sarah d1834 & Robert 2nd son of William & Caroline Sparrow d1818 & William Hanbury eldest son of Frederick Turton Sparrow d1852 also John Sly Sparrow of Oxley 2nd son of William Sparrow d1825 & Edwin Sparrow 5th son of William Sparrow d1852 & Ellen wife of Edwin Sparrow d1844 & Charles Alfred Sparrow 6th son of William Sparrow d1803 & Thomas Sparrow 7th son d1844 & Louisa 3rd daughter of William Sparrow d1802, erected by William Mander & Arthur Sparrow sons of William Hanbury Sparrow & John William Sparrow son of John Sly Sparrow 1869. Henry Wood, Generosi (Latin) d1815. Maria wife of Rev. Joseph Reed d1818 & Rev. Reed’s 2nd wife? (or Maria’s 2nd husband Jacob Shaw Hellier of Woodhouse) d1823 (Latin). The children of Benjamin & Ann Savage - Elizabeth Smallwood d1826, also Elizabeth Frances Savage d1841, Francis Smallwood Savage d1842, Alice Jane Savage d1845 also Francis Wood Smallwood d1851 & wife Elizabeth Smallwood d1856 also son Samuel d1878 & his wife Elizabeth. Maria d1828 & Rev Joseph Reed d1831 (Latin). Mary wife of John Jeavons d1830, brother, Vere Herbert Smith d1833 & Mary’s son John Herbert d1838 also Benjamin Jeavons d1853, & his wife Mary d1839, & their son Benjamin d1851. In the gallery - Ann Turner d1833 wife of Edward Turner also Fanny wife of George Turner d1836, George Turner d1849, Thomas Turner d1856 benefactor & Elizabeth Raby daughter of Edward & Ann Turner d1858. Silvanus Earp of Graiseley Hill d1852 & wife Mary Ann d1838 & daughter Margaret died in childhood & daughter Harriet Miller d1851, erected by a son of Silvanus Earp - Henry Smith Earp d1881 & brother of Silvanus William Pooler Earp d1851 & Mary wife of Henry Smith Earp d1911. Thomas Turner d1856 - his charity - an investment in the minister & churchwardens of £500 after the death of his wife Ellen Turner d1920. Rev. Henry Hampton M.A. d1880. Sidney Cartwright J.P. of the Leasows d1883 & wife Maria Christian d1887. Helen Riley of Spring Bank, Crompton d1900. William Leslie Astle Lance Sergeant 6th S. Staffs Regt. killed in action 1915. Arthur Price Lieut. in Shropshire Light Infantry d1916 leading his platoon at Serve. Henry Theodosious Barker d1917. WW1 roll of honour. Screen dedicated to those who died in WW1. Hymn boards - Walter Brown d1928. Kilby Memorial Chapel - Thomas Arthur Kilby 1940. Alfred Edward Sephton V.C. R.N. petty officer of H.M.S. Coventry d1941 in action off coast of Crete erected by Miss Dorothy Helen Pratt 1982, (tablet below says his Victory Cross is in the treasury in Coventry Cathedral). Bible & lectern - James Charles Hastilow d1963. Organ case - Thomas Jesse Pearson d1973. Carpeting in chancel & sanctuary - Dorrie Hawkins 1977. GLASS MEMORIALS. Isaac Scott d1816 & wife Sarah Gisborne d1831 erected 1852 restored in memory of John Stephen Roper M.A. F.R. Hist. S. 1924-80. Margaretta Scott d1852. In gallery - Rev. Henry Hampton 1880 & another glass on N side. Sarah Anne Higham 1884. George Higham d1893. William Garfield killed at Scheper’s Nek Vryheid, Transvaal 1900. Florence Mary wife of Rev. Robert Allen d1911. Job Evans d1912. John Higham & wife Sarah & son George 1918. FURNISHING. Commandment boards. PAINTING. Copy of Ruben’s ‘Descent from the Cross’ by Wolverhampton artist Joseph Barney late C18 (BCM Jan. 1990 p40). IN THE CHURCHYARD. Curious square chest tomb with curved sides topped with nine symetrical pyramidal nipples, inscription is worn away; very Boullee-Ledoux c.1800. Inscription on a boulder commemorates Elizabeth Queen Mother’s visit to the church June 1969. CHURCH. St Jude, Tettenhall Rd. 1868. MEMORIAL. Mary wife of William Davis of The Cedars, Tettenhall Rd d1886 also William Davis d1902. Rev. Stephen Condon Adam M.A. d1893 near Athens on returning from Jerusalem, there seem to be two memorials to him. John Edward Morris d1894 also Sir John Morris Kt churchwarden d1889 & his wife Elizabeth d1895. Doors - Frederick William Heath churchwarden d1895. Pulpit rail presented by William Davis 1901. Rev. Walter C.S. Whicker M.A. vicar 1910-13. WW1 roll of honour and on a scroll of paper. Norah wife of Dr E. Hayling Coleman of Slade Hill d1947. Rev. E. Alan Sadler d1954 while on his way to London, had previously been a missionary in China. Two notices which are cradle rolls (lists of baptisms from 1984). GLASS MEMORIAL. Sophia Mander d1869 aged 42. W window - Rev. Stephen Condon Adam d1893. FURNISHINGS. Ten commandments in stone reredos & Creed & Lords Prayer. CHURCH.

St Andrew

Coleman Street. 1865. The old church was irreparably damaged by fire Sunday 31 May 1964, the new church was consecrated by Bishop of Lichfield Dr. A.S. Reeve 1967. MEMORIAL. Oil painting depicting the interior of the old church at the Feast of Consecration in memory of Thomas Vicor Weaver 1901-71. GLASS. W window by John Piper. CHURCH.

St Mark

Chapel Ash. 1849. Now the offices of Bloomer Tweedale, architect. (Thanks to John Garside for showing me around). MEMORIALS. Edward Bank I.P. architect d1866. Sarah wife of John Fraser M.D. d1876 aged 39 & Agnes Marion their youngest child d1876 aged six, also Helen Jane d1892 aged 29. Ferdinand Frederick Bailey 15 years clerk d1891, & John Webb bell ringer d1891, & Jane Swan 30 years church cleaner d1891 aged 71 (they all worked for this church & they all died within a few weeks of each other). Thomas Wilfred Greensill, chorister d1905 aged 13. Ann Robinson wife of John Robinson d1910, also John Robinson d1917. Two memorials are obscured by refurnishments. CHURCH.

St Peter & St Paul (R.C.)

1827. MEMORIALS. Massive Neo-Gothic brass to John Milner d1826. Figure of St Maria in brass - Mary wife of John Hawkeford d1842. Figure in brass - Winifred Brown d1862. Figure in brass - Mary Stanton d1872 & husband Joseph d1877. Figure in brass - Ann Green d1876. Figure in brass - John Stanton d1879. Lucy Hodgkins d1879 aged 12. Joseph Giusani d1886 & wife Mary Giusani d1900. Figure of St John in brass - John Hawkesford d1887. James Cremonini d1894 & wife Selina d1893. Very Rev. George Canon Duckett d1898. John Burke d1902 & wife Margaret d1903. Floor mosaic - Francisci Cremonini d1908. Figure in brass - Mary Stanton d1909. Crucifix - Bernard Clark d1916. GLASS MEMORIAL. William Stanton d1881. PAINTINGS. ‘The Apparition of Our Lord to St Thomas’ by Joseph Barney 1784, also paintings of St Peter, St Paul, St Luke, St John, St Mark, St Matthew. CHURCH.

St George

Bilston Road. 1830. Interior was totally gutted by a fire. The church was converted into Sainsbury Supermarket in 1988.

Wombourne

CHURCH. St Benedict Biscop MEMORIALS. Sir Samuel Hellier Knt. of Woodhouse d1784 & Lydia Hellier d1703, Penelope Hellier d1705, John Hellier d1706, John Hellier d1719. Samuel Hellier d1727, Penelope Hellier d1735 & their three sons & three daughters who died in infancy, Sarah mother of Sir Samuel Hellier d1745 & his father Samuel d1751. Richard Bayley Marsh of Lloyd House, Penn d1820. Helen wife of Henry Granger of Tettenhall Wood d1854 & Henry Granger d1856. Altar cross - Joseph Simpson d1893. Churchwarden staffs - D.D. T.B. Shaw-Hellier 1895. Lectern - William James Heale M.A. vicar of Wombourne 1849-1897. Processional cross given by Col. T. B. Shaw-Hellier 1897. Screen - Col. T.B. Shaw-Hellier d1910. Rev. John Hughes M.A. d1918. Lucy Jenks d1929. Candlesticks - George & Alice Perkins 1937-62. Table - George William Dobson d1962. Credence tablet - Charles Court d1963. Silver cross - Dorothy Witney d1966. Pulpit - George Addenbrooke. On plaque is omitted. Incumbents board. GLASS MEMORIALS. Baptistry window - Maria Ellen Berens d185_? Evelina Penelope Persehouse Simpson d1860. William & Catherine Chinner 1880. W.H. Hill d1892. Henry Hill 1899. John & Mary Hill 1900. Thomas Bradney Shaw-Hellier d1910. Evelyn Shaw-Hellier d1922 & son Arthur Joseph Bradney Shaw-Hellier fell at Suvla Bay 1915. Window erected by an only daughter to her parents & two brothers. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Frank Baker 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards d1901 for 38 years a trusty friend & servant to Col. T.B. Shaw Hellier late commanding 4th Dragoon Guards who placed this stone here. Christopher Mack died tragically April 5 1966 aged 9. George Graham Babbs died Nov. 19 1967 killed accidently aged 21. Dutchman Christian Van Vuren d1969. Pole Zachariasz Misiura d1978 & relations. Pole Helen Skalecka d1981. Rev. Joseph Honeyborn.

Woodlane

CHURCH. St Francis De Sales (R.C.).

Wordsley

CHURCH. Holy Trinity. 1831. MEMORIALS. John Pidcock of the Platt J.P. D.L. d1834 & wife Elizabeth d1832 aged 24 & Henrietta wife of Thomas Smith d1840, Caroline wife of John Linett d1847, Louisa wife of Henry Addenbrooke d1859, Jane wife of Rev. Joseph Fawcett Benny d1865, Elizabeth wife of Capt. Thomas Battersbee R.E. d1880. Samuel Hassall of Summer Hill, Kingswinford d1848 & wife Margaret d1855 & their 5th daughter Louisa d1849 & eldest daughter d1884 & Mary Hassall d1894. John Henzey Pidcock of Hyde Park, London d1861 & wife Jemima d1865. Oswald George Meatyard, churchwarden d1906. Rev. James John Slade & Thomas William & Jane Maria Fletcher, Esther Jane Bolton, Anne Robinson & others who worshipped here - new seats 1914. WW1 roll of honour x 2. John Collett d1931 headmaster of Wordsley Church Boys School. Lectern - gift of the congregation of the Glynne Misson 1931. Pulpit - given by parishioners as a thank-offering to mark centenary 1931. Hanging cross - Evan Herring Hare M.A. F.R.C.S. d1932, father of Charlotte Ethel Fowler wife of the present rector. WW2 roll of honour. Derek Teece & Carl Bridgewater 1978. GLASS MEMORIALS. W window - Benjamin Richardson of Wordsley Hall d1887 & wife Anne d1849. Joseph Mills d1889 at the Beeches, Kingswinford. Window to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubliee. Edward & Eliza Webb 1891. Window erected by Rev. L.I. Slade M.A. & wife Louisa Sutherland Blanche 1891. John L. Holberton 1893, churchwarden. Window erected by the Vicar & his wife 1893. Miss Martha Haden Richardson of Wordsley Hall 1907. Marie Elizabeth Podmore, & Beatrice Lucy Stuart 1911. E.P. North & wife Elizabeth. Mary Maria Roose wife of James Roose of Wednesbury. Frederick & Lucy Mansfield Stuart. FURNISHING. Commandments board. Lord’s prayer board. Creed board. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Isacc Male died Nov. 21 18_3 aged 11, epitaph suggests he was drowned. John Gux of The Park, Kingswinford died by a fall of coals in Nº 2 Pit, Himley Colliery Jan. 8 1877 aged 44, his son John James died aged 7 in the July of that year. Staff Sgt. H.W. Wilkes accidently drowned off the island of St Helena July 21 1900 aged 34. Col. William George Webb MP for this division of Staffs d1905 aged 62. Edward Evans accidently killed June 3 1958 aged 24. Carl Bridgewater killed Sept. 19 1978 aged 13, vase reads ‘In memory of Carl from pupils & staff of Buckpool School’.

Wychnor

CHURCH. St Leonard. C12. MEMORIALS. Frances wife of Theophilus Levett d1835. Theophilus Levett of Wichnor Park d1839. John Levett of Wichnor Park d1853. Rev. W. Trevor Parkins M.A. vicar to 1902, tower restored 1903. WW1 roll of honour. Theophilus Basil Percy Levett of Wychnor Park 1929. Bookcase - Alec Mercer d1979. Tile in floor of chancel - Theophilus Levett & wife Frances & children Catherine also John Levett & wife Sophia Eliza. GLASS MEMORIALS. E window S aisle - Sophia Eliza wife of John Levett d1863. Lady Jane Lissen Harriet Levett & she restored this church c.1875. Theophilus John Levett d1899. W window S aisle - Theophilus Basil Percy Levett of Wychnor Park 1931. IN THE CHURCHYARD. Henry Hall injured while on duty on the railway at Wichnor died Oct. 17 1887 aged 48. WW1 roll of honour, & Harry Dooling died in the sinking of HMS Barham Nove. 1941 aged 18. Lt. Col. William Edward Harrison OBE of Wychnor Park d1937 & wife Edith Harrison d1960.

Yarnfield

CHURCH. St Barnabas. Was a mission chapel.

Yoxall

CHURCH. St Peter. C13. Mostly Rb 1868. MEMORIALS. Effigies to Humphrey Welles d1565 & wife. Floor slab - Henry Arden d1676 & John Arden d1709 & Henry Arden of Longcroft d1728. Lacharine Lightwood d1706 & son Edward d1757 & his wife Mary d1750. John Arden of Longcroft d1734 & wife Ann Catherina d1727. Charles Talbot d1766 & 1st wife Mary Allwyn & daughter Mary & 2nd wife Mary & 10 children. Thomas Butler d1771 & wife Ann d1771 & sons Thomas d1760, Richard d1775 & Matthew d1783. Daniel Astle d1775 & wife Dorothy d1716. Henry Arden of Longcroft d1782 & wife Alethea d1783. Rev. John Arden of Longcroft Hall d1803 & wife Margaret Elizabeth, & 12 children, five of which died in childhood. Stephen Henry Sulivan murdered Lima, Peru 1837, memorial dedicated to his brother Rev. Henry Sulivan. John Shipton d1858 & wife Ellen Patience d1887. Tomb & effigy to Admiral Henry Meynell d1865. Ryco Francis Meynell Ingram d1871. Lieut. Col. William Arden of Longcrofts d1880. Cross & mighter - George Pinckard Arden d1886. Charles Mills d1887. Richard Johnstone d1894. WW1 roll of honour. Ann Elizabeth Leitch d1923. Caroline Loisa Arden d1941 & Harriet Maria Arden d1940, both of Longcroft Hall. Festival frontal on altar - Charles James Armson d1959. Kate Emmeline Shipton d1960. Reginald James Bibby d1971. Iron gates in SE corner of churchyard - Frank Gerald Arden Armson d1982. Three tablets too high to read. GLASS MEMORIAL. Dr. Charles Greasley Armson d1905.

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