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A1Very large black canvas painted in gold letteringBenefaction to the Parish of Benenden / Extracted from the Will of Mr Joseph HALL of Benenden who died Nov / 3 1813 - I give and bequeath to such of the poor widows who belong to the / said Parish of Benenden as are not maintained in the Parish Workhouse or / Poorhouse of the said Parish the Interest and Dividends of the sum of / Two Hundred and Twenty Pounds lawful money of Great Britain, to be funded as / hereinafter mentioned, such Interest and Dividends to be paid and distributed / Yearly and every Year in equal shares to such Poor Widows by the Minister / and Churchwardens of the said Parish for the time being, and for Ever. And for / that Purpose I do direct my Executors within Six Months next after my decease / to lay out and invest the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty Pounds in the / three per Cent Consolidated Annuities, transferable to the Bank of England / in the names of such Persons as shall happen to be Minister, and Church- / wardens of the said Parish at the time of such Investment and of their successors / for the time being and for Ever. The money to be distributed on St Thos Day. / The above sum was regularly invested as by Will directed / Daniel BOYS Vicar / Samuel SANTER / James COLEBROOK Church wardens //

A2Very large black canvas painted in gold letteringAn account of the several Endowments given for / Charitable Uses in the Parish of Benenden. / 1602 By Edmund GYBBON of Benenden Esq: a Freeschool house : and Lands near Beacon hill esti- / mated at 80 Acres towards the Maintenance of a master for the School. / 1677 By Edmund GYBBON of Hole Esq : a House & Lands in Benenden called Sarnden / computed at 70 Acres, for the Maintenance of an Usher for the School / 1699 The Feoffees by sale of Timber off from the said Farm purchased a House & Lands / estimated at 16 Acres, near the Beacon-hill for an additional Maintenance for the / Usher / 1699 By the said Edmund GYBBON 50 Shillings a year paid out of Mr Thomas BATES’S / Estate in Rolvenden : This Charity is applied by the Minister and Church Wardens to / such poor as take no monthly Relief. / 1712 By Mr Stephen GINDER 50 Shillings a year paid out of Lands called North Lands in Sale- / hurst in Sussex, now the Estate of Mr George SPRINGET of Hawkhurst, to be disposed of in the / same manner and at the same time with Mr Edmund GYBBON’S Donation / A Small House for poor People to dwell in : And also Lands belonging to the same, which Lands / alone are rented at 6 pounds 10 shillings a year, now in the occupation of John MUNN, Brickmaker, cal- / led Feoffee-Lands, disposed of by the Minister, Churchwardens, Overseers and other Trustees. / Two Small Houses at Iden Green for poor People to dwell in And one Field called Parish Lands / which single field is rented by Mr Munn at one pound a year. This Charity is distributed by the / Minister and Churchwardens to such Poor as take no monthly Relief. / This schedule was approved by the Parishioners at a Vestry held the 22nd August 1736. //

A3Very large black canvas painted in gold letteringBenefaction to the Parish of Benenden / Extracted from the Will of Mrs Sarah BUCKLAND, late of Benenden, who / died January 20th 1850 / I also give and bequeath direct limit and appoint / unto the Minister, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor for the time being / of the said Parish of Benenden and to their Successors for ever the sum of Two / hundred Pounds, further part of the said sum of Two thousand Pounds, Upon / Trust that they the said Minister, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor / and their Successors do and shall lay out and invest the same on Mortgage or other / real security or securities in the public Government or parliamentary Stocks, / funds or Securities in Great Britain and stand possessed of and interested in / the said sum of Two hundred Pounds and the interest, dividends and annual / proceeds thereof, to be by them and their Successors applied from time to / time as they shall become due for and towards the support and maintenance / of a Girls Sunday School consisting of children of Poor Parishioners of the said / Parish of Benenden. In satisfaction of the above bequest the sum of 191 Pounds / 14 Shillings and 10 Pence, 3 Pr Cent Consols was on the 24th August 1841 / purchased in the names of the Reverend Daniel BOYS, James JUDGE, / John MILLS, Thomas WHIGHTWICK and John WENMAN. / Daniel BOYS, Vicar, / James JUDGE, John MILLS, Churchwardens, / Thomas WIGHTWICK, John WENMAN, Overseers. //

A4On a brass plate on a bookcase by the doorIn Loving Memory of / Ian THOMSON / 1918 – 1988 //

A5Very large black canvas painted in gold letteringBenefaction to the Parish of Benenden / Extracted from the Will of Mr Thomas BUCKLAND of

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Benenden, Yeoman, who died / April 13th 1786. / “I give and bequeath to the Vicar, Church-wardens and Overseers of the / Poor of the Parish of Benenden aforesaid, the sum of Two hundred pounds of lawful money of / Great Britain to be paid to them within twelve months next after my decease by my Execu- / tors upon trust and confidence, nevertheless and to the intent and purpose that the said / Vicar, Churchwardens and Overseers shall and do immediately on receipt thereof lay out and / invest the said sum of Two-hundred pounds in the public funds in their names and the / Interest Dividend and proceed arising therefrom to be paid and applied and disposed of / by the Vicar, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Benenden and / their successors for the time being for ever, in sending poor male Children / (Parishoners of the said Parish) to such School, or Shools, as they in direction / shall think fit, there to be instructed to read English. Dated October 1st 1781”_ / The Trustees accordingly on the 5th day of January 1787 purchased (within the aforesaid / Sum) 258 pounds 18 shillings of Three Pr Cent Consols, the Interest or dividend / amounting to 7 pounds 15 shillings per Ann. has been regularly applied to the / aforementioned purpose. / This schedule was made April 4th 1806 – The then Trustees were: / Daniel BOYS Vicar / James COLEBROOK, James BUCKLAND, Churchwardens, / Thomas MUNN, Samuel HAYWARD, Overseers //

A6Square black canvas painted in gold letteringThis church was / ruined / by a Storm of Thunder and Lightning / 30th December 1672 / and Rebuilt 1677, and Finished / in the year 1678. / Stepn SHARPEIGH, Gent, Richard CRYER, Churchwardens; / Richard SHARPE, Gent, Thomas HUNT, Sidemen; / James MUNN, John CHITTENDEN, Churchwardens / for the year 1713. // Haslewood p12. On the fly leaf of the Parish Register, which begins 1653, is this entry: July 21 1678 first child baptised in the new church

A7On a white marble rectangle surmounted by a draped urn, with a black marble surround with cambered topSacred / to the memory of / Richard DAVIS, Esquire, / of this parish / who departed this life / 13th November 1828 / aged 72 years, / and of / Margaret, / relict of the above, / who departed this life / 28th May 1847 / aged 84 years. // Haslewood p13

A8On a windowGiving thanks to God for the beloved memory of / Richard & Emma NEVE : this window is erected / by those who revered and loved them A D 1911 //

A9A large wooden board painted with the shields of St George and Canterbury in the top corners; the names in alphabetical order in two columnsIn grateful Memory of those who gave / their lives for king & country in the great / war 1914 – 1918 / Faithful unto death / W. G. BAIRD Capt: 1st Lincs W HUMPHREY Royal West Kent / G. BOXALL Corpr East Surrey G. JENNER 5th Buffs / H. BRIDGLAND L Corpr 1st Buffs F. MARSHALL 5th Buffs / V. BRIDGLAND 5 Buffs B. MATTHEWS 8th North Hants / A. BURT R.F.A. T. MATTHEWS 8th North Hants / R. J. BURT Royal Irish Rifles P. MOORE Corpr 5th Buffs / W. E. R. COLE Capt R Munster Fusiliers A. PAVEY 5th Buffs / E. COLEY D.C.M. R.G.A. G. PAVEY D.C.M. Serjeant R.F.A. / L. COLEY 11th Royal Sussex S. PAVEY Royal West Kent / G. F. COUCHMAN Queen’s R.W.Surrey W. ROFF 1st Buffs / A. S. CRESSWELL Capt. 2nd Buffs C. RUSSELL 5th Buffs / A FOSTER 23rd Royal Fusiliers J. TAYLOR 3rd Suffolk / H. E. HARMER 1st Hertfordshire E. WATSON L.Corpr 2nd Buffs / H. A. V. HARMSWORTH M.C. Capt Irish Guards J WATSON L Corpr 1st Buffs / V. S. T. HARMSWORTH Lieut R.N. Division G. WEEKS 5th Buffs / R. L. HOARE Capt. 12th London C WORSLEY 5th Buffs / May they rest in Peace // On a second wooden board below, similarly arranged1939 – 1945 / C. BARHAM. Air Mech. R.N. F A READ. D.F.C. P.O. R.A.F. / M. A. A. BEATTY. LAC RAF F. W. REED. Sgt. R.A.F. / L. BURT. Sgt. 5th Buffs. H. T. SHARP. C.O.A. R.N. / F. W. COUSINS. Sgt. R.A.F. J. SINDEN. Sgt. R.A.F. / G. B. LEGGE. Lt. Comdr.(A) R.N.V.R. A. W. STAINES. Dvr. R.E. / B. F. LEWIS. Cp.l R.A.F. Betty STANNARD. L.A.C.W. W.A.F. / L. B. NEWSHAM. C.F.N. R.E.M.E. / Civilians killed by flying bombs / Alfred Charles ABREHART Joan Evelyn Ray BLAKEY / Dorothy Jane ABREHART Lilian Josephine SANDS / Richard Colin WHITE //



A10In white lettering on a metal plate mounted on wood , below the war memorials; at the top a patriarchal cross In Memory of Capt. Jean P. E. MARIDOR (Free French), / Légion d’honneur, Compagnon de la Libération, Croix de Guerre avec Palms, D.F.C., Croix de Guerre (Czech), / 91 Squadron R.A.F., killed destroying a flying bomb, saving many lives in the / wartime military hospital at Benenden School 3rd August 1944 // (Correct spelling would be “avec Palme”)

A11A long stone slab in the floor behind the organ, hard against the north wall; at the top, a simple cross in an oval marked with a small circle at each compass pointHere lyes / the Body of Edward / GULDEFORD of / Hempsted, Esq. / who dy’d the 4: of / September 1678. / And Anne / GULDEFORD / his wife, Daughter / of Sr Robt: / THROCKMORTON / of Coughton in / the county of Warwick, who / died ye 3: of December / 1710. / Requiescant in Pace. // (Parish register: Dec 9. Dame Anna Mariah Guldeford, widow)

A12A long stone slab in the floor behind the organ, hard against the north wallHere lyes / the body of Dame / Mary FORTESCUE, / widow of Sr Edward / FORTESCUE of / Bragnam, who dy’d / the 30th of June / 1693. / Requiescant in Pace. // (Register has: 1694 July ye 10th. Dame Mary Ffortescue, Widow)

A13Marble monument below north window of the VestrySacred to the memory of / Thomas Hallett HODGES of Hempstead Place in this parish, Esq. High Sheriff of / the county of Kent in the year 1786, who died June 23, 1801; aged 47 years; and / of Dorothy HODGES his wife (youngest daughter of William CARTWRIGHT of / Marnham in the county of Nottingham, Esq) who died January 21, 1800 aged 48 / years / They left five surviving children; Thomas Law HODGES of Hempstead Place, Esq.; / Henry HODGES, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge; Edmund HODGES; Ann- / Elizabeth HODGES; and Julia Frances HODGES. / Their second son, John HODGES, died, on board the Warley East Indiaman, on his / passage from Madras to China, October 9, 1793; aged 16 years. And their fourth son, / Francis-Willoughby HODGES, third Lieutenant of His Majesty’s frigate Diana, died / of the yellow fever on board of that ship in the West Indies, July 15, 1800; aged 17 years. / Three of their children died in their infancy, and are buried in the same vault with their father / and mother, viz: / George HODGES, who died March 25, 1784; aged 14 days; / Charles HODGES who died April 7, 1786; aged 1 month and 21 days; / Caroline Dorothy HODGES who died October 26, 1791; aged 1 month and 6 days. / Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, / Death came, with friendly care; / These op’ning buds to heav’n convey’d, / And bade them blossom there. //

A14On the north wall of the Vestry. White marble tablet on black ground, surmounted by a draped urn. Arms below: Or, 3 crescents sa. on a canton of the second a ducal crown of the first. Motto: Praevisa mala periunt.Sacred / to the memory of Rebecca, / wife of Thomas Law HODGES, Esqre. / of Hemsted in this parish, / only child of Sir Roger TWISDEN, Bart, / of Bradbourne Park in East Malling, / who died a short time before her birth. / She was the last survivor of that / ancient family, / born at Bradbourne Janry 5th 1780, / married Febry 16th 1802, / died at Hemsted Febry 2nd, 1843. / Her affectionate duty to widowed mother, / her love for her husband and children, / and her active sympathy with the sufferings / of the afflicted and the needy, / were sanctified by an unfailing trust / in the merits of her Saviour, / and the deepest resignation to the / divine will. / “I am the resurrection and the life: / he that believeth in me, though he / were dead, yet shall he live: and / whosoever liveth and believeth in / me, shall never die.” / 11th chap. St. John 25th 26th verses //

A15On the east wall of the vestry. White marble tablet on black ground, surmounted by a draped urn. Arms below: Or, 3 crescents sa. on a canton of the second a ducal crown of the first. Motto: Praevisa mala periunt.Sacred to the memory of / Thomas Law HODGES, Esquire of Hemsted, / Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Kent, / Justice of the Peace for the counties of Kent / & Sussex, Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for / many years and Major in the West Kent Militia, he / represented the county and



subsequently to the / passing the reform bill the Western Division in / five parliments. He married in 1802 Rebecca, only / child of Sir Roger TWISDEN, Bart, and had issue / Thomas Twisden HODGES, Esqre. who married / first, Mary Ann Floretta CHANDLESS & 2ndly / Rosa WILSON, widow of General Sir W. NOTT, / K.C.B. - Anne Rebecca, wife of / Cook Tylden PATTENSON, Esqre / Frances Dorothy, wife of the Honble / Robert FORBES, - Caroline Cordelia HODGES, - / Julia Elizabeth, wife of the Revd. / W.M. Smith MARRIOTT, - Katharine, wife of / William PEARETH, Esqre - Charlotte Lydia, / wife of Edward Barrett CURTEIS, Esqre - / Francis, - Frederick George - & Owen, / who all three died in infancy. - / A true patriot, a kind and liberal landlord, an / unfailing friend to the poor, - faithful in every / relation of public and private life, he served his / generation according to the will of God, and now / rests in sure and certain hope of a blessed / resurrection, through the merits of his Redeemer, / born June 3rd, 1776, - died May 14th 1857. / "He that believeth in me hath everlasting life". John c.6, v.47. //

A16On the west wall of the Vestry. White marble tablet on black groundFloretta Mary Anne, / only daughter of / Thomas CHANDLESS, / of York Place, London, Esqre / the beloved wife of / Thomas Twisden HODGES, Esqre, / born August 28th 1797, / died at Sandgate April 18th 1849, / leaving no issue. / Her devoted affection for her husband, / her extensive and unostentatious charities / to the sick and distressed poor, will never / be forgotten by those who knew her well. / May our blessed Redeemer / reward her in his heavenly kingdom! / Her mortal remains are placed / in the family vault in this church, / awaiting a joyful resurrection. //

A17On the glass of east windowIn honour of God and in / affectionate remembrance / of his father and mother, / John and Isabel HARDY / + G : H. + MDCCCLXII //

A18On the front edge of the shelf of the reredosTo the glory of God, and in thankful remembrance of fifty years of happiness granted to our parents, 1838 + 1888. //

A19On a brass plate in Gothic capitals with prominent letters in red above the organ consoleThis organ was restored to the Glory of God and in Affectionate / remembrance of Sarah and Martha NEVE. December 1898 //

A20Brass plaque on the pillar beside the organIn the years 2001 and 2002 / new lighting was installed in the Nave, / the toilets and storage shed were built, / and the organ refurbished / with the generous help of: / ROLLINGS Trust Fund / Gladys BATEMAN Fund, Friends of St George’s / Michael KNAPP-FISHER Bequest, Martin COLE Memorial, / Donations from members of the congregation. / John UNDERWOOD, architect / Anthony EASTBROOK and Don THORNE, lighting / Ken WHITE Developments, builders / Peter COLLINS, organ builder / Ian BELL, organ consultant / Christopher SMITH, Vicar //

A21Brass on chancel arch, north side, close to pulpit; Gothic capitals with red highlightsIn memory of Richard FARLEY, who / having been parish clerk and sexton / of Benenden for 27 years, died / suddenly on the 12th February 1874, aged 57. / The Vicar of the parish, William John EDGE, / hereby records his grief for the loss of / one whom he greatly esteemed, and who for / nearly sixteen years was his constant and / faithful assistant in all the services of / this house of God. //

A22Brass on chancel arch close to lecternBetween 1993 and 1998, the mosaic and / ceilings in the Chancel were cleaned and / conserved through the encouragement and / help of Dr. Jill ALLIBONE, / whose body lies in the churchyard. / Ann STOCKER, architect / Jennifer DINSMORE and Colin SCHLAPOBERSKY / conservators / Anthony EASTERBROOK and Don THORNE, / lighting / Christopher SMITH, Vicar //

A23Tall brass with decorative vine-leaf border on red background, topped by a cross in a crown and floral motifsIn the adjoining churchyard / are laid the remains of / The Revd Samuel JOY M.A. / Honorary Canon



of Canterbury / Vicar of this Parish / for over nine years / until called by the Archbishop / in 1896 / to the charge of the Parish / of All Saints Maidstone. / His unflagging zeal and / wise judgment / won the confidence / and affection of his flock / and his desire that / his resting place should be / under the shadow of this Church / proved his devotion to the / Parish of Benenden. / This record is placed here / by Parishioners who / “Knew his work / Loved the man / and revere his Memory”. / He died December 12th / at Maidstone / and was buried here Dec. 16th 1903 //

A24Banner within the stained glass of the East window in the chapel, depicting Biblical weddingsA memorial of thanksgiving June 12 1867. J.S.H.C.M.W.H. // On the occasion of the marriage of Hon. John Stewart HARDY

A25Tall brass surmounted by the arms of Cranbrook on a shield withe motto “Arme De Foi Hardi” (Armed with hardy faith). the whole given an ornamental border of vinesSacred to the memory of / GATHORNE first Earl of / Cranbrook, Viscount / Cranbrook and Baron / Medway, P.C., G.C.S.I., D.C.L., L.L.D. / Born 1 October 1814 / Died 30 October 1906 / Member for Leominster / 1856 – 1865, for the University / of Oxford 1865 – 1878 / Under Secretary of State for / the Home Department 1858 – 1859 / President of the / Poor Law Board 1866 – 1867 / Home Secretary 1867 – 1868 / Secretary of State for War / 1874 – 1878. Secretary of State / for India 1878 – 1880 / Lord President of the Council / 1885 – 1886, 1886 – 1892 / He died at a good old age / honoured and beloved / by all who knew him / Justum et tenacem / propositi virum // The Latin quotation is from Horace Odes Book III, ode iii, line 1 – a just man tenacious of purpose

A26Small brass with raised letteringIn loving memory of / Ralph Cecil North GATHORNE-HARDY/ Commander R.N. 3rd son of John Stewart / 2nd Earl of CRANBROOK Born 19th March / 1876, Died 30th December 1911 //

A27Tall mural brass with decorative border of stylised roses; above the words in a gothic arch is a cross with the motto “in cruce spes”, in the cross is hope.In Loving Remembrance of / Jane, Countess of CRANBROOK, C.I. / wife of Gathorne, / Earl and Viscount CRANBROOK. / and Baron MEDWAY of Hemsted / in the County of Kent. / Daughter of James ORR Esqre / of Hollywood House in the County of Down. / Born June 9. 1813. / Died November 13. 1897, / in the sixtieth year of her married life, blessing to the last her Husband and Children / with an unselfish love that knew no limit. / Beside her mortal remains in the Churchyard, / lie those of her two Children / Jane Isabel who died June 21. 1862. / Harold who died June 11. 1881. / A third, Edith Elizabeth, Wife of / Henry John Lowndes GRAHAM, / died January 8. 1875, and was buried / in the Cemetery, Barnes Surrey. //

A28Small mural brass, engraved capital lettersUnder this stone doeth lye buried / ye body of Edmond GIBBON late of this / Pish of Benninden, who dyed ye last / of Ianuary in Anno Dni. 1607. Who was / ye principall founder of ye free scole of / Benninden & gave the livinge that / thereto belongeth //

A29Inscription in stained glass at the foot of a window in the south wall of the chapel portraying the parable of the wise and foolish virginsIn memory of Jane Isabel HARDY, born March 16th 1843, died June 21st 1862. //

A30Memorial by Peter Scheemakers on the south wall. There is a fine marble bust above the monument, with this inscription on the plinth:P. Scheemakers, Sculpr, / Anno Domini 1750. // Beneath the inscription are these Arms: Quarterly, argent and gules, a fret or; impaling Arg. a cross sa. between four Cornish choughs ppr. Crest: A Cornish chough rising ppr. The panel between readsNear this place are deposited the Remains of / the Rt Honble Sir John NORRIS of Hempstead, / who after fifty years faithful service in / the Royal Navy, attained the supreme Command, / with the rank of Admiral of the Fleet & / Vice Admiral of England. / It is but bare justice to his memory to say, / since so much at least may be said / with the strictest truth, / that there never breathed a better Seaman, / a greater Officer, a braver Man, / a more zealous Wellwisher / to the present Establishment, / nor



consequently a truer Englishman / than this Sir John NORRIS. // Haslewood adds: Curiously the date of his death is not given, but Hasted III p 83 says, Sir John Norris, Knt, died May 13, 1749, leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife, dau. of Matthew, Lord Aylmer, 4 sons, of whom John Norris Esq., his eldest, succeeded him here, and resided at Hemsted.

A31Immediately below the monument to Sir John NORRIS is a rectangular marble plaque inscribed:Sacred to the beloved memory / of Mrs Sarah NORRIS, Daughter of the Rt Honble Sir John NORRIS. / The delight and constant source of inexpressible happiness to all / who knew her. _ Her Soul was delivered from this earthly prison / on Jany 19th 1762 in the 50th year of her Age, to receive the reward / of the righteous in the Paradise of God. _ Reader _ if a Life whose / uniform pursuit was every virtue that cou’d adorn her sex_ / if an illustrious example of uncommon Piety in a dissipated Age_ / if the brightest elegance of manners with the warmest / Benevolence of Soul Mark the character of a Woman worthy / to be recorded to Posterity _ Here let the tear drop and / hence Receive the accomplished Portrait of female excellence.__ / Her afflicted Nephew, John AMBROSE, of Mount Ambrose / in the County of Dublin, and Kingdom of Ireland, caused / this to be inserted, to perpetuate his irreparable loss, and in / testimony of his affection for the Memory of the best of Women. / Anno nostrae salutis / 1791. // Anno nostrae salutis = in the year of our salvation

A32A small brass plate on the south wall of the chapel The Sanctuary lamp in this Chapel of / our Lady and All Saints is given / to the Glory of God & in loving memory of / Adrian Astley Vere COOPER KEY / 28-2-42 – 8-9-65 //

A33Inscription in stained glass at the foot of a window in the chapel depicting the resurrectionTo the memory of Edith Elizabeth GRAHAM, born January 31st 1847, died January 8th 1875. //

A34On a long, narrow brass on a windowsill in the south wall of the chapelIn loving memory of GATHORNE 3rd Earl of Cranbrook / born 18th December 1870. Died 23rd Dec 1915 //

A35A brass on the south wall of the chapelIn loving memory / John Stewart 2nd Earl of CRANBROOK, Viscount Cranbrook / Baron Medway of Hemsted in

the County of Kent. V.D. J.P. D.L. / Commanded the Weald of Kent Volunteers 1880 – 1898, Member for Rye 1868 – 1880 / For Mid-Kent 1884 – 1892, Chairman of

the West Kent Quarter Session and of

the Kent / Territorial Force Association. Born 22nd March 1839. Died 13th July 1911 / This tablet is placed here by his sons and daughters. //

A36On the south wall at the entry to the chapel. A green marble surround encloses pink marble divided by gold borders into five panels; in the top panel, a cross flanked by white flowersWe pray you / remember two sisters / who worshipped in this / Church constantly / Mary Katharine / GATHORNE HARDY / died 11 May 1911 / Emily Blanche / GATHORNE HARDY / died 20 December 1912 / I am persuaded that / neither death nor life / nor angels nor princi- / palities nor powers / nor things present / nor things to come / nor height nor depth / nor any other creature / shall be able to / separate us from the / love of God which is in / Christ Jesus our Lord. //

A37A rectangular marble tablet with raised border stands on a black marble background with pediment in which is a draped urnSacred / to the memory of / John Samuel LAZONBY, Esqre / who practised as a surgeon &c. for many / years in this parish. / He died Novr 3rd AD 1835, / aged 43 years. / This tablet / is erected by his friends and neighbours, / who will long deplore the loss of one / so distinguished for his professional skill, / zeal and benevolence, / so highly respected for his integrity and morals, / and so endeared to all by his amiable manners, / his unostentatious charity / and his unaffected / piety. //

A38On a long, slender brass plate beneath a window in the south aisleThis window is erected in affectionate remembrance of Thomas & Sarah NEVE, AD 1868. //



A39White marble shaped like a trapezoidal sarcophagus, projecting from black groundSacred to the memory of / Frederick BOYS, / the 6th son of the Revd. Daniel BOYS, / Vicar of this parish, / and Sarah Rider his wife, / who departed this life on the / 13th March 1844, / aged 24 years. //

A40Rectangular white marble, on a black groundSacred / to the memory of / the Revd. Daniel BOYS, M.A. / of St Johns College, Cambridge. / 51 years Vicar of this parish / and 47 years Vicar of Brookland / in this County, / who died September 11th 1857 / aged 80 years. / Also of Sarah Rider, widow of the above named / Daniel BOYS, she died August 4th 1863, aged 79 years. //

A41White marble on a black ground; the MI surmounted by a decorative pediment with ivy and oak leaves and a blank shieldSacred to the memory of / Daniel BOYS, / eldest son / of the above named Daniel BOYS, / and late of this Parish / and of Finchley Road, Hampstead, / who departed this life / 23rd October 1873 / aged 65 years. / His strict integrity, / combined with his many virtues, / endeared him to all who knew him. //

A42Tapering stone in the form of an aircraft wing, showing a Hawker Hurricane over the English ChannelWing Cdr / Ronald / Gustave / KELLETT / DSO . DFC . VM / AE . R Aux AF / 1909-1998 / He formed and led the / Polish Kościoszko / 303 Squadron / during the Battle of / Britain in 1940 / buried with his wife Daphne / in the churchyard //Installed 30 August 2014

A43White marble on a black ground; the MI surmounted by a plain pedimentIn memory of / Mary, wife of Thomas HUNT and one / of the daughters of Anthony PAUL / of Halden in this County. She departed / this life in the month of January 1759. / Thomas HUNT above named who / departed this life in the month of May 1783. / Philadelphia, wife of Paul HUNT, who / departed this life in the month of Octr 1792. / Rebecca Magdalen, widow of the above / named Thomas HUNT, who departed / this life in the month of May 1805, / and of Paul HUNT, above named, who / departed this life without issue, in the / month of May 1826, aged 71 years. / He was the only child of Thomas HUNT / by Mary his wife and the only surviving / descendant of Anthony PAUL // Haslewood notes: Mr. Anthony Paul, last of the Pauls who lived in Halden House, High Halden, died in 1758.

A44Brass mural plaque with red lettering for capitalsTo the memory of / Sackville CRESSWELL / who died at Hole Park Rolvenden / 6th June 1909, aged 67 years / This tablet is erected / by his affectionate nephews and nieces //

A45Brass mural plaque with red lettering for capitalsTo the memory of / Mabel / the beloved wife / and constant companion, / for 34 years, of / Sackville CRESSWELL / who died at Hole Park 29th Nov: 1907. //

A46Two small brass plates on cupboard door in North Parvis kitchenGiven in memory / of / David Jessop PRICE / 6 June 1937 – 15 April 1940 // Given in memory / of / Richard Jessop PRICE / 8 June 1935 – 8 July 1957 //

A47Ornamental brass plate on the wall, the inscription in gothic lettering with liberal use of red, in a square mounted on four decorated circlesThe Body and Chancel of this Church, being much / dilapidated, were to a great extent rebuilt beau- / -tified and with the exception of the Font, entire / -ly refurbished in the years of our Lord 1861 and / 1862 at the sole expense of The Right / Honourable Gathorne HARDY, MP / of Hemsted Park in this Parish the / Church was reopened for Divine service / Easter Day A.D. 1862 and the Inhabitants / of Benenden, desirous to record their Grati- / -tude to God and their deep sense of obli- / -gation to their Benefactor for this good work, / have erected this Tablet as a Memorial / to future generations. / Augt A.D. 1866 //



A48A long slender brass beneath the South West window, in black Gothic lettering, the capitals in goldIn memory of James Howard JUDGE of this Parish who died Oct 29th 1892 / A devoted and loving Husband and a kind Brother, a liberal friend, Good Master, much lamented //

A49On a wooden statue of Jesus as a boy; the MI below a badge of Alexandra, the Princess of Wales’ Own Yorkshire RegimentIn memory of / Frank Cooper / LEDGARD. Lieut. / 2nd Bat. Yorkshire Regt. / (The Green Howards) / who met a valiant / death on October / 22nd 1914 at Ypres / when in charge of / the Machine Gun / detatchment of / the Battalion. / This statue was given / by his sister / Lady Margaret / Helen LEDGARD //

A50Square mural brass on the tower wall with inscription within a circle, lettering in whiteSt George’s Church / Benenden / During 1970 a major restoration / of this Tower was made. / The bells were retuned and rehung / on a metal frame in 1971. / The Tower & Bells were rededicated / to the Glory of God on May 1st 1971 / by the Lord Bishop of Maidstone / A. Jessop PRICE Vicar / L. G. MAN / R. J. REYNOLDS / Churchwardens //

A51Square mural brass on the tower wall with inscription within a circle, lettering in whiteThe Church Clock was / converted to automatic winding / in 1971 / by relatives and friends of / William Francis “Pop” HORTON / 1897 – 1968 / Sacristan in this Church / for nearly 44 years / In grateful memory / of his tireless and devoted services / to the people of Benenden //

A52A brass plate on the door leading up to the bell towerIn gratitude / In 2003-4 the eight bells in this tower were augmented to twelve , / with an additional semitone bell, through the generosity of the / people of Benenden, together with ringers throughout the U.K. and / other donors. / The five new bells were given by: / Treble – Martin and Sue PEXTON / Second – John and Vi BATEMAN / Third – The RICHARDSON family / Fourth – Rob and Candida MACHIN / Flat Sixth – Christina BELTON-SMITH and family / Other major donors / Allchurches Trust Rev Trevor KIRKMAN / Benenden WI Rod and Karen LEBON / Robon and Jane DALTON-HOLMES Ruth and Alistair PRINGLE / Bob and Trish EVANS Gwen and Philip ROGERS / Cynthia Gee Vivienne Smailes / Thomas HOLLOWAY George SMITH / Tony YEARSLEY / This plaque records in gratitude also hundreds of other donors, and / those many who gave freely of their skills and expertise to the / accomplishment of this work.

A53In the bell tower there are 13 bells, rehung or hung in 2003; in ascending order of weight:1. GIVEN BY SUE AND MARTIN PEXTON. IN GRATITUDE FOR OVER 20 YEARS FAITHFUL MINISTRY IN BENENDEN BY REVD. CHRISTOPHER F.SMITH, VICAR / 2. GIVEN BY JOHN AND VI BATEMAN TO CELEBRATE THEIR SILVER WEDDING. 1.IX. 2004 AND IN MEMORY OF MR & MRS A.E.BATEMAN. / 3. GIVEN BY THE RICHARDSON FAMILY IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGE AND BARBARA RICHARDSON OF THE OLD MANOR HOUSE 1945 – 88 / 4. GIVEN BY THE MACHIN FAMILY OF THE RED HOUSE IN MEMORY OF JOHN D. R. MACHIN / 5. THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1802 / RECAST 1971 / A. JESSOP PRICE VICAR L.G. MAN R.J. REYNOLDS CHURCHWARDENS / 6. THOs MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1802 / 6b. GIVEN BY HER FAMILY IN LOVING MEMORY OF MRS. IRENE HOPWOOD SMITH 1916 - 1998 OF THE RED HOUSE, BENENDEN / 7. THOs MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1802 / 8. JOHN TAYLOR & Co: FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1882 / 9. T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1819 / 10. CAST 1719. RECAST 1923 ALFRED BOWELL, FOUNDER, IPSWICH ADESTE. FIDELES BOOTH H. LYNES, VICAR J. P. REED & C. B. BUTCHER, CH-WARDENS / 11. DEUS BENEDICAT FUNDATORIBUS NOSTRIS -:- I:S -:- G:G -:- E:G -:- R:G -:- S:H -:- PHILL: GIBBON ARMIGER DINISSIMUS BENEFACTOR / 12. NEW CAST 1753 REVD MR IOHN WILLIAMS VICAR IOHN CARLY SENR & THOMAS



RICHARDSON CH:WARDENS / THOMAS LESTER & THOs PACK OF LONDON FECIT // Further information at: http://kent.lovesguide.com/benenden.htm

A54In two panels within the stained glass window depicting St George and St Michael in the north wall at the west end:In memory of / Mary Eleanora Sara COLSON / died 1954 // In memory of / Louisa COLSON died 1931 / Emma Sophia COLSON / died 1942 //

A55Brass plaque inset in a table St George’s Church / In Memory of / Pat PATTERSON / 1918 – 1996 //

A56MI recorded as on a bookcase by the door, now replacedIn memoriam / Wing Commander Maurice Lionel JONES / 1903 – 1960 //

A57MI recorded as on a tract case by the door, now replacedIn loving memory / of my father and mother / Henry Arnold COLE 1897 – 1960 / Physician of this Parish 1930 – 1960 / and Constance Maud COLE 1906 – 1966 //

A58This dial was given by Thomas Law HODGES Esqr, AD 1819 for the regulation of the clock in the Parish Church of Benenden. Lat 51.3.54 //

A59Stone covered by the 1861-2 works, as recorded by the Vicar of the time. At a distance of 2ft 6in. from east wall, and 9ft 8in. from south wall lies a stone on which is inscribed a shield, containing per chev. three elephants’ heads erased. Crest: an elephant’s head erased (the lines denoting colours are obliterated). Just below the Coat of Arms is the following:Hic jacet Johannes SAUNDERS / LL.B. quondam Vicarius / de Bennenden in Comitatu / Cantii. / Obiit 5 die Aprilis 1724. / Aetatis Suae 50. / Serius aut citius Sedem properamus ad unam: / Heu dimus (?) huc omnes, haec est domus ultima nobis. // On the same stone under the foregoing is the following: Richardus SAUNDERS, Clericus, / quondam Rector de Westley / in Com. Cantabrigiae, et nunc / Minister de Hawkhurst in / Com. Cantii. / Amantissimus fratri posuit. // (Parish register 1724. April 10. The Revd. John Saunders, vicar).

A60Stone covered by the 1861-2 works, as recorded by the Vicar of the time: At a distance of 13 feet from east wall and 8ft 4in. from south wall is a very large stone with merely the inscriptionF. BOYS 1844. //

A61Stone covered by the 1861-2 works, as recorded by the Vicar of the time. At a distance of 22ft 6in. from east wall, and 7ft 8in. from south wall is a large stone with following inscription:Sacred to the memory of Anna Maria, eldest daughter of William / and Harriet GOBLE of this parish, who departed this life on the 25th July / 1822 aged 15 years. / Also to the memory of Harriet, wife of William GOBEE / who departed this life March 30th 1837 aged 51 years. / Also to the memory of Mary Ellen, third daughter of / William and Harriet GOBLE, who departed this life / September 9th 1845 aged 21 years. / Also to the memory of the above William GOBLE, who departed / this life April 11th 1849 aged 68 years. //

A62Stone covered by the 1861-2 works, as recorded by the Vicar of the time. At a distance of 7½ft. from north wall and about 11ft 6in. from chancel aisle steps is a stone with the following inscription:In memory of Henry HEATH, yeo., who died July the 22nd 1787 aged / 30 years. Left issue one son and two daughters. / "Calm are the slumbers of the just, / and peaceful rest their sacred dust. / Till the last trumpet’s solemn sound / awakes the dead and cleaves the ground. / Then shall this body joyful rise / to meet our Saviour in the skies". / Also Anna Maria, his wife, who died June 18th 1800 aged 38 years. / Their eldest daughter, Anna Maria, who died January 30 1810 aged 19 years. // Burial records have June 23rd 1810 Anna Maria COVENEY aged 38; marriage records say that as a widow she married Joseph COVENEY on 11.02.1792

A63Stone covered by the 1861-2 works, as recorded by the Vicar of the time. At a distance of 7ft 6in. from



north wall and about 18ft from chancel aisle steps is a stone with the following inscriptions:Sacred to the memory of Henry, second son of Samuel and Ann / HEATH of this parish, who departed this life on the 9th of December / 1822, aged 3 years. / Also to the memory of Mary Ann, second daughter of Samuel and Ann HEATH who died February 9th 1838 aged 21 years. //

A64Stone covered by the 1861-2 works, as recorded by the Vicar of the time. Opposite door of stairs leading to chamber over the south porch is the following:Here lyeth the body of Samuel HUNT, late of this parish, / who departed this life December ye 28 1735 in ye 84th year / of his age. / Also here lyeth the body of Mary, wife of the sd Samuel HUNT, / daughter of Richard and Mary GRANT of this parish, / gent. She departed this life October the 24th 1740 in the / 84th year of her age. / They had issue 2 sons and 3 daughters, of whom 4 / survive, viz: Mary, Samuel, Deborah, Ann, and / Thomas deceased. //

A65Stone covered by the 1861-2 works, as recorded by the Vicar of the time. In north west corner of nave, close in corner, is the following:In memory of Samuel HUNT of this parish, gent, who / died December 22nd 1783 aged 64 years. / Also Ann his wife, who died May 26 1778 aged / 64 years. Also Ann their daughter who died March / 18 1774 aged 21 years. / Left issue one son, Samuel. Also Deborah, daughter / of Samuel and Elizabeth Hunt. She died October / 1 1781 aged six months. Likewise Elizabeth / their daughter died February 8 1785 aged seven months. //

A66Haslewood records: In the chancell window (Benenden) is this writing:Orate pro animabus Johanis BRENCHLEY et Willmi MORE. // On the gravestone in Mores Chapel in Benenden: Hic jacet Wateri More Armigeri qui obijt 24 die mensis Martij ano 1504 et Aliciae uxor dicti Walteri quae obijt. quor aiabs ppitietur deus. // Taken from “Funeral Orders and church monuments, by R. Holme”. (Brit. Mus. Harl. MS 2129, f.221, b. also Arch.Cant. xi.396; xiii.137. Harl MS 3917, 20.b.).

A67MI recorded in brass in front of ringing floor, no longer there (and the window has been replaced by clear glass)The west window of this church was erected in memory of Thomas Law HODGES, Esq. / by the tenantry on the Hemsted estate, AD 1866. // Haslewood p12

A68Brass plaque on inside of book cupboardAncient & Modern Hymn Books / Given in loving memory of / Mary STRONG Honor and Laurie STRONG / Christine HAYMAN Doreen GRAVES / Dedicated on 26th April 2015 //

A69Brass plaque on altar railIn memory of / Joan DARTNALL / who loved this church and / sang in the choir for 20 years / 1919-2009 //

CA1Large monument with 8 foot high Celtic cross carved with decorated panels on a high splayed base which carries the inscriptionBlessed are the dead who die in the Lord / In Memory of / Jane wife of / Gathorne Earl of CRANBROOK / born June 9 1813, / married March 29 1838, / died November 13 1897/ Also of the above / Gathorne Earl of CRANBROOK / born Oct 1 1814, / died Oct 30 1906 // Gathorne HARDY was created Viscount CRANBROOK in 1878; the family name became Gathorne-Hardy (Gathorne was his mother’s maiden name)

CA2A simple Celtic cross with trefoil motifs on the top of a tall splayed base:He giveth His beloved sleep. / Jane Isabel HARDY, / born March 16 1843, / died June 21, 1862. // Haslewood p14



CA3A slim Celtic cross with IHS in the centre and the inscription on the three steps of the base:An unspotted / life / is old age. / Harold GATHORNE-HARDY, / born 24th March 1850, / died 11th June 1881. / "He that believeth in me though he / were dead yet shall he live". // Born HARDY; the family name was changed on his father’s peerage in 1878. Haslewood p14

CA4A low Celtic cross with splayed arms with knot patterns on a solid disc; on the splayed base: Mary Katherine GATHORNE-HARDY / Born 10 Nov 1852. Died 11 May 1911 / also / Emily Blanche GATHORNE-HARDY / Born 19 Oct 1845. Died 20 Dec 1912 // Born HARDY; the family name was changed on their father’s peerage in 1878

CA5A tall Celtic cross; on the splayed base:Death is the Gate of Life / John Stewart / Second Earl of CRANBROOK / Born March 22nd 1839 / Died July 13th 1911 / and his wife / Cicely Marguerite Wilhelmina / Born August 9th 1848 / Died February 20th 1931 // Born John Stewart HARDY; from 1878 GATHORNE-HARDY; from 1892 known as Lord MEDWAY, became 2nd Earl in 1906.

CA6A patterned Celtic cross and a central disc; on the splayed base:Ralph C N GATHORNE-HARDY / Commander R.N. / Born March 9th 1878 / Died December 20th 1911 / Jane GATHORNE-HARDY / Died January 1943 //

CA7A short Celtic cross on a splayed base:His will / is our / peace / In Memory of / Charles Gathorne / GATHORNE-HARDY / Col. Grenadier Guards / B 11 May 1841 D Feb 17 1919 / Also of his wife / Cicely Louisa / B 10 Sept 1852 / D 1 May 1932 // Born Charles HARDY; the family name was changed on his father’s peerage in 1878

CB1A pink granite Roman cross with inscription on a two-step base:I.H.S. / My loved and loving wife / Annie Jane COLLS / who died 6 July 1929 / but lives in memory and hope / Also of Percy Cooper COLLS M.R.C.S. / her loved husband / Born 23 May 1873 - Died 15th February 1945 //

CC1A bold stone Roman cross on a substantial three-step base:I.H.S. / In Memory of / Emma the beloved wife of / Richard NEVE / born March 5 1831 / Entered into rest Dec 1 1905 / Also of / Richard NEVE of Ash Lawn / Youngest son of Thomas & Sarah NEVE / Born April 16th 1829 / Entered into rest Feb 25th 1910 / Jesus Mercy / May the Souls of / the faithful Departed / through the Mercy of God / Rest in Peace //

CC2A slender Roman cross decorated with carving of a lily; the inscription on a two-step base:I.H.S. / Charles NEVE, / late curate of Woolston, / eldest son of / Richard and Emma NEVE, / born December 15 1858, / entered into rest March 12 1886. / "Watch and pray". // Haslewood p17

CC3A Roman cross on a three-step base:Jesu Mercy / Arthur Curteis NEVE / Born 20 February 1864 / Entered into rest 14 August 1895 //

CC4A Roman cross on a substantial three-step base:I.H.S. / In memory of / Anna NEAME / youngest daughter of / Charles NEAME / of Woodlands, Selling / and sister of Emma NEVE. / Born Jan 1 1835 / Entered into rest April 24 1919 //

CC5A Roman cross on a substantial three-step base:I.H.S. / Here rests / Awaiting Resurrection / Marion NEVE / eldest daughter of / Richard and Emma NEVE / born May 4 1857 / At rest Feb 7 1929 / Agnes NEVE / Sister of the above / Born Jan 2 1863 / At rest July 22 1939 //



CC6A slender Roman cross decorated with carving of a lily; the inscription on a three-step base:In loving memory of / Ernest NEVE / fourth son of / Richard & Emma NEVE / born March 22nd 1868 / died September 10th 1939 / Alice / wife of Ernest NEVE / born 7th March 1860 died 10th July 1935 //

CC7Two small flat stones, one above the other; at the topIn Loving Memory / Gerald Curteis / Wightwick NEVE / 1907-1978 / Also his wife / Dolcie / 1894-1990 / Rest in peace // Below the firstIn Loving Memory of / Susan Bourne NEVE / 1935-1989 / beloved wife of David //

CC8A tall Roman cross with a stepped base:I.H.S. / Cara Mary NEVE / the beloved wife of / Horace NEVE / born January 17th 1871 At rest May 13 1940 / He giveth his beloved sleep / Also in Loving Memory of / Horace NEVE / Youngest son of Richard & Emma NEVE / Aug 27 1872 – June 3 1943 //

CC9A short Roman cross mounted on a three-step base:I.H.S. / Dorothy / Muriel NEVE / Born 15 Sep 1905 / Died 22 May 1952 //

CC10A grey marble Roman cross on a four-step base: on the curb:Beatrice Margaret Ruth JOY / Nov 14 1868 – Sept 23 1906 // On the base:The Grace of our Lord / Was exceeding abundant / With Faith and Love / Which is in Jesus Christ //

CC11A polished red granite Roman cross; on the curb:Marion Elise wife of Samuel JOY / Born Nov 26th 1888 At Rest Nov 10th 1911 // On the stepped base:His Servants shall / Serve Him, and they / Shall see His face //

CC12A polished red granite Roman cross engraved in the centre with a chalice; on the curb:Samuel JOY priest / Vicar of Maidstone / sometime vicar of this parish / born Nov 19 1833 / entered into rest Dec 12 1903 // On the base:Therefore are they before / the throne of God and serve Him / Day and Night / Amen //

CC13A single plot, curbed, with a Roman cross on a three-step base:Ethel Marion JOY / July 16 1860 – Aug 17 1896 / Jesu Mercy / Until the dawn breaks / and the shadows flee away //

CD1A Roman cross, now fallen:In Memory / Charles HARRIS / Born April 1st 1810 / Died April 17th 1885 / Deborah Jane HARRIS / Born June 30th 1815 / Died Feb 22nd 1906 //

CD9A plot curbed with posts, on the curb:In loving memory of our dear sister Ida NOEL who died May 3rd 1914 / Aged 62 years / Rest in the Lord Ps XXXVII //

CD10A pink headstone with peon top, above concave shoulders adorned by scroll motifs:Sacred / to the Memory / of / Mary Ann MAYLAM / who died at The Beacon Benenden / December 20th 1910 aged 82 // On a footstone:M.A.M / 1910 //



CD11A single curbed plot with tall Roman cross on a three-step base:In Loving Memory / of / Herbert William BUCKETT / born June 22nd 1876 / died Oct 26th 1916 / until the day break / Also / Thomas Charles BUCKETT / eldest son of the above. / Born Nov 7th 1908 died February 15th 1928 //

CD12Curbed plot with substantial square topped headstone, the inscription flanked by square fluted columns supporting architrave and cornice:In Loving Memory / of / George RAYMENT / died November 7. 1917 / aged 69/ Also of / Alice RAYMENT / wife of the above / died February 12. 1908 / aged 55 / Interred at Abney Park Cemetery / Be just and fear not. //

CD13Narrow plot with rustic curb stone and at the head a celtic cross, the cross entirely within the disc; the MI on the curb:Elinor dear wife of the Revd Herbert BULL / B. Dec 26 1868 D. Dec 19 1916 / Also Herbert Arthur BULL / born May 21 1854 died Aug 10 1928 / And so He bringeth them unto / The Haven where they would be //

CD15A celtic cross with knot motif covering the surface; on the tapered square base:Sacred to the Memory of / Charles Sturrock COPLAND / Major late 58th Regiment / Born February 8th 1862 / died December 30th 1912 / and of his wife / Gertruyda Johanna / who died December 31st 1926 / Thy will be done //

CD17A celtic cross, the arms and circle decorated with flower motifs; the MI on a three-step base:I.H.S. / In memory of / Mabel / For 31 years / the loving wife of / Sackville CRESSWELL / of Hole Park Rolvenden / Died 29th Nov 1907 / Also of / W. Sackville CRESSWELL J.P. / Died 6th June 1909 / “What I do Thou knowest not but Thou / shalt understand hereafter” St John XIII.7 //

CE1A polished pink peon ledger, engraved on the long surfaces. On the south face:In affectionate remembrance of / Daniel BOYS, / the eldest son of the late Reverend Daniel BOYS, / for many years vicar of this parish, / born 28th August 1808, died 23rd October 1873 // On the north face:Also in remembrance of / Emily Jane BOYS / daughter of the Revd Daniel BOYS / Born 7th Feby 1816 Died 5th July 1895 // Haslewood p18 for Daniel

CE3A ledger with flat top chamfered on all sides and inscribed on the south vertical surface:In memory of / Francis BOYS, born 31st May 1821, died 10th October 1878. // Haslewood p18

CE4A polished pink peon ledger, engraved on the south face:In memory of / Charles Octavius BOYS / son of Daniel BOYS / Vicar of this Parish / Born March 25th 1823 / Died March 21st 1902 //

CE6A peon ledger on a slab, engraved on the north face, the plot surrounded by a single twisted wrought iron bar:In memory of / Charles MARSHALL, M.A., / Vicar of St Bride’s, Fleet Street for 36 years, / and Prebendary of St Paul’s, / who died 29th of January 1883 / in the 80th year of his age. // On the south face:And of / Sarah Elizabeth, his wife, / who died at her residence, Ripley Court, Surrey / on the 4th of August 1883 / in her 72nd year. / "I know that my redeemer liveth". Job XIX 25. // Haslewood p17-18

CE8A Roman stone cross with inscription on the four-step base:I.H.S. / In loving memory of / Susannah Maria CARTER / who died 20th Sept 1889 / aged 60 years //



CE10A triple plot with chamfered curb. On the western curb:In loving memory of / Margaret Cleare WENMAN / Born June 11 1870 Died Nov 12 1908 // In loving memory of /Susanna WENMAN / Born Feb 10th 1841 Died Nov 27th 1911 // In loving memory of /Isabel WENMAN / Born Aug 21st 1879 Died May 28th 1917 // On a separate chamfered stone in the same style:In loving memory of / George WENMAN / Born April 19th 1839 Died Dec 22nd 1921 //

CE12A single curbed plot; on the chamfered curb:In memory of Emlyn HILLIAM / Born 17th August 1856 Died 20th June 1909 / Also of / Leslie Howard her fourth son / Killed in France 10th March 1915 Aged 23 // Leslie is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 44. “Son of Charles and Emlyn HILLIAM”. Leslie was a recipient of the Medal of St. George 4th Class (Russia).

CE19A white headstone with round top checked above scotia shoulders:In loving memory of / George Edward / eldest son of / Charles and Ellen TURK / who died April 21st 1908 / Aged 16 years / He giveth His beloved sleep //

CF15A single curbed plot with full-width rectangular headstone inscribed:In loving memory of / Will / dear and only son of / Arthur and Ann DUNGEY / Who was called home Dec 14 1920 / aged 28 years //

CF16A headstone with Norman top:Sacred / to the loving memory / of / Emma Jane BUYE / who died Sept 10. 1918 / aged 73 / Peace Perfect Peace, the Peace of God / which passeth all understanding //

CF18Headstone with ogival top above rounded shoulders, all with a rolled border; in the ‘arch’ an elaborate IHS in an oval:In loving memory / of / my dear husband / William WENHAM / who departed this life 16th January 1907 / aged 73 years / Rest in Peace / Also of / Elizabeth / wife of the above / who died 9th July 1921 aged 84 years / Peace Perfect Peace // On a footstone:E W 1921 //

CF19Curbed double plot; MI on chamfer on 4 sides, transcribed ESNWIn memory of / Eli MUNN 1838 – 1904 / Elizabeth MUNN 1839 – 1915 / at rest //

CG1Grey stone sarcophagus, its walls decorated with square incised panels; a peon ledger inscribed on the vertical sides:In memory of Emma EDGE, born 27 Novr 1817, married 31 Jany 1839, & died 25 Novr 1871. / "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord". / I am / the resurrection and the life, / saith the Lord // Haslewood p21

CG3A curbed plot; the headstone top a high acute triangle topped with fleur-de-lys, checked; the width of the stone reduced below the shoulders and above the foot; above the inscription, an elaborate IHS:Sacred / to the memory of / George LANSDELL / of Eaglesden in this parish, / who died August 8th 1881 / aged 71 years. / "His soul to Him who gave it rose, / God led it to its long repose, / its glorious rest". / Also of / Harriet, / wife of the above / who died April 30th 1887 / aged 73 years. / "Blessed are the dead which / die in the Lord". // Haslewood p21-22

CG5The four-stepped base only remains; presumably originally supporting a cross like CG6:In loving memory of / Elizabeth Ann / LANSDELL / Died 6th Feb 1922 / aged 70 years / also of / George LANSDELL / husband of the above / Died April 16th 1923 / aged 72 years //



CG6A Roman cross on a three-step base inscribed:In beloved memory of / Sidney second son of / George and Elizabeth LANSDELL / who died May 25th 1901 / aged 21 years / He died of wounds received at Bethel / while serving his country in the Transvaal / war and was buried at Mooifontein S.A. //

CG7Norman headstone, engraved with the tree of life above the MI:In / affectionate memory / of / William PROSSER / of Frame Farm in this parish / who died Octr 6th 1898 / aged 84 years //

CG8Gothic headstone topped with a trefoil; the inscription below a crescent of ivy leaves:In Affectionate Memory / of / John PROSSER / of Frame Farm Benenden / who died Dec 14th 1888 / aged 71 years / “Not as I will but as Thou wilt” / also of / Sarah Jane / widow of the above / who died at Staplehurst / July 17th 1910 / aged 79 years //

CG10A broken stone:In loving memory of / Frederick John / third son of / Thomas John & Annie COLLINS / died July 21 1895 / aged 6 years & 9 months //

CG11A single plot with one low wrought iron twisted bar round it and a tall headstone with Roman top stepped with scotia shoulders; above the inscription is a flower motif within a trefoil recess:In loving memory of / Jeannette / the beloved wife of / Ebenezer SHOOBRIDGE / Yew Tree Farm Benenden / Born May 16th 1853 / Died December 27th 1914 / “Not my will but Thine be done” / Also of the above / Ebenezer SHOOBRIDGE / Born April 24th 1841 / Died December 3rd 1922 / “He being dead yet speaketh” //

CG13A tall Roman cross on a four-step base inscribed:In / tender memory / of / Marguerite SHOOBRIDGE / Died 25th Sept 1946 / The pure in heart see God //

CG14A Norman headstone with narrowed sides; a substantial carved oak garland encloses “In peace”:In Peace / In loving memory of /Harriott LAWRENCE / Born Sepr 1846 / Died Dec 3rd 1915 / also of / Thomas LAWRENCE / husband to the above / Born March 17th 1848 / Died April 12th 1917 / Both of Spring Hill Farm, Benenden //

CG16A square top headstone with checked art deco shoulders:In loving memory of /my parents / George and Mary ROOTES / at rest 20th March 1914 / and 20th June 1918 //

CG20A large slab by the boundary fence, inscribed lengthwiseEliza Mary REEVES / “Tottie” / beloved daughter of W.H. & Eliza REEVES / who fell asleep 1st Nov 1902 aged 12 years / “Even so” //

CH12A wooden cross with an incised shield:Henry & / Harriett / FEAVER / 11 April 1921/ 30 Sept 1924 //

CH15A tall headstone with triangular top and roses carved at the shoulders:In / loving / memory of / Edwin / The Beloved Husband of / Charlotte JAMES / who entered into rest / February 9th 1917 / Aged 84 years / Until we meet / Also / in loving memory / of the above named / Charlotte JAMES / Who entered into rest / August 21st 1923 / Aged 88 years / “Reunited” //

CH19Ogival headstone rising to a trefoil motif above a crescent of ivy leaves:In / Loving Memory / of / Emmeline Lucy COOPER / who died August 21 / 1899 / Aged 23 years / Jesus called me //



CJ2A headstone with unusual decorative features; the shoulders shaped with three receding bands coming down to turn inwards in nine ‘fingers’, while at the top the stone rises in a Gothic arch enclosing a mitre shape, the whole giving the impression of a figure or cloak embracing the stone."Thy will be done". / In affectionate remembrance / of / Peter PINYON, Esqre, / surgeon, of this parish, / who died December 31st / 1873 aged 42 years, / universally respected, leaving a widow and one / son, George-Beale. / Also of Fanny Witherden, / wife of the above / Peter PINYON, / who died April 14th 1884 / aged 49 years. // Haslewood p31-32

CJ4Headstone with Gothic top with checks above scotia shoulders; incised flowers above the MI:In / loving memory / of / William SOUTHON / of Little Nineveh, Benenden / who died October 12th 1898 / Aged 77 years / “I sought the Lord and He heard me / And delivered me from all my fear” / Also of / Anne wife of the above / who died December 30th 1899 / Aged 68 years //

CJ6Single plot surrounded by a double iron railing; inside, a Roman cross with a three-step base inscribed:Ann GRAHAM / entered into rest at / Benenden Vicarage / March 14th 1884 / R.I.P. //

CJ10Gothic headstone:In / Loving Memory / of / Montague MILLS / of Mount le Hoe / Who entered into rest / 29th August 1919 Aged 85 years / “Whosoever will – may come” / Also of Merella / The Beloved Wife of the above / Who died 10th December 1885 / Aged 67 years / And George their son / 9th February 1885 / Aged 20 years / Also of Alice / Widow of the above named / Montague MILLS / Who died January 20th 1926 / Aged 68 years / Until day breaks //

CJ21Gothic headstone:Sacred / to the memory of / Miriam / wife of George MILLS / of Tanyard Farm, Hawkhurst / Who died August 30th 1889 / Aged 79 years / Also of / George MILLS / Who died March 31st 1895 / Aged 90 years / Formerly both of this parish / Till the resurrection morn //

CK1Plain Roman cross with inscribed four-step base:Here rest the remains of / Henrietta Matilda, / wife of / William WESTON, / and dearly loved child of / William & Mary CHENNELL. / Died May 29th 1872 aged 41 years. / "Come unto me all that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest". / This stone is erected in fond remembrance by her mother. // Haslewood p32

CK5Now lost, the stone was described by Haslewood as “broken and only the section in the ground remains”In affectionate remembrance of / Richard FARLEY / of this parish, / who died February 12th / 1874 aged 57 years, / leaving Frances-Matilda / his widow, to mourn her loss. / "Watch therefore, for ye know not / what hour your Lord doth come". // Haslewood p32

CK6Gothic headstone with checks above scotia shoulders:In loving memory / of / John WENMAN / of Benenden / died November 7th 1891 / Aged 82 years / “Thy will be done” / Also of / Frances Matilda / second wife of the above / who died May 31st 1910 / Aged 89 years // Frances Matilda MERRICKS buried 6 June 1910 aged 89; CK5 records Frances-Matilda FARLEY

CK8Gothic headstone, carved with bluebells:Sacred / to the memory of / Emma / wife of Thomas MERRICKS / of Walkhurst Farm / in this Parish / who died Jany 6th 1900 / Aged 51 years / “Trust in the Lord” / Also of / the above named / Thomas MERRICKS / who died Novr 24th 1910 / Aged 58 years / “Thy will be done” //



CK13Single curbed plot, with inscription on top of curbIn loving memory of Mary Ann JENNER died Oct 11th 1915 aged 49 / also of John Feaver JENNER died Jan 11th 1931 aged 78 //

CK21Gothic headstone with checks above scotia shoulders, now broken and lying face downIn loving memory of / Levi BEECH / who died Novr 26th 1910 / Aged 86 years / “With Christ which is far better” / Also his wife / Martha BEECH / who departed this life June 5th 1917 / Aged 80 years //

CK22Roman cross beside the boundary fence; inscription on the two stepped base:In memory of / John William HARRIS / who died September 8th 1899 / Aged 37 years //

CL2Peon ledger on a slab; MI on the north face in gothic script::Sacred to the memory of Jane, / the beloved wife of Thomas WIGHTWICK / of Ramsden in this parish, / who died 28th September 1870 / aged 72 years. // To the south:Also to the memory of / the aforesaid Thomas WIGHTWICK / who died 31st January 1875 / aged 81 years. // Haslewood p35

CL9A war grave. Below the Military Police Badge with GRV:P/5092 Lance Cpl / J. WATSON / Military Police Corps / 21st August 1917 Age 31 / Gone but not forgotten //

CL12Norman headstoneIn loving memory / of / Emma COLEY / the beloved wife of / George COLEY / who fell asleep / June 26th 1919 / Aged 71 years / Peace Perfect Peace //

CL14Norman headstoneIn loving memory / of / George COLEY / who departed this life / Feb 12th 1917 / Aged 82 years / Peace Perfect Peace //

CL15Norman headstone with carved oak spray:In loving memory of / Annie Elizabeth / wife of Alfred FEAVER / Died Dec 24 1914 / Aged 60 years / Gone but not forgotten / Also of Alfred FEAVER / who died Sept 2 1936 / Aged 86 years / Thy day of trial is o’er //

CL17In a double plot, curbed, a Roman cross on a triple stepped base inscribed:I.H.S. / In loving memory of / Harry FEAVER / Died March 13th 1910 / Aged 28 years / Erected by Lord Llangattock / In remembrance of a faithful / Servant and friend / The Master is come and called thee / He speaketh in grace to thee / Dost thou not hear Him calling / Arise and follow Me // Lord Llangattock – JA ROLLS, father of Charles Rolls, joint founder of Rolls-Royce CL17 Also in register: Walter Charles FEAVER 1913 aged 25 and Florence FEAVER 1917 aged 39

CL20A low Roman cross (one arm broken off); below the cross:In / loving memory / of / Richard BARNES / Aged 61 years //

CL21A low Roman cross; below the cross:In / memory of / Olive B FEAVER / Born Feb 20 1892 / Died Aug 22 1903 //

CM7An open book in stone; the first line alone on the left hand page, the rest on the right:To Darling “Billy” / In loving memory / of / Stephen William / Charles KEDWELL / son of / G. And L. KEDWELL / Fell asleep / Aug 12th 1928 / Aged / 2 years and 9 months / Safe in the arms of Jesus //



CM9A low Roman cross; below the cross:In / memory of / Alfred FEAVER / who died Nov 16th 1918 / Aged 36 years / Until the day breaks //

CM10A single curbed plot with peon headstone:In / loving memory / of / Ernest HINKLEY / Nov 13th 1918 //

CN2Only the bottom fragment with the last five lines is left of the stone recorded by Haslewood:This stone / is set up in memory of / Sophia SUMMERS, / who died at Cranbrook Feby 6th 1876 / aged 92 years and 11 months, / by W.J. EDGE, vicar of this parish, / in token of the high esteem / in which she was held by / himself and by all his family, / for four generations. // Haslewood p36

CN4A low Roman cross; below the cross:In / loving memory / of / Harriett WEAVER / Who died May 24th 1914 / Aged 47 years //

CN6A tall headstone with triangular top with carving of leaves and flowers:In / loving memory / of / Charles KEDWELL / who passed away Nov 10th 1913 / Aged 48 years / “Not lost but gone before” / Also / Sarah Weaver Ann / wife of the above / Died May 28th 1936 aged 71 years / Peace Perfect Peace / Also Charles Stephen KEDWELL / son of the above / who passed away Octr 19th 1913 / Aged 20 years / He sleeps with Jesus in peace //

CN8A low headstone, with rounded shoulders below an ogival trefoil:William WENHAM / Died May 13th 1913 / Aged 87 years //

CN15On the top surface of the curb of a single plot:In memory of / Harry BRIDGLAND Died 22nd June 1913 / Also Harriett his wife Died Aug 14th 1911 / At Rest //

CN17A round top headstone checked above rounded shoulders:In / loving memory of our dear ones / Stephen SIVYER / of Mounts Farm, Benenden / Entered into rest March 29th 1902 / Aged 69 Years / Also of Lydia / Beloved wife of the above / Entered into rest April 3rd 1902 / Aged 68 years / Leaving 5 sons and 5 daughters / To mourn their loss / Also of Emily Elizabeth / second dearly beloved daughter of the above / Entered into rest March 21st 1902 / Aged 44 Years / Together in their lives / And in Death they were not divided / Sleep on beloved sleep and take thy rest / Lay down thy Head upon thy Saviour’s breast / We love thee well but Jesus loved thee best / Good night //

CP2A headstone with two rosettes on the shoulders of a round top:In / loving memory of / Maria Jane / the beloved wife of / William CLARKE / of The Stream Farm who died / 4th Feby 1904 Aged 54 years /Also of / Rosa CLARKE / Fourth Daughter of the Above / who died (of fever) 14th Nov 1904 / Aged 21 years / Also of the above named / William CLARKE / who died Dec 12th 1922 / Aged 76 years // Two footstones have been placed in front:[M J ]C / [1904] // R.C. / 1904 //

CP4A Roman cross. On the three steps of the base:In / loving memory / of / James BLACKWELL / Born June 8th 1834 / Died July 19th 1905 / Also of Rosanna wife of the above / Born July 20th 1841 Died Jany 8th 1910 / Life’s race well run Life’s crown well won / Life’s work well done / Now comes rest //

CP17All that is now visible is the top section of a Roman cross; previously recorded:In memory of / Charles TAYLOR / Died April 16th 1912 / aged 3 years / Also of / Sidney-R[oy] TAYLOR / Died Sepr 10th 1916 / aged 20 months //



CP22The stone has gone; previously recorded:In loving memory of / Alice G. BRYANT / Died June 8th 1910 / Aged 54 years / Gone but not forgotten // Burial register read as aged 34

CP24A low Roman cross; below the cross:In Loving Memory of / Florence BUTLER / Born Sep 24 1881 / Died Sep 6 1904 //

CQ1A tall Gothic headstone with two thin rounded pillars below the checked scotia shoulders; above the MI are a rose and a lily:In loving memory / of / our beloved parents / Jesse KEMP / of Frog’s Hall Farm / in the parish of Biddenden / who died 28th December 1899 / Aged 54 years / Also of Sarah Ann / wife of the above / who died 26th December 1899 / Aged 62 years / Leaving 2 sons and 2 daughters / to mourn their loss / “Absent from the body Present / with the Lord” II Cor 8 v / When our heads are bowed with woe / When our bitter tears o’erflow / When we mourn the lost, the / dear Jesu son of Mary hear //

CQ2A double plot, curbed, with the stepped base for a cross now lost:In loving memory of / Emily Ann / the beloved wife of / Herbert James CALLOW / who fell asleep 24th Feb 1905 / aged 36 years //

CQ3Gothic headstoneIn / loving memory / of / Isabella Mary STALKER / who departed this life Nov 1st 1905 / Aged 33 years / Father in Thy gracious keeping / Leave we now Thy servant sleeping //

CQ8Gothic headstoneIn / loving memory / of / Sarah Ann / wife of John CRUMP / of this Parish / who died July 11th 1907 / aged 77 years / “Thy will be done” / Also of the above named / John CRUMP / who died Jany 21st 1922 / aged 87 years / “Rest in peace” //

CQ10The stone has gone; this inscription previously recorded:I.H.S. / Sacred to the memory of / Elizabeth / wife of / George MAYBOURNE / who died 7 April 1908 / aged 33 years // Register reading recorded as aged 75

CQ13Gothic headstoneIn loving memory of / Hannah / the beloved wife of John JOHNSON / who fell asleep January 5th 1909 / Aged 74 years / Peace Perfect Peace / Also of the above / John JOHNSON / who died October 15th 1918 / Aged 86 years / “At Rest” //

CQ20On the chamfered curb of a single plot:In loving memory of our dead Mother and Father Alfred MERCER / Died May 1st 1907 aged 60 / Eliza MERCER Died Feb 1st 1933 aged 88 / For ever with the Lord //

CR1Gothic headstone, enclosing flower motifs:In / ever loving memory of / Edward / eldest son of / Edward & Jane / JENNER / of Crit Hall / in this Parish / who fell asleep / March 10th 1897 / aged 25 years / “Until the day breaks / & the shadows flee away” //

CR2Cambered headstone:In / loving memory of / Elizabeth IRVINE / who died 17th May 1958 / aged 83 years //

CR3Gothic headstone with two rounded pillars below an arch of carved flowers:In / loving memory / of / Sarah Jane / beloved wife of / Edward JENNER of Crit Hall / who died June



17th 1917 / Aged 78 years / “Peace Perfect Peace” / Also in loving memory / of the above / Edward JENNER / who died Oct 7th 1923 / Aged 78 / “He giveth His beloved sleep” //

CR4Gothic headstone with carved band of foliage edging the archIn / loving memory / of / Frederick William WENBAN / who died July 5th 1897 / aged 26 years / “Not my will but thine be done” / Also of / Agnes Amy WENBAN / who died April 18th 1911 / Aged 48 years //

CR6A Roman cross surmounting a square stone with three checks on the shoulders, the surface very badly worn; previously recorded:To the memory of / William GOLDSMITH / Who died April 21st 1900 / Aged 75 years / Also of / Jane Elizabeth / wife of the above / who died June 13 1904 / aged 77 years / A step removed // Burial register has William’s age 73

CR12Headstone with oval top checked above scotia shoulders:In loving memory of / Thomas HODGE / who departed this life / January 5th 1905 / aged 69 years / “Thy will be done” / Also Jane HODGE / Wife of the above / who died December 19th 1919 / Aged 82 years / Her pain was great and patiently borne / Her sufferings to us were unknown / She was only waiting for her Saviour’s call / To her happy home above //

CR14MI recorded by PW in 1975, who spaces the names as though there may have been blanks, but makes no comment; names and dates accord with Parish recordIn loving memory of / Martha Emily / [wife of] Henry MAXTED / who died August 19 1905 / aged 73 years //

CR18A short Roman cross with concave shoulders above the MI:In Memory of / Thomas JOHNSON / died April 10th 1907 / Aged 76 years //

CR21A small stone with broken top where probably once a cross similar to CR18 was:In loving memory of / Albert J. JOHNSON / who died Dec 1st 1910 / aged 43 years //

CS2Gothic headstone:In / loving memory of / Isabella / the beloved wife of / Malcolm STALKER / who died 13th January 1894 / aged 52 years / Also of / Hector-Malcolm STALKER / son of the above / who died 28th January 1894 / Aged 24 years / Also of / Malcolm STALKER / The beloved husband and father / of the above / who died 6th Jan 1920 / aged 83 years //

CS5Gothic headstone:In / Loving and Affectionate / Remembrance of / Louisa / The beloved wife of / Samuel DELL / who departed this life / January 21st 1894 / Aged 51 years / Gone but not forgotten / Her pain was great though patiently bourn / Her sufferings to us were really unknown / Her Saviour thought best to call her away / To rest in her heavenly home / Safe in the arms of Jesus / Also of / Samuel DELL / Husband of the above / Died July 9th 1926 Aged 81 / Rest in Peace // Also a footstone in front:L D //

CS11Gothic headstoneIn / ever loving memory of / George HINKLEY Junr / of Benenden / who died March 5th 1894 / aged 35 years / Thy will be done // Footstone:G H / 1894 //

CS12Gothic headstone; the surface is badly weathered:In / Loving Memory / of / William OSBORNE / who died October 2 1896 / Aged 45 years / The Lord



gave and the Lord /hath taken away / Also Eliza / wife of the above / who died May 27th 1945 / Aged 86 years / Re-united //

CS14Gothic headstone; the surface is badly weathered:In / loving memory / of / Sarah / The beloved daughter of / Thomas & Elizabeth JONES / Pen’rallt. Glyn. / (for 30 years in the service of / Lord Cranbrook, Hemsted Park) / who departed this life / December 1st 1897 / Aged 57 years / With good will doing service / to the last //

CS15A short solid celtic cross above concave shoulders checked above rounded shoulders, the surface weathered:In / loving memory / of / Maude Kate TERRILL / who fell asleep Augt 25th / 1898 aged 12 years / To peace with God //

CS16A tall half round headstone, the inscribed panel inset:In / loving memory / of our / dear friend and sister / Sarah Elizabeth LAWDER / who entered into rest / Decr 2nd 1898 / Aged 54 years / With Christ which is far better //

CS17Gothic headstone with slight shoulders; above the MI is a panel with a cross amid ivy leaves:In / loving memory / of / Thomas WENMAN / who died Augst 19th 1901 / Aged 64 years / The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken / away, blessed be the name of the Lord / “Gone but not forgotten.” / Also of / Mary Ann / wife of the above / who died Feby 28th 1910 / Aged 70 years / “Rest in Peace” //

CS21A short Roman cross above concave shoulders, the surface weathered:In ever loving memory of / James VINE / died March 11th 1908 / aged 23 years //

CS22A short badly weathered stone, the top broken where a cross stood:In loving memory of / Nellie ELLIOTT / Born May 2nd 1905 / Died Octr 10th 1908 / Suffer little children / to come unto Me //

DA1A tall headstone in two Gothic columns. At the head of each an intertwined IHS. In the left-hand panel:I.H.S. / In Memory of Frederick PUXTY / late of Rose Cottage / born Feby 16th 1827 died Novr 22nd 1896 / Also of / Albert born Jany 10th 1857 died Decr 24th 1894 / Also of / Frederick George born August 12th 1853 died Feb 28th 1895 son of the above / interred at A[bney] Park Cemetery / Also in Loving Memory of / their second son / Henry John PUXTY / who died June 30th 1916 aged 61 years / Interred at / Forest Hill Cemetery / The memory of the / just is blessed // In the right-hand panel:I.H.S / In memory of / Martha / the beloved wife of / Frederick PUXTY / of Rose Cottage / born Decr 8th 1828 / died Jany 4th 1888 / A light is from this household gone / A voice well loved is stilled / A place is vacant in our home / Which never can be filled / Also of / Martha Ellen / PARKHOUSE / daughter of above / who died Aug 22nd 1922 / aged 70 years / Abide with me Lord with me abide // Two footstonesFP 1896 // MP 1888 / M E P 1922 //

DA14No stone remainsStephen KEDWELL / March 27th 1898 // Recorded by PW 1975

DA20A simple Gothic headstoneSacred / to the memory of / Susannah / wife of John PHILLIS / who departed this life / 4th April 1904 / aged 80 years / Also of the above / John PHILLIS / died December 5th 1925 / aged 98 years //

DA22Low headstone with concave shoulders rising to a Latin crossSacred / to the Memory of / Bessie / beloved eldest daughter of / Joseph SHORTLAND / of London / died September 20 1905 / aged 41 years / At Rest //



DA23Low headstone with concave shoulders rising to a Latin cross, the surface now badly weatheredIn loving Memory of / Mary VINE / Died April 7 1903 / Aged 52 years //

DB4Pinkish headstone with round top and scotia cornersIn / Loving Memory of / Sarah HINKLY / who died April 28th 1909 / aged 80 years / “Rest in the Lord” / Also her sister / Lydia Buckland HINKLY / died July 6th 1924 / aged 98 years / In my Father’s house are many / mansions //

DB11Low headstone with triple stepped shoulders surmounted by tall Latin crossIn / Memory of / Harriett Honour BOURNER / died April 14th 1907 / aged 57 years “Until the day breaks” / This memorial was erected / by her friends in this Parish // The final lines recorded by PW in 1975 are now under turf

DB22A simple Gothic headstoneIn / Loving Memory / of / our dear Mother and Father / Mary MOORE / who entered into rest / May 5th 1901 / aged 78 years / and of / Joseph MOORE / husband of the above / who departed this life / February 18th 1905 / aged 84 years / At Rest //

DB24Headstone oval with checksHere lie daughters of / Henry and Sarah GIBBS / Dorothy Cleare / died January 1893 / aged 16 months / and Alice Rose / died April 1902 / aged 20 years / R.I.P. //

DC1Headstone with steep triangular top surmounted by fleur de lys, a cross within an oval above the MIIn Loving Memory of / Sims BLACKMAN / who died March 4th 1889 / aged 77 years / Also of / Charlotte / his wife / who died December 9th 1854 aged 45 years / I will give you rest //

DD3Low headstone with round top and scotia cornersIn Loving Memory of / Belinda AUSTEN / who entered into rest March 15th 1912 / Aged 82 years / Absent from the body but present with / the Lord / also Martha AUSTEN / daughter of the above / who passed away August 22nd 1921 / aged 66 years / Resting from her labours // Recorded by PW 1975

DD4Low headstone with concave shoulders rising to a Latin crossIn / sacred memory / of / John AUSTIN / who departed / this life Feb 14 / 1896 aged 70 / His end was Peace //

DD11Headstone with sloping shoulders rising to a cross with round arms and topIn Loving Memory of / Lizzie Kathleen / the Beloved Daughter of / Alfred and Rose BURT / Died 29th Sept 1919 / Aged 16 years / Also of / Robert John / eldest son of the above / Died in France 7th June 1917 / Aged 19 years / Also of Herbert George / second son of the above / Died at Mentone, France. 25th Sept / 1922 aged 24 years // Recorded by PW 1975

DD15Low headstone with concave shoulders rising to a Latin crossIn / Loving Memory of / Sarah Ann BUROW / died 1896 / Also Lilian / 1896 // Register: Sarah 45 Years, Lilian 17 months

DD21No stone remains. MI recorded by PW 1975Sacred to the Memory of / Louisa LEYBOURNE / Born 3rd Dec 1840 / Died 27th March 1888 / She hath done what she could //

DD24 Low Latin cross on a stepped base inscribed with MI, the plot curbed and with a low iron railingIn Loving Memory of / Cecil Percy BUTCHER / Born June 18 1884 / Died Sep 1 1887 //



DE1Headstone with sloping shoulders rising to a Latin crossIn loving memory of / Freddie BINGHAM / who died [_______] // Register: Frederick Thomas BINGHAM, 20.5.1890, 1yr.

DE11Headstone with triangular top above angled shoulders, inscribed on both faces. On the east face:In Loving Memory of / Eliza beloved wife of John BRYANT / who passed peacefully away March 1st 1895 / aged 56 years / also of / Frank William / the dearly beloved son of / Stephen and Elizabeth BRYANT / who departed this life / March 31st 1895 / Aged 22 years / We shall all stand before / the Judgment seat of Christ // On the west face:In/ memory of / Elizabeth Jane BRYANT / who died July 30th 1902 / aged 61 years / Also of / Stephen BRYANT / husband of the above / who died December 15th 1916 / aged 77 years / Our Father which art in heaven //

DE26Headstone with peon topIn / memory of / Albion CROFT / who died Decr 5th 1886 / aged 72 years / Also of / Mary / wife of the above / who died June 5th 1886 / aged 70 years

DF2No stone left, MI recorded by PW 1975W. RICHARDSON / Born 1815 Died 1903 //

DF23Headstone with oval top and scalloped shouldersIn / Loving Memory of / Charles CROFT / who departed this life / March 5th 1886 / Aged 79 years / Also of / Thomas George / son of the above / who departed this life / April 12th 1885 / Aged 33 years / Nothing in my hand I bring / Simply to Thy Cross I cling //

DG22Low headstone with scotia shoulders surmounted by cross with rounded arms and headIn Loving Memory / of / Ada Jane WIMHURST / who fell asleep / January 16th 1897 / Aged 25 years / Loved by all //

DG23@PW Low headstone with scotia shoulders surmounted by cross with rounded arms and head, now lying flatIn Loving Memory / of / Ellen WIMHURST / Born April 30th 1869 / Died Octr 20th 1884 / She is not dead / But sleepeth // Haslewood 194

DH7Low headstone with concave shoulders rising to a Latin cross, mostly now buriedS. JUDGE / died April 20th 1899 / Aged 77 years // Recorded by PW 1975

DJ1No stone left. MI recorded by PW 1975.In loving memory of / William COLEY / Died Jany [__] 1894 / aged 87 years // Registers say buried Jan 29

DJ24Headstone with oval top, the IHS carved on a shield inside a cloverleaf designI.H.S. / Sacred / to the memory of / George WENHAM, / who died March 16th 1881 / aged 45 years. "In the midst of life we are in death". / Also of / Maria WENHAM / wife of the above / who died April 20th 1914 / Aged 78 years // Haslewood p85; the MI for Maria recorded by PW 1975

DJ27No stone left, MI recorded by PW 1975In Loving Memory of / William HINKLEY / who passed away / July 9th 1904 / Aged 50 years / Nearer my God to Thee //



DK1A simple Gothic headstoneIn / loving memory of / George Chalklin / CORK / who died Novr 25th 1892 / aged 61 years / How brief this day. The glorious prize / To our slow hearts and failing eyes / Appeared too quickly won //

DK2Headstone with oval top Sacred / to the memory of / Henry CORK / who died December 30th 1886 / aged 82 years / Also of Mary / wife of the above / who died March 20th 1878 / aged 74 years / It is sown in weakness: it is / raised in power / Left surviving / Sarah, Elizabeth, George, / Albert, Henry, Maria, & Edwin // Register has Henry buried 6 Jan 1886

DK7No stone left, MI recorded by PW 1975God is Love / Annie HINKLEY / Born March 30th 1863 / Died March 20th 1898 / 20 years G.F.S. Member //

DK13Headstone with round top and rounded shouldersIn / memory of / Sarah / the wife of Robert LEVETT / and afterwards the wife of / John AVERY / who died March 20th 1882 / aged 49 years / “She hath done what she could” // Haslewood p86

DM7No stone survives. Fanny AUSTEN, mother of George (LP16), is recorded by PW as buried here.[Fanny AUSTEN] // Register: Fanny AUSTEN, 23.7.1894.

DM26Headstone with peon top, the MI on the west faceIn Memory / of / Eleanor / wife of John WESTON / of Red House, in this Parish / who died March 23rd 1875 / aged 57 years / Also of / Julius / son of the above / who died April 27th 1873 / aged 18 years / There remaineth therefore a rest / to the people of God / Also the above named / John WESTON / who died July 24th 1894 / aged 76 years // Haslewood p89 without the final record. In addition there is a footstone:J.W. 1894 //

DN11Headstone with peon topIn Loving Memory of / John ROOTES / of this Parish, blacksmith, / who died January 23rd 1884 / Aged 72 years / also of / Eliza ROOTES / Wife of the above / who died December.17th 1891 / aged 80 years / leaving 3/ sons & one daughter / Also near this place / Charles son of the above / who died January15th 1879 / Aged 24 years / and / Emily Jane their daughter / who died May 30th 1877 / Aged 24 yearsBurial register for 4 June 1877 has Emily Jane OSBORNE aged 25 (and no record for ROOTES that year). Haslewood p91 has a slightly different transcription (the stone was apparently replaced after Eliza’s death): In affectionate remembrance of John ROOTES of this parish, blacksmith, who died January 23rd 1884 aged 72 years, leaving surviving three sons and one daughter. Also, near this place Charles, son of the above who died January 15th 1879 aged 24 years. And Emily Jane, their daughter, who died May 30th 1877 aged 24 years. //

DN15A simple Gothic headstone, the MI recorded by PW 1975In / Loving Memory of / Sarah FOORD / the beloved wife of Edmund FOORD / who died 22nd Sept 1900 / aged 60 years / also the above named Edmund FOORD / Wheel-wright and Blacksmith of this Parish / who died 14th Decr 1916 / aged 86 years / “Rock of ages cleft for me / Let me hide myself in Thee”

DN17Tall headstone with peon top and decorative shoulders, the MI on the west faceIn / Affectionate Remembrance / of / Sarah / the dearly beloved wife of / John FEAVER / late of this Parish / who died February 22nd 1871 / aged 64 years / Leaving four daughters (viz) / Sarah-Jane, Harriett, / Mary and Ellen / “Jesus said come unto Me all ye that / Labour and I will give you rest” Matthew 22. 28 verse / In Memory of / John FEAVER / who died July 17th 1877 / aged 66 years /



“God is our refuge and strength / a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46. 1 verse // Haslewood p90-91. JH adds: burial ref. of Mudhall Farm bur. July 21 1877 aged 66

DN33Headstone with peon top rising to a fleurdelys and with rolled shouldersSacred / to the memory of / William JENNER / of this parish / who died 24th April 1870 / aged 38 years / Leaving a widow, 3sons and 2 daughters / Therefore be ye also ready: for in such / an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh, Matthew xxiv, 44 / Also of / Harriett / wife of the above / who fell asleep in Jesus / 11th Oct 1898 / aged 68 years / “Her children arise up and call her blessed”. Prov xxxi, 28 // Haslewood p90 has only William. Recorded in full by PW 1975

DP16Headstone with ogee topIn / Memory of / George AUSTEN / who died 22nd Sepr 1891 / Aged 50 years / Leaving a widow and mother / A light is from our household gone / A voice we loved is still / A place is vacant in our home / Which never can be filled / Also of / Fanny / Beloved wife of the above / who died 20th June 1923 / aged 84 years / Also of / Fanny AUSTEN / his mother / who died 23rd July 1894 // FootstoneG. A / 1891 / F. A / 1923 // The older Fanny Austen recorded by PW as buried in DM7

DP19A simple Gothic headstone, with IHS carved within a circle, the first line of MI above following the shape of the archI.H.S. / In Loving Memory of / Frederick SHARPE / for many years undertaker in this parish / who entered into rest 24th Jan 1914 / aged 93 years / Also of Ann / wife of the above / who entered into rest 28th Novr 1907 / aged 87 years / so He giveth His beloved sleep //

DP21A flat stone with a full length cross on the top, the MI on its chamfered sides:His sun has gone down while it was yet day / In Memoriam Thomas Henry BURDEN, born December 2nd 1843 / and died at / Staplehurst January 6th 1870: leaving a wife and one son / Also of Gertrude wife of Thomas Henry BURDEN / who died March 12th 1875 aged 28 years // Haslewood p90

DP24Low Latin cross on a stepped base inscribed with MIWillie Milton / WHITE / Born May 18th 1886 / Died Dec 23rd 1892 / “He shall gather His lambs / With His arms and carry / Them in His bosom” //

DQ9Headstone with peon top stepped midway down the shoulders, the MI on the west faceSacred / to / the Memory of / Mary AUSTEN / wife of James AUSTEN / of this parish / who departed this life Octr 3rd 1867 / aged 68 years / Also of / the above named / James AUSTEN / who died May 19th 1869 / aged 73 years / left surviving one daughter Eleanor // Haslewood p92

DQ14Headstone with sloping shoulders stepped midway and rising steeply to a sharp point, the MI on the west face.In / loving memory of / Mary Ann EATON / who died 24th April 1887 / aged 57 years / Blessed are the dead / which die in the Lord / Also of / Daniel EATON / who died 8th February 1904 / aged 74 years / Peace Perfect Peace //

DR3Simple Gothic headstone, the MI on the west faceSacred / to / the Memory of / Reynolds MARSHALL / who died May 3rd 1887 / aged 83 years / Also of Martha wife of the above / who died March 4th 1867 / aged 64 years / Left surviving / 3 sons and 2 daughters / viz Reynolds, John, Elizabeth, / Stephen and Lydia //

DR33Cambered headstone, the MI on the west face



In affectionate remembrance / of / Miriam SHARPE / who died May 2nd 1865 / aged 28 years / I know that Thou wilt bring me to death / and to the house appointed for all living. / Job xxx. 23 //

DT2Oval headstone with scotia shoulders, the MI on the west faceIn Memory / of / William HAYLOR / who died March 8th 1865 / aged 75 years / For 38 years a faithful servant / in one family in this parish // foot stoneW.H. 1865 //

DT9Tall stone with Norman top, the MI on the west faceIn / Loving Memory of / James MAYNARD / Died May 15th 1891 / Aged 78 years / also of / Charlotte his wife / Died June 29th 1889 / Aged 70 years / also of / Julia their daughter / Died Jany 11th 1864 / aged 17 years / also of / Joseph their son / Died April 15th 1870 / aged 12 years / Come unto Me all that labour and are / heavy laden and I will give you rest // FootstoneJ M / 1891 //

DT16Round topped stone with an inset border of stars below the curve and a trefoil motif below the first line of the MI, the MI on the west faceIn Memory of our beloved parents / William Dean STACE / died March 27th 1897 / aged 79 years / And Mary his wife / died August 7th 1894 / Aged 74 years / Two loving hearts have passed away / Through death’s dark stream to endless day // foot stone W.D S 1897 // foot stoneM.S 1894 //

DT23Headstone with peon top stepped midway down the shoulders, the MI on the west faceSacred / to the memory of / Sarah CRITTENDEN / of this parish / who died March 4th 1865 / aged 56 years / Her affliction was long and painful too, / with sorrow and grief while here below / yet those who are washed in Jesus’ blood / shall live and reign with Him above // Haslewood p96

DU5Headstone with peon top, stepped above scotia shoulders, the MI on the west faceIn / Affectionate Memory / of / George WEEKS / of Catsford in this parish / died Octr 7th 1893 aged 77 years / Also his beloved wife / Eliza WEEKS / died Jany 7th 1897 aged 78 years / Not lost but gone before //

DU14Headstone with scotia shoulders; central round top flanked by two smaller rounds, the MI on the west faceIn / affectionate remembrance of / Kate MERRICKS / who Died 8th Octr 1869 / aged 1 year and 3 days / also of / James MERRICKS / who Died 13th April 1874 / aged 4 years / also of / Alice MERRICKS / who Died 22nd April 1874 / aged 10 years / “The Lord gave, and the Lord / hath taken away, blessed be / the name of the Lord // Haslewood p98-99Two footstones, only one clearly inscribed:J M / 1874 //

DU26Headstone with round top flanked by rosettes on the shouldersSacred to the Memory of / George MUNN / of Yew Tree Farm in this parish / who died March 3rd 1885 / aged 73 years / “Watch and pray: for ye know not / when the time is” / Also of Eliza MUNN / his wife / who died October 8th 1889 / aged 74 years / Be ye also ready for in such an hour as / ye think not the Son of Man cometh //

DU29On a curb no longer visible, recorded by PW 1975



In loving memory of George MUNN who died 16th November 1923 aged 80 years. / Also of Anne MUNN beloved wife of George MUNN who died 16thAug 1927 aged 78 years. //

DU31Headstone with triangular top, the shoulders elaborately carved and with a stylised crown at the topIn / Affectionate Remembrance / of / Emma Jane Healy PARKS / the beloved wife of / Thomas PARKS, of Benenden / died July 2nd 1875 / aged 23 years / leaving an infant daughter / Emma Cicely Elizabeth / Husband, farewell, tis thou must rear / Our Babe in God’s most holy fear; / O teach her infant lips to pray, / And guide her in the narrow way; / So may we meet renewed, forgiven, / No wanderer lost, a family in heaven / “Thy will be done, O Lord” // Haslewood p97

DU33Low stone with round top separated by ogees from rounded shoulders, the MI on the western face In / Memory of / James Walker / second son of / John and Mary-Ann BARNARD / of Hainford in Norfolk / who died May 28th 1864 / aged 18 years // Haslewood p97FootstoneJ W B / 1864 //

DV1Tall stone with cambered top, the MI on the west faceIn Affectionate Remembrance / of / Emily JENNER / who died 28th February 1863 / aged 17 years / Also of / Frederick JENNER / who died 19th December 1875 / aged 28 years / Thy will be done // Haslewood p103

DV3Tall headstone with round top, checked above scotia shoulders; above the MI an incised bunch of flowers, the MI on the west faceIn / Loving Memory / of / Richard JENNER / of Babbs Farm in this parish / who died Feb 18th 1893 / aged 91 years / Also of Ann / wife of the above / who died June 12th 1876 / aged 71 years / Also of Elizabeth / daughter of the above / who died Feby 15th 1893 / aged 65 years / “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord” //

DV9Tall gothic stone with trefoil passion flower motif incised above the MI on the west faceSacred / to the memory of / Louisa / wife of / Thomas BRYANT / who died July 2nd 1874 / aged 67 years / Come on, my partner in distress, / What keeps thee back from home? / Now I have lain me down to rest, / Why shouldst thou further roam! / Hast thou not ever been my guide / Throughout lifes wearying scene? / Then come and lay thee by my side, / And all will be serene! / For Blessed are the peaceful dead / Who in the Lord do die; / Their works, the Holy Spirit said, / Shall follow them on high. // Haslewood p103

DV17No stone remainsSacred / to the memory of / Thomas HOPPER / who died October 31st 1864 / Aged 45 years / Come unto me all that labour and are / heavy laden and I will give you rest / and of / Lucy HORN / who died December 31st 1864 / Aged 80 years // Haslewood p98

DV24Low slab tomb once with iron railing; tall Gothic headstone, the MI deeply framed below a decorated archIn / affectionate Remembrance / of / Charles SOUTHON / of Cranbrook / who died June 6th 1874 / aged 77 years / Also of / Martha Ann SOUTHON / wife of the above / who died March 19th 1878 / aged 78 years / “A time to be born and a time to die” // Haslewood p104

DV28Headstone with peon top forming a pediment above a Norman designSacred / to the memory of / George THOMPSON / of this parish upwards of 20 years / a faithful servant of the late / Thomas LAW HODGES Esqr / who died on the 8th of July 1864 / beloved by all who knew him / aged 62 years / leaving a wife and one son George / him surviving / also / of Frances



THOMPSON / wife of the above who died on the / 23rd of February 1865 aged 65 years / They rest in hope of a Joyful resurrection // Haslewood p104

DV30Headstone with peon top stepped above scotia shouldersIn / Loving Memory / of / Thomas FARLEY / many years sexton / of this Parish / who died October 16th 1877 / Aged 77 years / Also of / Sarah Ann FARLEY / wife of the above / who died April 14th 1891 / Aged 85 years / They rest in hope //

DV32Headstone with peon top, the top projecting forward; the MI framed by a simple border with rounded shoulders, the MI on the west faceSacred / to the Memory of / Sarah Archer wife of / John WENMAN / of this parish; / who died December 22nd 1863 / aged 52 years // Haslewood p105

DW11Stone now lostIn Memory of / Rosa MILLEN daughter of George and Mary / MILLEN, who died August 4th 1863 / aged 2 years and 8 months // Haslewood p108

DW26Tall stone with rounded top and rounded shoulders, the IHS carved within a roundel above the MII.H.S. / In / Loving Memory / of / Julia wife of / Edward Gower WENMAN / born July 24th 1833 / entered into rest / March 5th 1901 / also of / the above named / Edward Gower WENMAN / who died Decr 9th 1909 / aged 79 years //

DW28Headstone with sloping shoulders rising to a trefoil cross, the surface now much damagedElizabeth WENMAN, / born 8th February 1846, / died 18th September 1868. / "Them which sleep in Jesus / will God bring with him". // Haslewood p105

DW29Tall stone with rounded top and rounded shoulders, the IHS carved within a roundel above the MIIn / Memory of / Edward Gower WENMAN / who died Decr 28th 1879 / aged 76 years / also of Hannah / his widow / who died March 24th 1886 / aged 81 years / “I know that my redeemer liveth” // Haslewood p105

DX3Simple headstone with peon topIn / memory of / John COTTON / of this parish / who died April 6th 1875 / aged 88 years / also of / Charlotte COTTON / wife of the above / who died July 11th 1861 / aged 77 years // Haslewood p109

DX13Headstone with substantial trefoil above wide scotia shouldersIHS / In / Memory of / Selina-Jane VICKERS / who died / December 14th 1862 / aged 4 years / “She is not dead but sleepeth” // Haslewood p108

DX14Tall Latin cross above a three-step base bearing the MI, within a curbed plotIn loving memory / of / Richard James BODY / who died 2nd Sept 1889 / aged 57 years / and Frances his beloved wife / who died 17th July 1890 / aged 59 years //

DX16Headstone with substantial trefoil above wide scotia shouldersIHS / Sacred / to the memory of / Richard Joseph Cornelius / BODY, / who departed this life / on the 1st of May 1863 / aged 4 years. / "One sweet flower has drooped and faded, / One beloved child has fled. / One fair brow the grave has shaded, / One so very dear is dead".//.Haslewood p108



DX17Simple headstone with square topIn Loving Memory of / Elizabeth WESTON / died 7th February 1958 / Also of Lucy WESTON / sister of the above / and last surviving daughter / of Henry Thomas WESTON / died 12th June 1960 / in her 90th year // Recorded by PW 1975

DX18Tall Latin cross above a three-step base bearing the MIThomas WESTON / Standen Street / April 4th 1856 – April 25th 1936 / Abide with me / Mary WESTON / 1853 – 1945 / R.I.P. // Recorded by PW 1975

DX19Headstone with sloping shoulders rising in three steps to a Celtic crossIn / Loving Memory / of / Henry Thomas WESTON / of Standen / who entered into rest / 7th September 1899 / aged 79 years / “so he giveth his beloved sleep” //

DX20Tall Gothic stoneIn / Affectionate Remembrance / of / Mary / wife of / Henry Thomas WESTON / of Standen House, Benenden / died 28th Septr 1873 / aged 48 years / And let him that is athirst come and / whosoever will let him take of the / water of life freely // Haslewood p107

DX23Tall Gothic stoneIn / Memory of / Fanny daughter of / Henry Thomas and / Mary WESTON / who died March 7th 1863 / aged 5 years / also Frank their son / who died March 16th 1863 / aged 1 year and 11 months / Not lost but gone before / Also John their son / who died Jany 7th 1868 / aged 1 year and 5 months // Haslewood p107

DX25Tall Gothic stoneIn / memory of / Susanna BULEY, / spinster, who died March 15th / 1863 aged 77 years. / also of / Ann BULEY who died Feb 12th 1883 / aged 66 years / And they shall be mine / saith the Lord of hosts / in that day when I / make up my jewels // Quotation from Malachi, 3.17

DX27Headstone with ogival top with smaller ogees above rounded shoulders,In / memory of / Ernest Edwin / son of / Benjamin and Caroline SOUTHON / Born October 16th 1862 / Died October 10th 1863 / “The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away / blessed be the name of the Lord” / Also of / their youngest daughter / Olive Vine SOUTHON / born December 9th 1860 / died May 27th 1883 / In the midst of life we are in death // FootstoneO V S / 1883 //

DX29Gothic headstone with elaborate carving of flowers and harvestIn loving memory of / Caroline, wife of / Benjamin SOUTHON / who died August 7th 1909 / Aged 84 years / The will be done / Also of / the above named / Benjamin SOUTHON / who died March 4th 1915 / aged 88 years / Peace Perfect Peace //

DX31Headstone with square top stepped to rounded shouldersIn Loving memory / of / Thomas SOUTHON / who died 14th June 1876 / aged 77 years / Also of / Sophia his widow / who departed this life 9th February 1883 / aged 80 years / And of / Clara, their youngest daughter / who died 1st November 1882 / aged 41 years // Also a footstone with similar topT S 1876 / S S 1883 / C S 1882 //

DX34Double-headed stone, the surface much damaged



Not my will, O God, but thine be done / Erected / to the memory of / Owen SOUTHON, / of this parish; / born November 6th 1822 / died September 10th 1863 / leaving a wife and two children / Kathrine and Anne Elizabeth / to lament their loss / For nature feels though faith triumphs // Haslewood p105-106

EA1A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds, the inscription now hard to read in decorative gothic script: In memory of / Edward GOWER, Senr, / late of this parish, who died / 4th July 1801 aged 68 years. / Also Elizabeth his wife, / who died 18th July 1794 / aged 65 years. / John their son died 15th June 1767 / aged 4 years. Their surviving issue: / Edward, Elizabeth, Mary and Ann. / As also John, his son (by Elizabeth / his second wife, whom he left surviving), / who died in his infancy. / Likewise near this place are buried / in one grave the Father and Mother / of the said Edward Gower, who / died nearly at the same time. Also / their sons George, John, Robert and his wife. // Haslewood p15. Registers record infant John buried 1798, Mary and George GOWER both 1751; George 1765, John 1787, Robert 1784 (also Sarah 1786 and Sarah 1788)

EA2A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds:Sacred / to the memory of / Edward GOWER, Son of / Edward and Elizh / GOWER of this Parish, who died / June 17th 1823 / aged 63 years. / Also Mary their Daughter, who / died May 16th 1835 aged 68 years. / Also Elizh their Daughter, who / died February 25th 1836 aged 71 years. // Haslewood p14-15

EB1A tall stone with a oval top flanked by two rosettes, its carving obscured by lichens:Sacred / to the memory of / Richard SHOOBRIDGE / of this parish / who died May 10th 1848 / aged 81 years, / Leaving a Widow, / four Sons and two Daughters, / viz: Richard, John, Robert, Samuel, / Mary and Sarah. / “Prepare to meet thy God” Amos ch iv vr xii / Also of / Sarah, Wife of the above / who died February 23rd 1854 / aged 84 years. // Haslewood p16

EB2A tall stone with a oval top flanked by two rosettes with scotia shoulders, inscribed in squared lettering:Sacred / to the memory of / Robert SHOOBRIDGE, / who died November 26th 1874 / aged 79 years. / Sarah / wife of Robert SHOOBRIDGE / of this Parish, who died May 9th 1828 / aged 39 years / Left issue surviving 5 sons / and 1 daughter, (viz): Thos George, / Robert, James, Charles / and Silvester. / Emma / wife of Robert SHOOBRIDGE / who died Nov. 12th 1892 / aged 84 years // Haslewood p15-16; Emma added later.

EB3A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds,Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas MANWARING / of this parish / who died November 28th 1849, / aged 50 years. // FootstoneT M / 1849 // Haslewood p14

EC1A low-lying (sunken or broken?) stone with deep ogee top:In memory of / William SHOOBRIDGE who died 26th June 1819 aged 46 years. / Also of / Philadelphia his wife / who died 7th April 1845 aged 77 years. // Haslewood p16; register lists ages as 83 years and 67 respectively.An inscription now lost is also recorded as nearby:Sarah SHOOBRIDGE / died November 22 1781 / aged 1 year and 10 months. // Haslewood p17; Parish records: “d. of Dak” who may be “Oak SHOOBRIDGE buried 14 Aug 1819 aged 77”

EC2A tall stone with a round top with rosettes on the shoulders, already” well covered by moss and lichens” in Haslewood’s day, no longer legible:In / memory of James, son of Joseph / and Ann SHOOBRIDGE / of this parish who died / the 21st of



May 1825 / aged 10 months and 10 days. // Haslewood p17

ED1A tall stone with central round and scalloped top:In / memory of / Jane, / the kind and affectionate wife of / James SHOOBRIDGE / of this Parish, / who died on March the 3rd 1847 / aged 71 years. / Also of the above named / James SHOOBRIDGE, / who died on May the 4th 1853, / aged 77 years. / "Life is short, death is sure, / Sin the cause, Christ the cure". // Haslewood p19; register lists James as aged 76.

ED2A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds with rosettes:"Our days upon earth are a shadow". Job. 8 Chap. 9 Ver. / Sacred / to the memory of / Jane, / wife of Owen SOUTHON, / who died December 4th 1852 / aged 24 years, / leaving a husband and one son, / viz, James-Shoobridge, aged 16 months, / to lament the loss of an affectionate wife / and a kind mother. / Also of the above named / James-Shoobridge SOUTHON, / born August 7th 1851 died April 16th 1855. / "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: / blessed be the name of the Lord". Job. 1 Chap. xii Ver. // Haslewood p19

ED3A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds, the surface badly weathered:Erected / to the memory of / John DUNGEY, / late of Maidstone, who departed / this life July 8th 1831 aged 63 years. / Also Ann, wife of the above, who / departed this life January 28th 1830 / aged 60 years. / "And as it is appointed unto Men once to die, / but after this the Judgement". / This stone was erected by order of his / sole executor, Mr John KIRBY / of Maidstone, victualler. // Haslewood p18

EE1A tall stone with a oval top elaborated with scrolls above ogee shoulders, badly weathered:In memory of / Elizabeth, wife of / William BARROW, / who died July ye 22nd 1770 / aged 20 years. / Also William her son, / who died an infant. / "She like a rose was fresh and gay, / but now is cut down and lies like clay". // Haslewood p20

EE2Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders, inscribed on east face. On the left-hand side:In memory / of James BARROW / of this parish, / yeo, who died / ye 19th of August 1757 / aged 47 years. // On the right-hand side:Also in / memory of / Elizabeth, wife / of James BARROW. / She died May ye 15th / 1782 aged 71 years. // Below, across the stoneLeft issue 5 sons and one daughter: / James, Willm, Thos, Larence, / John and Elizath. // Haslewood p20

EE3A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds, the MI now almost unreadable. In memory of / John BARNS / of this parish who died December 11th 1833 / aged 26 years, / leaving a widow and one daughter, / Miriam, to lament their loss. / Also of Miriam CLARK, / daughter of the above named / who departed this life September 1st 1862 / aged 29 years. / I was cut down while in my bloom, / It was God’s will to be; / In Heaven with Him I hope to dwell, / And my blessed Saviour see; / Grieve not my tender Parents dear, / May Christ your comfort be; / And we together pray God to meet, / To all Eternity. // Haslewood p20

EF1A tall stone with a oval top flanked on each side by two small rounds with a dip between, the shoulders also curving:In / affectionate remembrance of / Mary GUDE, / the beloved wife of / Frederick TURTLE, M.D. / of London. / Born January 11th 1832, / died December 10th 1864. // Haslewood p25; register adds ‘of Colet Place, London’



EF2A tall stone with a oval top flanked on each side by two small rounds with a dip between, the shoulders also curving:In / memory of / George, son of John / and Elizabeth WENMAN / of this parish / who died Jany 19th 1837 / aged 31 years. / Also Emma, born Janry 9th 1843 / died Sepr 18th 1848. / Thomas-Smith, born / June 19th 1833, died Octr 4th 1848. / Ellen-Elizabeth, born / July 29th 1847, died March 25th 1849. / Frederick-George born / Janry 13th 1839, died April 6th 1861, / children of John GUDE / and Sarah WENMAN. // Haslewood p25

EF3A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds above scotia shouldersIn memory of / John WENMAN / of this parish who died June 21st / 1821 aged 46 years, / leaving a Widow, 3 Sons and / 1 Daughter. / Also Elizabeth, wife of the / above who died Septr 14th 1845 / aged 79 years. // Haslewood p24

EF4A tall stone with sinuous top, a central round immediately flanked by two slightly smaller, with rounds on each shoulder above another round and dip:In / memory / of / John GUDE, bachelor, / Son of John and / Mary GUDE of this parish, / who died March 16th 1832 / aged 68 years. // Haslewood p24

EF5A tall stone with sinuous top, a central round immediately flanked by two slightly smaller, with rounds on each shoulder above further waves down the sides:In memory of / Mary, Eldest Daughter of / John and Mary GUDE, / Second Wife of John SPARKS / of this Parish, who departed this / life (with a cancer in the / breast) February the 24th 1817, / aged 54 years. / With patience to the last she did submit, / And murmur’d not at what the Lord thought fit / But unto God her Soul she did resign, / Leaving this World and Friends behind; / Oh! may we meet again in realms above, / To sing and praise Redeeming Love. // Haslewood p24

EF6A stone with double round top:In memory of / John GUDE of this Parish, who / died January 20th 1793 / Aged 59 years. / Left issue 1 Son and 2 Daughters, (viz) / John, Mary and Elizth. / Also Mary his Wife who died / September 20th 1797 Aged 67 years. // Haslewood p23

EF7A tall stone with oval top flanked by two small rosettes and scotia shoulders, still readable in ideal conditions:In memory of / John RELF of this Parish, / who departed this life 24th February 1823 / aged 85 years. / Also Elizabeth his first Wife, / who died 8th September 1772 / Aged 28 years. / And of Jemima his second Wife, / who died 30th July 1790 / Aged 43 years. / Also of one Daughter Elizabeth, / Aged 25 Years, is buried in the adjoining / grave. / Left surviving by his former Wife 2 sons / and 1 daughter, / and by the latter 2 sons and 3 daughters. // Haslewood p23. Register Elizabeth RELF 11.04.1795

EF8A substantial slate stone with high round top immediately flanked by rosettes and checked shoulders; at its head, above the wreath “Burgis, Cranbrook”:Sacred / to the memory of / Joseph RELF, / Yeoman of this Parish, / who died May 12th 1844 / aged 73 years. / Left surviving Frances his widow / & two children, 1 son and 1 daughter, viz: / Joseph and Frances-Jane. // Haslewood p22-23 adds words not visible on this stone: Also Caroline Elizabeth, / daughter of the above / Joseph and Frances RELF / who died September 13th 1843 / aged 22 years. / "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints". //

EF9A tall stone with high peon top, centyrally carved with a cross in an oval above incised petterns



creating a square frame for a Norman top to the MI: In / affectionate remembrance of / Joseph RELF / of Mount Pleasant, / who died June 26th 1865 / aged 43 years, / leaving surviving a Widow / and 4 Children, / viz: Eliza-Jane, Joseph, Katherine / and John. / Submissive to Thy will, O God, / The justice of that will we own, / ’Tis Thine to use the chastening rod / ’Tis ours to say “Thy will be done.” // Haslewood p22

EG1 A tall stone close to the Vicarage garden with scalloped top:Sacred / to / the Memory of / John SPARKS, late / of Stansted in the / County of Hertfordshire, / who departed this life / November 30th 1825 / aged 61 years. // Haslewood p25-26

EG2 A tall stone with sinuous top (three central rounds and rosettes on the shoulders); the inscription in large letters, but with the poem italicised:In Memory of / Mary, Wife of John SPARKS, / who departed this life Jany18th / 1807 aged 42 years. / Affliction sore, Two years I bore; / Physicians were in vain. / The Lord did please to call me hence / And ease me of my pain. // Haslewood p26.

EG3 A tall stone with oval top flanked by dips, the shoulders decorated with curves; the poem less deeply etched and italicised:In Memory / of Amy, wife of Thos DAY / of this Parish who died / April the 30th 1806 / Aged 51 years. / Left issue One Son, James. / My early Days was Health and strength / My latter Days was Grief and pain; / The Lord did much for me at last, / He took me with him to Remain. // Haslewood p26

EG4Sally BROWN / died / November 13 1778: aged 20. // Haslewood p26. PW could not find the stone in 1975

EG5Ann BROWN / died June / 17 1771: aged 7 months. // (Register: 1771. June 21, Ann, daughter of Greenland Brown, infant).Haslewood p26. PW could not find the stone in 1975

EG6 A tall stone with peon top and half rosettes on the shoulders; although its surface is weathered, the inscription is still visible, though at the end of the 19th C, it was already “covered with moss, difficult to read”:Sacred / to the Memory of two Children / Samuel and Philadelphia BARNS, / late of this Parish. / Caroline died October 30th 1815 aged 5 years / and 8 months. / Amos died Dec 7th 1815 aged 2 years and / 4 months. / Weep not for us our Parents dear, / For we are with the Lord: / Remember what our Saviour saith, / You must become as children are / Or you shall not see God. / Farewell, my dearest Babes, no more shall I / Thy azure eyes behold; / The short career which thou hast run / Is like a tale when told, / This busy world with all its cares / Is vanished from thy sight / It had no charms to fill thy mind / Nor to impede thy flight; / With partial fondness oft have I / Thy lovely forms survey’d / But now my sweetest babes you’e gone / Farewell departed shades / In Heaven the home of virtuous mind / We hope to meet again, / And there the one Jehovah Praise / With the Angelic Train // Haslewood p29-30

EH1 A tall stone with a oval top and decorated shoulders:Sacred / to the Memory of / William BUCKLAND / of this Parish, who died March 11th / 1833, Aged 71 years. / Left surviving Rebecca his Wife, / two Sons and one Daughter. / Also of Rebecca, Wife of the / above who died January 10th / 1852 Aged 89 years. // Haslewood p27

EH2 A tall stone with a half round top checked above decorated shoulders, much weathered:Sacred / to the memory of / Thos Elcock BUCKLAND, / son of William and / Rebecca BUCKLAND / of this parish, who died / November the 23rd 1814 / in the 31st year of his age. / I was cut down in my



prime, / And you my Friends I leave behind, / Prepare for Death without delay, / I suddenly was call’d away: / Death doth not always warning give, / Therefore be careful how you live; / On Christ alone your Souls rely, / That precious bleeding Sacrifice. // Haslewood p28

EH3 A tall stone with a half round top checked above decorated shoulders, hard to read:Sacred / to the memory of William, / son of William / and Rebecca BUCKLAND / of this parish, / who died Decrr the 22nd 1809 / in the 23rd year of his age. / Also James and George / their Sons, who died / in their infancy. / With patience to the last he did submit, / And murmur’d not at what the Lord thought fit. / But unto God his Soul he did resign, / Leaving this world and friends behind: / Oh! may we meet again in realms above, / To sing and praise redeeming love. // Haslewood p28. Registers: unbaptised infants, sons of Thomas, 15.8.1807 and 16.1.1809.

EH4 A tall stone with a carving below the broken top including a cherubic face:In memory of / Thomas, Son of George and / Rebelle ELCOCK of this parish, / who died August 6th 1783 / aged 10 Years and 11 Months. / We say he’s dead, alas he cannot die, / He’s only chang’d to Immortality: / He grieves not, sighs no more, his race is run, / Successfully that was so well begun: / Weep not for him, who has no cause of tears, / Hush then your sighs, and calm your needless fears. // Haslewood p29

EH5 A tall stone with a half round top checked above decorated shoulders, well worn:Sacred / to the Memory of / Rebelle, Wife of / George ELCOCK / of this Parish, who died / March the 26th 1815 / Aged 72 years. / Left Surviving Two Daughters, / Rebecca and Ann. / Also Ann, Daughr of the above / George and Rebella Elcock, / died Jany the 14th 1817, aged 48 years. // Haslewood p29, who marks the text (sic) against ‘Rebelle’

EH6Double-headed stone, two rounds checked above deep central dip and shoulders, no longer readable, unidentified //

EH7A short stone with round top; the latter part of the inscription is now buried:In / memory of / Willm TYE of this / parish. He died June / 14 1774 / aged 60 years. / Also in Memory of / Elizth RABSON, / late of this Parish Spinster / she died December 25 1802, / aged 75 Years. // Haslewood p30

EH8A tall stone with undulating top:Sacred / to the memory of / Richard MILLS / of Pump House in this parish, / who departed this life March 5th / 1845 in the 82nd year of his age. / Also Elizabeth his wife, / who died March 21st 1845 / in the 66th year of her age. / Left surviving 3 sons, / Richard, George and Edmund. // Haslewood p31

EH9A tall half round stone; carved at the top, on a band between leaves and below a crown and cross, are a very small cricket bat and ballsIn Memory of / Richard MILLS, / late of Pump farm/ in this parish, / who died Jany 25th 1882 / aged 83 years. // Haslewood p31; he also gives on pp 188-9 details of him as a cricketer and the famous match of Sept 1834 when he and Edward Gower Wenman challenged an XI chosen from the Isle of Oxney, and won.

EJ1A tall stone with oval top scalloped each side, close to the Old Vicarage garden:Sacred / to the memory of / Ann, Widow of / Mr W. MASTERS of Rolvenden, / formerly the wife of Mr J. SPARKS / of this Parish, / And for twenty years a faithful Servant / and friend to the family of / Thomas Law HODGES, Esqre, / late of Hemsted. / She departed this life / in humble hope of a blessed Resurrection / through the merits of her Redeemer / on the 4th of September 1860, / Aged 77 years. / "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord". // Haslewood p27



EJ2A short stone with peon top:In Memory of / Alfred, Son of / Richard and Elizabeth MILLS / of this Parish, / who Departed this Life October 22nd 1810 / Aged 7 Years. / Fond Parents though wise Heaven your prospects blight, / Still rest assured, whatever is – is right; / That Being whom created Worlds obey, / In mercy gives, in mercy takes away; / Supremely wise and just his Sovereign will, / And finite man, should tremble and be still. // Haslewood p33

EJ3A tall stone with a central round at the top enclosing: a metal figure of a reclining woman, flanked by two small rounds before scalloped shoulders:Sacred to the Memory of / Charlotte, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth MILLS / (of this parish), / who departed this life / at Maidstone in this county, / December 5th 1835 aged 25 years. / Also Eliza, their daughter / died March 27th 1837 aged 21 years. // Haslewood p32-33

EK1A short stone with highly raised round top checked above scotia and undulating sloping shoulders, its surface much weathered:Here lieth / ye body of Sarah, / Wife of Joseph / ILDEN of ys Parish. / She died ye 5th of / Novr 1748 in ye / 85th Year of her Age. // Haslewood p33

EK2Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders and matching dip in centre, the inscription on the eastern face now only just visible; in 1975 recorded as carved with an hour glass and a snake swallowing its tail:In Memory of / Thomas DRURY / of this Parish, Yeoman, / who died January ye 6th 1768 / Aged 83 Years. / Also Rebekah his wife / who died March ye 22nd 1765 / Aged 78 Years. // Haslewood p33

EK3Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders now badly weathered; it seems that Robert’s MI was on the left-hand side, the right-hand side void and the remainder across the bottom; the inscription is on the east faceHere lieth ye body of / Robert / HAYWARD, / Yeoman in this / Parish, who / departed ye life / November ye 11th / 1751, Aged 61 yrs. / Left Ann his wife. By her He had / 5 Sons and one Daughter, Willm, / Isaac and Samuell, deceasd, now survivg / him Robert, James and Elizabeth. // Haslewood p34. Register 1751: November 16. Robert Hayward, Churchwarden

EK4A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds checked above scotia shouldersSacred / to / the Memory of / Thomas BLACKWELL / late of this parish / who departed this life Feby 13th 1830 / aged 56 years / Leaving a Widow: 4 Sons & 3 Daughters viz: / Thomas, William, Edward, John, / Mary Ann, Elizabeth and / Sarah Charity / Also of Mary / wife of the above named / who departed this life Decr 20th 1855 / aged 68 years / Also of / Elizabeth daughter of the above / who died March 25th 1851 / aged 35 years // Two footstones T. B. / 1830 //E.B. / 1851 // Haslewood p34-35

EK5A short stone with half round top checked above rounded shoulders, the MI in large lettering:James Son of / Thomas & Mary BLACKWELL / who died March 31 1829 / aged 4 years // Haslewood p35

EK6A tall stone with gently undulating half round top, the upper portion badly weathered, but visible at the foot[_________________] Martha Daughter of / Richard & Sarah WARD / [______] //



Not recorded by Haslewood but clearly an old stone. Register for 1760 records Martha WARD, “child of Mr Richard”, and also another Martha WARD.

EK7A tall stone, with central rosette at top flanked by wide ogee shoulders, leaning to the south:Sacred to the Memory of / John BUSBRIDGE of Staplehurst, / who departed this Life May the 2nd / 1816 aged 72 Years. / Also Jane, Wife of the said / John BUSBRIDGE, who departed / this Life July the 19th 1817 / aged 52 years. / Left Issue: Two Sons and two / Daughters, (viz) John, William, / Mary and Ann. / "Be serious Friend to watch the great affair, / T’will be too late when thou art lodged here". // Haslewood p35

EL1A stone with steeply pointed triangular top with trefoil, above the MI a cross with an oval frame:Ever with the Lord. / In fond memory of / Mary Jane BURT, / who fell asleep in Jesus Dec r 26th / 1870 / aged 30 years. / Also William, / father of the above, / died May 20th 1843 / aged 36 years. // Haslewood p38-39 has Wm aged 86, register 36.

EL2A short stone with highly raised domed top, checked above undulating sloping shoulders, its surface much weathered. The length of the recorded MI suggests much of the stone may be buried, or the stone broken:Here lye / ye Body of / Richd, Son of Alexr / and Margt NARWOOD of / this Parish, who died ye 13th / of Sepr 1749 in the 49th / Year of his Age. / The above Alexr and Marg r had / 9 Children, viz: Mary, Ann, Mary, / Francis, Martha, Sarah, Alex r / & Richd. The sd Alexr and Margt / & 5 Children lie near this / Stone. The 2d Mary was / interred at Fairly in Sussex, / Frans at Thurnham in Kent / and Sarah at Rolvenden. / Now surviving only Alexander. // Haslewood p38. Register 1749. September 19, Richard NARRWOOD; 16.6.1715 Martha NARWOOD, child, d of Alexander; 8.4.1762 Alexander NARWOOD.

EL3A medium-sized stone with ogee top flanked by decorative rosettes and scotia shoulders:In / Memory of / Mary PANKHURST, / Spinster, / who died August 20th 1841 / aged 89 years. // Haslewood p38

EL4A stone with scalloped top and rosettes on the shoulders:In Memory of / John MILLER, late of Cranbrook, / Farmer, who died October the 7th 1817 / Aged 68 Years. / Also of Two Sons, William, who died / an Infant, and John a Youth. / Whilst servile Flatt’ry spreads the Hero’s fame, / And pours her venal praises on the wife; / Jesus ti’s on the glories of thy name, / The Christian’s faith and hope of Heaven relies. / Also Elizabeth, wife of the above / -said, who died November 21st 1831 / aged 74 years. // Haslewood p37. Registers: William 18.2.1783; John 8.4.1796.

EL5A tall stone with round top flanked by rosettes and scotia shoulders, the MI in simple bold lettering:In / Memory of / Henry DRAWBRIDGE / who died Nov 26th 1818 / aged 26 Years. // Haslewood p37

EL6 A stone recorded by Haslewood now lostCLEVELAND // Haslewood p37. Registers include William CLEAVELAND, 2.10.1820, aged 64.

EL7A tall stone with small central round at top flanked by undulations, the surface badly weathered:To the Memory of / William BUSBRIDGE of this Parish / who departed this Life March the 25th / 1817 Aged 65 Years. / "Man that is born of a Woman is of few days, / and full of trouble". / Also of Elizabeth his Wife, / who departed this Life Decr the 2nd / 1828 aged 64 years. / Left Issue Four Sons and Three / Daughters, (viz) John, William, / Joseph, James, Mary, / Sarah and Judith. // Haslewood p36-37

EL8A tall stone with central round top flanked by smaller rounds falling to splayed corners, clearly



incised:Sacred / to the Memory of / Sarah / Wife of James HATCHER, / Born December 11th 1833, / Died October 17th 1872. / "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken / away. Blessed be the name of the Lord". / Job. 1.21. // Haslewood p36

EM1A tall stone with a oval top flanked by two checked rounds; simple squared letters below an elaborately decorated ‘To’:To / the memory of / Richard Wells STREETER, / who died February 3rd 1836 / aged 27 years. / I was cut down in all my prime / It was God’s will that I should be! / In heaven I hope with him to dwell, / My blessed Saviour for to see. / Grieve not for me my wife and friends, / Nor after me repine, / Death is the debt we all must pay / And no man knows the time. // Haslewood p42

EM2An extremely weathered stone with half round top, the inscription mostly no longer visible:In / Memory of Elizth, / Wife of John WELLS / of this parish, / who died Oct r 21st 1798 / Aged 71 years. / Also near this Stone lies / Elizth, their Daughter, / who died in her infancy. / Also of / the aforesaid / John WELLS, who / died April 29th 1810 / Aged 79 years. // Haslewood p42-43

EM3A tall stone with a oval top flanked on each side by two small rounds, the shoulders checked:Sacred / to the memory of / Elizth, Wife of / James SHOEBRIDGE / of this Parish, who died / Novr 10th 1823 / aged 28 years. / Also Polly COLEMAN, / Mother of the above Elizth / SHOEBRIDGE, who died / Sepr 29th 1834 Aged 62 Years. / Left Issue 2 Daughters, / (viz) Mary and Elizth. / Also Elizth

their Daughter / who died Jany 28th 1824 / Aged 5 months. / Likewise 2 Children / who died in their Infancy. // Haslewood p44

EN1A short stone with highly raised round top checked above scotia and undulating sloping shoulders; the surfaced damaged but much of the inscription still legible:Here / lieth interred / the Body of Martha / HAYWARD, Wife of Rob / HAYWARD of Rolvenden / and Only Child of Willm / GIBSON of Benenden / she departed this life / March ye first 1747 / Aged 22 years. // Haslewood p43

EN2A tall stone with three rounds together at the top and checked shoulders; carved in the semi-circles with a cherub’s face flanked by two crosses in rectangular frames, one at an angle:In Memory of William / GIBSON of this Parish, Yeo / who died Nov r the 27th 1757 / Aged 62 years. / Also to the Memory of / Martha, Wife of the said / William GIBSON, who / departed this life Nov 28th / 1763 Aged 72 Years. // Haslewood p43

EN3A tall stone, well preserved, with peon top and decorated shoulders; a deeply incised convex oval above the MI contains the first three words:In / memory / of / John RICHARDSON / of Sarnden Farm / in this parish, / who died Novr 5th 1846 / in the 82nd year of his age. / Also Philadelphia, wife / of the above, who died Novr 6th / 1843 in the 70th year of her age, / leaving 6 sons and 5 daughters, / (viz) Philadelphia, Mary, / John, Sarah, Hannah, / Thomas, Mercy, James, / William, George and Francis. // Haslewood p44-45.

EN4A tall stone with a round top checked flanked by two smaller rounds, the inscription barely visible on the weathered surface:Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. / Sacred / to the memory of / Elizabeth MILLS, / died November 16th 1846 / aged 23 years, / eldest daughter of John / and Philadelphia MILLS / of this parish. / Also Joseph, their / youngest son died Decr 21st / 1855 aged 18 years. / In the midst of life we



are in death watch therefore. // Haslewood p45

EP1Table top tomb; traces of red paint, described by Haslewood as “ Altar tomb within iron railings”, but no railings survive.On the east wall:Sacred / to the memory of / Sarah Rider, / widow of the / Reverend Daniel BOYS, / born 20th March 1784, / died 4th August 1863. // On the south wall:Sacred to the memory of / the Reverend Daniel BOYS, M.A., / late vicar of this parish, and also of Brookland / in this county, who died September 11th 1857, aged 80 years. / He left surviving Sarah Rider his wife, / who was the youngest daughter of / William Barrington RICHARDSON, esq. of Bermondsey, / Surrey, by whom he had issue 12 children, viz: Daniel, / Sarah, Thomas, James, Robert Edward, Emily Jane, / George, Frederick, Francis, Charles Octavius, / Alfred William & Susannah Catherine. / Sarah died July 1st 1839 aged 29 years. / Frederick died March 13th 1844 aged 24 years. / George died May 17th 1858 aged 40 years. // Haslewood p39

EP2A tall stone with central ogee flanked by scallops, boldly incised in Roman lettering and clearly legible:Sacred / to the memory of / George GOLDSMITH / of this Parish, Bachelor, / who departed this life / June 1st 1842 / aged 69 years. / He was for upwards of forty years a / faithful servant to / Mr John RICHARDSON / of Sarnden in this parish. / This stone was erected by / James GOLDSMITH / as a tribute of esteem / and affection. // Haslewood p39-40

EP3A tall stone with scalloped top and rounds on the shoulders, its surface badly flaking away:In Memory of / Amelia S.R. LAZONBY, / who departed this Life / Feby 22nd 1829 / aged 18 Years. // Haslewood p40

EP4A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds, its surface in good condition; the first word in decorative script above plain Roman capitals:Beneath / this stone are deposited / the remains of / John Samuel LAZONBY esq. / who died a bachelor / Nov 3rd 1835, / to whose memory / a tablet / has been kindly erected / in this church / by his friends and / neighbours. // Haslewood p40

EP5A medium height stone with decorated oval top, probably carved with cherub’s head; the surface weathered:Sara / daughter of / Richd and Mary STREETER / born July 31st 1811. / died May 4th 1812. // Haslewood p41

EP6A tall stone with scalloped top, very badly weathered and no longer legible:In Memory of / Richard WELLS of this Parish he / died Nov r the 30th 1807, / aged 72 Years. / Left Issue One Son, Richard. / Stop Traveller and cast an Eye, / As you are now so once was I. / As I am now so you must be, / Therefore prepare to follow me. / Also of Mary his Wife who / died January the 8th 1813 Aged / 64 years. // Haslewood p41

EP7A short stone with highly raised round top checked above scotia and undulating sloping shoulders, its surface weathered:In Memory / of Sarah Wife / of Richd WILLIAMS, / late of Brighdeham / in Sussex, she died / ye 3d of Jan r 1746 / in ye 83d Year of / Her Age. / left Issue 2 Sons / & one Daughter, / Richd, Henry & Elizth. // Haslewood p41

EP8A short stone with highly raised round top checked above scotia and undulating sloping shoulders, its



surface very much weathered:In Memory / of Mary, Daugr / of John and Mary / MEEDE she died / ye 1st of Nov r 1748 / Aged 12 Years. / Erected by Henry / WILLIAMS of ye Parish, / Her Grandfather. // Haslewood p42 (Register 1748, November 7. Mary, daughter of John MEAD of Tenterden).

EP9A stone with scalloped top, badly weathered:Beneath / this stone are / deposited the remains of / Joseph, / son of Mr Jenkin HAGUE of / Biddenden, Kent, / and / Sarah his wife. / He died at the early aged of 20, / Novr 24th 1813, / having conducted himself / in all instances / as a dutiful son to his parents, / and an example of / good morals / to those of his own age. / His afflicted mother / erects this stone / to commemorate his worth, / and her own great and premature / loss / of an affectionate child. // Haslewood p49

EP10A tall stone with scalloped top Sacred to the Memory of / Joseph HINDS of this Parish, who departed this / Life Octr the 28th 1801 Aged 75 Years. / Also Sarah his Wife departed this Life / Decr the 18th 1801 Aged 74 Years. / Left Surviving One Daughter, Sarah. / Their ever Affectionate and afflicted Daughter, / caused this little Stone to be Erected as a testimony of / her Heartfelt gratitude to the Memory of the best of / Parents, Their rational and endearing conversation / was not only the perpetual delight of her heart; But / their pious and exemplary conduct was Likewise / the pleasing rule, and constant direction of her Life. / While o’er the Grave of Parents truly dear, / A Lamenting Child drops the filial tear; / A stone, a verse, Oh honoured Pair receive, / As the last tribute gratitude can give / To such dear Saints I’ll bid a kind adieu, / And hope to share a blissful Heaven with you. // Haslewood p48A foot stone:J.H.1801

EP11A tall stone with a decorated square top; above the MI, a carving of two figures flanking an open book:In Memory of / two Daughters / of Joseph and Sarah HINDS, / Molly departed this Life Sepr the 18th / 1786 / Aged 24 Years. / Hetty departed this Life May the 24th / 1777 / Aged 14 Years. / Alas dear Children, short is the race you have run, / Call’d to the grave, ere scarce thy course begun, / Their deaths lamented by Friends tho’ happy lot, / Laid in the Tombs, where cares are all forgot, / Departed this life now safe on that calm shore, / Where sin and pain and sorrows are no more. / ‘Tis not for these the tears of grief should flow, / But for their Friends loss and wretched woe, / The loss of Children occasions a grief severe, / And must from parents eyes cause many a tear, / But time and wisdom with the aid of heaven, / Will teach we are to our parents lent, not given. // Haslewood p47-48

EP12A tall stone, its top eaten away and the surface badly weathered:This Stone / is Erected in Memory of / Ann BONNICK, Wife of / William BONNICK of / Cranbrook, who departed / this Life May 24th 1799 / Aged 29 Years. // Haslewood p47

EP13A broad stone with round top flanked by smaller rounds checked above scotia shoulders, its surface badly weathered:Sacred / to the Memory of / Mary, Wife of Isaac HAGUE / of this Parish, and Daughter of Thos / and Elizabeth DURRANT / of Hawkhurst, who died the 27th of / October 1829 Aged 29 Years. / Also Sarah-Elizth, the only Child / of Isaac, and Mary HAGUE, / who died the 20th of June 1828 / Aged 18 Months. / May Angels guard their sleeping dust, / Till God shall please to raise the just; / Then may they wake with sweet surprise, / And in their Saviours Image rise. // Haslewood p47

EP14A tall stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds and scotia shoulders, badly weathered at the top right but much of the inscription is still visible:Here / lie the remains of / Sarah, / Wife of Mr Jenkin HAGUE / of Biddenden, who died Jany 21st 1831 / Aged 74 Years. / Daughter of Mr Joseph HINDS / of this Parish she left 2 Sons, / William and



Isaac. // Haslewood p46

EQ1A flat weathered stone, very thick, on a vault ; the inscription, still visible, is in a column to the left, the right-hand column unused:Catherine / WYNNE / Born / the twenty seventh / Day of August / 1741, / Died the seventh / Day / of February / 1788. // Haslewood p51, who adds the note: [Buried in linen, A tall stone with a oval top flanked on each side by two small rounds, scotia shoulders, covered in lichens but the inscription still readable:In / memory of / Elizabeth, wife of / Robert JONES / who died April 4th 1836 / aged 69 years. / Also of / Robert JONES, / who died May 26th 1838 / aged 72 years, / leaving 2 sons, & 3 daughters, / viz: Ann, Elizabeth, Jane, / Isaac and James. / Also / of 2 sons & 2 daughters who / died in their infancy. / Here let them rest in undisturbed dust, / until the resurrection of the just. // Haslewood p51

EQ3A short stone with steeply gabled top incised with a diamond hollow in which is a shield; the inscription is now concealed by a similarly pointed footstone:In memory of / Elizabeth, / wife of James JONES, / who died April 26th 1884 / aged 78 years. / God is Love. // On the footstone:E.J. / 1884 // Haslewood p50-51

EQ4A tall stone with scalloped top:In Memory of / Henry WILLIAMS of this / Parish, Yeoman, who died / Novr 2nd 1798 Aged 63 Years. / Left surviving Rebecca his / Wife, who Erected this Stone. / Also Rebecca his Wife who died / May 27 1800, Aged 70 Years. / None but my Wife doth know of this, / because our Children are all dismist. // Haslewood p50

EQ5Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders:In Memory of / Mary, Wife of Henry WILLIAMS / of this Parish. She died June / the 29th 1770 Aged 89 Years. / Left Issue one Daughter Elizabeth. / Also in Memory of the above / said Henry WILLIAMS of / this Parish, Yeoman. He died / August the 10th 1778, Aged 75 Years. // Haslewood p50

EQ6A short stone with highly raised round top checked above scotia and undulating sloping shoulders, its surface much weathered:In memory of / William PELLATT / of this Parish / who Died May ye / 15, 1766 aged 65 / Years. // Haslewood p50

EQ7Only a lower section of the stone remains:In memory of / Thomas PELLETT, / who was 44 Years / Clark of this Parish / and in the said Time / he Buried 1022. / He died March 24th / 1810 Aged 73 years. // Haslewood p49; but in the parish records as Thomas PELLATT.

EQ8A tall stone with round top, very badly weathered; only the final words are visible:In / Memory of Martha, / Wife of Samuel BARHAM / of this Parish, who died / Feby the 18th 1801 / Aged 46 Years. / Left Issue one Daughter. / Also of the above said / Samuel BARHAM who died / June 21st 1807 aged 48 years, / Leaving his Second Wife with / two Daughters, Elizth & Jane. // Haslewood p46

EQ9A tall stone with round top checked above rounded checked shoulders: the inscription is still largely visible; the poem italicised:In / Memory of Martha, / Daughter of Samuel / and Martha BARHAM, / late of this Parish, / who died April the 6 1805 / aged 18 Years. / The time was short together we did stay, / For God did call and she



did him obey / In love we liv’d in peace she died / We pray’d for Life but God denied. // Haslewood p45-46

ER1A fine, square stone deeply and elaborately carved at its top with two winged cherub faces and drapes; the last six lines of the poem are now below the surface of the ground:In Memory of / two Sons of Thomas and / Philadelphia CARLY / of this Parish. Harry died / August 5th 1772, Aged 20 Years. / John died Octr 4 1772, / Aged 22 Years. / This Earthly house our spirit leaves / And all created things: / A Heavenly house for to receive / Built by the King of kings / Where our Redeemer dwells / With whom we hope to be / And all our Friends in Christ / Shall soon come after we. // Haslewood p52

ER2Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders, carved with weathered medallions once possibly decorated with roses; the inscription remains very clear. The left hand side reads:In Memory of / Magdalen, / Wife of Thos / BUCKLAND, of / this Parish, who / departed this / life April 21 1771 / Aged 51 Years. // The right-hand side reads:Also in Memory / of the said Thos / BUCKLAND, of / this Parish, / Yeoman, who / departed this / life April 13 1786 / Aged 60 Years. // Below, across the stone:Left surviving five Brothers and / two Sisters. // Haslewood p52

ER3A tall stone with scalloped top, badly weathered; little of the surface and inscription still visible:In Memory of / Joseph BUCKLAND of this Parish, / who departed this life August the 26 / 1804 Aged 64 Years. / Also Mary his Wife / who departed this Life Novr the 12th / 1804 Aged 61 Years. / Left Issue 2 Sons and / 2 Daughters, (viz) James, Thomas, / Mary and Sarah. // Haslewood p52

ER4Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders standing not far out of the ground, the last three lines being now below ground:Here Lies / Interred the Body of James BUCKLAND, / late of this Parish, Yeoman, who departed / this life September the 1st 1772 in the / 82 Year of his age. He left Surviving / his Affectionate Wife with Six Sons & / Two Daughters. / Also in Memory of Mary, Wife of the / said James Buckland, who departed this / life Decr ye 20th 1782. Aged 82 Years. // Haslewood p53

ER5A stone with elaborate carving above a large oval containing the inscription:In Memory / of / Mr John BUCKLAND, / late of / Hollington, in Sussex, / who departed this Life / on the 11th day of June / 1821, / aged 48 years. // Haslewood p53

ER6A large stone with damaged top; the central portion of the surface has flaked away:To the Memory of / Sarah, Wife of John BUCKLAND / of Hollington in Sussex Yeoman, / who departed this Life Sepr the 28th / 1805, Aged 73 Years. / Likewise near this place lieth / James, their Son, who died / in his Infancy. / Also the above John BUCKLAND / died May the 5th 1813 Aged 83 Years. / Here lies Benighted in this Silent Grave, / A tender Mother and a Parent brave, / A quiet Neighbour and a faithful Friend, / So as she lived we hope so is her end. // Haslewood p53-54. Register 16.3.1763 James BUCKLAND, s of John.

ER7A tall stone in good condition; the top oval flanked by small rounds, rosettes on the shoulders:Sacred / to / the Memory of / Anna Maria, / wife of Thomas HOWARD, / formerly of Petersfield, Hants, / who died December 5th 1849 / aged 64 years, / leaving a husband, 2 sons and 1 daughter / to lament the loss of an affectionate wife / and kind mother. / Also the above / Thomas HOWARD / who died November 13th 1871 / in the 91st year of his age. // Haslewood p54



ER8A large squarish stone with undulating top, elaborately incised above the MI with cherubs flanked by the rays of the sun on the right and on the left a vertical torch, perhaps two archangelic horns and another staff surmounted by an endless ring, perhaps a serpent:In Memory of / Martha, Wife of / Charles HEATH of this Parish, / who died Jany 3 1782, / Aged 59 Years. / Left Issue Henry and Martha. / Also in Memory of / Charles HEATH, of this Parish / who died Jany 4 1796 Aged 79 Years. // Haslewood p54

ER9A large squarish stone with undulating top, elaborately incised at the top with cherubs flanked on the left by the rays of the sun and on the right a symbol probably the same as its neighbour’s (Martha HEATH), a torch, perhaps and horns surmounted by an endless ring:In Memory of / Samuel MUNN, Son of / James and Deborah MUNN / of this Parish, who died Decr / 29 1780. Aged 51 years. / Also Elizabeth MUNN, / Daughter of the said James / and Deborah MUNN, who / died Septr 8 1780, Aged 48 Years. // Haslewood p55

ER10A stone with squarish top and rounded corners, the carving of a pair of winged cherubs with horns either side of an open coffin framed by scrolls:In Memory of / James, the son of James MUNN / and Deborah of this Parish, / Butcher, who died ye 8th of June 1766 / Aged 48 Years. / Also in Memory of Willm CHUBB, / late of Lewisham Butcher who / died August 20 1786. Aged 61 Years. // Haslewood p55

ER11Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders, well preserved and the inscription set in a frame, all above ground:Here lyeth ye Body of / James MUNN of this Parish, / Butcher. He died June ye 8th / 1733 in ye 60th Year of his Age. / Also ye Bodies of one Son & 2 / Daughs, Tho: Sarah, & Cordelia / left Surviving by Deborah his Wife daughters / 2 Sons & Six Daughters, / James, Samuel, Deborah, Mary, / Ann, Martha, Cordelia & Elizabeth. / Also Here lyeth ye Body of / Deborah, Wife of James MUNN / she died the 20th of March / 1748 Aged 63 Years. // Haslewood p55-56; parish records have ‘Mrs MUNN buried 27 Mar 1749’ (no given name).

ER12A tall stone with scalloped top, somewhat weathered but still largely legible:Sacred to the Memory of / Joseph HALL of this Parish, / Yeoman, who departed this Life / November the 3d 1813 / Aged 82 Years and Eleven Months. / Also / of Ann, his Wife, / who departed this Life Nov. the 21st / 1836: Aged 88 Years. // Haslewood p56

ER13Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders marked by lichens but with the inscription still visible:In Memory of / Thos TRESS of this Parish / who died Jany 11 1767 / Aged 57 Years. / Also Mary, his Wife, died / June 18 1762. Aged 50 Years. // Haslewood p56

ER14A stone with deep ogee top and scotia shoulders; the MI in squared lettering:Sacred / to the memory of / Samuel Munn HEATH, / yeoman of this parish, / who departed this life April 1st 1862 / aged 78 years. / Left surviving a widow & 2 daughters. // Haslewood p56

ER15A substantial stone with a round top flanked by two smaller rounds and scotia shoulders, its surface covered with lichens; the ornamentation at the top and the inscription decipherable in good light:Sacred / to the memory of / William SOUTHON, of this Parish / who died the 12th of January 1827, / Aged 91 Years. / Also of / Sarah his Wife who died / the 8th of July 1819, Aged 83 Years. // Haslewood p45



ER16No stone remainsIn memory of / Ann, wife of Thos HUNT of / Pullington in this parish, / who died March 28th 1777 / aged 25 years. / Left issue John, Mary, Ann and / Susanna. // Haslewood p57

ER17A short stone with highly raised round top checked above scotia and undulating sloping shoulders, its surface weathered:Here lieth / the Body of / Ann, Daughr of / John FIELD / of this Parish by / Jane his Wife, who / lies Interr’d at / Ticehurst in / Sussex. ye Sd Ann / died ye 9th of April / 1747 in ye 15th year / of her age. // Haslewood p57

ER18A squarish stone carved with 4 medallions below the top; the surface has been damaged by weathering but some of the lettering is still visible. To the Memory of / Four Daughters of Edward and / Mary FIELD of this Parish. // Haslewood’s transcription then shows three columns; in the first the four names; in the centre ‘Oct’ and ‘1760’ flank the list of four dates, and on the right the four ages; between the columns are bracketed {Died} and {Aged}. Below is the italicised poem.Jane Died Oct 12th 1760 aged 2 y 9 m 22 d. / Mary Died Oct 15th 1760 aged 4y 4m 20d / Elizabeth Died Oct 17th 1760 aged 9 y 1 m 30 d. / Martha Died Oct 18th 1760 aged 1 y 9 m 24 d. // Four sisters dear, lie Buried here, / That all Died in one week; / It pleas’d God so that they should go / Their Saviour for to meet. / Dear Parents all, grieve not a tall / If your Babes should Summons be / To dwell with God in Heaven on High / To all eternity / Erected by John FIELD, their Grandfather. // Haslewood p57-58

ER19A substantial stone, the surface of which has crumbled away:In / mmemory of Margaret, / daughter of Edward and / Mary FIELD of this / parish, who died July / 28. 1769 in the 16th Year / of her Age. // Haslewood p58

ER20Only remnants of this stone remain in the ground:In Memory of John, son / of Edwd and Mary / FIELD of this Parish, he / died March 21. 1778, / aged 18 years. // Haslewood p58

ER21A tall stone with round top, much weathered and with few letters left:In memory of / Sarah TOMKIN, late / of Hawkhurst, who died / Jany 15. 1779, / Aged 47 Years. / This Stone is Erected by / her Brother, Edwd FIELD / of this Parish. // Haslewood p58-59

ES3Double headstone with round tops checked above scotia shoulders, well covered by lichens but the lettering still visible:In Memory of / Thos CARLY of this Parish. He / died August the 17, 1768, / Aged 47 Years. / Left Issue two Sons and one Daughter, / John, Harry and Philadelphia. / Also in Memory of Philadelphia, / Wife of the said Thos CARLY, / who died Novr 21, 1773, / Aged 52 Years. / Also Philadelphia TAYLOR, Daughter / of the above Thos and Phila Carly, / who died Sepr 17. 1781, Aged 26 Years. / Left Issue Will, Phila and Sarah. // Haslewood p61; Parish records: Philadelphia TAYLOR, wife of Stephen

ES4A substantial stone with rounded top checked above scotia shoulders; covered with lichen but some lettering still clear:In / Memory of Elizth, Widow / of Samuel HUNT, Gent. / she died June ye 12th 1769 / Aged 82 Years. / Left Issue two Sons & four Daughs. // Haslewood p61

ES5A tall stone with central roundel, a small rosette each side and scotia shoulders, its surface flaking



badly:Sacred / to the Memory of / Sarah, Wife of James BUCKLAND / of Little Ninevah in this Parish, / who departed this Life Jany 20th / 1830 Aged 65 Years. / Also the above-named / James BUCKLAND, who died / Jany13th 1841 Aged 76 Years. / Likewise Thos, their Son, / who departed this Life March 6th 1789 / Aged 11 Months. // Haslewood p60-61

ES6On the south side of an altar tomb with very substantial ledgerHere lyeth ye Body of Mary SHARP, Daughtr of Richd SHARP, Gent and Martha his Wife of / Benenden. Married first to Stepn SHARPEIGH / of ye same parish, and late Wife of Sander / HAFFENDEN of Biddenden, Gent, Who Dyed / on ye 23 of Nov 1704 in ye 47 year of her Age. // On the west end panel:Here lyeth ye Body of Stepn / SHARPEIGH Gent, who / Dyed on ye 28 of May 1697 / in ye 84 year of his Age. // Haslewood p60, who adds: [Register 1704. Dec 4. Mary, wife of Sander Haffenden of Biddenden. 1697. June ye 4th. Stephen Sharpeigh, gent. Anno aetatis 84o]

ES7A tall stone with central rounded top, upstanding rosettes each side and scotia shoulders, very well preserved; the decoration of ‘To’ at the top and the rosettes mimic earlier stones but are more economical in style To / the memory of / Samuel SANTER / of this Parish / who died April 19th 1838 / aged 65 years. / He left issue by Mary, his wife / who survives him, / 1 son and 5 daughters, viz. / Maria, Eliza, Harriet, Jane, Sam / and Mary. / Also to the memory of / Mary, daughter of / Samuel and Mary SANTER, / who died Nov 18th 1841 / aged 24 years. / Also Jane, daughter of the above, / who died April 5 1873 / aged 62 years. // Haslewood pp59-60

ES8Haslewood describes a very large upright stone, in head of which are engraved two figures, also an angel blowing a trumpet , but it had disappeared by 1975:In Memory of / Mary, wife of Samuel SANTER of this / Parish, Daughter of Edwd and Judith / HAINS, she died Decr 19th 1794 / Aged 18 Years. / Left Issue one Son, Edward. / Here lies Intomb’d beneath Earths cold bed, / She that for whom ten Thousand tears was shed; / Her parents dear could not refrain, / Weeping though Weeping it was in vain: / Now her dear soul hath taken flight, / Borne up by Angels to the Realms of light; / Her infant dear she left behind, / And A Youthful Husband that was kind; / Her Years were few, her Grief the less; / Blame not her haste to happiness / also of Judith HAINS aforesaid, who / died December 17th 1813 Aged 66 Years. // Haslewood p59

FA1Headstone with oval top, checks and scotia shouldersIn / loving memory of / our dear Mother / Susanna HORSMAN / Died December 9th 1923 / Aged 70 years //

FA2Record found of burial of Charles HARMER 27.4.1989

FA3Low headstone with cambered top pulled back on the shoulders with scotias before cambered shoulders above half-round indentsSacred / to the Memory of / Ann / the beloved wife of Charles BRIDGE / who died Nov 26th 1930 aged 65 / At rest / Also the above Charles BRIDGE / who died Dec 21st 1942 aged 79 / God calls all parents home when earthly tasks are done / Precious Memories //

FA4 A white marble curb with the inscription on the top surfaceIn ever loving memory of / Charlotte CLARKE who died April 9th 1933 Aged 53 years //

FA10RusticMaltese cross with inscription on splayed rustic baseIn cherished memory / of / Sarah GIBBS / Born December 30th 1854 / entered into rest Feb 13th 1939 / “I am the resurrection and the life” //



FA11Curbed plot with square headstone In loving memory of / Henry GIBBS / born 30th Jany 1858 died Jany 1946 / aged 88 years / Also Harold Henry eldest son of / Henry and Sarah GIBBS / died 3rd Novbr 1945 aged 65 years // Leaning against the headstone a rectangular stoneAlso resting here are the ashes / of Henry’s sons / Ernest / born 6th March 1888 died 21 Feb 1961 / John Oliver / born 21 April 1883 died 23 Oct 1961 //

FA14A curbed plot with inscription on the top surfaceIn loving memory of / John ARNOTT / born at Middlesborough Dec 8th 1918 / died at Benenden Dec 24th 1942 //

FB1Curbed plot with headstone with square top with checks; to the left a pillar with slender cross hung with foliageIn Loving Memory of / Kate WATSON / who died 24th March 1925 / aged 66 years / Also / Walter John WATSON / husband of above / who died 4th April 1937 / aged 77 years. / Reunited. //

FB2A curbed plot; inscription on the outward facet of the curbIn Loving Memory of Charles William KING died 3rd April 1928 aged 36 / R.I.P. / Also of Helena Betty KING died 12th Nov 1925 aged 4 //

FB4Tall headstone; at the top, peon formed by crossing beams which project beyond the meeting point, as do verticals, like wooden posts In / Loving Memory / of / Kate / wife of W.C. EDMETT / passed away / Jan 16th 1931 / Aged 75 years / Resting in peace / also of William Collins / EDMETT / died 13 Feb 1933 / Aged 74 years / Re-united //

FB5Curbed plot, headstone in two planes; at the front a broad Latin cross which opens out at the base with expansive scotias; behind it is a panel decorated with foliage with cambered top rising to the height of the crossbarIn fond remembrance / of / Kate Emma SWEETMAN / dearly / beloved / wife of / George / James / SWEETMAN / who / passed away / September 23rd 1935 / aged 69 years / Also of / George James SWEETMAN / Husband of the above / died January 4th 1937 aged 73 years //

FB8 A curbed plot; inscription on the outward facet of the curbIn Loving Memory of / Caroline Alice SPEIGHT who died 2nd December 1939 aged 63 years //

FB9Headstone now flat on ground; square top but raised to right by a round floral carvingResting / Annie MATTHEWS / Born 29 June 1872 / died 1 May 1940 / and / Charles MATTHEWS / born 25th June 1866 / died 1904 //

FB15 A curbed plot; inscription on the outward facet of the curbIn Loving Memory of / Annie wife of Alfred S. DEAN, Toronto, Died December 23rd 1945 aged 38 years //

FC2Tall headstone with peon top severely checkedIn / loving memory / of / a dear father & mother / William HATCHER / died June 7th 1915 / aged 81 years / Jane HATCHER / died May 11th 1901 aged 70 years / Also of our dear sister / Alice HATCHER / oldest daughter of above died Aug 3rd 1928 / aged 68 years / Also of our dear sister / Fanny HATCHER / died November 7th 1931 / aged 66 years / At rest //

FC4Tall headstone with Gothic topIn / loving memory / of / my dear Husband / Edward Charles CHANTLER / Died February 5th 1929 / aged 58 years / At Rest//



FC5Wooden cross. No inscription. //

FC6Flower vase. No inscription. //

FC7A flat square stone below a wooden crossAlbert Martin / BEESLEE / 1907 – 1986 / Doris Elsie / BEESLEE / 1909 – 1991//

FC8Headstone with square top and rasied shoulder to the right, the inscription on a forward plane set to the left, with foliage on the rightIn loving memory of / my dear Husband / Frederick BRAKEFIELD / who died 15th June 1938 / aged 80 years / In God’s keeping / also / Sarah Jane BRAKEFIELD / wife of the above / who died 11th Feb 1939 / aged 76 years / At /Rest //

FC9An open book In Loving Memory of / Frederick / William / BASSETT / died / 1st August 1940 / aged 41 years / Sleeping / till the / day breaks//

FC11A curbed plot; inscription on the outward facet of the curbIn Loving Memory of / Charles CROFT died April 12th 1943 aged 67 / Also his wife Alice Mary CROFT died 28th January 1967 aged 88 years / At rest //

FC12A curbed plot; inscription on the top of the curbIn loving memory of / Henrietta Maud WIDDOWSON who died 28th January 1967 aged 88 years //

FC15Cuboid flower holderJohn Jesse / SANTER //

FD2A Roman cross bearing a bronze Christ mounted ona rustic base with inscriptionOf your charity pray for / the soul of my beloved husband / Charles John SCRYMSOUR-NICHOL / only son of / the late Rev. J.G. SCRYMSOUR-NICHOL / of Hetton Hall, Co. Durham / who died peacefully / November 21st 1928 aged 55 / ‘Jesus mercy’ // Separate slab flat at the foot of the headstoneAlso for his devoted wife / Ella Mary / who died peacefully / May 26th 1962 aged 73 // A flat rectangular slab lying on the foot of the curbed plotJoanella SLATTERY / 13.10.1924 – 27.2.2006 / Beloved daughter / mum and granny / greatly missed //

FD3Rustic Roman cross mounted on rustic splayed base with inscription in irregularly shaped frameIn / loving memory of / Bertram Leon / son of Charles Brett / and Mary BUTCHER / died 21st Decr. 1928 / aged 38 years / At Rest //

FD7Pink marble headstone with square checked topIn loving memory of / Samuel Augustus BUTCHER / My dear husband / who fell asleep 26th January 1962 / At rest //

FD9Headstone with checked cambered top, the inscription on a raised planeIn ever/ loving memory of / Frankie / beloved son of / Susan and Sidney GILBERT / who passed away / 26th August 1964 / aged 21 years / For ever with us until we meet again //

FD10Headstone with ogee topIn ever / loving memory of / Sid / beloved husband of / Sue GILBERT / who passed away 16th April 1978 / aged 65 / With me always / until we are together again / Also Sue / loved wife of the above / passed away 18th September / aged 77 / Re-united //



FD11Headstone with ogee top, ancised cross above the MIFrancesco / CRISCUOLO / Born / Amalfi 1865 / Died / Benenden 1964 //

FD12Low headstone with peon topJames Jesse / SANTERRegister: Jesse James Santer 29 July 1963, aged 56

FD13White marble statue of young boy in shorts, hands held in prayer, on a splayed square plinthIn / tender memory / of / Adrian / the darling son of / Rose & Victor SANTER / who died 1st May 1968 / Aged 6 years //

FD14An open bookIn / remembrance / of / Sidney Alfred / LOCK / 15th June 1910 / 18th June 1978 / Life’s work / well done / and / His wife / Doris May / LOCK / (née ELLIOTT) / 8th May 1912 / 12 Jan 2003 / Greatly missed //

FD16A rectangular stone leaning backwards presented as two leaves of an open book with flat pagesIn loving / memory of / Thomas James / AVERY / (Jim) / 1905 – 1979 / at rest / Also his / loving wife / Florence / May / (Floss) / 1904 – 1986 / Together //

FD17Tall headstone with cambered topIn Loving Memory of / Astrid Elizabeth Rita / 7th June 1913 - 21st September 1993 / and / Alfred Henry KELLETT / 2nd August 1904 - 18th April 1994 / God bless them both //

FD18Tall headstone with oval top and falling ogee shouldersIn loving memory / of / Roland Frank / BEESLEE / beloved brother & uncle / who passed into / higher service / on 8th March 2001 / aged 82 / Blessed are the pure in heart / for they shall see God //

FD19Grey marble stone with irregular rustic edges, matching FD20Trog / George Anthony / ROYLE / Sept 1938 – July 2011 / Courage, Love and / Laughter that was this man //

FD20Grey marble stone with irregular rustic edges, matching FD19Christopher Scott / ROYLE / artist – adventurer / May 1966 – April 1997 / Death is a barefaced / lie – to boys / And taste of blackberries is Truth. / H. Warrer //

FE1Smooth Roman cross mounted on a three-tiered plinth containing the inscriptionIn / loving memory / of / Alice May KENNELL / née WENHAM / who departed this life / October 8th 1925 aged 56 years / Charles Henry KENNELL / Husband of the above / March 25th 1962 aged 89 years //

FE5A shieldIn / loving memory of / my dear wife / Emily NEWSHAM / who died 4th Feb 1933 / aged 75 years / Gone to rest / Also / Thomas NEWSHAM / Husband of the above / who died 21st Jan 1946 / Aged 86 years //

FE6Headstone with flat ogee-arched top, checked with scotia shouldersIn / loving memory of / our dear parents / Frederick FEAVER / passed on May 12 1934 aged 77 years /and / Fanny FEAVER / passed on Aug 29 1934 aged 75 years / ‘In death they were not divided’ //

FE8Headstone with square top, tiered to left and above, with leaves on the left



In ever loving memory / of / my dear husband / Herbert HALLAM / who passed on May 28th 1937 / aged 60 / Peace Perfect Peace //

FE10Headstone with square to deeply checked, the checks containing shell designsIn / loving memory / of/ George HEMSLEY / died 11th June 1947 / aged 77 years / Also his wife / Emily / died 16th June 1951 / aged 76 years / Til the day breaks //

FE11Low headstone with square top with rounded shouldersIn / loving memory of / Bruce / beloved husband of Lilian and / only son of Alfred and Marjorie SMITH / died 16 August 1947 aged 24 years / In God’s keeping //

FE14Headstone with cambered topEdith Annie / SANTER / 1909-1991 //

FE15Polished white marble headstone with peon top, the inscription below a peon panel with a rose each side of a crossIn loving memory of / a devoted husband, / dad and grandad / Timothy Peter EPPS / passed away 7th March 1991 / aged 60 / Love’s last gift – remembrance //

FE16Record found of burial of Mary J FRANCIS 15.1.1991

FE17Headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / William Horace ELLIOTT / died 18th December 1990 / aged 70 / R.I.P. //

FE18Headstone with square top with ogee shoulders decorated with flowersIn / Loving Memory / Elisabeth BAKER / nee GALLMANN / (dearest lovely Liseli) / 11.5.1915 – 29.4.1990 / and / Andrew James (Bunt) / BAKER / 26.9.1911 – 25.8.2003 / Both sadly missed //

FE19Headstone with square top, stepped with carving on the left of a rose beside the word PEACEPeace / In / loving memory of / a dear brother / Joseph AGOMBAR / 28.1.1920 – 19.2.1992 / also / his dearest sister / Elizabeth / 28.1.1920 – 24.12.1993 / Ever in our thoughts //

FE20Black marble headstone with oval top and sloping ogee shoulders; above the inscription, a roundel containing a rosehip(?)Loving memories / of a treasured / daughter and sister / Jane Helen PEEK / taken from us on 21st October 1994 / aged 25 years / following a motoring accident //

FE21Dark marble headstone, polished with rustic border, peon top and a cross incisedIn memory of a loving / wife, mother and grandmother / Maria Natividad PAGE / 9th Sept 1911 – 20th July 2002 / aged 90 years / and / Osmond William PAGE / 28th April 1910 – 12th Jan 2009 / aged 98 years / Loved and missed by all the family //

FE22Temporary marker on a crossIn Loving Memory Of / Mary STRONG / 12th July 2014 / Aged 72 Years //

FF4A stone shieldIn loving memory / - of - / James BURNHAM / Suddenly called home / on 26 Nov 1930 / Age 73 years //

FF5Tall headstone with Gothic topIn / loving memory / of / Edgar Harold COLEY / who died March 11th 1934 / Aged 49 years / Goodnight beloved, / the morning will unite us / also of / Alice COLEY / wife of the above / died January 4th 1936 / Aged 49 years. / At Rest //



FF6A flat stone with two inscriptions, each facing a different directionEliza Harriet REEVES / fell asleep 4th March 1939 Aged 74 years / Safe in God’s keeping / William Henry REEVES / Died 13th Sept 1937 aged 75 years / The gift of God is eternal life //

FF7An open stone bookIn / loving memory of / my dear wife / Alice TERRY / Born 10th March 1863 / Died 9th Nov 1940 / also / of her husband / Henry James / TERRY / Born 10th June 1861 / Died 11th June 1941 //

FF9 Inscription recorded on a stone curbIn loving memory of / my dear Mother Harriett HARDEN who died 15th February 1946 / aged 66 years //

FF10A granite headstone ona curbed plot; shaped like a shield with ogee top and concave sidesIn / loving / remembrance / of / Maud SCOTT / who died on January 3rd 1951 / in her ninetieth year / also Emma DAVIES / her devoted companion / and friend / who / lies buried nearby / R.I.P. //

FF11 Two brass plates on a wooden crossIn loving memory of / a dear husband and father / Edwin A.D. BEECHING / Passed away February 4th 1955 / God’s last gift ‘Remembrance’ // In loving memory / of our dear mother / Gwynneth Edna Poppy BEECHING / 11.11.1930 – 11.10.2009 / loved forever //

FF12A stone shield now largely buriedIn loving memory of / my dear husband / William J FRANCIS / who died 20th Sept 1955 / Aged 75 //

FF13Polished white marble headstone with peon top, the inscription below a peon panel with a rose each side of a crossIn loving memory of / a dear husband and father / Bertie Thomas (Tom) / MASTERS / born 31.12.11 died 12.12.89 / Loved and remembered always / A beloved wife and mother / Mary MASTERS / born 21.9.15 died 19.7.09 / Always in our thoughts //

FF14White stone with tall Gothic topTo / the dear memory / of / John Charles / GREENWOOD / 21.2.1914 – 14.12.1988 / and / Margaret Joan / GREENWOOD / 28.3.1914 – 1.5.2006 //

FF15Tall sandstone headstone with cambered top, a cross incised above the inscriptionIn loving memory / Lt Col / Ian Nigel RYLE / O.B.E. M.C. D.L. / 141 RAC (The Buffs) / 7 April 1914 / 17 December 2003 //

FF16Headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory / of / Ian Hugh Geoffery THOMSON / 1918 – 1988 / and his wife / Morna née YARROW / 1922 – 2009 / Ian Leslie YARROW / 1927 – 1997 //

FF18Headstone with ogee topRonald MITCHELL / 1913 – 1988 / ever in our thoughts / Cicelie MITCHELL / 1913 – 2009 / devoted mum //

FF19Headstone with ogee topWalter PAYNE / 1910 – 1988 / Forever in our hearts //

FF20Headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / Jeffrey Peter / Stewart ULLMAN / Died 20th December 1987 / aged 55 //



FF21Headstone in slate with half round feature at top set back containing carving of a rose; rounded shoulders also inwardly rounded to a level top below the roseCherished memories / of / my beloved wife / Bridget LOCK / 1908 – 1993 / Only goodnight, not farewell / Also her husband / Horace LOCK / 1918 – 1997 / At rest together //

FF22Headstone with peon top; above the inscription, a carving of a motor scooter In loving memory of / a dear son & brother / Peter M. BURLS / 8.11.1963 - 4.11.1993 / also of our mother / Lieselotte Irma / BROWN-BURLS / 28.7.1926 – 13.10.2008 / A cheerful smile to hide her tears / A steadfast friend throughout the years / A spirit brave, with strength of mind / A generous heart, unselfish and kind / Always in our thoughts //

FF23Half round headstone, a cross incised above the inscriptionIn loving memory of / Eva LUCK / who died on / 6th February 1995 / aged 84 years / Also her dear husband / Harold George / who died on / 24th September 1995 / aged 89 years / Reunited //

FF24Headstone with deep ogee topKathrine / Wilson Jeans / CULLEY / 5th October 1913 / 24th April 2004 / Vai com Deus // Vai com Deus – Portuguese, literally meaning ‘Go with God’

FG1A curbed plot; inscription on the outward facet of the curbSacred to the memory of / Alfred George SIVYER who departed this life 27th February 1927 Aged 65 years / At Rest //

FG2Tall headstone with round top checked with scotia shouldersIn Loving Memory of / Martha Harriett / The beloved wife of George Thomas RALPH / who passed away1st April 1929 / aged 72 years / May the souls of our faithful departed / Through the mercy of God rest in peace / Also of / George Thomas RALPH / who died 3rd Jan 1933 in his 78th year / At rest //

FG3A curbed plot; inscription on the curbIn Loving Memory of John SIVYER died 6th May 1938 aged 73 /

FG4Headstone in the shape of a vertical scrollIn Loving Memory of / my darling sister / Rosa SIVYER / who passed away / on June 12th 1944 / Peace Perfect Peace //

FG11Headstone with checked topIn Loving Memory of / William C. TALBOT / 1880 – 1954 / Laura L. TALBOT / 1877 – 1967 //

FG12Stone with lightly cambered top and scotia shoulders; a rose above an opened bookIn / loving / memory of / Julia Agnes / WEBB / died / 29th June 1956 / aged 56 / Also / William H / WEBB // aged 77 / R.I.P. / William / Frederick / WEBB / died / 23rd Dec. 1998 / aged 72 / and his wife / Stella May / WEBB / died / 24th March 2011 / aged 83 //

FG13Stone with square top, the corners splayed at an angle; leaves incised above the MI, which is under a Gothic arch and surmounted by a crossIn loving memory of / a dear son / Derek Roy MASTERS / born 15.6.42 / died 14.12.87 / Always in our thoughts //

FG14A wooden cross // Register: Alma Daphne EPPS



FG15Headstone with rounded shoulders each containing a roseIn / Loving / Memory of / Anne E. BACKHOUSE / 1901 – 1987 //

FG16Headstone with rounded shoulders each containing a roseIn / Loving / Memory of / Douglas F. BACKHOUSE / 1903 – 1987 //

FG17Metal plate on wooden markerMargaret Ellen KEMP / died 13th May 1987 / Aged 67 years / Ronald George KEMP / died 29th Oct. 1997 aged 77 years //

FG18Plain headstone with cambered topIn loving memory of / John R. WRIGHT / who died March 1st 1987 / aged 85 years / Also his wife / Lilian Olive WRIGHT / who died March 20th 2010 / aged 88 years / R.I.P //

FG19An open book mounted on a headstone with cambered top and ogee shoulders; above the book, a horizontal rose; a cord runs down the spine between the two inscriptionsIn / memory of / my loving Wife / Betty / KENWARD / 1934 – 1987 / sadly missed Nan / and Mother / till we meet again / And / of her / devoted Husband / Tony / KENWARD / 1933 – 1988 / A dear Grandad / and Father / Together forever //

FG20Headstone with ogee top, with a rose below the centreIn loving memory / of / Cicely M. MANNERINGS / 1910 – 1991 / Also / Nelson H. MANNERINGS / 1908 – 1992 //

FG21Headstone with rounded top checked before plunging ogee shoulders also checked; at the top, a circular picture of a dove with olive branchIn loving memory / of / Daphne Jane KELLETT / 4.5.1913 – 3.4.1994 / and her husband / Wing Cmdr. / Ronald Gustave KELLETT / D.S.O. D.F.C. V.M. / 13.9.1909 – 12.11.1998 / One of The Few //

FG22Unmarked grave. Register: Margaret Annie PARSONS 1996

FH1A tall rustic Maltese cross mounted on a splayed rustic base containing the inscriptionIn loving memory of / a dear husband and father / George BOURNE / died July 4th 1929 aged 73 years / “Thy will be done” / And of Mary Elizabeth widow of / the above died Feb 1st 1942 Aged 82 years / At rest //

FH2A curbed plot with a Roman cross at the head; the painted inscription is largely obscuredIn / Loving / Memory / of / Vera Violet GILBERT / Died / June 2nd / 1933 / Aged / 22 / At Rest //

FH3A vertical stone scrollIn memory of / our dear parents / Hanna and Frederick / GILBERT / Called to Rest / May 1952 and August 1955 //

FH4A curbed plot; headstone with oval top checked; above the inscription carving of roses each side of IHSI.H.S. / In Loving Memory of / my dear wife / Elizabeth CROFT / who died July 4th 1937 / aged 69 years / Also of / Benjamin CROFT / husband of the above / who died April 25th 1946 / aged 77 years / At rest //

FH6Inscription recorded on a curb no longer visibleIn Loving Memory of Charles Judge died January 1st 1945 aged 89 years / and Mary Jane JUDGE died January 29th 1940 aged 69 years //



FH8Cambered headstone decorated with foliage above the checked top panel containing the inscriptionIn loving memory of / my dear husband / Thomas Lionel INNS / who fell asleep 29th June 1940 / aged 57 years / He was so brave, He did his best / His faith was always fine / His Father gave him eternal rest / Not my will Lord but Thine / Also of his wife / Louisa INNS / died 9th Aug 1968 aged 85 years / Re-united //

FH9Headstone with rustic square top and rounded shoulders; in the centre, a roundel with intertwined IHSI.H.S. / In / loving memory of / Mark BARNES / died 8th March 1943 aged 85. / Also his wife / Annie BARNES / Died 16th June 1956 // A cuboid marble flower vase has inscriptions using three facesIn loving / memory of / my wife / Ethel May / MILES / born / May 31 / 1890 nee BARNES / died Jan 29 / 1975 //

FH14Square top headstoneB.S. JAMES / (Susie) / 6.6.06 – 3.6.85 //

FH15Unmarked grave // Register : Winifred Sanders POCOCK, 27.6.1985.

FH16Headstone with ogee top; above the inscription, the badge of the Royal Corps of SignalsIn loving memory of / Tom HANNABY / 1919 – 1985 / Also his wife / Ivy HANNABY / 1918 – 1999 / At rest together //

FH18A wooden celtic cross carved with the inscriptionRaymond / NEWTON-EDWARDS / June 20 1946 – Jan 9 1986 / oxo // two plaques on a wooden crossEdith Lilian / NEWTON-EDWARDS / Frilly Lilly / born / 2 Jan 1919 / passed away / 23 Aug 1999 // John / NEWTON-EDWARDS / ‘Johnnie Newt’ / 1939 – 2001 / Loved //

FH19Headstone with recessed oval top carved with a rose and leaves, and with curved shouldersIn / Memory of / A dear Mum and Nan / Phyllis HADAWAY / 19th May 1909 / 16th April 1986. / God bless. // Flower vaseIn / Loving / Memory //

FH20Headstone with ogee topIn memory of / a beloved sister / Dorothy (Jackie) WATSON / passed away 4th July 1986 //

FH21Headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / Nigel Monckton / CLOKE / 18th September 1935 / 4th May 1991 / To live in others’ hearts / is not to die //

FH22Stone with ogee top, below which is a soft carving of 3 water lilies In Loving Memory of / Frank Robert DARTNALL / Died 9th November 1993 / Aged 76 years / And his dear Wife / “Jo Jo” / Joan Doreen DARTNALL / Née RUSSELL / Died 4th June 2009 / Aged 90 years / Together in peace / Both too well loved to ever be forgotten //

FH23Register: Rowland HEMSLEY 5.2.1999 aged 68

FH24White headstone with peon topIn memory of / a dear wife, mother / ‘Nan’ & grandmother / Margaret SIMS / Nov 1923 March 2003 / Go Ndeanaid Dia Trocaire / Ap A Hanam //



The Irish prayer: May God have mercy on her soul. Ashes also interred on 9.6.2015 of George James SIMS, d 20.11.2014, aged 86

FJ3A tall stone with peon top and scotia shouldersIn Loving Memory of / George WEEKS / of Pockwell, Rolvenden / born 4th Aug 1848 died 5th July 1932 / in his 84th year / At Rest //

FJ4Headstone with oval top rising at the shoulders before splays interrupted by concave arcsIn loving memory of / our dear mother / Alma HINKLEY / who passed away July 23rd 1934 / Aged 77 years / ‘To live in the hearts of these we love, is not to die’ //

FJ5Headstone in the shape of an upright scrollIn loving remembrance / of my husband / Tom BURT / who fell asleep / March 14th 1935 / Aged 65 years / ‘Life’s work well done / Then comes rest’ / and of his wife Emmie / died April 10th 1955 / Aged 83 years //

FJ7Headstone in the shape of an upright scrollIn Memory of / Charles VINE / died Aug 30th 1940 aged 87 / also / Harriet VINE / died Jan 24 1940 aged 77 / At Rest //

FJ10 Inscription recorded on a brass plate on a wooden cross no longer in placeEdward MORGAN / died Oct 12th 1949 / Mary Emma MORGAN / died Jan 21st 1955 //

FJ11Headstone with square top checked only for the front half of its depthIn loving memory / of my dear brother / Norman ROOTES / Died 1st April 1956 / R.I.P. //

FK8 A curbed plot with postsAt Rest / In Loving Memory of Thomas BENSTED who died 24th January 1937 aged 75 years //

FK10Headstone in the shape of an upright scrollIn loving memory / of / Ann Emily CROFT / died June 18th 1939 / aged 58 / The pain was hard to bear / The hill a struggle to climb / God touched her weary eyelids / and whispered ‘Peace be thine’.//

FK11A kneeling angel in prayer on a cuboid pedestal which carries the inscriptionDarling / Little / Brenda // Brenda CURTIS

FK12A wooden cross with an inscription on a brass plaqueStephen Frank / son of Toby & Ellen BUTLER / age 2 years //

FK15Headstone with ogee topIn loving memory / of / Sylvia W ARCHBOLD / 1913 – 1984 //

FK16Register: Thomas Sam FRAWLEY 16.10.1984

FK17Flower holder. Register: Jonathan PAGE Nov 1984

FK18No marker. Register: Ann Elizabeth POOLE Feb 1992, Leonard George POOL 2000

FK19No marker. Register: Cyril (or Cecil?) HARDEN 1984

FK20Headstone with peon top ; above the inscription is a peon panel with a large rose on each side of a



crossIn loving memory / of / Hubert NEVE / (Fred) / 1910 – 1984 / and his dear wife / Irene / 1915 - 1995 / Beloved parents of / Eileen & Sheila //

FK21Headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / Annie SINDEN / 1899 – 1985 / also / Frederick Victor / SINDEN / 1901 – 1991 //

FK22Headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / Ethel SINDEN / 1888 – 1992 //

FK23Headstone with ogee top, the shoulders carved with flowersIn / Loving / Memory of / Winifred Frances LEWIS / née BEST / 24th March 1924 – 11th January 1992 / Win / a dear wife, mother, grandmother / sister and friend / Always in our thoughts / and / Harry Edward LEWIS / 3rd August 1920 - 21st July 2002 //

FK24Headstone with three quarter round top, then rounded shoulders; the first line of inscription curved round the top with a semicircular panel enclosing a tree below itDeeply loved Deeply Missed / Eugene Charl / Johan DU PLOOY 1934 + 1994 / Life too short / Eternity Together //

FK25Half round headstone with insignia of Irish Guards at the top (the eight-pointed Star of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick)Irish Guards / William / James Alexander / HOLMES / 14 Nov 1968 – 15 Dec 1995 / Greatly loved Son, Brother / and Grandson. / Some people are bound to / die young / By dying young a person stays / young forever in people’s memory. / If he burns brightly before / he dies his light shines / for all time. / Alexander Solzhenitsyn // Flower holder with circular stone surroundRest in peace // Ashes also interred 16 April 2010 of Alexander William HOLMES, father of William

FK26Temporary marker now lostEllen Kathleen Ella TAYLOR / died 30th September 2003 aged 91 //

FL3A curbed plot with posts, now largely submergedHenry AYLWARD died October 16th 1931 aged 83 / Mary AYLWARD died April 2nd 1939 aged 90 //

FL10Headstone with cambered top, with lifted shouldersIn / Loving Memory / of / Esther CLARKE / Died March 23rd 1939 / Aged 50 years //

FL11Headstone with square top and splayed corners, surmounted by a small Roman crossLionel William / BRIDGLAND / died 9th April 1943 / aged 14 years //

FL13Headstone with square top and rounded shouldersIn loving memory of / our dear parents / James BAKER / died 14th October 1954 / aged 75 years / and / Rose BAKER / Died 15th February 1967 / aged 87 years //

FL14An open stone book, only the left-hand page inscribedIn / loving / memory of / Albert E. DURELL / died / 13 July 1982 / aged 66 years //

FL15A wooden cross; an inscription previously recorded, now lostR.I.P. / Kathy / 1982 / A dear sister // register: Kathleen Annie GODFREY, 18 September 1982



FL16Headstone with ogee topIn loving memory of / Bernard THOMAS 1928 – 1982

FL17Headstone with ogee topIn loving memory of Mabel Olive / EXETER / died 12th May 1983 / aged 83

FL18Unmarked. Register: James Martin JENKINS, 28.6.1984

FL19Headstone with cambered topIn memory of / our dear Mum and Dad / Alice TURNER / 1900 – 1984 / and / Jack TURNER / 1903 – 1985 / Dearly loved and sadly missed / R.I.P. //

FL20Headstone with ogee top In / loving memory / of / Sarah Ellen / TAYLOR / 1894 – 1984 //

FL21Headstone in the form of an open book with cord down the centre, backed by a stone with cambered top and scotia shoulders with the carving of a rose in the space above the bookIn / loving memory / of / Alan / Campbell / GAYWOOD / 6.11.1915 – 25.4.1991 / Dearly loved. / A quiet gentle / man / Also / Nora / GAYWOOD / 3.5.1923 – 29.12.94 / Devoted wife, / mother, / grandmother / Sadly missed //

FL22Headstone with ogee topOur dear son / Graham Peter / MOORE / died 17-2-1993 / aged 17 days / Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts //

FL23Slate headstone with ogee top and rounded shoulders; the name at the head of the inscription a signatureMartin J. COLE / 16th June 1954 / 4th Dec 1998 / Heavenly Father be with us this day / and every day as we travel on the way. / Grant us a vision of your love / that no task may seem too demanding, / no path too difficult for us to tread, / No journey too long and bring us home at last / to your eternal kingdom through Jesus Christ / our Lord. / Vicki Louise COLE / Beloved daughter of Martin and Helen / Beautiful and Brave / 14th April 1985 – 29th October 2007//

FL24@DH Grey slate headstone with ogee topFrancis Anthony SIMS / “Tony” / 2.7.1940 – 6.2.2014 / Asleep in the sun //

FM1Rustic Roman cross inscribed IHS, on rustic splayed plinth which bears the inscriptionIn loving memory of / Amy / the dearly loved wife of / Arthur MILLHAM / who died Sep 8th 1925 / aged 49 years / At Rest //

FM7Unmarked. Register: Fanny AUSTEN, 1923, aged 84 //

FM15Polished grey marble headstone with square topIn / Loving Memory / of / Johannes UNGEMUTH / 1902 – 1980 / husband of Ivy Flora / 1904 – 1990 //

FM16Wooden cross with brass plaqueBessie FEAVER / died February 1981 aged 90 //



FM17Headstone whose top has a cambered centre carved with a rose , flanked by ogees rising from scrollsIn / loving memory / of / Rose Emily WOOLLETT / 1890 – 1981 //

FM18Headstone with ogee topIn loving memory of / my dear husband / Eric Joseph GREEN / July 1920 – April 1981 //

FM19Sandstone headstone with half round topDavid GRATTAN / 1909 – 1982 / and / his dear wife / Constance / 1904 – 1996 //

FM20Headstone in the form of an open bookIn / loving memory / of / Frederick John / COLEY / 1915 – 1981 / Also / Grace Mildred / COLEY / 1920 – 2002 //

FM21Headstone with square topHeather / HETHERINGTON / 1901 – 1982 //

FM22Headstone with cambered topSimon John KINGSTON / 1958 - 1987 //

FM24Brass plate on worn wooden cross Daphne Maureen WOOD / née PERSSE / 1925 – 1998 //

FM25Headstone with square top and rounded shoulders; above the inscription an incised Maltese crossPatricia Marie / WALLACE / born 29th October 1917 / died 2nd March 2003 / Forever in our hearts // At the foot, a small square steel plaque on stoneTreasured memories / of / Nigel Gawaine DOUGLAS / 15-1-1942 – 20-11-2012 / A much loved, special / and lovely man //

FN1Headstone with Gothic topIn / loving memory / - of - / Mary Maria / beloved wife of / Ernest JENNER / of Field’s Farm / who died 3rd March 1921 / Aged 52 years / “Peace Perfect Peace” / Also in loving memory of the above / Ernest JENNER / who died 2nd June 1922 / aged 54 years / “Until the day breaks” //

FN2Single plot with ornamental corner posts; inscription on the curbWilliam RUSSELL died 1st Nov 1929 aged 78 years / Annie RUSSELL died 6th Novr 1928 aged 82 / Garden of loving Memories //

FN3Peon headstone, the top formed by crossing beams which project beyond the meeting point, as do verticals, like wooden postsIn / memory of / a dear husband and father / Ben GOLDSMITH / who passed away March 12th 1930 aged 47 years //

FN4Headstone with cambered top, checkedIn / memory of / our beloved parents / Hiram COOPER / Died 13th October 1930 / Aged 73 years / Grace Mary COOPER / Died 4th January 1959 / Aged 81 years / Reunited //

FN7Headstone (now lying flat) with half round top checked and ogee shouldersIn Loving Memory of / George William / TOWNSEND / of Woolwich London / Died December 15th 1930 / aged 21 years //

FN10Unmarked. Register: Esabella Ellen HOLLAND, 1983 //



FN13Headstone with peon top between substantial squared pillarsIn / Loving Memory / of / Mary Ann SANDERS / who died 18th February 1952 / aged 81 years //

FN15Slate headstone with Gothic top and tapered sides; above the inscription, the medical symbol of a snake twining round a staffIn / Loving Memory Of / Dr Gordon PENNY / M.B., Ch.B., DObst., R.C.O.G. / 1927 – 1999 / Doctor Of This Parish 1956 – 1992 / Loved By All His Family / The Lord is my shepherd / Therefore can I lack nothing / He shall feed me in a green pasture / And lead me forth / beside the waters of comfort //

FN16Headstone with gently cambered top, checked; at the top, the Royal Artillery Crest with the motto Ubique quo fas et gloria ducuntBrigadier / D.W. O’FLAHERTY / CBE DSO / 28-10-20 – 12-3-80

FN17Headstone with square top; an incised cross above the inscriptionLeonard R. MANLY / 1914 – 1980 / Rosina Ethel / MANLY / 1911 – 2003 //

FN18Headstone with square top John A WEEKES 1894 – 1980 / Jesse M WEEKES 1904 – 1992 / Rest in peace //

FN19Headstone with square topIn / loving memory of / Frances Margaret / WAGHORN / died 19th Sept 1980 / aged 77 //

FN20Headstone in form of an open bookIn / loving memory of / Ellen Mary / ELLIOTT / died 12th April 1980 / aged 74 years / R.I.P. / and of / her husband / Horace Reginald / ELLIOTT / died 1st Jan 1982 / aged 92 years / Together //

FN21Grey headstone with half round top checked before ogee shouldersJohn Charles HOOTON / C.M.G. M.B.E. Q.C. / 1912 – 1980 / husband of Jessica Patricia / 1913 – 1987 / loved by all and missed so much //

FN22Headstone with square top in the form of a closed book with its spine on the left incised with a cross; in the shoulders, flowersIn loving memory of / Clifford William TERRY / 1927 – 1992 / Always remembered. / My husband Cliff. //

FN23Headstone with peon top; above the inscription, an incised crossEvelyn E DALZIEL / 31.12.1920 – 7.6.1993 / Gone is the face we loved so dear / Silent the voice we loved to hear / Also / William B DALZIEL / 23.4.1913 – 28.6.2005 //

FN24Tall white headstone with round top and rounded shoulders; above the inscription, an incised crossMary Winifred / CROSSLAND / Much loved Wife, Mother, / and Grandmother / 14th Aug 1918 – 7th Nov 1999 / And / William Alfred / CROSSLAND / Beloved Husband of / Mary, greatly loved / Father and Grandfather. / 19 Feb 1909 – 22 Jan 2002 / May God absolve any sins / committed in this life / through human frailty. Amen //

FN25Grey headstone with Norman topBaby / Caspar / SILVERWOOD / 30 December 2006. / Greatly loved //

FN26In eastern half of plot, unmarked; Richard DAWSON, 2011, stillborn baby.

FP3A wooden cross, now in poor conditionIn / loving / memory / of / Doris Teresa FEAKINS / aged 11 years / Died 11 May 1936 //



FP6Headstone in the form of a scrollWith sweet / remembrance / of / Hilda CROFT / Died Feb 26th 1937 / Age 22 / Abide with me //

FP8 A flat ledger with chamfered kerbs. On the ledger:In / loving memory of / Edward James / TROWBRIDGE / died 8th Jan 1962 / aged 55 years. / Matilda May / TROWBRIDGE / died Feb 26th 1994 / aged 90 years. / Reunited // On the curbIn Loving Memory of / our little son / Martin TROWBRIDGE / 24th Sept 1937 //

FP13A small curbed plot with inscription on the outward facet of the curbIn loving memory of / our darling son Keith William DALZIEL / died July 30th 1946 / aged 9 months //

FP15A wooden cross with carved inscriptionBaby Gordon PENNY / December 1961 //

FP16A small marble Roman cross //

FP19A wooden cross with arms of equal length; the inscription on a brass plaqueBaby STAINES / 15th November 1964 //

FP20Plain stone with ogee topJulie DAW / born August 1970 / not forgotten //

FP21Polished red marble headstone with ogee topIn Loving Memory of /Ronald A. WATERS / born 16th October 1964 / died 18th June 1979 / Always in our thoughts //

FP22Celtic stone cross on a square plinth carrying the inscriptionSacred / to the memory of / Karin OLDAKER / 12.3.43 – 26.5.80 / Though lovers be lost / Love is not / And death shall / have no dominion //

FP23Headstone with round top checked and long ogee shouldersMabel Helen BRIDLE / 10th November 1904 / to / 22nd March 1987 / Most dearly loved Aunt. / Cherished friend of the / Kendall family. //

FP24Headstone with cambered topEdgar Nevill / PHAIR / Priest / 23rd September 1992 / aged 76 / Vicar of Benenden / 1972 – 1981 / and his wife / Morna Valerie / PHAIR / 10th September 2007 / aged 84 //

FP25Headstone with ogee top, checked; above the inscription a roundel with a wren on a twigWith / fondest memories of / a loving wife, mother / and grandma / Joan LE VOIR / Died 27th June 1998 / aged 71 years / Also of / a beloved husband, father / and granddad / George LE VOIR / Died 28th December 2013 / Aged 90 years //

FP26Headstone with ogee top; below the inscription, a carving of leaves with fruitsAlways in our thoughts / Colin Edward BURLES / 21 September 1941 / 18th May 2002 / We plough the fields and scatter / The good seed on the land //

FQ4Headstone with oval top checked with scotia shouldersIn / loving memory / of / Bessie BARNES / died Nov 17th 1930 / aged 52 years //



FQ6Headstone with oval top checked with scotia shouldersIn / loving memory of / Bernard John Jeans PIKE / beloved child of J. and M. PIKE / of Ponders End, Middlesex / Born 10th April 1930 Died 17th May 1932 / At Rest //

FQ7Headstone with round top checked with ogee shouldersIn / Loving Memory / of / my dear husband / William VINE /who died 17th May 1929 / aged 60 years / At rest //

FQ10Headstone with peon top checked, cut in below the shouldersIn / loving memory / of / Charles BARNES / Passed away April 3rd 1931 / Aged 84 years//

FQ12 An open book with curved pages; the inscription written across the double pageIn loving memory of / our mother / Mary HINKLEY / Died 10th Sept 1930 //

FQ13 A flower holder with painted inscription now fadedIn / loving memory of / Harry WEEKS / 1884 – 1936 / and his wife / Edith WEEKS / 1887 – 1983 //

FQ16 White headstone with ogee top; a floral motif at the edgesIn / memory / of / our dearly / beloved daughter / Frances Anne POST / 1961 – 1978 / Blest are the pure in heart / and of her grandmother / Anne McELDOWNEY / 1904 – 1979 / Greatly loved and greatly missed //

FQ17Headstone with ogee top, checkedIn / loving memory of / John Thomas / STAINES / 1908 – 1979 / also his wife / Hilda STAINES / 1910 – 1985 / Together //

FQ18Unmarked. Register: Frank William AUSTIN, 17.10.1979. //

FQ19Headstone with ogee top, checkedIn / loving memory of / Christopher Metcalfe / Addington BATHURST / 1919 – 1979 / and his wife / Sophie-Mary Elizabeth / 1924 – 1997 //

FQ20Polished grey marble headstone with peon top; the inscription in goldIn / Loving Memory of / Arthur John / ARCHBOLD / 1908 – 1979 / and his wife / Evelyn Jane / ARCHBOLD / 1918 - 2008 //

FQ21Unmarked. Register: Charles George AUSTIN, 11.1.1980 //

FQ22Headstone with cambered topSheila GARNER / died 9th March 1980 aged 46 years //

FQ23Headstone with ogee topIn loving memory of / our dear parents / Gertrude E USHERWOOD / 12.5.1913 – 29.1.1989 / and / Arthur S USHERWOOD 11.4.1910 – 10.11.1993 //

FQ24Headstone with ogee top, decorated at the top with a swag of leavesIn / affectionate memory / of / Robert Charles BROOMFIELD / “Bob” / 1918 - 1993 / and / Ivy Chantry BROOMFIELD / 1918 – 2004 / dearly loved and loving / parents and grandparents / God bless you and keep you both //

FQ26Headstone with cambered top; above the inscription a motif like the rays of the setting or rising sun



In / loving memory of / Patrick Ivor KING / (Pat) / 6.4.1925 – 11.3.2002 / So dearly loved. / A quiet gentle man. //

FR1Tall headstone with Gothic topIn Memory of / Sophia / beloved wife of H. JOHN / of Pullington Farm / who died July 10th 1924 / aged 64 years //

FR12 An open book with curved pages, the inscription across both sidesIn Loving Memory of / our father / Stephen HINKLEY / Died March 19 1929 //

FR14Rustic Celtic cross on splayed rustic base which carries the inscriptionPray for the repose / of the soul of / Charles Edward / KENDALL / of Great Nineveh / born 1st January 1899 / passed away 17th January 1978 / dearly beloved husband of / Cara Honoria / lux perpetua luceat ei // May light perpetual shine upon him

FR15Rustic Celtic cross on square rustic base which carries the inscriptionCara Honoria / born 5th April 1909 / died 19th October 1996 / dearly beloved wife of / Charles Edward KENDALL / Rest in peace //

FR17Low square headstoneFrederick W. / MARSHALL / 1890 - 1978 / R.I.P. //

FR18Headstone with square top, stepped with carving on the left of a rose beside the word PEACEPeace / In / loving memory/ of / Constance ONION / 1916 – 1978 / Also George ONION / 1916 – 1979 / To live in the hearts of those / we leave behind is not to die //

FR19Headstone in red marble, square top steppedIn loving memory of / Mary Louisa BUTCHER / reunited with her husband / Samuel Augustus BUTCHER / 27th October 1978 //

FR20Headstone with ogee topIn loving memory of / Ethel May BROWN / who died 20th January 1979 / aged 77 years / And / Richard Jack BROWN / who died 11th December 1985 / aged 81 years //

FR21Headstone with square topTreasured memories of / John BLIGH 1915 – 1979 //

FR22Headstone with ogee top, steppedIn / loving memory of / Leslie Stephen THOMPSON / 1922 – 1989 //

FR23Headstone with peon top and scotia shouldersCapt. W. E. BARNETT / Bill / 1915 - 1992 / Also his wife / Hon K. I. M. BARNETT / Kay / 1914 – 2001 //

FR24Headstone with ogee topGeorge / Sidney MUNN / 1917 - 1995 / R.I.P //

FR25Headstone with cambered topBaby / Holly KEEBLE / 22.11.2001 / A Tiny Bud Born On This Earth / To Blossom In Heaven / Always Loved And Remembered //

FS13Headstone with square top, with tall square flower holder to the right decorated on the front with a



roseIn Memory of / our dear Peggy / the / beloved daughter / of Doris and / Sidney THOMPSON / who died / 29th Dec 1938 / aged 19 years / Loved Remembered / Longed for always //

FS14Flower holder; no record

FS15Rustic Roman cross on double stepped base which carries the inscriptionIn / Loving / Memory of / Lionel Garnet MAN / 1903 – 1974 / and of his wife / Audrey / 1902 – 1983 //

FS16Rustic headstone with square top and rounded cornersIn loving memory of / A. JESSOP PRICE M.A. / 1904 – 1976 / priest / and his wife Eileen / 1902 – 1997 / painter and / freeman City of London / This life is a stage in / an upward movement //

FS17Black marble headstone with ogee top, the lettering in goldIn / loving memory of / Dr Marcel HOURI / Physician and surgeon / Benenden Chest Hospital / 1956 – 13th February 1977 / As lovely as a remembered day / Or treasured thing one hides away / But still how hard for us to take / That from this sleep he shall not wake. / Also of his wife / Eva HOURI / 1930 – 7th February 1995 / A very dear lady //

FS18Low headstone with ogee topJames Patrick HANNAY / died 7th March 1977 / aged 67 / In loving and / grateful memory //

FS19Headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / Doris Mabel CURRIE / who died 1st February 1978 / aged 80 years //

FS20Headstone with square topRobert William / GERMANEY / 1918 – 1977 / Stand fast / Also his wife / Elizabeth Winifred / GERMANEY / 1924 – 1996 //

FS21Unmarked; register Charles Frederick FEATHERSTONE, 8.4.1974

FS22Tall headstone with ogee top with checked rounded shoulders; above the inscription, a roseTreasured / memories of / a loving husband / father and granddad / George GOODSELL / 1916 – 1991 / and his devoted wife / Mollie GOODSELL / dearly loved mother / and granny / 1922 - 2007 / In our hearts forever //

FS23Headstone with cambered topEdward WAGHORN / “Ted” / 10.3.1903 – 15.8.2003 / aged 100 years //

FS24Tall headstone with rounded top above wide ogee shoulders; at the top a coat of armsIn loving memory of Lt Col. / Eric Debonnaire Theophilus / METCALFE O.B.E. M.C. / 3 Mar 1889 – 12 Jan 1934 / Winifred Crampton (Pegs) / METCALFE / 12 Jul 1892 – 27 Nov 1987 / Theophilus John / METCALFE / 8th and last Baronet / 14 Oct 1916 – 9 Feb 1979 / Peggy Theophila / METCALFE L.V.O. O.B.E. / 29 Sept 1920 – 23 Mar 2010 / They are Thine, O Lord, Thou lover of Souls //

FS25Headstone with cambered top and rounded shouldersPatrick Langford / Daryl / WELDON / 26.9.1917 - 26.11.2001 //

FT1Headstone with Gothic topIn Loving Memory of / Jane REEVES / Died January 17 1924 / aged 82 years / In God’s keeping / also of / Jesse Chalker REEVES / Husband of the above / Died at Coventry December 13 / 1925 aged 84 years / also of / Thomas SHARPE / brother of the above / died October 16th 1926 / aged 76 years //



FT6Rustic Roman cross on splayed rustic base which carries the inscriptionIn Loving Memory of / G. A. HOFFGAARDE / late Welsh Guards / died Oct 13th 1925 aged 48 / He giveth His beloved sleep //

FT15Headstone with square topAda Sortain DOUDNEY / born Redesdale, Ceylon / 15.3.1880 - 29.1.1973 / wife of / Raymond Pelly DOUDNEY //

FT16Polished buff marble headstone with peon top; an incised cross above the inscriptionIn / Loving Memory / Keith P ARCHBOLD / 1948 - 1973 //

FT17A flower vaseIn Memory of / W. G. FEAVER / 19th May 1973 //

FT18Polished black marble headstone with cambered top; incised flowers at each side of the inscriptionIn / remembrance of / Jack HENLEY / who died 11th June 1974 / aged 59 years / R.I.P. //

FT19Polished black marble headstone with cambered top; incised flowers at each side of the inscriptionIn / Loving Memory of / Jean HENLEY / who died 22nd October 1973 / aged 45 years / R.I.P. //

FT20Unmarked. Register: Arthur PAVEY, 21.8.1974; Cicely Laura PAVEY, 1989 //

FT21Polished black marble headstone with ogee topIn loving / memory of / Frederick John / Finlay JOHNSTONE / a dear husband / 1897 – 1975 / also his beloved wife / Yvonne / 1903 – 1997 //

FT22Headstone with Norman top; an incised cross above the inscriptionIn Loving Memory of / Lt. Col. Reginald John SMITH M.B.E. / 1906 – 1989 / Phyllis Alma SMITH M.B.E. / 1902 – 2004 / Served Community and Country / Loved by Family and Friends // On a flat square stone below the headstone:Anthony Lewis Stapley SMITH / ‘Tony’ / 1939 – 2009 / Beloved Son, Brother, Uncle / Physicist, Academic and Photographer //

FT23Headstone with round top; the lettering painted in light blue, the first line following the round of the top above a seated image of Winnie the PoohIn loving memory of / Clare / Elizabeth Anne / ANDREW / née THOMSON / 5.3.1964 - 9.4.1993 / We walked together / for so short a time / One day we walk / together for ever. //

FU1Headstone with Gothic top ornamented with a Gothic arch of grapes below the opening line and round an incised cross; the pcambered top panel containing the main inscription has the second line in small lettering with a small carving of the Royal Engineers Crest in the middleIn Affectionate Remembrance of / through injuries received in the war / Ernest George / eldest son of / W. and A. FARRANT / of Mount’s Farm, Benenden / who died February 24th 1920 / aged 26 years / ‘Greater love hath no man than this that a / man lay down his life for his friends’ / Also of / Gladys Mary / youngest daughter of the above / W. and A. FARRANT / who suddenly passed away / July 5th 1922 / aged 14 years / ‘For ever with the Lord’ //

FU9on a curb no longer visibleRobert TILBY died June 27th 1925 aged 70 / Ann TILBY died June 7th 1932 aged 75 //

FU12Tall headstone with round top; a crescent of ivy leaves above the inscriptionIn / Loving Memory / of / George HAWKES / who died January 24th 1924 / At the Sanatorium,



Benenden / aged 25 years / ‘Until the day break and the shadows flee away’ / ‘With Christ which is far better’ //

FU15Headstone with square top, checkedIn loving memory of / Dorothy BOWIE / 1899 – 1972 / and / Edith BOWIE / 1901 - 1979 //

FU16Headstone with ogee topIn Loving Memory of / Ellen BUTLER / 1912 – 1972 / and / George “Toby” BUTLER / 1905 – 1991 / Always in our hearts //

FU17Headstone with square top, checkedIn / loving memory / of / Sam LEANEY / Died 11th Oct 1972 / Aged 71 / Kathleen Franks / LEANEY / his beloved wife / Died 9th Dec 1994 / aged 91 //

FU18Headstone with square top, checkedIn / loving memory of / Alice BUSBY / October 1972 / Thomas BUSBY / April 1974 //

FU19Headstone with square top, stepped with carving on the left of a rose beside the word PEACEIn / loving memory / of / Philip SARGENT / 1897 – 1972 / and his wife / Esther SARGENT / 1903 – 1984 //

FU20Square stone flat on the groundIn Loving Memory of / Minnie CHITTY / 1881 – 1973 / and her sister, / Lilian HOWARD / 1885 – 1982 //

FU21A low rustic stone with cambered top and splay sidesIn / loving memory / of / Florence Lenna / FORLONG 1891 – 1975 //

FU22Headstone with oval top and rounded shoulders; the inscriptions on pages of an open book below a panel of large flowers and leavesDonald C. K. / ABREHART / 18 July 1925 / 22 July 1991 / In God’s keeping / Theresa D. / ABREHART / 23 Sept 1919 / 23 Jan 1997 / Together Forever //

FV1On a curb no longer visibleElizabeth WYER died 29 January 1920 / Rosa WYER died 1 May 1928 //

FV6Headstone in the form of a scrollIn loving memory of / Thomas William AUSTEN / Died 30th June 1921 / aged 41 / also / Minnie AUSTEN / wife of the above / Died 20th May 1944 aged 75 //

FV10Headstone in the form of an open book with curved pagesIn Loving Memory of / Emily / TROWBRIDGE / Died / 21st April 1922 / William / TROWBRIDGE / Died 11th March 1951 //

FV12A wooden cross; inscription now lostHenry BURT / Oct 3rd 1923 Aged 68 / Ellen BURT / April 6th 1938 Aged 81 years //

FV14Tall sandstone headstone with deep ogee topDavid / Anthony WADE / 22 December 1925 / 2 May 2006 / A.M.D.G. //

FV15Headstone with rustic ogee topIn / loving memory of / Ernest Price BUTCHER / who died 10th May 1971 / Aged 92 years / and Ethel May his wife / who died 8th April 1992 / aged 87 years / Beloved parents of Michael //



FV16Headstone with square top, rounded shoulders and rustic edgesPercival THORBURN / died 17 Aug. 1971, / aged 64. / And / Daisy / his dear wife / died 7 Nov. 1980, / aged 76. / Beloved parents of / Pat and Ann //

FV18Rough hewn stone like a triangular pyramid’ a wide Roman cross incised above the letteringGladys / Dorothea / SHAW, / 1908 – 1971 / A devoted / Mother //

FV19 Pitted Roman cross with bronze image of crucified Christ on square rustic base which carries the inscriptionPray for the repose of / the soul of / Nigel James Neville / HATTON HALL / who died 6th February 1972 / aged 46 years / R.I.P. //

FV20Headstone with peon top; above the inscription, a panel with central cross and floral decorationIn loving memory of / Annie Grace WELLSTED / Died 16th August 1972 aged 77 // Also Thomas Christopher WELLSTED, 1975

FV21Headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / John C HENNING / 1906 – 1976 // Also Elizabeth A HENNING, his wife, ashes interred 1996, aged 88

FV22A low rustic stone with square top and round shoulders Diana Daun BUSBY / 1920 – 2004 / Beloved / Thomas Charles BUSBY 1919 – 2006 / Together //

FW1Rustic Roman cross on stepped base which carries the inscription, within rustic curbed double plot In Memory of / Mary Ann GOWER / died Feb 8th 1920 / in her 77th year / also Thomas GOWER / husband of the above / died Nov 11th 1923 in his 81st year //

FW11Headstone with round top, checked before scotia shouldersIn loving memory / of / Sophia / wife of John SUITTERS / who died March 13th 1923 / aged 81 years / ‘ Thy will be done’ / also the above mentioned / John SUITTERS / who died July 1st 1924 / aged 85 years / ‘Until the day breaks’ //

FW13Headstone with cambered top but with a rosette projecting upwards on each shoulder; above the inscription, an oval with flowersIn Memory of / Harry and May TAYLOR / and their sons / Wallace and Victor / Rest in Peace //

FW15Square grey stone laid flatJohn Harold George LEBON / 1909 – 1969 / Sometime Professor of Geography / in the University of Khartoum / Gratefully and affectionately remembered / as a scholar and teacher in many countries / and as husband and father. / Margaret Cecily LEBON née Wood 1914 – 1998 / much loved wife, mother and grandmother / scholar and historian / who for 44 years served this church / and the community of Benenden //

FW16Headstone with square top, checkedPray for the soul / of / Isabel Marie / Teresa O’DONOVAN / died 4th January 1970 / Requiescat in Pace / aged 77 years / and of / Daniel O’DONOVAN / died 1st April 1983 / aged 97 years. / R.I.P. //

FW17Unmarked. Register: Harold George BOYS, 1968 //

FW18Headstone with cambered topIn / loving memory of / Marguerite / Frances DAVIS / (née Sumpter) / born 19th May 1889 / died 20th January 1970 //



FW19Headstone with cambered top, checked, with rustic borderIn / loving memory of / Russell Thomas Alfred / NORTHROP / died 11th February 1970. Aged 63 / and his wife / May Alice NORTHROP / died 2nd April 1992. Aged 88 //

FW20Marble headstone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / my devoted wife / Alice Maud WATSON-THOMAS / of Dockenden / died 9th April 1971 aged 71 / also / Montagu Ernest / WATSON-THOMAS / 20.2.1901 – 20.12.1985 //

FW25War grave; headstone with cambered top; after the first five lines of the inscription, the Royal Artillery Badge (ubique quo fas et Gloria ducunt – everywhere that justice and glory lead)971077 Gunner / L.T. CHAFE / 59th (Newfoundland) / Heavy Regiment R.A / 28th June 1941 age 19 / ‘Thy word is true / Thy will is just / To Thee we leave him Lord / In trust //

FX14Headstone with square topIn loving memory / of / Winifred Annie BARNES / Died 8th December 1969 / aged 59 years / also her sister / Margaret Sophia BARNES / died 18th February 2006 / aged 86 years //

FX16Headstone with cambered top and rounded shoulders containing caved rosesIn / loving memory / of / Mary Eleanor STANNARD / Died 2nd June 1967 / Aged 83 years / also / Albert James STANNARD / died 17 May 1975 / Aged 94 years //

FX17Polished black marble headstone with ogee top, the lettering in goldIn / loving memory / of / Clarence Edward John / CYSTER / 1893 – 1969 / At Rest / and / Mary Emma CYSTER / Devoted wife and mother / of Yew Tree Farm / 1992 //

FX18Polished black marble headstone with ogee top, the lettering in goldIn / loving memory / of / Margaret / daughter of Clarence CYSTER / 1933 – 1979 //

FX19Polished black marble headstone with ogee top, the lettering in goldIn / loving memory / of / Patricia Anne CYSTER / 1930 – 2004 //

FX25War grave; headstone with cambered top; above the inscription, the badge of the Royal Fusiliers with motto Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense6472033 Fusilier / A. R. SEARLE / The Royal Fusiliers / 18th June 1941 age 24 / One who has returned / to his maker / “The :Lord” //

GA1A rustic granite cross with two sandstone slabs; the curb, now largely buried, is inscribed:William HOARE born Sept 1847 died July 22 1925 / The Peacemaker / Laura HOARE born May 1850 died April 17 1929 / Blessed are the pure in heart // On a flat stoneG.L.H. & A.H. / 1879 – 1960 1889 – 1982 / M.L.H. / 1886 – 1972 // On another flat stoneLionel Lennard HOARE / 1881 – 1975 / Audrey HOARE née Woodard / 1881 – 1963 / Michael McCORMICK / 1909 – 1978 // Burial records name Geoffery Lennard HOARE, Alma HOARE, Mary Laura HOARELt.-Col. Geoffrey Lennard Hoare was the son of William Hoare. He married Lady Alma Stopford, daughter of James Walter Milles Stopford, 6th Earl of Courtown and Gertrude Mills, on 10 October 1922.1 He died on 28 February 1960. Lt.-Col. Geoffrey Lennard Hoare was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.). <www.thepeerage.com>

GA3A shield, the inscription now very wornIn Loving Memory of / Evangeline BURNS / Died March 22nd 1946 //



GA4Sandstone, triangular at the apex, the MI at the foot of a cross which stands proud of the background Louisa COLSON / Born March 30th 1847 / Died Jan 14th 1931 / ‘Nothing in my hand I bring / Simply to Thy cross I cling’ //

GA5Sandstone, triangular at the apex, the MI at the foot of a cross which stands proud of the background; the surface is now badly erodedEmma Sophia COLSON / born March 30 18[54] died June 1st 1942 / ‘When thou passeth through the / waters I will be with thee’ //

GA6On the north standing stone in a triple plot curbed in rustic granite:In cherished memory of / Annie / wife of John ROLLINGS / who died June 10th 1931 / aged 58 / also of / John ROLLINGS / who died Dec 20th 1939 / aged 67 / “Peace Perfect Peace” //

GA7On a flat stone in the middle of a triple plot curbed in rustic granite:In Loving Memory of / Douglas Downton ROLLINGS / who died 14th April 1974 / Aged 57 / and of his wife / Mary Frances Ratcliffe / ROLLINGS / who died 2nd November 1985 / aged 74 //

GA8On the south standing stone in a triple plot curbed in rustic granite:In / Loving Memory / of / Clara COOK / beloved wife of / Albert E. E. COOK / she fell asleep / May 9th 1932 / aged 64 years / ‘No fear in love, perfect love’ / Also / Albert E. E. COOK / husband of the above / who died May 9th 1939 / aged 72 years / ‘In death they were not divided’ //

GA9On an angled curb, one name at each end:Marion GROVER / Frank GROVER //

GA10A marble headstone with and angel figure in prayer before a crossIn / ever loving memory of / my dear husband / William TYRRELL / who fell asleep 21st April 1937 / Aged 60 years / ‘In God’s keeping’ / also of Ethel his wife / and a very dear mother / who died 28th February 1960 / aged 67 years // On a small flat stone on the grave:Doris Violet / WATKINS / née Etherton / 1914 – 1994 //

GA11A double plot; on the curb:In memory of my beloved wife Elizabeth PAGE died 16th January 1936 aged 82 years / William John PAGE died 6th April 1951 aged 94 years / ‘Thy will be done’ //

GA13A double plot, curbed, with rustic granite cross with inscription in three tiers at base:In Loving Memory of / Kate GUEST / died July 16th 1930 / aged 80 years / also of / Philip Ranger GUEST / died Jan 9th 1932 Aged 85 / ‘Life eternal grant unto them O Lord’ //

GA15Tall stone cross with three-tiered base inscribed:In Loving Memory of / Grace Elizabeth LAMBERT / only daughter of William Henry and Elizabeth LAMBERT / who died May 12th 1928 aged 40 years //

GA20Inscription originally on a wooden curb, now badly decayed:In Loving Memory of / Beatrice TAYLOR died Oct 23rd [____] / aged [__] years / Hylda TAYLOR died 2nd October 1952 aged 49 years //

GA21Double plot; on the stone curb:In Loving Memory of Lily Naomi WOOLLETT died 15th Feb 1928 aged 37 / Also of George A. WOOLLETT died 28th April 1954 aged 65 / ‘Love never faileth’ //

GA23A double plot, curbed; inscriptions on the east and north faces of the plinth of the statue of an angel



with right hand raised and a lily upright in the leftIn Loving Memory of / Horatio Raymond ROCHESTER / suddenly killed by falling / from an express train / on July 30th 1925 aged 9 years / also of / Myrtle ROCHESTER / died 26th Jan 1960 / aged 40 years / Also / James ROCHESTER / died 18th November 1967 / aged 83 years / ‘Rest in Peace’ //

GA24Register: Kate HOLLIS, 1933

GA25On a stone curb:In Loving Memory of / Herbert MAYNARD who died 9th August 1924 aged 59 years / Also of Harriet his wife who died 11th Nov 1931 aged 61 years / At Rest //

GA26On a rustic granite curb:In Loving Memory of Mary Emily widow of Ian DALRYMPLE-CLARKE, born 5th December 1956, died 6th April 1926 //

GA31The crest of the Buffs is carved in a medallion on a rustic granite cross, with this inscription at its foot:In most dear / and happy memory of / Angelo Fairfax MUCKLEY / Capt 5th Buffs / Died May 26th 1920 / from illness incurred in the Great War / aged 57 / ‘And may there be no sadness of farewell / when I embark / also / Blanche Beatrice MUCKLEY / his widow / died 10th May 1959 //

GA33On a stone curbDavid WILLIAMS (of Gillingham) / died July 14th 1921 aged 41 years //

GA34A half-length plot with stone curb, carved on the inner chamfered face:Patricia Violet Ellen / Mary HARVEY / born March 19th 1926 / died Feb 22nd 1938 //

GA35On a curb:Arthur Usherwood PETT died July 28th 1921 aged 28 years / also Eva his wife died July 22nd 1961 aged 64 years / Where peace has conquered strife //

GA36A triple plot with stone curb and three stone crosses. On the plinth of the right hand cross: In / loving memory / of / Alice Augusta / beloved wife of / Edgar Dennis SOUTHON / died 8th December 1931 aged 77 years / ‘Lo, I am with you always’ //On the plinth of the cross in the centre: In loving memory / of / Olive Florence SOUTHON / born February 13th 1885 / died April 20th 1923 //

On the plinth of the left-hand cross:In / loving memory / of / Edgar Dennis / beloved husband of / Alice Augusta SOUTHON / died 27th January 1931 aged 76 years //

GA39A double plot with stone curb. The headstone reads:In Loving Memory / of our dear parents / Sarah Ann BRYANT / Died May 2nd 1924 aged 77 years / also of / William Thomas BRYANT / Husband of the above / Died Oct 17th 1924 aged 84 years / Reunited Rest in Peace //

GA41A double plot with stone curb. Round top headstone checked with curving rounded shoulders enclosing a carved lily above the square inscriptionIn loving memory / of / Kate Caroline / wife of J. S. WINSER of Tenterden / who died 14th August 1924 / aged 66 years / ‘Lo, I am with you always even unto the end’ Also / of the above named / Joseph Sawyer WINSER / who died 26th Feb 1926 / aged 71 years / ‘In the midst of life we are in death’ //

GA43A single plot with a stone curb. The square headstone is stepped at the sides and top, with a raised panel in the centre



In / Loving / Memory of / a dear wife and mother / Emma MILTON / who died 27th March 1938 / aged 66 years / also of / Benjamin John MILTON / who died 22nd October 1955 / aged 85 years / Reunited //

GA44Tall Gothic headstone with carved ivy in a recess at the top; it is similar to its neighbour to the south, and seems linked by a flower holdeIn Affectionate Remembrance of / George Henry / the beloved husband of / Mary Jane BOXALL / who entered into rest / November 6th 1922 / Aged 70 years / ‘Now the day of toil is done / Now the rest of life is won / Father grant our dear loved one / Peace for evermore’ / Also of / Mary Jane BOXALL / Died August 18th 1929 aged 82 years //

GA45Tall Gothic headstone very like its neighbour to the north, and seems linked by a flower holder:In Loving Memory of / Cornelius MATTHEWS / who departed this life / July 18th 1923 / Aged 77 years / At Rest / ‘May the souls of the faithful / departed / Through the mercy of God / Rest in peace //

GA47On the three steps of the plinth of a tall stone cross:In / Loving Memory / of / George Frederick LANSDELL / eldest son of / George and Elizabeth LANSDELL / Born 6th Oct 1878 / Died 7th Aug 1928 //

GA48On the three steps of the plinth of a tall stone cross:In / Loving Memory / of / Ellen Mary GOWER / who died Oct 7th 1928 / aged 56 years //

GA49On a granite slab carved with a cross in a knot circle above an inscription in raised lettering:In Loving Memory of / William BRIDGLAND / who passed away January 15th 1943 / aged 70 years / also William BRIDGLAND / son of the above / who died February 26th 1929 / aged 25 years / also of / Sarah Rosina BRIDGLAND / who died September 3rd 1952 / aged 79 years / also of / Elizabeth BRIDGLAND / who died June 1st 1988 / aged 80 years //

GA51On the three steps of the plinth of a tall stone cross:In / Loving Memory / of / Sidney Ernest / eldest beloved son of / Ernest and Matilda JOHNSON / Died 22nd May 1929 aged 32 years / also of Ernest H JOHNSON / died 5th Jan 1935 aged 70 years / also of Matilda wife of the above / died 12th Dec 1944 aged 75 years //

GA53 On an open bookIn / Loving memory / of / Olive WEEKS / Died 26th Nov / 1935 / aged 65 years / In Loving memory / of / Edward WEEKS / Died 11th June / 1929 / aged 20 years //

GA56A full-length slab, the inscription on the bevelled edge, with an art deco decorative headstone – a bridge feature behind and linked to three square columns each engraved with vertical lines and a cross:In Loving Memory of Cuthbert WILLIAMS Colonel Royal Marines Died 1st Feb 1938 //

GA57 Curbed War Grave, the cambered white headstone headed with the R.N. anchor crestC. BARHAM / Air Mechanic 2nd class R.N. / FX/92597 / H.M.S. Daedalus / 12th February 1942 age 18 / Beloved in life / Honoured in death //

GA58Headstone shaped as a vertical scroll:In / loving memory of / John Henry MUNN / who died 5th December 1942 / Aged 22 years / R.I.P. //

GA59Rustic stone curb and headstone with polished oval containing the inscription:In / loving / memory of / L.A.C./W. / Betty Mary STANNARD / W.A.A.F. / who died serving her / country 18th May 1943, / aged 21 years. / In God’s keeping //

GA60Squared headstone with doubly checked top carved with a stylized rose linking an inset cross and the



word PEACEPeace / In / loving / memory of / Arthur NEVE / 1877 – 1944 / also of / Fanny NEVE / 1887 – 1972 //

GB1A rustic granite cross with lower section tapering from the base and polished for inscription:Eleanor / Hallam / EDWARDS, / born 15th Feb / 1857, / died 23rd Feb / 1933. / Below the above, on a brass plate:Charles / Hallam / EDWARDS / 1886 – 1954 //

GB5A double plot with a large resting cross; on the curb:James Percy REED born 24th October 1866 – Died 8th October 1936 / Maude Evangeline Balfour REED born 18th February 1870 died 24th November 1941 // On the crossJesu / mercy //

GB6On a stone curb:In loving memory of Rose Ellen McCAUL who fell asleep 22nd October 1937 //

GB7A double plot with large rustic granite lying cross; on the curb:In loving memory of Mabel Katherine McALLISTER died 30th Jan 1941 in her 72nd year / ‘They shall see God’ Matthew V 8 / Basil Robert McALLISTER died 8th July 1978 / Enid Mona McALLISTER / died 10th April 1996 //

GB9 A single plot with a small stone with ogee top:Henry John PAVEY / Born 21st Sept 1858 / Died 13th May 1940 / At Rest // On the curb:In loving memory of Henry John and Elizabeth PAVEY //

GB10 On the inner face of the southern edge of a curbed plotHenry STAINES / died April 24th 1940 / Emily STAINES / died Dec 26th 1950 //

GB11A single curbed plot, the headstone with oval top and checked shoulders:In / loving memory of / Philip Ranger GUEST / Died 1st October 1939 / Also of his wife / Cicely Alice / died 16th November 1977 / also of their son / Roy Ranger / died 5th April 1991 // On the curb:PRG b.20.9.1875 CAG b.8.6.1879 / RRG b.29.5.1914 //

GB12Headstone with half-round top now lying flat, within a sunken curbed plot:In / loving memory / of / Elizabeth TURNER / who died June 29th 1969 / Aged 80 years / also Charles TURNER / husband of above / who died May 10th 1941 / Aged 86 years / ‘Lord I have loved the habitation of Thy house / And the place where Thine honour dwelleth //

GB14On an open book:In / affectionate / memory of / Dan FOLEY / of Benenden / Sanatorium / ‘Loved by all’ //

GB15On the three-stepped plinth of a tall stone cross:In memory of / my dearly beloved / sister / Lavinia Helen CARAPATA / who departed this life / February 6th 1935 //

GB16A double plot with squared curb elegantly lettered on the outer face:Fergus Scott HURD-WOOD 1872 – 1936 / Well beloved in undying love / Edith Marion his wife 1875 – 1942 / Marion CRAN Fergie //

GB18A double plot curbed, with a bird bath and an inscribed stone, all in rustic red granite:In loving memory of / Harry SPURRIER / the beloved husband of / Mary SPURRIER / who departed



this life Dec 8th 1934 / aged 58 years / ‘While the light lasts I will remember / And in the darkness I shall not forget’ / also of Mary his wife / who departed this life Jan 29th 1968 / aged 88 years / ‘To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die’ //

GB21A rustic granite cross, now hidden by trees:In Loving Memory of / Helen Louisa BUCKINGHAM / died April 24th 1932 / also of / Edgar Charles BUCKINGHAM / died Dec 24 1955 / aged 97 years //

GB23A full-length pink granite slab; on it is a resting cross with this inscription at the foot:Edward James Fowle / Garnet MAN / Apr 28th 1889, Dec 28th 1933 / and his wife / Beatrice Angela / Sep 29th 1870, Easter 1959 //

GB24On a granite curb:In Loving Memory of / Eliza Caroline RIPLEY died May 2nd 1935 aged 76 years / Charles RIPLEY died Oct 4th 1938 aged 78 years //

GB28A triple plot, curbed, covered by stone slabs, partially overtaken (2014) by shrubbery and trees, with a large Celtic cross with this inscription at the foot:In Loving Memory of / Mary / wife of Charles LAZONBY / died 17th April 1930 / aged 58 years //

GB32On the northernmost of two rustic crosses in a curbed quadruple plot, in a panel on the base Sacred to the memory of / our dear cousin / Lizzie (Pillie) CHEESE / eldest daughter of the late Henry CHEESE / who died in her 77th year Oct 20th 1932 / also to our dear sister / Agnes Mary CHEESE / eldest daughter of / the late Frederick CHEESE M.R.C.S. / who died May 27th 1936 //

GB33A curbed quadruple plot , between two crosses, the MI on the central stone with square top and scotia shoulders, readsIn Memory of / Frederick William CHEESE M.D. / Died Stourbridge 10th June 1956 //

GB34On the southernmost of two rustic crosses in a curbed quadruple plot, in a panel on the baseSacred to the memory of / our dear sister / Emily Maude CHEESE / youngest daughter of the late / Frederick CHEESE M.R.C.S. / of Crediton North Devon / who died 27th July 1954 //

GB36Headstone shaped as a vertical scrollIn / Loving Memory of / Sidney Wenmann / MUNN / who died 28th October 1934 / Aged 54 years / R.I.P. / Sidonia E J MUNN / died 16th September 1986 / aged 93 years / R.I.P. //

GB37A single curbed plot; headstone with square top and checked shoulders, carved with a rose in an oval above the inscriptionIn loving memory of / Ethel TOLHURST / Died May 1934 / age 38 / and of Frank Albert TOLHURST / Died December 1955 / age 70 //

GB38Headstone with square top and checked shoulders. Squared rustic flower stand at one side engraved with a crossIn / loving memory of / William MARSHALL / who passed away / 15th January 1939 aged 70 / also of Laura Emily / wife of above / who passed away / 20th November 1957 aged 87 / “At Rest” //

GB39A curbed double plot with rustic granite headstone with peon top, rustic square pillars flanking the inscription:In Remembrance of / Owen DUNGEY / called to rest 29th Oct 1938 / aged 78 years / also of his loving wife / Laura Ann / Called home 10th Sept 1943 / aged 81 years / He giveth His beloved sleep //

GB41Inscription recorded as on a wooden cross, now gone:



In memory of / Frederick WENMAN died Sept 27th 1938 also Fanny WENMAN died May 10th 1947 //

GB46A curbed plot; the square top headstone has a vertical scroll rising above the shoulders:In Loving Memory of / George SINDEN / who passed away May 22nd 1935 / aged 63 years / ‘Abide with me’ / also of Amy wife of the above / who passed away July 1st 1958 / aged 83 years //

GB47headstone with ogee top:In / loving memory of / Harry WEEKS / 1884 – 1936 / and his wife / Edith WEEKS / 1887 – 1993 // A previous MI read:22 Dec 1884 Harry WEEKS 28 Dec 1936 //

GB49On the north facet of a curbJeanne Elaine Andrée WHITWORTH / 11 September 1939 // On the south facetJeanne Yvonne Andrée WHITWORTH / 11 September 1939 // Register: Elaine aged 12, Yvonne aged 40

GB51A curbed plot. Headstone (fallen) with twice checked top and sloping shoulders; above the inscription, a slim cross in front of a semicircle of raysIn Loving Memory of / Lilian SANDS / who died 19th June 1944 aged 78 //

GB52 On an open book in a small curbed plot with flower holder set in a flat stoneTreasured memories / Colin / WHITE / 1929 – 1944 / David / WHITE / 1936 – 1958 / Much loved // A previous MI was recorded reading:In Loving Memory of Richard / Colin WHITE / killed / 12th July 1944 / aged 14 / also of / his brother / David / Denver WHITE / died 22nd Nov 1958 / aged 22 / Till we meet again //

GC3A double plot curbed and with a rustic cross inscribed on the three-stepped plinthIn / loving memory / of / J. W. RODDAM / who died September 26th 1945 / aged 33 years //

GC5A rustic curb and headstone with cambered topIn loving memory / of / Francis WENHAM / At rest 20th June 1946 //

GC6A rustic curb and large resting cross simply inscribed:Ewen CAMERON // On eastern chamfered curbChittenden //

GC7On an angled shieldGeorge CHAPMAN / Died May 6th 1946 //

GC8On an angled shieldWilliam Alfred / BUTLER / died March 8th 1945 //

GC9On a curbIn Loving Memory of / Ernest Frederick Gascoyne / ‘Dickie’ CHAPMAN of Ramsgate / who died Sept 4th 1943 aged 72 //

GC10No memorial. Register: Ivy MOORE; aged 93, ashes dispersed in this plot 9.2.2006.

GC11 A War Grave; white headstone with oval top, at the head the R.E. crest (Honi soit qui mal y pense, Royal Engineers, GviR)



2128984 Driver / A. W. STAINES / Royal Engineers / 24th July 1942 / aged 35 / A beloved husband and daddy / “At the going down of the sun / and in the morning / We will remember him” //

GC12A single plot with resting cross; on the curb:Laura Almon HUDSON d. Sept 6th 1944 //

GC14A small stone marking an anonymous plot

GC15A buried stone marking an anonymous plot

GC17A double plot, curbed, with art deco headstone, square top, a recessed border at the left and the top, to the left carved with a rose and at the top with RESTINGResting / In /ever loving memory of / Elizabeth Rebecca NEWBOULD / December 21st 1943 / Aged 81 years / also of / William George NEWBOULD / February 6th 1947 / Aged 90 years //

GC20Headstone shaped as a vertical scroll:In memory of / Emily Ann / WOOLLETT / died on October 13th 1942 / aged 86 / Thy will be done //

GC21A double plot, curbed, with pink granite headstone, square topped with checked shouldersIn loving memory of / Jane TURNER / the dearly loved wife of / J.H. Turner, of Broadstairs, / passed over January 12th 1943 / aged 78 / Tranquil to the end / Also of / John Henry TURNER / who died August 19th 1955 aged 83 //

GC23Squared headstone with doubly checked top carved with a stylized rose linking an inset cross and the word PEACE, at the head of a single curbed plotPeace / In / Loving Memory of / our dear parents / John & Elizabeth HATCHER / who passed to their rest together / Aug 29th 1944 aged 88 and 86 / They live in our memory //

GC24 On a flat stone slab with stepped sides:In Loving / Memory of / Annie / FREEMAN-COWEN / died 31st March / 1942 / On whom be peace //

GC25On a headstone with square top and checked shoulders, recessed side panels engraved with flowersHenry ELLIOTT / 1865 – 1941 / Clara ELLIOTT / 1861 – 1953 / Frank GOODSELL / 1898 – 1976 / Elizabeth B. GOODSELL / 1899 – 1989 / In loving memory // This inscription was previously recorded but is no longer in place:In Loving Memory of / William Henry ELLIOTT / Died 8th Dec 1941 / aged 76 / also of / Clara Emily / wife of the above / Died 9th Feb 1953 / aged 92 //

GC26A small stone with oval top and doubly checked shoulders:Kitty GETHINGS / (née ELLIOTT) / died / 21st May 1981 / aged 57 years // On a stone flower holder:Dearly loved / not / forgotten // Interred ashes

GC27Headstone with complex decorated top, in layers; at the front, splayed corners and a central checked dip between ogees; behind, a middle layer decorated with roses under a square top with rounded shoulders; and the third layer a low squared top. The inscription in clean Roman capitalsIn memory of / our dear parents / Franklin ELLIOTT / died 10th November 1941 / aged 50 / and / Charlotte ELLIOTT / died 7th April 1979 / aged 83 / Reunited //

GC28A wooden cross in a concrete base; no record has been found of the deceased.

GC30A double plot, curbed, with a rustic cross bearing this inscription on the three-stepped plinth:



In Memory / Wilfred SANDILANDS / Priest / Born July 11 1860 / Died July 23 1939 / R.I.P. / also of Edith Maud / wife of the above / died October 15 1940 //

GC31Headstone shaped as a vertical scroll:In Loving Memory of / Arthur William OSBORNE / died 2nd Dec 1936 / aged 62 years / In God’s keeping //

GC32Headstone shaped as a vertical scroll:In Memory of / Edwin HINKLEY / died 22nd Nov 1937 / aged 75 / At Rest //

GC33On a plain headstone with cambered top:In Memory of Hester Eleanor / wife of Alfred BOURNE of Tenterden / whose ashes are also interred here / and youngest daughter of / John WESTON of Red House / in this parish / died 8th January 1944 aged 86 / and of her youngest son / Capt Harold BOURNE M.C. R.E. / who died on active service / 9th September 1944 aged 57 / and her eldest son / Alfred Mercer BOURNE / born 1881 died 1961 Canada / and her only daughter / Dorothy Eleanor GREENFIELD / born 1883 died 1965 //

GC36On the facet of the curb of a single plotIn Loving Memory of Edmund Philip TAYLOR died October 9th 1942 //

GC38On a headstone with a half round top with shouldersIn / Loving Memory of / James RUMENS / Died 23rd February 1942 / aged 87 years / also of his wife / Laura Elizabeth RUMENS / died 18th April 1953 / aged 96 years //

GC40A single plot, curbed, with inscription on a low headstone with oval top with shouldersIn Memory of / Charles Joseph / ROFE / died April 12th 1943 / aged 82 years / also his wife / Elizabeth / died September 7th 1945 / aged 83 years / At Rest //

GC41Headstone shaped as a vertical scroll:In loving memory of / Martha Ann SOUTHON / daughter of Benjamin Southon / of his parish / who died 5th July 1944 / aged 85 years //

GC42A single plot with rustic curb, the headstone, its top with square shoulders dropping with inward scotias either side of an oval; the lower part of the sides shaped like a lyre:In loving memory of / a dear father / Edward WATTS / who died 1st October 1944 / aged 69 years / also of / Mercy Santer / his beloved wife / who died 19th December 1944 / aged 70 years / “They rest in peace” //

GC43A plain headstone:Frank WATTS / died 22nd Oct 1945 / aged 61 years / also / Rosetta WATTS / died 6th May 1988 / aged 100 years // This inscription was previously recorded as on a curb, which is not now visible: In Loving Memory of Frank WATTS who passed away Oct 21st 1945 aged 61 years //Rosetta does not appear in our record, but GC44 was ‘reserved’ for WATTS

GC46A single plot, curbed, with headstone in three layers; a square panel with inscription flanked by recessed pillars with trefoils, and behind a higher square top with checksIn Loving Memory of / Martha HARMER / died 25th February 1940 / aged 81 years / also of / William HARMER / Husband of the above / died 20th September 1940 / aged 85 years //

GC47A single plot, curbed, with a headstone of two layers; the square panel with inscription offset to the left, in front of a square panel with higher top and decorated with a swag of roses at the top right::In Loving Memory / of / Alice TOLHURST / who died Sep 15th 1941 / aged 66 / also / George TOLHURST / died April 12th 1950 / aged 76 years / ‘into Thy hands’ //



GC48A single plot with a curb; on the facets:In Loving Memory of / a beloved wife and mother Edith Annette WILSON died Sep 29th 1943 aged 60 / also Horace WILSON who died 12th November 1957 / Thy will be done //

GC50Simple grey headstone with ogee top and painted lettering:In / loving memory of / John Arthur COWLING / died 27th February 1976 / aged 70 / also his wife / Matalena / died 14th Nov 1979 / aged 74 years //

GD5A double plot, curbed, with a substantial headstone, surmounted by a greyhound crest with Latin motto between acanthus leaves with scrolled stems, under an ogee top ledge with raised square centreFinis coronat opus / In Memory of / my dearly beloved husband / Henry LEDGARD / Knight Commander / of the Order of the Bath / born December 20th 1853 / died October 16th 1946 / He leaves a white unbroken glory / a gathered radiance, a wealth / a shining peace under the night / And of his wife / Margaret Helen / who died April 24th 1962 / ‘The years had given them kindness’ // The quotation is of the final lines of Rupert Brookes’ poem ‘The Dead’ (poem IV), though Brookes wrote ‘width’ not ‘wealth’.

GD7A double plot, curbed, with the inscription on the left side only of an open book:In / loving memory / of / H. S. WANSBROUGH-JONES / Physician / ‘Life is but a little holding / Lent to do a mighty labour’ //

GD9A single plot with rustic curb and square polished granite headstone:In loving memory of / a devoted wife and mother / Elizabeth Theodora PAGE / who died 20th December 1953 / aged 71 years / Until the day breaks //

GD10On a stone plaque with square top and splayed cornersWilliam John PAGE / died 31st October 1976 / aged 93 years / R.I.P. //

GD11A double plot, curbed, with a square headstone flanked by low stone pillars:In loving memory of / Audrey Valerie GUEST / died September 24th 1947 / through a road accident / aged 9 years / ‘In the midst of life we are in death’ / Philip Ranger GUEST / 20 November 1908 – 29th May 1988 // on a small square stone on the graveIn loving memory of / Vera Heddon GUEST / 25.1.1910 / 6.11.1998 //

GD13 A double plot with curb and covered by a slab with a resting cross and inscriptions above and on either side In Loving Memory / Agnes Alice Wilshere MYBURGH / wife of Captain R. W. Myburgh / who died on Christmas Day 1949 / aged 86 years / To know her was to love her // Robert Wilberforce MYBURGH / Captain R.N. / died 8th February 1963 / aged 89 years //

GD15A single plot with this inscription on the outward facets of the curb:In loving memory of / my dear husband George PACKER died 31 July 1945 aged 72 years //

GD16 A single curbed plot with a young angel kneeling. On the curb:Raymond Harold HAWKINS / died 27th June 1946 aged 6 ½ years //On the angel’s plinth:In Loving Memory of / our darling son / God has called / His sunbeam home / to rest //

GD18On the outward facets of a squared stone curb:In Loving Memory of M.M.C. (Cis) GOODMAN who fell asleep 2nd December 1945 / One sweet spirit less on earth / One angel more in heaven //



GD19On a wooden crossEva Dorothy ABREHART / died June 25th 1942 //

GD21A single curbed plot with square top rectangular headstone:Caroline Eva Margaret / MORRIS / beloved wife of the late / Herbert Morris / of Loughborough / 16th November 1950 / A universal love is the only love / worth while //

GD22Headstone with cambered topJulia Helen Ellen HINKLEY / Died 19th Dec 1970 / Rest in Peace //

GD23A single curbed plot with rectangular headstone, the inscription flanked by rustic pillarsJessie JOHNSON / died Dec 16 1945 / age 73 //

GD24A small white marble curb with peon posts, the inscription on the outward facetsSally Mary Wigham RICHARDSON / born December 20th died December 29th 1946 //

GD25A full-size grey polished slab:R.I.P. / In loving memory of / George Wigham RICHARDSON / 3rd Baronet / 1895 – 1981 / also his beloved wife / Barbara Mabel / 1914 – 1988 / in fond and affectionate memory / of very special parents //

GD26A single curbed plot, the headstone square topped with scotia checks, incised with vine leaves at the shouldersIn loving memory of / Edith Clara ELLIOTT / died 10th August 1948 / aged 51 //

GD27A plain headstone with cambered top:Minnie Walker / SPAIN / died 9th August 1949 / aged 79 years / Mary Louisa / SPAIN / died 24th February 1961 / aged 86 years //

GD28A single plot with rustic curb and cross, mounted on a half-round base, inscribedSister Clara / daughter of / Surg. Major / A. P. TOMKYNS I.M.S. / 1868 – 1950 //

GD29A single curbed plot with square top headstone carved with swag of roses to the left on a recessed panel which travels along the top tooIn Memory of / Katherine Yuille HOLBROW / widow of / Stanley Charles HOLBROW / of Leonard Stanley, Glos / died January 27th 1945 / aged 89 years //

GD30A single curbed plot; the headstone square with checks and acutely splayed cornersIn memory of / a beloved husband and father / James WOODHAMS / who passed away 27 Dec 1946 / aged 72 / also Florence wife of the above / died 21 May 1959 aged 88 / Reunited //

GD31A double curbed plot; the headstone with square top and splayed corners, with recessed panels each side with ogee shoulders and carved with vine leavesIn Memory of / Isabel / beloved wife of / Robert Hunter PRINGLE / died 11.3.48 / aged 77 years / Robert Hunter PRINGLE / born 1853 died 1951 //

GD33A single plot; on the outward facet of the curbIn Loving Memory of Annie WRIGHTAM / died 17th May 1949 aged 71 years / Of such are the Kingdom of Heaven //

GD34Square granite headstone with rustic flanking columns:



In / loving memory / of / Frank WHEELER / died August 29th 1948 / aged 71 years / also his beloved wife / Ethel A. N. WHEELER / died November 27th 1973 / aged 90 years / At Rest //

GD36A headstone with square top, carved with a simple cross at the top left:In / loving / memory of / A.H. (Jack) BAKER / 14.4.1889 – 25.3.1948 / also his wife Alice / nee Watkins / 18.7.1877 – 25.2.1962 / United //

GD38A headstone with square top, deep checks at the shoulders ornamented with recessed quadrants with flanking wedge shapes; at the foot, a hexagonal flower holder:In / loving memory of / Arthur and Annie / DUNGEY / called to rest / February 1954 / and / January 1947 / Till the day breaks //

GD39A single plot; on the outward facet of the curbIn Loving memory of our dear sister Florence Cherry PARSONS / March 27th 1889 - June 11th 1948 / My peace I give unto you. John 1[4.27] //

GD42A single curbed plot, the headstone with square checked top in three layers, carved with a crucifix to the left:In / loving memory / of / My ever loving Husband / Walter DAW / Who passed away Nov 11th 1949 / “Always in my thoughts” / Also / Catherine / A loving Wife, Mother and / Dear Aunt. / Who passed away Aug 14th 1991 / Aged 90 years //

GD43A single curbed plot; inscription on the front panel of the splay-sided base of a stone crossHenry Croxton / LOVING / beloved husband of Jeanne / February 7th 1950 / Also of Jeanne / March 20th 1955 //

GD44A plain headstone with cambered top; an incised cross above the inscriptionHelen Mary / BERKELEY / 22nd March 1950 / Margherita Marie / BERKELEY / 29th September 1960 / Requiescant in Pace //

GD46A single plot; on the facet of the curb:In loving memory of Leonard G. WAKELIN died 9th Sept 1946 aged 56 years / and of his wife Annie Florence WAKELIN died 10th February 1970 aged 85 years //

GD47Headstone in the form of a scroll in front of a wider rectangle, with a rose at the left side:In loving memory of / a devoted wife and mother / Margaret ATKINSON / who died 16th January 1952 / aged 71 years / also / William James ATKINSON / who died 12th January 1971 / aged 87 years / Together //

GD48A double plot; on the facets of the curb:In loving memory of Alice McMAHON died 2nd March 1952 aged 68 / William McMAHON died 30th January 1958 aged 82 //

GE17 A single plot; on the curb:In loving memory of / Mabel Annie BRADEN Died 31st January 1955 aged 78 years //

GE18A double curbed plot with GE19 (rebuilt in 2014) in Nebrasina stone with matching cambered headstones; this one carved with cherubic face on an extension to the right hand side:In loving memory of / our darling daughter / Christiane I. POTTER / Died 22nd Dec 1954 / aged 10 years / Ruhe Samft // From Mozart’s Zaide “Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben”, Rest peacefully, my sweet life.

GE19A double curbed plot with GE18 (rebuilt in 2014) in Nebrasina stone with matching cambered



headstones; this one carved with a rose on an extension to the left hand side:In / loving memory of / John POTTER / 21.11.1923 – 26.12.2011 / Rest in peace //

GE20A single plot; on the curb:In Loving Memory of Edith CLARKE died 27th September 1954 aged 73 years //

GE21A headstone shaped like a mitre with a cross standing out from the background above this inscription::In memory of / Mary Eleanora Sara COLSON / Born Dec 16 1879 / Died Aug 10 1954 / ‘I the Lord thy God will hold / thy right hand, saying unto thee, / Fear not I will help thee’ / Isaiah 41.13 // At the foot of the grave a footstone reads:M.E.S.C./ 1954 //

GE22A single curbed plot with flower holder at the head and inscription on a flat square slab at the foot:In loving memory of / Katrine E. CHEESEMAN / passed away 6th August 1954 / aged 69 years / ‘Hvile i fred’ / Also / Frank CHEESEMAN / died 7th Oct 1958 / aged 79 years // ‘Hvil i fred’ is Norwegian for ‘Rest in peace’

GE23Headstone with Gothic top; incised with a cross above the MIIn / Loving / Memory / Arthur John BEESLEE / 6th Dec 1872 – 27th March 1954 / Also his wife / Elizabeth Mary / née HATCHER / 29th Sept 1881 – 6th July 1967 / Frederick William KING / of Leicester / 27th May 1920 – 20th Nov 1997 / Also his wife / Eliza May (Marjorie) / née BEESLEE / 6th Oct 1923 – 28th Oct 2011 //

GE24On a vertical scroll:In loving memory of / John CROFT / who passed away / 26th October 1953 / aged 75 years / also of his wife Rosa / died 22nd July 1958 / aged 76 years //

GE29On a simple headstone with ogee top:Treasured / memories of / Walter Edward / PHILLIPS / died 11 November 1951 / aged 74 years / also his beloved wife / Emily / died 3rd Sept 1975 / aged 93 years //

GE30A curbed single plot and a rustic cross with inscription on the splayed plinthPray for the soul of / Lucy Myfanwy PRYCE / born 3 October 1890 / died 18 March 1976 / R.I.P. //

GE31A curbed single plot and a rustic cross with inscription on the splayed plinthPray for the soul of / Ethel Thérèse HOWARD / Born 22 July 1879 / Died 2 August 1951 / R.I.P. //

GE34At the foot of a yew tree is a brass plaque in a wooden holderYew tree planted / by / Benenden Women’s / Club / To mark their 75th / Anniversary / 9th April 2003 //

GE38A curbed single plot; the headstone is desk-shaped with a square top and incised scrolls on the sides In loving memory of / Minnie Louisa BARDEN / a beloved wife / who died 17th Nov 1950 / aged 70 years / and of her husband / John BARDEN / who died 12th Sep 1951 / aged 72 years / rest in peace //

GE39A curbed single plot, the headstone has a rustic border and oval top with shouldersTo my dear husband / George Percy GOODAIR / who died 29th November 1950 / aged 62 years / ‘Love’s last gift – Remembrance’ / Also of / his beloved wife Kate / who died 20th August 1972 / aged 90 years //

GE40Cambered headstoneIn / loving memory of / Jane Frances / SUMPTER / who died 9th January 1951 / aged 85 //



GE41A large slab surmounted by a resting cross, with the inscription on a separate flat stone at its footTo the memory of / Anthony Matthews / DURNFORD / dearly loved youngest son of / Philip and Beatrice DURNFORD / Born November 20 1918 / Died May 19 1951 / In Thy presence is the fullness / of joy. Psalm 16 //

GE45A single curbed plot, the headstone has square top with checks containing quadrantsIn loving memory of / a dear mother and father / Alfred Thomas WEBSTER / died March 25 1952 / aged 64 years / and / Dulcie Bella / his wife / died Dec 13 1957 / aged 64 years / Loved by us all //

GE47A single curbed plot; the rustic headstone square with square borders set back and not full lengthIn loving memory of / Emmeline Harriet WINTERBOURN, / who died 29th May 1953 / aged 74 years, / We shared some happy days together, / We shared some sad ones too, / But the saddest day of all dear, / Was the day that we lost you. / James Henry WINTERBOURN, / who died 15th February 1954 / aged 75 years. / Honour thy father and mother //

GE48Headstone with cambered top:Edith Henrietta / SPAIN / aged 85 years //

GF17Headstone with peon top with two flower holders:In / loving memory of / a dear husband and father / George Thomas / WATSON / died 18th Nov 1960 / aged 69 / also / a beloved wife and mother / Sarah Ann WATSON / died 15th Feb 1982 //

GF19A small rustic cuboid flower stand with panel for inscriptionH.W.W. / Sept 26th / 1956 // Burial record: Harry Wilfred WILLSON

GF23Headstone with square top, carved with inset cross at the left, with a pillar flower stand to the right:In / loving memory / of / Benjamin George / BROWN / died 10th April 1956 / aged 69 years / also his wife / Alice / died 20th February 1967 / aged 79 years / Peace //

GF24On the two pages of an open book:In memory of / Jack COLEY / 1891 – 1955 // also his wife / Barbara / 1890 – 1966 //

GF25A tall stone with round top and rounded shoulders, carved with a cross in a circle and a receding central panel containing the first three linesGeoffrey / POTTER / 1896 – 1956 / Let nothing disturb thee / Nothing afright thee / All things are passing / God never changeth //

GF31A black wooden cross with Gothic arms and joining trusses, the inscription on a central brass plaqueGeorge / BASSETT-SMITH / 1911 – 1997 //

GF32Headstone with square top laddered in three layers, the rear two checked, the front with raised sply centre incised with a crossIn / loving / memory of / Annie / BASSETT-SMITH / died 18th Sept 1956 / aged 81 years //

GF33On a cuboid flower holderGrace Elsie / GOLDSMITH / died 18th Jan 1957 / aged 61 years / from her sister / R.I.P. //

GF34Headstone with square top, the front panel checked to round shoulders dropping to ogee and narrower than the rear section, leaving a plain borderIn / ever / loving memory of / Mary Elizabeth GOODSELL / died 3rd March 1958 / aged 84 years / At Rest //



GF37A low headstone, the top square with checks containing quadrants, a stone flower holder in front:In loving memory of / a dear mother / mother-in-law and grandmother / Diomira HOURI / who fell asleep 10th March 1958 / aged 74 years //

GF38Temporary markerIn loving memory of / Alice Blanche / BEST //

GF39A cuboid stone flower vaseIn / loving memory of / my dear wife / Jane SHOOBRIDGE / died 14th Oct 1949 / at rest //

GF43A wide rectangular headstone with square top, now lying flatIn loving memory of / Henry Rupert MARSH / died 20th April 1959 / aged 85 years / also his wife Annie Blanche / died 2nd December 1959 / aged 80 years //

GF45On a rustic headstone inclined backwards between rustic pillars with peon topsIn / loving memory / of / Hilda Maud DUNGEY / called home 8th Dec 1959 / aged 76 years / also of her sister / Mabel Gertrude DUNGEY / called home 6th Sept 1969 / aged 83 years / Reunited //

GF46Headstone, the top square with checks containing quadrants, with four faces of hexagonal flower holder integral at its foot:‘To God be the / Glory’ John 3.16 / In loving memory / of our dear parents / William Edward WEEKS / called to rest / 15th Jan 1960, aged 70 / and / Florence Elizabeth WEEKS / called to rest / 27th Aug 1964. Aged 61 / For ever with the Lord //

GF47A rustic style headstone with oval top with shouldersIn / loving memory of / William WATTS / died 16th Feb 1960 / aged 69 years / Also his wife / Lily WATTS / died 3rd February 1968 aged 71 years / At Rest //

GF48A single plot curbed in rustic stone with rustic headstone:In ever loving memory / of / a devoted wife and mother / Alice May LOCK / died 16th Nov 1960 / aged 70 years / also her husband / Sidney Charles / died 28th Feb 1969 / aged 80 years / A great gardener //

GF49A headstone with ogee top:In / loving memory / of my dear husband / Harold Edward BURTON / died 15th February 1960 aged 57 years //

GF50Simple headstone with square topH. ROONEY / PELLETIER 1911 - 1976 //

GF51A tall slate headstone with cambered top and rounded shouldersJohn / MAN / 1906 – 1993 / Peggy / MAN / 1912 – 2001 //

GG1A tall slate headstone with elaborate baroque top incised with scroll motifs, ‘IHS’ in a ring of sun raysI.H.S. / In Loving Memory / Irene Rosetta / WEST / who died 21 Jan 1960 / and / Arthur / Augustus (Tim) / WEST / who died 22 June 1965 / Jesu Mercy, Mary Pray //

GG3A small stone with a flower in the top left raised shoulder of the square topElizabeth / FIELDER / 27.4.1879 – 20.4.1961 / Fight the good fight //

GG6A small stone with a flower in the top left raised shoulder of the square topIn / loving / memory of / Frances DURELL / a devoted mother / passed peacefully away / 12th



February 1962 / aged 75 years / also her daughter / Ivy Frances MASTERS / a devoted wife & mother / passed peacefully away / 28th April 1998 / aged 79 years //

GG7Headstone with ogee top and a small incised cross above the inscriptionIn loving / memory of / Edward James / CORBETT / died 18th March 1962 / from his loving sister //

GG11Headstone with ogee topFrederick Lionel READ / born 19th February 1888 / died 22nd September 1962 / and Dorothy Blanche READ / beloved wife of the above / died on 30th September 1966 / aged 75 years //

GG12Headstone with inscription below peon top checked to rounded shoulders; behind at each shoulder below shallower peon carvings of flowersIn loving memory of / a very dear wife / and a beloved mother / Harriett Jane PECKHAM / died 24th Oct 1962 / aged 68 years / Loving father and husband / Thomas Francis PECKHAM / 1889 – 1975 / reunited //

GG13Cuboid flower holder:Our dear / Mother / Emily / BUTLER // Registers: 17 June 1963

GG14A granite stone with peon top flanked by rustic square peon pillarsTo / the memory of / Edward Oscar PEARCE / O.B.E. / died 30th August 1963 / aged 77 years //

GG15Substantial headstone with deep ogee top heavily ornamented with scrollsMargaret / HARMSWORTH-BLUNT / born 27 October 1897 / died 12 November 1991 / And all around us though unseen / The dear immortal spirits tread / For all the universe is life / There are no dead // The verses are an altered version of the final stanza from “There is no death” by John Luckey McCreery (1863)

GG16Substantial headstone with deep ogee top heavily ornamented with scrollsAdrian / Beloved elder son of / Sir Neill & Lady COOPER-KEY / died 8th September 1963 / aged 21 / at Malaga, Spain / the result of / a motoring accident //

GG19Headstone with square topIn / Memory of / George MATTHEWS / died 14th Aug 1961 / aged 58 years //

GG22A tall headstone with ogee top and lightly scrolled shouldersAnthony / Raine BARKER / artist / 1880 - 1963 / He sought beauty / revered craftsmanship / and restored / Watermill House / in this parish / with his wife / Patricia RUSSELL / 1883 - 1981 // On a flat stoneMaxine BARKER / 1956 – 1992 //

GG23Headstone with cambered top, at the shoulders decorated with two horizontal bars within concave arcsIn / loving / memory of / Clara Ethel ROFE / died 12th March 1963 / aged 79 years / At Rest / also / her beloved sister / Lizzie Mary ROFE / died 9th May 1973 / aged 65 years / At rest together //

GG24Register: Frederick JONES 7.11.1963

GG25Headstone with cambered top, at the shoulders decorated with flowers within concaveIn Loving memory of / a devoted wife / and mother / Oive Rose BOXALL / died 10 Feb 1963 / aged 71 years / Until we meet again / Also our dear father / William Henry BOXALL / died 23 Sept 1972 / aged 81 years / Ronald Henry George / BOXALL / died 20 Dec 1998 / reunited //



GG26Headstone with cambered topIn / everlasting / memory of / David Mark THOMPSON / died 21.7.63 / aged 23 years //

GG28Register: Rachel FLOOD 21.10.1978

GG29A large slab surmounted by a resting cross, with the inscription on a separate flat stone at its footPhilip Barton / DURNFORD / born December 20th 1872 / died September 1 1961 / Thou O Lord art my defender / and his wife / Florence Beatrice / born August 10 1886 / died January 11 1969 //

GG32Headstone with square top in three tiersIn loving memory of / Mary Winifred DEACON / died 31st July 1961 / aged 58 years //

GG33A grey polished headstone, with square top but to each side of the central inscription a deep top bar is decorated with foliage surmounted by a half-scrollIn / Loving Memory / of / Ethel Maud HARMER / who died 12th March 1961 / aged 62 years / devoted wife of Sidney / also / Sidney Charles HARMER / who died 4th February 1972 / aged 71 years / Reunited //

GG34Tall headstone with undulating topRobert SPEAIGHT / Actor and Author / 1904 – 1976 / with his wife / Bridget / 1915 – 1992 / The benediction of these covering heavens / Fall on their heads like dew / and their son / Crispin / 1945 – 2011 // Quotation from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline

GG35Unmarked. Register: Thomas Joseph LORDING, Bart, 1977

GH3A tall smooth headstone with tall lily at the left below a check in the square topIn / Loving Memory / of / Victor CROFT / Born Benenden / 17th December 1891 / died Dollis Hill London / 13th August 1966 //

GH4A tall, grey, smooth stone with ogee topConstance / Maud COLE / 23 March 1906 / 19 Sept 1966 / widow of / Dr Arnold COLE / both of this / parish from / 1930 / beloved wife / and mother // Harold Arnold Cole interred at T72

GH7A previous record of an inscription no longer visible:In loving memory of / Ellen / CHAPMAN //

GH8Smooth stone with peon top and falling ogee shouldersIn / loving memory / of / Jane CLARKE / who died 3rd October 1964 / aged 72 years //

GH10Headstone, with square top decorated with a stylised flower in each corner, the inscription in gold letteringPeace Perfect Peace / Sacred / to the memory of / Herbert George SIVYER / died 16th Sept 1967 / aged 77 years / and to his wife / Beatrice Florence SIVYER / died 17th Nov 1968 / aged 78 years //

GH12 A simple stone with cambered topIn / loving memory of / Bert AUSTIN / loved father / and grandfather / 30.10.1909 – 16.10.1968 / also his wife / Polly / loved wife / and grandmother / 12.7.1913 – 10.7.1996 // An earlier inscription was recorded as on an open book:In memory of / a loving husband / father and granddad / Bert AUSTIN / born / 30 Oct 1906 / died / 16th Oct 1968 / ‘Till we meet again’ //



GH13A simple square smooth stone with a small incised crossIn memory of / Percy JONES / 1910 – 1968 / Mildred JONES / 1910 – 2010 / R.I.P. //

GH14Nothing now visible except a flower holder; this inscription was previously recorded:In Memory of / Herbert Reginald / MARSHALL / died 10th June 1967 / aged 68 years //

GH15Stone with cambered top, a flower carved below each shoulderCherished / memories of / Minnie FULLER / beloved wife and mother / Passed peacefully away / 7th February 1966 / aged 58 years / Asleep //

GH16A simple stone with ogee topIn / loving memory of / Albert George / SANDS / 5.3.1901 – 16.4.1982 / Minnie Margaret / SANDS / 6.2.1904 – 1.1.1967 // Also, on a flower holderIn loving memory of / Minnie SANDS //

GH17An open bookIn loving / memory of / Henry Thomas / ELLIOTT 1887 – 1977 / and his wife / Jessie Annie / 1882 – 1967 // And the glory of the garden, it shall never pass away // Quotation adapted from the final lines of Kipling’s poem “The Glory of the Garden”: ‘So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden that it may not pass away!’

GH18Thick granite stone with oval top with checks, the letters upstanding in black below a small crossArthur Cleveland TURNER M.B.E. / born 8 April 1887 / died 7 Dec 1969 / ‘Too much loved to be forgotten’ / and his dear wife / Marie Elizabeth / born 3 July 1890 / died 5 May 1975 //

GH19On a flower holder:In Loving memory of / Ada C. VANE // Register: Ada Campbell Vane, 1 Dec 1975

GH20A flower vase with no inscriptionRegister: Charles WHEELER 11 Jan 1979 and Rosemary (Rose) WHEELER 24 Jan 1985

GH21Square stone with checked topIn loving memory of / a dear husband and father / Albert Victor WHEELER / died 30th Sept 1965 / aged 46 years //

GH23Low stone with cambered top and two bars cut into concave arcs on each shoulderIn / loving / memory of / Bessie WHITE / died 26th July 1965 / At Rest / also Ethel WHITE / died 18th March 1969 / Life’s work well done //

GH24Low stone with cambered top and two bars cut into concave arcs on each shoulderIn / loving / memory of / Gladys Mary / WHITE / Born 1899 – Died 1977 / In God’s care //

GH25Double-sided stone with ogee top. On the east face:In memory of / William SHARP / died 2 Nov 1964 / aged 87 / and his wife / Ada / died 22 July 1966 / aged 89 / Our dear parents //On the west face:In loving memory of / Ella Phyllis SHARP / died 26 October 1986 / aged 72 / and her husband / William George SHARP / died 18 July 1991 / aged 84 / Our beloved parents //



GH26Headstone with peon top with checks, a cross above the inscriptionIn memory of / George / Major General H. T. NEWMAN / C.B. C.B.E. / Royal Marines / died 2nd May 1965. / R.I.P. / And of his wife / Kathleen Mary NEWMAN / died 29th June 1974 / R.I.P. //

GH27A low stone cross rising through scotias from a broader baseR.I.P. / Lilian Blanche FROST / born 26th Sept 1887 / died 24th May 1969 //

GH28A rustic cross set on a rustic plinth with splay sides; on the front a panel for the inscriptionNoel Aubrey / BONAVIA-HUNT, M.A. / Priest / Died 6th August 1965 / aged 82 years //

GH29Headstone on rustic base with peon top and checks; above the inscription is a plain circle, all in upstanding black:Beloved / Richard Montagu GYBBON-MONYPENNY / C.C.S. Perm Sec 1905 – 1969 / 5th son of / Herbert d’Arblay GYBBON-MONYPENNY / of Great Maytham, Kent. / And / Annie Mary Olive GYBBON-MONYPENNY / wife of Richard / 1908 - 2001 //

GH30Small headstone with stepped top and incised MI below a crossIn / loving / memory of / a dear husband and father / Sidney John GURR / died 4th Dec 1965 / aged 74 years / At Rest / and of a dear mother / Cicely Elizabeth / died 17th April 1985 / aged 83 years //

GH31A tall wooden cross with brass plaqueAlbert Victor / PICKFORD / 1906 – 1965 //

GH32A flower holderRegister: Doris May THOMPSON 29 Mar 1967, Sidney William THOMPSON 1 Feb 1984

GH33Register: Leonard Arthur ROBINSON 18.7.1975

GH34Register: Dorothy Hilda MORGAN 25.8.1976

GH36Headstone with ogee top, incised inscription bordered by frame In loving memory of / William Henry / KNIGHT / 1891 – 1977 / and / Gladys Eveline / KNIGHT / 1903 – 1993 // On a flat slate on the grave:In loving memory of / baby / Paul Arthur William / CUBISON / born & died 8th Oct 2005 / “Always in our hearts” //

GH37Headstone with round top and ogee shoulders, a cross incised above the inscriptionIn / loving memory of / Peggy Joyce / SHERRINGTON / 3rd April 1923 - / 14th January 2007 / Also of / John SHERRINGTON / born / Jan LACHOWIZ / 3rd May 1919 - / 25th July 2010 / Requiescant in pace //

GJ15Tall headstone with Gothic top, incised lettering below a rose carved within a circleIn loving memory of / Edward / BECKETT MBE / 6.6.1922 – 26.1.2001 / and his wife / Margaret / née Lyno / 18.11.1920 – 25.8.1995 // At the foot, on a flat stoneAnd Their Son / Jonathan Nicholas / 3.5.57 – 19.9.2006 //

GJ16Plain headstone with cambered topIn / loving memory of / a devoted husband / and father / Peter Grenfell HILL / 1931 – 2000 / Here rests his head / upon the lap of earth // Quotation from Thomas Gray, Elegy ‘Written in a Country Churchyard’ (1750)



GJ17Tall headstone with Gothic top; above the inscription a roundel with a SpitfireDerek James / SHEFFIELD / Author / 1928 – 2000 / my beloved / husband //

GJ18A tall, smooth headstone with gothic top, carved with shields above and below the inscription (two birds and a sailing boat at the top, a ring of flowers at the bottom) and, on the back, a lamb with a rose in its mouth:Jill Spencer / ALLIBONE / Justice of the Peace, / Doctor of Philosophy / Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, / art historian / April 26 1932 – February 3 1998 / David ALLIBONE / BA (Oxon) – Solicitor / March 12.1925 – December 31.2007 //

GJ19Tall white stone with half-round top, the inscription incisedForever / in our hearts / and thoughts / Suzannah Marie / MILLEN / daughter of / Desmond and Anna / sister to Sarah / 20 March 1974 / 16 March 1998 / Love’s last gift / remembrance // On the back, following the round of the topTo live in our hearts we leave behind is not to die // Quotation from Thomas Campbell’s poem "Hallowed Ground" (1825)

GJ21Tall grey stone with round top and rounded shoulders; above the inscription, a cross within a circle of leaves and flowersIna Grace / HARRINGTON / 24 Aug 1930 – 20 Nov 1998 / She will always be remembered / by her loving family and many / friends for her boundless energy / and enthusiasm for life / Dudley HARRINGTON / 30 Aug 1926 – 28 May 2002 / Devoted husband to Ina and Jean / a gentle father and grandfather / Much loved and greatly missed //

GJ22Headstone with peon top and scotia shoulders, the incised lettering painted blackIn / loving memory of / Ann WEBB / who died on / 23 February 1999 / aged 61 / R.I.P. / Alexander J. WEBB / 8.10.1930 – 19.1.2005 / R.I.P. / Together for eternity //

GJ23A tall, smooth sandstone headstone with cambered top and rounded shoulders;above the inscription is a light-hearted carving in a rectangle (pigs may fly??)Andrew / GARDNER / 25th Sept 1932 - 2 April 1999 / Much loved and admired / Husband, Father / and Grandfather // On the back, west, face of the stone:Maxwell Howard / GARDNER / Much loved Son and Brother / 24 Dec. 1966 – 11 April 2008 //

GJ24Temporary markerEllen M. DAW //

GJ25Headstone with rustic peon top and small meditative angel figures on their fronts at each sideGreatly loved and sadly missed / Geoffery Frank STOCKDALE / 25 Aug 1934 – 2 Feb 2000 / A dear Husband, / Father and Grandfather / Always in our thoughts / Now at rest with Dad / Judith Mary STOCKDALE / 12th April 1931 – 9th Dec 2004 / A devoted Wife, / Mother and Grandmother / Also a respected local artist, / Much loved and missed / by her family and friends / Glorious things / Of thee are spoken // Quotation from the hymn by John Newton (1779)Ona flower holderMum / & / DadOn the flat stone at its baseBumpy Old Gran //

GJ32Grey stone with square top, carved as an upright closed book, the spine on the left with a cross; the inscription on the cover. Pictured on the right as on a book marker, a rose above a bird above a motorcycleCherished / memories of / a much loved husband, / father and brother / Ronald Joseph / BUTLER / Professor of Philosophy / born Auckland 24.9.1929 / died Benenden 17.2.2000 / Defend, O Lord, me



thy child with thy / heavenly grace, that I may continue / thine for ever // Prayer from the Confirmation service in the Book of Common Prayer

GJ33Headstone with square top, the inscription below a cambered frame, with the shoulders decorated with flowers; a cross above the incised inscriptionIn memory of / a dearly loved mum and sister / Rosa Vera POOLE / “Rose” / 19th Jan 1928 – 12th May 2000 / A daily thought, A silent tear / A constant wish that you were here / God bless you Mum. You were the best. //

GJ34Stone with ogee top; above the MI, a roundel with four stylised tulips on a blue backgroundIn Loving Memory / Onno VAN WENGEN / Haarlem 6.2.1931 / Tenterden 28.11.2002 / Great is thy faithfulness //

HA2Temporary markerLeslie John / DIFFORD / died 9th February 2007 / aged 59 years //

HA3Grey marble, square top with splayed corners; above the MI an anchor and rope with banner ‘Per mare per terram’In loving memory / of / Harold Reginald LEE / 3.11.1922 – 2.3.2010 //

HA4Temporary markerIn loving memory / of / Kathleen Maud FITT / 12th April 2015 / Aged 94 Years // Register: Kathleem Maud REID, formerly WILLIAMS and formerly FITT, buried 28 April 2015

HB1Headstone with round top, rustic edging; carved with a roundel containing a flower bud surrounded by leavesJanice JACKSON / nee FOGELL / 18th June 1958 - 7th October 2005 / Greatly Missed / ‘Our Jan’ // An Inspiration To Us All //

HB2Grey slate with ogee top, above the MI an incised crossIn / loving memory / of / Allan John / ARCHBOLD / 1947 - 2007 //

HB3Tall smooth stone with cambered topWalter / Mervyn / MAGEE / 4 April 1928 / 29 October 2009 / remembered with love //

HB4Temporary markerIn Loving Memory Of / Colin TURNER / 17th July 2014 / Aged 55 Years //

HC1Grey slate with ogee topIn loving memory / Sonia Mary CHANT / 1st November 1946 / 31st October 2004 / Beloved wife, mother, grandmother / and friend //

HC2Smooth grey stone with half round top, tapered sides and grooved border; a cross incised above the namesIn loving memory / Penelope / Marion Penry / BLOCKLEY / 1935 - 2007 //

HC3Wooden cross with brass plaqueJennifer Diane / Marshall / Died 17th July 2010 / Aged 47 years //

HC4Tall stone with ogee top and stepped rounded shoulders; a rose carved above the MIIn / loving memory / of / Rosabel E.M. / PARKES / “Rose” / 1915-2014 //



HD1Stone with ogee topErnest George / TURNER / “Edgar” / 10.5.1929 – 11.10.2004 / R.I.P. //

HD2Temporary markerMartha Helen / GLEADOW / Died 1st Feb 2008 / Aged 92 years //

HD4Brass marker on a wooden crossIn Loving Memory Of / Thomas Gordon ROBB/ 22nd March 2014 / Aged 67 Years //

HE1Dark grey slate with curved topAllan William / HARTIN / 27.9.1938 – 15.5.2004 / His life a beautiful memory //

HE2Light grey stone with cambered top; above the MI, an incised B-24 Liberator; at the bottom left, an incised spray of flowers31 Squadron S.A.A.F / Vivian Roy SYMES / 19209 – 2008 / Always Loved / Always Remembered //

HE3White stone with rustic edges; above the smooth surface and the MI, two rosesIn / Loving Memory of / Derek Kenward / A dearly loved Husband, / devoted Father & Grandfather / 6th July 1936 – 7th July 2011 / Sorely missed, Rest in Peace //

HE4Plain headstone with peon topIn loving memory of / Howard JONES / 17.07.1936 – 13.02.2013 //

HH1Grey speckled stone with ogee top; above the MI, and incised crossIn / loving memory / of / Bruce Richard / ASHDOWN / 1946 – 2006 / A dear father / and grandfather //

HH2Smooth light grey stone with peon topIn / loving memory / of / Rodney John / PEARCE / 6.5.1944 – 11.5.2009 //

HH3Headstone with oval topIn / Loving Memory / of / James Roger / CRAWFORD / 28th November 1931 / 14th April 2012 / of Dockenden //

HJ1Rectilinear smooth stone with square topIn treasured memory / of / Brian Edward FIELD / 1918 - 2009 //

HJ2Temporary markerFreda Primrose / BEST // Flower standIn / loving / memory //

HJ4Temporary markerIn Loving Memory Of / Bernard Stanley / WORTHINGTON / [ ] January 2015 / Aged 89 Years //

HK1Register:ashes interred of Alfred LEIGH, died 1998 aged 85, and Iris CLARIDGE, died 2002 aged 87.

HK2White stone with cambered top; above the MI, a large incised flowerMirja “Memu” / NARBROUGH / Born 25 January 1949 / Punkaharju, Finland / Died 15 March 2011 / Benenden / “Omnia vincit amor” / Virgil, Eclogues X //



HK3Brass marker on a wooden crossLaurence Vezey STRONG DSC / 25th February 2014 / Aged 96 Years //

HK4Brass marker on a wooden crossIn loving memory of / George Anthony BEATTIE / 31st March 2014 / Aged 69 years //

NA1A tall stone with round top flanked by two small rosettes checked above scotia shoulders, well preserved:Sacred / to the memory of / Richard MILLS, gent, / of Mountlehoe Farm in this parish, / who departed this life / September 5th 1841 / aged 70 years, / leaving surviving / Susannah / his wife and issue two children, / viz. Montague and Susannah. / Also Susannah, of the / above, who died Decr 26th 1863 / aged 57 years. / Also to the memory of / Richard, / son of the above named / Richard and Susannah / MILLS, / who died July 27th 1832 in the / third year of his age. // Haslewood p62-63

NA2A tall stone of a reddish hue with round top immediately flanked by rounds undulating up to rosettes at the shoulders:In memory of / Richard MILLS, late of this parish, / who departed this life Octr the 29th / 1811 aged 79 years. / Also Mary his wife, who departed / this life September the 29th 1815 / aged 75 years. / Left surviving one son, Richard. / Time, Life, and Death with Judgment yet to come, / Demand our Notice, as they fix its doom, / Would’st thou prepare then, must thy latter end, / Make Heaven thy Object and Its God thy Friend. // Mary LITTLE in burial registers 4/10/1815 aged 75. Haslewood p62

NB1Heavily lichened stone with oval top flanked by two rosettes checked above scotia shouldersSacred / to the memory of / Thomas MUNN, / late of Tenterden, cordwainer, who / departed this life 25th February 1816 / aged 58 years. / Left issue by Elizabeth his wife / Jarvis, Thomas, Sarah and Charlotte. // Haslewood p127Two footstones without visible inscriptions

NB2Tall, with an acute angular top flanked by vertical lozenge rosettes checked above scotia shouldersErected / to the memory of / Elizabeth, wife of / Jarvis MUNN / of this parish, who died / November 13th 1839 aged 64 years. / Also of the above Jarvis MUNN / who died July 17th 1861 / aged 80 years. / left Issue surviving / 7 children, Jarvis, Samuel, / William, Thomas, George, / Sarah and David. // Haslewood p128Two footstonesE S J M / 1861 //

NC1Low stone with oval top flanked by two smaller rounds checked above scotia shouldersSacred / to the memory of / John ASHMOLE, / son of / Elias and Ann ASHMOLE, / who died June 29th 1842 / aged 1 year and / 10 months. // Haslewood p127FootstoneJ A / 1842 //

ND1A tall stone with round top flanked by two small rosettes checked above scotia shoulders. (Parts of the inscription now decayed)Sacred / to the memory of / Elizabeth, / wife of Cornelius COLEBROOK / of this parish / who died April 13th 1857 / aged 33 years, / leaving a husband and infant son, Ernest, / to lament the loss of an affectionate wife and kind mother. / "Prepare to meet thy God". // Haslewood p126-7FootstoneE C / 1857 //



ND2A tall stone with round top flanked by two small rosettes on the shoulders; parts of the MI hard to read In / memory of / Frederick SOUTHON, / youngest son of / George and Sarah SOUTHON, / who died 28th December 1865 / aged 32 years. // Haslewood p127FootstoneF S / 1865 //

ND3Stone lost (before 1975); MI recorded asSacred / to the memory of / George SOUTHON / of this parish, Yeoman, / who departed this life April 19th 1856 / aged 63 years. / Left surviving a widow, / five sons and three daughters. / Also of / Sarah, / wife of the above / who died July 15th 1870 / aged 71 years. // Haslewood p126

NE1Tall stone with oval top flanked by two rosettes and splayed corners; the last line of the MI no longer visibleIn memory of / Edwin SOUTHON of this / parish who died April 21st 1858 / aged 30 years. / He left surviving a widow / and one daughter. / In the midst of life we are in death. // Haslewood p125

NE2Low stone with peon top checked above very broad scotia shoulders ending in scrollsIn memory of / Martha / Southon LONGLEY, / died at Cranbrook / August 8th 1862 aged 15 months, / the beloved child of / Giles and Martha Ann LONGLEY of London, / formerly of this parish. / "Suffer little children to come unto / me and forbid them not, for of such is / the kingdom of God". // Haslewood p125FootstoneM S / 1862 //

NF1Tall stone with oval decorated top, small scrolls above rosettes and scotia shoulders; the MI very hard to make outElizabeth, / wife of Thomas MUNN of / this place, brick maker, / died 9th May 1820 aged 73 years. / Also the above said / Thomas MUNN who died / August 21st 1836 aged 77 years. / Left issue Thomas, James and / John. // Haslewood p124Two footstones without visible inscriptions

NF2Low wide stone with peon top, raised shoulders; the surface wornIn memory of / Maria, daughter of / Thomas and Margaret MUNN / of this parish, / who was born January 25th 1813 / and departed this life December 5th / 1814. // Haslewood p124 2 footstones without visible inscription

NF3Narrow stone stone with peon top, raised shoulders; the surface wornIn memory of / Elizabeth Jane, / daughter of / Charles and Elizth / Ann MILLER / of Frittenden, who died / November 27th 1834 aged 1 year / and 6 months. / Also / Mary Ann, / their daughter, who died / December 2nd 1836 aged 5 years. / Also George Charles, / their son died July 16th 1839 / aged 4 years and 4 months. / Also Henry Lovell / their son who died May 8th / 1840 aged 1 month. // Haslewood p125Footstone without visible inscription

NG1Tall wide stone with round top flanked by two small rosettes checked above scotia shoulders; MI very hard to readSacred / to the memory of / Thomas SOUTHON of this parish / who departed this life November 14th 1826 / aged 56 years. / Also Elizabeth, wife of the above / named, who died December 24th 1841 / aged 71 years. / Left issue; eight sons and one daughter. //



Haslewood p122Two footstones without visible inscriptions

NG2Tall stone with ogival top and gothic projections between that and the rounded shoulders; the MI in italic script, now hard to make outIn / memory of / children / of / Thomas and Sophia SOUTHON. / Ellen, / born July 1st 1828, died Decr 25th 1829. / Iden, / born May 23rd 1830, died June 23rd 1832. / Sabina, / born January 27th 1837, died March 5 1838. / "Our rest together is in the dust". // Footstone without visible inscriptionHaslewood p122

NG3Low stone with round top flanked by two rosettes checked above scotia shouldersSacred / to the memory of / Harry Frederick, / son of / Humphrey-Robert / and Mary PORTER, / born at Hemstead / May 30th 1854, / died August 27th 1857. / "Suffer little children to come / unto me, and forbid them not: for / of such is the kingdom of Heaven". / St Luke, Chap.18, v.16. // Haslewood p123FootstoneH F P / 18[57] //

NG4Low stone with round top flanked by two rosettes checked above scotia shouldersSacred / to / the memory of / Elizabeth, / daughter of / Frederick and Sarah-Ann / SIMMONS, / who departed this life / January 25th 1853 / aged seven months. // Haslewood p123FootstoneE S / 1853 //

NG5Stone now missingIn memory of John CARLY, / yeo. who died Jany 10 1786 / aged 74 years. / Elizth his wife who died / April 28 1772 aged 57 years. / Elizth, wife of Thos CARLY, / their daughter, who died / April 8 1777 aged 26 years / and of their two children / who lie interred at / Hawkhurst. // Haslewood p124

NH1Tall thick stone with round top and wide shoulders with double rosettes; the surface damagedIn memory of / Jeffery GILBERT / who died Jany 28th 1838/ aged 83 years. Also / of Mary, wife of / Jeffery GILBERT, / blacksmith, of this parish, / who died Novr the 14th 1821 / aged 68 years. / Left issue 3 sons, Jesse, / John and Samuel. / Here let her rest, / In undisturbed dust; / Until the resurrection / Of the just. // Haslewood p122 Two footstones[M G] // J G //

NH2Substantial tall stone with reddish tinge; the top complex with oval centre descending gradually in ogees to rounds on the shoulders with ogival shaping below; parts of the inscription now decayedIn / memory of / John WENMAN, / carpenter, of this parish / who died March 24th 1844 / aged 73 years. / Also Ann his wife died / Decr 1st 1852 aged 79 years, / youngest daughter of / Edward GOWER / of this parish, left issue / Edward Gower and John. // Haslewood p121

NH3On top of a substantial altar tomb close to north porch; the MI now almost totally illegible, but the stonework otherwise in good condition Here lieth the body of / Francis SMITH Junr and / Elizth his wife (Elizth was daughr / of Luke and Elizth WILLORD / of this parish). She [___] / 1713 they left 5 children, / viz: [________] / [_________] / Francis SMITH who died / April 25 1718 in the / 28 year of his age [broken]. // Haslewood p121 (Register 1713: June 8. Ffrancis Smith poor. June 22 Elizabeth SMITH, poor, widow).



NH4Low peon top ledger, the MI on the sloping face now thoroughly obscured by moss and lichenSacred to the memory of / Walter, second son of Walter OTTE Esq. / of Plumbors Hall, Essex / who departed this life August 17th 1843 / aged 13 years. // Haslewood p121

NJ1A tall stone with round top flanked by two small rosettes above square shoulders, close beneath the yew tree by the path; well preserved (misspelling in line 3 as carved)Sacred / in memory of / Elizabeth, wife of John NASN, / tailor of this parish, who died / July 25th 1856 aged 71 years. / Left surviving 2 sons / and 3 daughters. / Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. / Also the above named / John NASH, / who died January 29th 1874 / aged 84 years. / Also Harriet daughter of the above who died June 3rd 1888 / aged 73 years // Haslewood p120 up to the final lines about Harriet

NJ2Tall wide stone with double top, ovals separated by a rosette, with rosettes on the shoulders, the surface worn and mottled by lichenIn memory of / Thomas POTTER of this parish / who died May 25th 1810 aged 82 years. / Also of Elizabeth his wife who died / August 27th 1795 aged 66 years. / Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. // Haslewood p120

NK1Double headed stone with high round tops checked and mirrored in dip between them and on the shoulders; the MI hard to make out now, but in two columns; on the left-hand side:In / memory of / Richard / BUTCHER of / this parish, carp- / enter, who died / April ye 17th 1769 / aged 75 years. // On the right-hand side:Here / lyeth ye body / of Elizth, wife / of Richard / BUTCHER, / & daughr / of David HARLOCK, / both of ye parish. / She died August ye 2 / 1739 in ye 35th / year of her age. // Across both sides:Had issue 8 children, of whom 4 survive, / John, Elizth, Thos and Mary. / In memory of one of the best of wives. // Haslewood p118-9

NK2Tall stone with ogee top, the surface flakingSacred / to the memory of / Caroline Jane, / the beloved wife of / George CORK, / who departed this life / May 19th 1857 aged 35 years. / She left surviving two sons, Frederick / George and Charles Albert. // Haslewood p118

NL1 Double headed stone with high round tops checked and mirrored in dip between them and on the shoulders, the surface badly wornHere lieth the body of / David HARLOCK of this parish, / who died Decemr the 12th in 1757 / aged 90 years. / Here lieth ye body of Margaret, / wife of David HARLOCK of ye / parish, died April ye 12 1749 / aged 72 years. Also near this stone lie / ye bodys of 1 son and 3 daughrs, / John, Elizth, Eleanr and Mary. / Left surviving 3 daughr, Margt, / Jane and Mary. // Haslewood p118Two footstones, the dates possibly below the turfD H // M H //

NM1 Tall stone with ogee top checked and rosettes on the shoulders, beside the churchyard wall, its surface wornErected / to the memory of / William FARLEY / of this parish, who died June 26th / 1847 aged 71 years. / Also Kezia his wife / died February 6th 1855 / aged 84 years. / Left issue surviving six sons / and two daughters. // Haslewood p116-7 Two footstones



W F / 1847K F / 1855 //

NM2 Tall wide stone, the surface and MI obliterated by white lichen; an elaborate carving at the top looks like a representation of the resurrection, the dead figure rising centrally under the broken cover of a tomb, with angelic figures to left and rightIn memory of / George MOORE of this parish who / died December the 21 1719 aged 55 years. / Also Mary his wife died May / the 8th 1771 aged 87 years. / Likewise in memory of one son and two / daughters. / Elizth died October the 18th 1785 / aged 72 years. / Samuel died October the 10 1786 / aged 68 years. / Mary died April the 3rd 1782 / aged 78 years. // Haslewood p117 but burial registers have (a) George MOORE buried 28 Dec 1749 (b) Susannah MOORE buried 13 May 1771 (c) Mary Moore buried 7 April 1787 and no Mary in 1782. Two footstones[M] M // G M //

NM3 Tall, narrow stone with oval top and two dips before the splayed shoulders, the MI in gothic script below a decorative ‘Sacred’Sacred / to the memory of / Hannah, / the wife of / John WENMAN / of this parish / who died January 6th 1855 / aged 44 years. // Haslewood p117FootstoneH W / 1855 //

NN1 Thick double headed stone with high round tops checked and mirrored in dip between them and on the shoulders, the surface wornIn memory of / Margaret, wife of Jno JENKS / of this parish, who died / August 26th 1768 aged 61 years. / Also in memory of Catharine, / wife of the above said / Jno JENKS, who died February 1 1781 / aged 66 years. / Also in memory of the above said / Jno JENKS who died May 27 / 1793 aged 84 years. // Haslewood p116

NN2 Low double round headed stone, the surface much obscured by lichen; the left-hand side:.In memory of / Edwd DUNKIN / of ye parish. / He died Feby the 1st / 1741 aged 40 years. / Left issue one / son and one daughr, Edwd / and Peggy. // On the right-hand side:Also in / memory of / Edwd, son of / Edwd DUNKIN / by Margaret / his wife. He / died May the / 17th 1757 in ye 21st / year of his age. // Across both sides:Though young my years / My life Always in pain, / I wish for death, / With Christ for to remain. / The blooming Rose, / Smiles with ye morning Sun, / Just then looks gay, / Withereth and is gone // Haslewood p116

NN3 Substantial tall red stone, cambered top flanked by upstanding rosettes, scotia shoulders; the surface fairly well preservedSacred / to the memory of / Mary Ann REEVES, / daughter of / Thos and Ann Reeves / of this parish, who died / April the 28th 1806 / in the 14th year of her age. / And also of / John Reeves their son, / who died the 9th of September 1813 / in the 7th year of his age. // Haslewood p119-120

NN4 Substantial double-headed tall red stone, in good conditionSacred / to the memory of / Thomas REEVES / of this parish, who died January 1st / 1838 in the 69th year of his age. / Ann, wife of Thomas REEVES / of this parish, who departed this life / November 21st 1832 / in the 63rd year of her age. / Left issue surviving four sons / and two daughters, (viz) / Edward Ayearst, Thomas, / Francis, Richard, Jane / and Ann. // Haslewood p119



NN5 Substantial tall red stone, in fine conditionSacred / to the memory of / Ann, daughter of / Thomas and Ann REEVES / of this parish, / who died June 5th 1842 / in the 34th year of her age. // Haslewood p119

NP1Tall substantial stone, cambered top flanked by upstanding rosettes, scotia shoulders; the surface fairly well preservedSacred / to the memory of / John Hamshar NEVE, / eldest son of / Thomas and Sarah NEVE / of this parish, / who died June 23rd 1833 / aged 20 years. / Also of / Thomas NEVE, / third son of the above named / Thomas and Sarah NEVE, / who died July 29th 1841 / aged 25 years. // Haslewood p115Two footstonesT N / [1841] / J H N / 1833 //

NP2Table top tomb with railings. Some red paint still visible. Memorials on four sides. On the north (no longer legible):Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas NEVE, / late of Pullington in this parish, / who departed this life Feby 17th 1867 / aged 78 years / Sacred / to the memory of / Sarah, the wife of Thomas NEVE / of this parish. / She died 4th March 1855 aged 66 years // On the east end:Also / in memory of / Martha, / 3rd daughter of / Thos & Sarah NEVE. / She died Sepr 15th / 1880 / aged 57 years. // On the south side:Sacred to the Memory of Sarah daughter of Thomas NEVE of this parish //On the west end:In memory of / Sarah Jane NEVE / of AshLawn / eldest daughter / of / Thos & Sarah NEVE / born May 15th 1818 / died April 2nd 1896 // Haslewood p115 records the first two

NP3 A tall substantial stone, but the surface very badly worn and flaking; Haslewood noted ‘The head of stone is carved with fantastic figures’. Ogee top with scallops, rosettes on shoulders with scrolls below.In memory of / Nanne, wife of John HAFFENDEN of this / parish. She died December 7th 1788 aged 23 years. / Left issue one son and two daughters. // Haslewood p114 (Register 1788. Dec.11. Nanny, wife of John Haffenden). For Haffenden, see "Memorials of Smarden".Footstone broken

NP4 Stone with ogival top checked and deep scotia shoulders, the MI obscured by lichen, standing at the east end of a large grassy mound. The four names in a vertical list on the left, bracketed; the dates beyond a reversed bracket in a corresponding list on the right; between the lists ‘who died/in/the year’In this vault / lie the remains of / Jane WITHERS who died in the year 1776; / Alexander PANKHURST who died in the year 1820; / Harriett MOORE who died in the year 1852; / and James MOORE who died in the year 1861. // Haslewood p114

NQ1 Double round headed stone; the MI covered by lichen and no longer readable; the grave covered in rounded stone visible through the turf; Haslewood noted that arms are engraved centrally dividing the words of lines 2-5 (lion rampant between three escallops)Here lyeth the body of / George GIBBON / of this Parish, / Gent, who departed / this life January / the Eleventh 1741 in the 71st / year of his age. / Also in memory of Ann, wife / of the said George GIBBON, who / died May ye 8th 1780 aged 91 years. // Haslewood p113

NQ2 Double round headed stone; the MI covered by lichen and no longer readable; on the left-hand side:In / memory of / James PARSONS / of this parish, / salesman. He died / November ye 11th 1767 / in



the 66 year of his age. // On the right-hand side:Here lieth / the body of / Mary, wife of / James PARSONS / of this parish, yeo, / who departed / this life March / the 2nd 1747 / aged 66 years. // Below, across the stone:Also Elizah their daughr, by her former husband Nichs PUXTY, / who died ye 19th of May 1742 aged / 31 years. Left surviving 2 daughs, / Mary and Martha. // Haslewood p113; burial registers 24 May 1742 Eliz wife of Thomas DRURY junr

NQ3 Badly worn and flaking sandstone with rounded topIn / memory of / James BRESSENDEN / of this parish who / died Novr 6 1775 / aged 52 years. / Also Elizh his wife. / She died April 14 1793/ aged 72 years. // Haslewood p114

NR1Headstone now missing Sacred / to the memory of / John BURT / of this parish, / who died February 10th 1852 / aged 79 years. // Haslewood p112Footstone with cambered top, checkedJ.B. / 1852 //

NR2Low stone with cambered topSacred / to the memory of / Ann, daughter of / George and Mary RING, / who died September 17th 1840 / aged 8 months. // Haslewood p112

NR3Tall grey stone headed with round top flanked by upstanding rosettes and scotia shoulders, mottled with lichenSacred / to the memory of / Richard BRIGNALL, / late of Staplehurst in this county, / who died August the 30th 1847 / aged 76 years. / Left surviving a widow, one son / and two daughters. / Also of / Emma BRIGNALL / his widow, who died April the 5th 1832 / aged 74 years. // Haslewood p111-2

NS1 Stone now missingIn memory of / Elizabeth DURRANT, / daughter of the late / Alexander WELLER, gent, / of Biddenden, / who departed this life / September 15th 1855 / in the 85th year of her age. // Haslewood p112

NS2Low stone with double oval top, checked, doubly rounded shoulders; the surface flaking and obscured by lichenIn memory of / Elizth, wife of Thos / BRIGNALL of this parish, / who died Jany 10 1801 / aged 52 years. / Left issue 4 sons and 5 daughters, / (viz): Thos, Bett, Richd, Willm, / Ann, Mary, Robt, Peggy / and Sarah. / Also in memory of the above / said Thos BRIGNALL who / died November 2nd 1804 / aged 64 years. // Haslewood p111FootstoneE B / T B //

SA1Short double-headed stone fairly well preserved; raised borderHere lyeth / the body of Chrisr / DIVE of this parish, yeo, / who died Augst ye 27th / 1729 aged 52 years. / Left issue Tho: Eliz: Mary & Ann. / Also the body of Mary wife / of the sd Chrisr DIVE died / May 19th 1754 aged 63. // Haslewood p65

SA2Substantial tall stone in good condition, two astragal rosettes either side of a wide oval top, ‘Sacred’ highly decorated; twin semi-cylindrical grave slabs to the west



Sacred / to the memory of / John, second son of the late / James and Sarah JUDGE / of this parish, who died / September 14th 1847, / aged 44 years, / leaving a widow and one daughter. / Also / of Matilda his wife / who died April 23rd 1852 / aged 42 years. // Haslewood p65-66

SA3Substantial tall stone in fair condition, two astragal rosettes either side of a wide oval top, ‘Sacred’ highly decorated; semi-cylindrical grave slab to the westSacred / to the memory of / James JUDGE, yeoman, late of / Goddards Green in this parish, / who died June 4th 1823 aged 58 years, / leaving a widow, three sons and / two daughters to lament their loss. / For nature will feel, even when faith triumphs. / Also of Sarah, wife of the above / named James JUDGE who died / January 22nd 1848 aged 76 years. // Haslewood p66

SA4Small stone with rounded top, crackingSacred to the memory of / Thomas, / son of James and / Sarah JUDGE / of Godderd’s Green / in this parish: / who was born May the 12th / 1805 and died Octr the 5th 1807. // Haslewood p66

SA5Substantial tall stone, two astragal rosettes either side of a wide oval top, ‘Sacred’ highly decorated; semi-cylindrical grave slabSacred / to the memory of / Sarah-Tooth, / eldest daughter of James and / Sarah JUDGE, late of this parish, / who departed this life / January 17th 1847 / aged 40 years. / Also of Mary JUDGE / daughter of James and / Sarah JUDGE late of this parish / who died June 6th 1877 / aged 68 years / Peace, perfect peace with loved / ones far away. In Jesus keeping / we are, safe[r] they //

SA6Tall stone, two astragal rosettes either side of an oval top, the surface in poor conditionErected / to the memory of / Ann, second wife / of James BUCKLAND / of this parish, / who died April 18th 1838 / aged 60 years. / Also near this stone lies two of / her children, by her first / husband Willm BLACKWELL. // Haslewood p67; registers have infant burials in 1801 (Jane BLACKWELL) and 1802 (Ann BLACKWELL)

SA7An old stone altar tomb, well sunk into the ground, the substantial slab very worn, the MI visible in a panel on the north sideHere lieth the body of William / SPENSER of Benenden, late / desesed wich depted this life / the 20 day of October in / the yeare 1652 & in the 27th / yeare of his age. // Haslewood p67

SA8Tall stone with oval top; surface now very poor, its neighbours better showing in head of stone 3 cocks upon a shield In memory / of Richard GRANT, gent, son / of Richard and Mary GRANT, / who lies interred in the tomb adjoining / to this stone. He died May 17th 1725 / aged 64 years. / Also Mary his wife who died / Novr 28 1742, aged 79 years. // Haslewood p67-68 (with drawing of shield)

SA9Tall stone with oval top; surface mottled with lichen, the MI showing in head of stone 3 cocks upon a shield In memory of Mary, wife / of Richd GRANT, Senr of this / parish, gent, who died August / 18 1773 aged 65 years. / Left issue Richd, Mary and Sally. / Also in memory of Richd / Grant, gent, who died Feby / 11 1788 aged 87 years. // Haslewood p68 (with drawing of shield)

SA10Tall stone with oval top; surface now very poor, the MI not very clear but still showing well in head of stone 3 cocks upon a shieldIn memory / Richd GRANT, Junr, late of / this parish, gent. He died October / 11 1778 / aged 35 years. /



This stone erected by Elizth his / wife. // Haslewood p68-69 (with drawing of shield)

SA11Very solid rectangular slab at ground level apparently laid on the earth, no MI now visibleHere lyeth / ye body of / Thomas BASDEN / of this parish who / dyed March ye 10th / 1694 aged 50 years. / Also Rebeckah / his wife who dyed / Sept ye 2nd 1723 / aged 75 years. // Haslewood p70-71

SA12Tall stone with oval flanked by two astragal rosettes; pinkish hue, mottled; MI in neat capitalsSacred / to the memory of / Samuel HINKLEY / of this parish, / who died February 15th 1848 / aged 58 years, / leaving a widow, five sons / and three daughters. / Also Fanny, wife of the above Samuel HINKLEY, / who died March 24th 1867 / aged 66 years. // Haslewood p69Two footstonesS H / 1848 // F H / 1867 //

SA13Tall stone with oval flanked by two astragal rosettes; the MI very clear in neat capitalsSacred to the memory of / Sarah, / the beloved wife of / George HINKLEY / of this parish, / who died May 8th 1876 / aged 48 years, / leaving a husband, 3 sons & 1 daughter / to lament the loss of an affectionate / wife and kind mother. / Also of / the above named / George HINKLEY / who died / July 26th 1908 / aged 80 years // Haslewood p69 (Sarah only)Two footstonesG H / 1908 // SH / 1876 //

SB1Two white stones inserted in east wall of south aisle. At top, a Coat of Arms ~ a shield, lion rampant bet. 3 escallops. The first stone is in lower case with extensive use of capitals:Near this Place lieth the body / of Edmd GIBBON, who died / Jany 1727 Aged 53 and Sarah, / his Wife who died June 1751 / Aged 75 they had Three Sons / and two Daughs. the Surviving are / Sarah who Married Samuel / PLUMER of Sedlescomb in Sussex, / Gent, who also lies in a Vault near / and Francis, who Married the / Daughr of Samuel STILEMAN / of Otford in Kent Gent. / Here lieth the Body of Francis / GIBBON of Cranbrook who / Departed this Life February / the 20th 1756 aged 53 Years. // The second stone continues immediately, but is carved in smaller, capital letters:His said wife is also buried here. / She died 29th Septr 1785 / aged 77 years. / Their only son Walter was buried / in Clerkenwell churchyard. / The same vault contains Sarah, / wife of the said Samuel PLUMMER, / their daughter Martha, wife of / William WARD of this parish, / and their daughters Martha, / Elizabeth and Sarah. The last / married William CLEVELAND / of London, who died Septr 1820 and / lies in the same vault with Sarah / his wife, who died July 19th 1842 / aged 79 years. / In the said vault lies also / Sarah CLEVELAND, the youngest / daughter of the said William / and Sarah CLEVELAND, who died / April 3rd 1869 aged 77 years. // Haslewood p63-64, who adds: [Register: 1727 Jany 15. Mr Edmund Gibbon Sen: House: Holder.] He describes the Arms as: Sa. a lion ramp.guardant or, between three escallops ar. Crest a demi lion ramp. guard. ar. ducally crowned or. holding between paws an escallop of the last. The location of the vault is not known.

SB2On a weathered stone hard by the wall of the church:Sacred / to the / blessed memory of / Thomas JOHNSON / of this parish, / who died Decr 7th 1836 / aged 67 years. / Also of Martha his wife / who died Octr 24th 1854 / aged 73 years. / Left issue one daughter, / Sarah. // Haslewood p65

SB3Tall stone with five scallops on top with rosette one each shoulder, decoration above the MI hardly visible but interrupting the first lineIn memory of / Elizth, wife of Thomas WINTON / of this parish, who died June 1st 1801 / aged 51



years. / Left issue two sons and one daughter, / (viz) Thos, John and Charlotte. / Afflictions sore long time I bore, / Physicians were in vain, / Till God did please Death should me seize, / And ease me of my pain. / Weep not for me, my Children dear, / Nor after me repine. / Death is a debt we all must pay, / But no one knows the sting. // Haslewood p70

SB4Tall stone with four scallops flanking a rosette on each shoulder, flaking and mottled but the MI intactSacred / to the memory of / Jane AYEARST, / who departed this life / March 2nd 1829 / aged 54 years. / Also of / Martha AYEARST, / sister of the above, / who departed this life / May 1st 1856 / aged 78 years. // Haslewood p70

SC1Tall stone, capped by an oval flanked by two scallops each side; ‘Sacred’ ornamentedSacred / to the memory of / Stephen CROFT / of this parish / who died April 1st 1835 / aged 54 years, / leaving surviving Judith his wife & / issue two sons and two daughters, viz / Charles, Alfred, Susan & Martha. / My kindred and best friends, Adieu! / Death calls! I leave the world and you, / let youth their footsteps guide with care, / since death their youth nor age will spare: / be then sincere, be true and just, / and in your dear redeemer trust. / Also of Judith his wife who died August 24th 1838 aged 65 years. //

Haslewood p71

SC2Tall stone, capped by an oval flanked by two scallops each side; ‘Sacred’ ornamentedSacred / to the memory of / Stephen CROFT / of this parish / who died May 14th 1834 / aged 30 years. / Leaving surviving Wenney his wife / and issue one daughter viz Susan. / Affliction sore long time I bore, / physicians were in vain, / Till God did please, death should me seize, / and ease me of my pain // Haslewood p71-72

SC3Broad stone topped by two ovals and a central rosette; tall lettering, the verse in italicsIn memory of / Mary, wife of Willm AYEARST, / who departed this life May / the 7th 1787 aged 57 years. / Affliction sore long time I bore, / physicians were in vain, / Till God did please, death should me seize, / and ease me of my pain. / Also in memory of the above / Willm AYEARST of Sandhurst / who died Feby 15th 1799 / aged 71 years. // Haslewood p71, who has 1700 in place of 1799 as recorded in registers.

SC4Tall, broad stone with florid top section picturing two faces looking inward flanked by stylised fronds; two semi-cylindrical grave slabsIn memory of / Peter IGGELSDEN who died July / the 6th 1758 aged 69 years. / Also Susannah his wife died May / the 6th 1763 aged 63 years. / Left issue one son & two daughts, John, / Hannah and Mary. / Affliction sore long time I bore, / physicians were in vain, / Till God did please, death should me seize, / and ease me of my pain. // Haslewood p72

SC5Substantial stone now sunk in the ground, its edges much worn, the top once an oval flanked by two astragals; the MI in refined Roman capitals; with a flaking footstoneSacred / to the memory of / four children, sons and / daughters of Joseph and / Eleanor COVENEY of this / parish, (viz) Thomas who died / Feby 11th 1828 aged 6 years / and 8 months. / Elizabeth-Ann, died Feby 15th 1828 aged 4 years / and 5 months. / Joseph died / Feby 18th 1828 aged 8 years / and 10 months. / Anne Maria died / March 5th 1828 aged 9 months. / They were lovely and pleasant / in their lives, and in their death / they were not divided. // Haslewood p73

SC6Tall smooth stone in good condition, oval top with a scallop each sideSacred / to the memory of / Eleanor, / wife of Joseph COVENEY / of this parish, / who departed this life April 2nd 1866 / aged 69 years. / Left surviving 1 son and 2 daughters. // Haslewood p73



SD1An old altar tomb with slab in good condition but worn unevenly; the MI still clear to read in a panel on the south sideHere lyeth interred William MOYSE, gent. / He marryed Frances, daughter of Richard / TILDEN of Milsted in ye county of Kent, gent, / who departed this life ye 11 day of September / 1697 in ye 28 year of his age / and left his wife & by her one daughter, Mary, / who was aged 12 months and seven days. // Haslewood p76-77

SD2Short double-headed stone;the MI, partly lost as the surface flaked, within a raised borderHere lyeth ye body of / Richard HODGKIN / of this parish, yeo: / who died ye 29th of Marh / 1740 aged 82 years. / Also here lyeth the body / of Hannah his wife. / She died July the 15th / 1737 aged 73 years. / Left issue one daughter, / Hannah. // Haslewood p76

SD3Short stone with oval head and long shoulders descending in decorative steps; the MI still clearHere / lieth ye body / of Ann IGGELSDEN, / sister to John Iggelsd, / who died Octob ye 20th / 1725 aged 24 years / and 10 months. // Haslewood p76

SD4Short double-headed stone fairly well preserved; the lines of the MI generously spacedIn memory of John IGGELSDEN / of Cranbrook, gent, who died Decemr / the 12th 1760 aged 64 years. / Also Elizabeth his wife, who died / December the 24th 1761 aged 68 years. // Haslewood p76

SD5Short stone with oval head and long shoulders descending in decorative steps; the MI still clearHere / lieth ye body / of John, son of Jho / and Elizth IGGELSDEN. / He died Septemr / ye 9th 1731 aged / 3 weeks and 3 days. // Haslewood p75

SD6Short stone with oval head and long shoulders descending in decorative steps; the MI still clearHere / lyeth ye body / of Ann, daughter / of Thomas and Hannah / COVENEY of this / parish, who died / March ye 16th 1749 / aged 7 months. // Haslewood p75

SD7Tall stone, the top given a ribbon, below that a scene visible in the right light, described by Haslewood [Memorials of Smarden p144]: Incised in the head of the stone are the Good Samaritan, pouring oil into the wounded arm of the traveller, also the Priest and Levite passing by. The beast is also represented. In memory of / Thos COVENEY of this parish, / yeo: who died April 4 1770 / aged 51 years. / Also Hannah his wife died / Jany 8 1780 aged 54 years. / Left issue Thos and Joseph. // Haslewood p75

SD8Tall stone with oval with rosettes on the shoulders; the surface flakingIn memory of / Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and / Elizabeth COVENEY / of this parish who departed / this life July the 4th 1806 / aged 12 years and 10 months. / I was cut down in all my bloom / It was God’s will to be, / In Heaven with him I hope to dwell / And my blessed Saviour see, / Grieve not my tender Parents dear / May Christ your comfort be, / And we together pray God to meet, To all Eternity. // Haslewood p74-75

SD9Tall stone with oval flanked by two astragal rosettes, in the oval a roundel showing a seated figure, perhaps with a bookSacred to the memory of / Thomas COVENEY / of Standing House in this / parish, who died March 8th 1829 / aged 77 years. / Also Elizabeth, wife of / the above who died May 4th / 1835 aged 82



years. / Left issue one son, Thomas. // Haslewood p74

SD10Small stone with oval flanked by two astragal rosettes, the surface flaking badlySacred to the memory of / Charles, son of / Thomas and Sarah COVENEY / of this parish, who died / June 2nd 1830 aged 2 years. / Also Elizth their daughter, / who died May 28th 1830 / aged 1 year. // Haslewood p74

SE1Fairly high stone with mottled grey surface, complex top and shoulders; ‘In’ decorated, the rest of the MI in capitalsIn / memory of / Frances LACE. / Died 25th October 1839 / aged 29 years. // Haslewood p77

SE2Fairly high stone with mottled grey surface, complex top and shoulders; ‘In’ decorated, the rest of the MI in capitals except for Gothic script ‘Also’ three timesSacred / to the memory of / Margaret DAVIES. / Died January 15th 1853 / aged 91 years. / Also Benjamin THOMAS / died October 13th 1832 / aged 58 years. / Also Eleanor THOMAS, / wife of the above / died May 26th 1851 / aged 78 years. / Also Elizabeth NICKS / died May 9th 1838 / aged 72 years. // Haslewood p77-78

SE3Table top tomb with ornamented sides, the slab much worn; the inscriptions on the north side and west end now hard to read, neither recorded by Haslewood. On the north side: Here lyeth the body of / William KIPPING of this / parish son of Walter / KIPPING who dyed the 17 / of June 1689 being aged / [?35?] yearsOn the broken north end panel:[Here lyeth the body of] / William [KIPPING] / the elder of [this] / [pa]rish who [dyed] / [__]th of Augu[st 1689] / being aged 76 [years] // Registers have William Snr (Householder) buried 12 Aug 1689. William Jnr (Yeoman) 18 June 1689

SE4MI recorded as having been on a flat stone no longer in evidenceIn memory of / John Rich SHARP, / son of John and Judith SHARP, / who died May 18th 1760 / aged 18 years. / Thy toil is O’er thy labours now shall cease / Thy Spirit rest in everlasting peace, / May every youth like thee his Maker fear, / And joy inspire ev’ry falling tear, / In spite of reason sorrow damps that joy, / A Mothers’ fondness for her Much lovd boy. // Haslewood p77

SF1Substantial stone, oval top with scrolls on shoulders, the MI in capitalsSacred / to the memory of / Thomas SHARP, / bachelor, / who departed this life / 2nd June 1829 / aged 73 years. // Haslewood p79-80

SF2Short stone with oval head and long shoulders descending in decorative steps; the MI in naive capitals still clearHere / lyeth / the body of / Thomas SHARP, / yeoman, sonne of / Edmund SHARP, / borne 1629, bvried / June the 25th 1684, / who left issve / two sonnes, John / and Thomas. // Haslewood, p79, adds: [Register 1684. June ye 25. Thomas Sharpe of Lelisden, householder.]

SF3Wide stone with oval flanked by two astragals curving down on the shoulders; there grooves forming a border round the entire edge; from line 7 to the end in italics; the surface mottled but the inscription clearSacred / to the memory of / John DEAN, / who died at Hemsted in this parish / April 12th A.D. 1809 / aged 57 years. / He lived in the service of / Thomas Hallett HODGES, Esqr and of his son / nearly thirty four years, and by his / integrity and fidelity justified the / confidence reposed in him. / This stone was erected by / Thomas Law Hodges, Esqr to record his / esteem for an old and faithful



servant. // Haslewood p79

SF4Tall stone with oval flanked by two astragal rosettes; MI clear on a lichen-mottled surface, largely in capitalsSacred / to the memory of / Sarah, wife of / William CHAINEY / of this parish, / who departed this life May 24th / 1828 / aged 71 years. / This stone was erected in / affectionate remembrance / of her long and faithful / services by the family of / Thomas Law HODGES Esquire, M.P. / of Hempsted. // Haslewood p78

SF5Substantial stone with oval flanked by two astragals with sloping shoulders ending in small ovals; the surface mottled but the MI clear; the first line ornamented Gothic, the rest Roman To the memory of / Mr Philip JEAN, artist / (a native of the Island of Jersey) / who died at Hemstead September 12 1802 / aged 47 years. // Haslewood p78

SG1Big stone, suffering cracks and the top damaged, but the MI clear; ornamented first lineIn memory of / Mary, wife of William CROFT / of this parish, who died July 24th / 1785 aged 38 years. / Left issue 4 sons and 6 daughters. / Also of / the above said William CROFT, / who died August 21st 1824 / aged 85 years. // Haslewood p80

SG2Big stone, suffering cracks and the top badly damaged, but the MI clear, except that several lines (of poetry?) in italics not recorded by Haslewood are not decipherableTo the memory of / Martha BURDEN / of Stone in the Isle of Oxney, daughter / of William CROFT of this parish, / who died July the 26th 1812 in the / 30th year of her age, leaving three / young children and husband to lament / their loss of a good wife, and a good / mother. / [__________] / Surviving children / Martha, Harriot and Robert. // Haslewood p90FootstoneM B / 1812 //

SG3Short sandstone with pedimental top; the MI clear, the lettering a mix of fontsSacred / to the memory of / Matilda, daughter of / Samuel & Fanny GOBLE / who died 17th Novr 1810 / aged 4 years and 7 months. / Also / a daughter who died in her / infancy. // Haslewood p80-81

SG4Tall stone marked by red and yellow lichens, the surface worn but the sharply etched MI visibleSacred / to the memory of / George COLEBROOK / who departed this life May 16th 1853 / aged 60 years. / He left surviving a widow / and four children, viz. / George, Mary, Sarah and Harriet. / Also / of / Mary COLEBROOK / wife of the above / who departed this life March 8th 1865 / aged 71 years / Also / Robert, their son who died at / Utica, Oneida, State of New York, America / July 26th 1849 aged 32 years. // Haslewood p81 Two footstonesG C / 1853 // M C / 1865 //

SH1Double-headed stone, the surface badly weathered with only part of the MI remainingIn memory of / Samuel CHASMER of this / parish who died March 14 1778 / aged 67 years. / Left issue four sons and five daughters. / Adieu vain World, I have seen enough of thee, / And now I am careless of what thou says’t of me; / Thy Smiles I court not, thy frowns I not fear, / My cares are past, my head lies quiet here; / What faults you saw in me, take care to shun, / Look but at home, enough you’l find undone, / Grieve not my Wife and Children nor my Friends; / But prepare yourselves, before your days do end; / The time is short, that you must follow me, / May God and Christ your joy and



comfort be. / Also Mary his wife died Decr / [29] 1794 aged 83 years. // Haslewood p84, who adds: [Register 1794. December 31. Chasmer widow]

SH2On top of an altar tomb; the top has a broken corner but some of the MI is still visible through the weathering; the stone pillars and sides weather-wornNear this stone / lieth buried Thomas [HUNT] / of this parish, malster, / died August ye 20th 1716 / aged 77 years. / Also Deborah his wife / died May ye 9 1720 / aged 75. / The said Thomas and Deborah [had 4 children James John / Thomas & Elizabeth which / were before the Lord] // Haslewood p83, who adds: (broken stone) after ‘1720’. Registers: 9 Dec 1689 Thomas HUNT s Thomas/Deborah. 31 Aug 1716 [Haslewood prints 1710]. Thos HUNT of Tenterden. 19 June 1712 Eliz daughter of Thos HUNT of Tenterden. 12 May 1720 Deborah Hunt, widow.

SH3Thick stone with oval top descending in long curved shoulders,badly wornHere / lieth / the body / of / [Sus]an / EVERDEN, yeaman, / [wife?] of Robert / EVERDEN, late of / Benenden who died / August [___]1679 / being [__] years. // Haslewood p83, who adds: [Register 1679. August 21st. Susan Everden, widdow poore]

SH4Tall wide stone with oval flanked by two astragal rosettes, the surface badly weatherwornSacred / to the memory of / James SANTER, only son of / Charles and Sarah SANTER, / late of this parish, / who died December 21st 1823 aged 21 years. / Go fair example of untainted Youth, / Of modest wisdom and pacific truth, / Composed in suffrings, and in joy sedate, / Good without noise, without pretension great, / Of softest manners, unaffected mind, / Lover of peace and friend of human kind; / Go live, for heav’ns eternal year is thine, / Go and exalt thy moral to divine, / Yet take these tears, mortality’s relief, / And till we share your joys forgive our grief, / These little rites, a stone, a verse receive / T’is all a father, all a friend can give. // Haslewood p83

SH5Tall grey stone with scalloped topSacred to the memory of / William SANTER / of this parish: yeo: who died / April the 17th 1807 aged 86 years. / Left issue five sons and two daughters, / (viz) William, Samuel, Charles, / James, Stephen, Ann and Sophia. / Also six children deceased. / Also / of Catharine his wife, who / died the 22 November 1817 / aged 69 years. // Haslewood p82, who wrongly records Wm’s age as 88.

SH6Tall stone with small oval flanked by two astragals, teh surface obscured by lichens, but the MI intactErected / to the memory of / Robert COLEBROOK / of this parish, / who departed this life April 18th / 1841 aged 54 years. / Also of Sarah, / wife of the above named / who departed this life February 9th / 1856 aged 69 years. // Haslewood p82

SJ1Altar tomb of bricks with stone corner pillars, no MI mow visible, but was presumably on the worn top surface:In memory of / James ATWOOD, who was / Master of the free school in this / parish 34 years, and of Lydia / his wife. He died Janry the 27th / 1761 aged 62 years. She died / Novr the 26th 1756 aged 63 years. / They left behind them six children, / namely Willm, Thos, John, Lydia, Mary / and Jane, of whom Thos is since / deceased and lies interr.d close by this / stone. He died Sepr the 29th 1761 / aged 38 years. // Haslewood p84

SJ2Tall grey stone with discreet oval and, at a distance, two small astragals; the MI still clear high up on the stoneIn memory of / Harriet Amelia, / daughter of / John and Harriett BUCKLAND, / born April 6th 1838, / died February 10th 1853. // Haslewood p85

SJ3Substantial stone, the surface flaking at the top and obscured by lichen but much of the MI still



readableIn memory of / John BUCKLAND / of this parish, / born September 16th 1797, / died October 18th 1860. / Left surviving a widow, 1 daughter and / 2 sons, (viz) Sarah, William and / John-Avery. / We trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men. / Also of Harriett, / wife of the above named / John BUCKLAND, / who died Novr 16th 1876 / aged 76 years. // Haslewood p85 Two broken footstones

SJ4Unusual stone with tall triangular pediment with roll top and at the head a three-part motif of stylised buds; the MI on a sunken surface within a gothic arch, all in capitalsIn loving memory of / Sarah / daughter of the late / John BUCKLAND / of Benenden, Kent / who died March 29th 1892 / Aged 70 years / Thy will be done // FootstoneS B / 1892 //

SK1Thick stone with oval top descending in long curved shoulders, one now damaged; the MI still clear through the lichen in the right lightHere / lyeth the / body of / Mary, Wife of / Vallentine / MARLOW & Daught / of Geor SPRINGETT / of Hawkherst. / She died ye 18th of / June 1741 / aged 32 years. / Left issue 5 sons / and one daughter. // Haslewood p88

SK2Double-headed stone, the elegant lettering generously spacedIn memory of / Thomas ROUST of this parish, / who died Jany 31 1780 / aged 77 years. / Left issue John, Thomas and Sarah. / Also in memory of Sarah, wife / of the above said Thos ROUST, / who died June 19 1785 aged 79 years. // Haslewood p88 FootstoneT R / 1780 //

SK3Tall stone with oval top, the MI in elegant lettering generously spaced below a carving of a cherubic head surrounded by stylised foliageIn memory of / John, son of Thos and / Sarah ROUST of this parish, / who died Septr 23rd 1783 / aged 47 years. / Near this place lyeth the body / of William, son of Thosand / Ann Roust. He died Feby 2nd 1791 / aged 15 years. / All you that come my grave to see, / prepare yourselves to follow me. / Prepare for death, make no delay, / I in decline was snatcht away. // Haslewood p87-88Footstone

SK4Substantial stone with oval flanked by two astragals, the surface badly weathered leaving only the central part of the MISacred / to the memory of / Richard ROUST / of this parish, / who died Jany 31st 1831 / aged 59 years. // Haslewood p87

SK5Tall stone with oval flanked by two astragal rosettes, the entire face framed with a single incised line; in good condition with clear MISacred / to the memory of / Thomas ROUST of this place, / who died 31st May 1814 aged 73. / And of Ann his wife, who died / 14th February 1800 aged 60. / Left surviving Thomas, John, Richard, / Sarah, David, Ann, James & Elizabeth. / Near / this place lieth / Wm Roust MOLTON, son of / James and Ann MOLTON, who died / April 15th 1817 aged 16 months. // Haslewood p87 Two footstonesT R // A R //



SK6Tall stone with oval flanked by two astragal rosettes, the surface badly decayed in the lower partSacred / to the memory of / Thomas ROUST / of this parish, / who died Septr 3rd 1824 / aged 58 years. // Haslewood p86-87 Footstone

SK7Tall stone with broad oval and rosettes on the shoulders; the first word in ornamented Gothic lettersSacred / to the memory of / Sarah PAINE, / widow of Thomas PAINE, / and eldest daughter of / Thomas and Ann ROUST, / who died May 27th 1855 / aged 82 years. / Perfect love casteth out fear. / Also of Eliza, / eldest daughter of the above named / Sarah PAINE, / and wife of Thomas CATT of London, / who died December 7th 1856 / in the 50 year of her age / and who lies buried here. / Through much tribulation we enter the Kingdom. // Haslewood p86Two footstonesE C / 1856 // S P / 1855 //

SL1On a slate affixed to west wall of south porch; the pedimental top has rounded shoulders and there is a single incised line forming a border; the MI in Roman capitals in lines of varying heightsIn a vault opposite are / deposited the remains of / James JUDGE / of Goddards Green in this / parish, who died August 17th / 1856 aged 54 years. / Also of Maria his wife, / who died December 21st 1854 / aged 40 years. / Also Stephen Thomas, their / infant son died March 31st 1854. / Left surviving one son and / one daughter, James Howard / and Sarah Upton. / also of James Howard JUDGE / above mentioned / of Goddards Green in this parish / who died October 29th 1892 / aged 49 years / and Edith Emma BRADLY / wife of James Howard JUDGE / who died at Alton July 19th 1942 / interred at Holybourne, Hants / aged 91 years // Haslewood p92 (as far as Sarah UPTON)

SL2Double headed stone, the surface in bad conditionIn memory of / Thomas AUSTEN of this / parish. He died April 1 1777 / aged 77 years. / Also Mary his wife died / Jany 30 1777 aged 67 years. / Left issue six sons and seven / daughters. // Haslewood p89

SL3Double headed stone, the surface obscured by lichens and badly weathered at the topIn memory of / Laurence LANSDELL, late of / this parish, yeo: who died April 2nd / 1784 Aged 79 years. / This stone was erected by Elizth his Wife / who died / May 12th 1802 aged 68 years. // Haslewood p89. Register adds note to Elizabeth “drowned”.

SM1Tall stone with oval top flanked by astragal rosettesSacred to the memory of / Elizabeth, / daughter of / Wm and Elizh LANSDELL, / who died May 12th 1836 / aged 18 years. // Haslewood p94

SM2Wide stone with oval flanked by two astragals dropping to raised shoulders; pinkish hue, surface marked by lichens but MI still clearIn memory / of / Elizabeth, / the wife of / William LANSDELL / of this parish, who died May 10th / 1851 aged 69 years. / Also of the aforesaid / William LANSDELL, who / died February 19th 1863 aged 82 years. / Left issue surviving / George, Anne Goble, William, / Mary and Thomas. // Haslewood p93-4

SM3Tall stone with oval flanked by two astragals; the MI readable, but the lower portion damaged by weatheringIn memory / of William LANSDELL, / son of / William and Elizabeth / LANSDELL of this parish, / who died at Maldon in Essex / on the 24 September 1858 / aged 45 years. // Haslewood p93



SM4Tall grey stone with oval flanked by two astragals dropping to raised shoulders; MI in clear capitalsSacred / to the memory of / Ann Goble, / the beloved wife of / Stephen JUDGE / of Tenterden, and daughter of / William and Elizabeth LANSDELL / of this parish, / who departed this life / November 29th 1875 / aged 64 years. / "Beloved by all for her Christianity / and great benevolence". / Also of the aforesaid / Stephen JUDGE / born Decr 1st 1812 / died Febry 3rd 1884 / aged 71 years. / That they may rest from their labours / and their works do follow them. // Haslewood p93 (Ann only)

SM5Tall stone with oval flanked by two floral astragals dropping to raised shoulders; the first word of the MI ornamented Sacred / to the memory of / Ann, wife of Thomas PAINE / of this parish, / who died January 18th 1850 / aged 71 years. / Also of the above named / Thomas PAINE, who died October 18th 1852 / aged 81 years. // Haslewood p92 Two footstonesT P / 1852 // A P / 1850 //

SN1Tall stone with central roundel and two ovals at the top with flower designs;Sacred to the memory of / Robert, / son of Robert & Ann WESTON / of this parish, / who died Decr 29th 1833 / aged 17 years. / Also of Ann, daughter of the above / who died August 7th 1835 / aged 26 years. // Haslewood 230/p95

SN2Narrower stone, grey, the MI obscureHarriet, / Daughter of / Robert and Ann WESTON, / born August 21st 1811 / Died June 9th 1812. // Haslewood 229/p94

SN3Tall red stone with oval top between two rosettes; damaged in places Sacred / to the memory of / Robert WESTON of this parish, / who departed this life Novr 6th / 1822 aged 64 years. / Also Ann his wife, who died Marh 14th / 1858 aged 79 years. / Left surviving Ann his wife / and issue 5 children, (viz) Ann, / Mary, Robert, John / and Henry Thomas. / "I know that my Redeemer liveth, / He is my portion while I’ve breath, / my hope in life, my life in death". // Haslewood 228/p94

SP1Double headed stone. On the left-hand side: In / memory of / Wm SPRINGATE / of this parish, yeo / He died ye 27th of / Feby 1747 in ye 51st / year of his age. / Left issue by Margt / his wife one son / and one daught / Wmand Mary. / Also Martha / their daughr died / an infant. // On the right-hand side:Also / Margaret, / his wife, who / died Jany 16 1795 / aged 83 years. // Below, across the stone:Also in memory of Willm his son, died / Octr 30 1773 aged 27 years. // Haslewood 231/p95; burial registers Wm buried 4 March 1748

SQ1Tall pinkish stone, oval top with rosette shoulders Sacred / to the memory of / Sarah, wife of Edward BARDEN / (widow of the late John WHEELER / of Hastings). / Born May 1 1800, died March 29 1866. / Alice WHEELER was born 1841, / died July 10 1860. / "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken / away, Blessed be the name of the Lord". // Haslewood 232/p96

SR1A short stone with high round top above sloping shouldersHere / lieth ye Body of / John SOUTHERDEN / Who died ye 4th of Sepr / 1748 in ye 70th Year / of his



Age. / And left one Son / Samuel, / who Erected this / to his Memory. // Haslewood 245/p101

SR2A short stone with high round top above sloping shoulders, the surface badly weatheredHere lies / ye body of / Phillis, wife of / John SUTHARDEN / who died June ye / 2nd 1733 in ye 56 / year of her age / & left issue one / son Samuel, who / erected this to / her memory. // Haslewood 244/p100-101, who adds: Register 1733. June 7. Phillis, wife of John Sutherden.

SR3A short stone with high round top above sloping shoulders, the surface badly weatheredHere lies / ye body of / John, son of / John & Phillis / SUTHARDEN who / died July ye 23rd / 1722 in ye 18th year / of his age. / Erected to his / memory by / Samuel SUTHARDEN / his brother. // Haslewood 243/p100, who adds: Register 1722. July 28. John, son of John Suthrenden.

SR4Short smooth sandstone with cambered top, the surface lostIn memory of / William SHOOBRIDGE, / who died 3rd December 1821 / aged 20 years. / In the midst of life, we are in death. // Haslewood 242/p100

SR5Tall grey stone, the MI almost invisibleIn memory of / Sarah, wife of / John SHOOBRIDGE / who died 30th July 1811 / aged 38 years. / Sally, their daughter, died / 11th May 1812 aged 5 years, and / is buried in the same grave. // Haslewood 241/p99-100

SR6A broken stone, the base still in the ground, the rest lying flat Sacred to the memory of / Thomas WRIGHT / of this parish / formerly of Morton Wood, / Shropshire) / who died Feby 20th 1858 / aged 79 years, / leaving a widow and two sons, / Thomas & George. / Also Mary, / wife of the above Thomas WRIGHT, / who departed this life / October 28th 1866 / aged 74 years. // Haslewood 240/p99

SS1Tall grey stone, the MI almost invisibleIn memory of / John CUTHBEARTH / who died 29th October 1817 / aged 74 years. / Also of / Hannah CUTHBEARTH / his wife, / who died 26th August 1789 / aged 48 years. // Haslewood 246/p101

SS2A substantial triple headed stone, mottled and flaking, the MI now barely visible. On the left-hand column:Here lyeth / the body of / John / CROTHALL, / late of this / parish, farmer. / He died the / 29th of Sepr / 1738 aged / 70 years. // On the central column:Also ye body / of Robert, / son of John / CROTHALL by / Mary his wife. / He was also / a farmer / and a person / well esteemed / by all / that knew him. / He died ye 27th / of April 1748 / in the 45th yer / of his age. // On the right-hand column:Here also / lyeth ye body / of Mary, / wife of ye said / John / CROTHALL, / who died the / 14 of Feby / 1751 aged / 83 years. // Below, across the stone:These stones were erected to their / memory by Richard CROTHALL. // Haslewood 247/p102; burial registers have Mary CROTHALL buried 19 Feb 1752 aged 82

SS3Elegant domed stone, the surface mottled and the MI unreadableIn memory of / Obedience, daugh / of Richd and Obedie / CROTHALL, who / departed this life / Novr the 17th 1752 / aged 10 months. / Tho’ young my days, / seven months I felt earths pain, / Christ took me soon / and now I feel my gain. // Haslewood 248/p102



ST1Tall stone topped with two rosettes; the MI invisibleIn / memory of Thomas ARCHER, / late School Master of this parish / who departed this life / January 4th 1802 aged 74 years. / Also of / Sarah Archer his wife, / who departed this life / December 18th 1823 aged 87 years. // Haslewood 268//p110

ST2Substantial stone, the MI on the eastern surface still visible but obscureIn memory of / Mary, wife of Brannis CATT / of this parish, who died April 17th / 1787 aged 53 years. / Left issue 1 daughter. / And also of / the abovesaid Brannis CATT, / who died April 9th 1820 aged 89 years. // Haslewood 267/p109

ST3Substantial stone, the MI on the eastern surface still visible but obscureTo the memory of / Thomas BARNS of this parish, / who departed this life April 12th / 1832 aged 85 years. / Martha, wife of Thomas BARNS / of this parish, who departed this life / January the 18th 1812 / aged 65 years and 11 months. / Near this place with me twelve infants lay, / with pain and grief I did them bear. / And there to lay till the last day / to meet our God we shall appear. // Haslewood 266/p109

SU1Tall sandstone, the surface eroded, some lettering still visibleSacred / to the memory of / Elizabeth, / the beloved wife of / Jonathan DUNK, / who departed this life / December 21st 1872 / aged 64 years. / Also of two infant daughters, / Frances died in 1834 / aged 8 months, / Elizabeth died in 1835 / aged 4 months. // Haslewood 270/p110-111

SU2Tall stone, the MI still readableSacred / to the memory of / Jonathan DUNK / who died June 6th 1876 / aged 71 years. / Stop dear friends as you pass by, / as you are now so once was I. / As I am now so you will be, / prepare for death and follow me. / Also of / Arthur Vincent, / son of the above, / who died April 16th 1876 / aged 36 years. // FootstoneE.D. / 1872 // Haslewood 269/p110, who adds: Jonathan Dunk was the village blacksmith, and an occasional preacher at the Independent Chapel at Iden Green.

SV1Small brass plaque on bench against south wall of churchIn loving memory / Marjorie Myee JOHNSTONE / 1909 - 2003 // Asjhes interred at V25.

T1Grey stoneIn loving memory of / Roy Sidney HARMER / 1928 – 1984 //

T3Grey stoneFrank Albert CHEESEMAN / 2.12.1919 - 29.10.1983 / Clarice CHEESEMAN / 29.6.1921 - 17.7.2005 //

T4Blue-grey rustic stoneJanet Helen / McBRIDE / died 22nd Aug 1983 / aged 28 / like a candle in the wind //

T6SlateJames Collingwood / Burdett TINLING / 1900 - 1983 / and his beloved wife / Eileen Nancy / TINLING / 1902-1992 / Born Burrawang / Australia //



T7SlateJohn James Seymour / HARVEY / 1899 - 1983 //

T8Grey stone Morley AYEARST / 1899 - 1983 / b. Ontario, Canada / d. East Hampton, New York //

T9Grey stone Marjorie AYEARST / beloved wife of Morley / 1898 – 2002 / b. Erie Pennsylvania / d. East Hampton, New York //

T10Sandstone In Loving Memory / Mildred Jane / METCALF /1916 - 1983 //

T12SlateTreasured Memories of / Robert C. ELLIOTT / 1923 - 1983 //

T13Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / our dear Brother / Clarence William WEBSTER / who died 17th Jan. 1986 / aged 57 / R.I.P. //

T14SlateCharles Gerald HARDEN / 1904 – 1983 / and his son / Alastair Geoffery HARDEN / 1943 – 2006 / and / Certhia Mary HARDEN / 1917 - 2011 //

T17Register: Lydia STEVENS 15.2.1983

T18Grey stoneIn / loving remembrance of / Alfred Arthur McCARTHY / died 17th September 1982 / aged 65 //

T19Grey rustic stoneBarbara Elizabeth ALLFREY / Betty / born 16th November 1903 / died 11th October 1982 / Blessed are the pure in heart / for they shall see God //

T20Grey stoneIn / loving lemory of / George William BEST / 1901 - 1982 //

T21Grey stoneW. S. GALLAGHER / R.I.P. //

T22Grey stoneIn Loving Memory / Pamela Norah ELLIOTT / 1930 - 1982 / and / Peter Franklin ELLIOTT / 1921 - 1996 //

T23SlateIn / Loving Memory of / Roy Eric FOREMAN / 1931 - 1981 //

T24Grey stoneMITCHISON / Ralph 1883 - 1981 / Margaret 1898 - 1966 //

T26Grey stoneRannulf Alfred Earle / WELBY / 1902 - 1980 //



T27Register: Winifred METCALF 8.4.1988

T30James Irwin DAVIS / 1902 - 1980 / Evelyn Ann DAVIS / 1907 - 2001 //

T31Grey stoneCollingwood INGRAM / 1880 - 1981 //

T32Grey stoneFlorence Maude INGRAM / 1881 - 1979 //

T35Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Theophilus John / METCALFE 8th Bt / 1916 - 1979 //

T36 Grey stoneJesse ASHDOWN / 1904 - 1978 / Bertha ASHDOWN / 1902 - 1999 / till we meet again //

T38Grey stoneRaymond Wycliffe RUSSELL / 1889 – 1977 / Ingeborg / Elisabeth Anna Else / RUSSELL / 1926 -2013 //

T39Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Mary LANGRIDGE / 1903-1978 / and / Jack LANGRIDGE / 1907 - 1980 //

T41Grey stoneStanley Denis / GOODSELL / 1924-2006 / at peace / aged 82 years //

T42Grey stoneBert GOODSELL / 1893-1977 / at rest / Beatrice Mary GOODSELL / 22nd June 1996 / aged 94 years //

T43SlateLt. Col. / Nigel Clifton STOCKWELL / 1909-1976 / Deirdre STOCKWELL / 1919 - 2007 //

T44Grey stoneWilliam Alastair INGRAM / 1913 – 1975 / and his loving wife / Daphne Anne INGRAM / 1914 - 2008 //

T45Grey stoneIn loving memory of / Reginald KERR-WILSON / 1910 – 1977 / and his wife / Norah / 1917 – 2004 //

T46Grey stoneIn loving memory of / Alfred POTTER / 1894 – 1975 / Kate POTTER 1895 – 1982 //

T47Grey stoneGladys GRANT / 1886 – 1976 //

T49Grey stoneDorothy Violet FREEMAN / died 7th Jan 75 / aged 66 / Alfred FREEMAN / died 31st May 79 / aged 75 //

T50Register: Albert James GILES 1974



T51SlateThea SOMERVELL / 1894 – 1978 //

T52Charles Robin HONNYWILL / 1903 – 1976 / & / Judith Eleanor HONNYWILL / 1900 – 1974 //

T53SlateL. B. GRANT / 1882 – 1974 / E. S. GRANT / 1891 – 1987 //

T54Grey stoneIn loving memory of / Franklin Dennis WATTS / 1917 – 1973 //

T55Grey stoneIn loving memory of / Ada G. SHARPE / 1889 – 1972 / and / Percy A. SHARPE / 1890 – 1975 //

T56Blue-grey stoneHerbert Thomas BOXALL / master builder / 4 Feb 1888 – 21 Nov 1977 / Lilian Rosina BOXALL / school teacher ~ his wife / 21 Sep. 1901 – 30 Oct. 1970 // PW recorded earlier stone as “ Lilian Rosina / Fermiger BOXALL / died 30th October 1970 / aged 69 years”

T58Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Baden Kimberley MOORE / 1901 - 1969 / and / Elsie Nora MOORE / 1908 - 1987 //

T59Grey stoneBernard Hugh / COOPER R.D. R.N.R. / 29th July 1880 / 26th September 1968 //

T60Grey stonePeggy Eileen DOWNES / parted from us / 8th May 1968 / always in our thoughts. //

T61Grey stoneIn Memory of / William Francis HORTON / died 10th April 1968 / aged 71 years / a most loyal servant of / Christ and his Church / Sacristan 1925 - 1968 //

T62Grey stoneFrank James WHITE / died 11th Oct. 1967 / aged 79 years //

T64Grey rustic stoneMargaret ROGERS / died 3rd March 1973 / aged 92 years. / reunited //

T65Grey stoneUnto God’s great mercy / and protection we commit you / George ROGERS / died 9th May 1967 aged 86 years / beloved husband and father / love’s last gift - remembrance //

T66Grey stoneIn Loving Memory / of / Vernon Rodney Montagu / GATTIE / died 23rd May 1966 / aged 80 //

T67SlateIn loving memory of / Joan Edith MYATT / beloved wife, mother / and grandmother / 1923-1994 / Francis Harry MYATT / dear husband, dad, grandad / and great grandad / 1921-2006 //



T68Grey stoneAlfred Charles BRIDGLAND / aged 72 / parted from us / 28th August 1964 / R.I.P. //

T69Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Katrine Janet CHEESEMAN / 4th August 1964 / aged 17 years //

T70Grey stoneGodfrey Gerald BARKER / born 17th March 1895 / died 13th May 1964 / in loving remembrance //

T71Grey stoneBeatrice / PEEL / died / 5 Dec 1960 / R.I.P. //

T72SlateHarry Arnold COLE / 11 Dec 1897 – 24 Nov 1960 / Physician / Beloved husband and father //

T73Grey stoneIn / Loving Memory of / Maurice Lionel / JONES / 1903-1960 / per ardua ad astra / Also of his wife / Jean / 1908-1980 //

U1Grey stoneJames Frederick / HART-SAVAGE / passed away 21st May 1984 / beloved husband of / Doris Elizabeth / passed away 8th March 25 / beloved parents of John / together again //

U2Register: Frank Ivor READ 28.2.1985

U3Grey stoneJohn MARTIN / 1922 – 1985 / God bless //

U4Grey stoneIn / Loving Memory / of / Violet P. GREGORY / 1928 – 1985 / A.D.T. GREGORY / (Des) / 1926 – 1996 / Together forever //

U5Grey stoneRose Sabine / GOODSELL / February 1910 - September 1985 / R.I.P. / Charles John GOODSELL / 18.6.1910 – 3.8.1989 //

U6Grey stoneIn / Loving Memory / William Ianto / WILLIAMS / 1913 – 1985 / Phyllis Eileen / WILLIAMS / 1924 – 1998 //

U7SlateKitty / Brownscombe / LOWE / 1927 – 1986 / Always missed by / Chris / and their children / Simon and Lindsey

U8Grey stoneIn memoriam / Ursula STROUTS / nee GERCKE / 1915 – 1988 / steel-true heart-whole Also / her husband / Alan / 1901 – 1995 / A fellow farer / true through life //

U9Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Paul SUTTON / 1942 – 1988 //



U10Blue-grey stoneEleanor Joan WHITE / 11 Nov 1904 - 26 Aug 1989 / Peter Francis WHITE / Lt Col R.E. OBE / 1899 – 1994 //

U11Grey stoneIn / Loving Memory / Margaret / Aldis / COULSON / 23rd March 1913 / 5th January 1990 //

U12Grey stoneIn Loving / Memory / Stuart Lindsay / COULSON / 27 November / 1904 / – 31st July / 1990 //

U13SlateAlwyn Douglas / LENOX-CONYNGHAM / Captain Royal Navy / 1907 – 1990 / Aged 82 / A faithful Christian / Loved by all //

U14SlateMargaret Cecil / LENOX-CONYNGHAM / 1908-1998 / Aged 90 / Much loved wife of Alwyn / and mother of Charles, / Andrew and Gerald //

U15Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Sydney Henry COLLINS / born 8th August 1927 / died 21st August 1990 //

U16Grey stoneIn Loving Memory / Stanley METCALF / 1906 – 1990 //

U17Grey stoneIn Loving Memory / Florence May / SKINNER / died Feb 10th 1991/ aged 89 years / and her husband / Ernest SKINNER / died Feb 7th 22 / aged 97 years //

U18A square slate, the first line inscribed in a circle; the rest of the MI inside, below a crossIvy and Sidney Jack HOOKHAM / In loving memory / 1905 – 1999 / 1907 – 1991 //

U19Grey stoneIn Loving / Memory / Robin TOMSETT / 1931 – 1991 //

U20Grey stone with flower holder insetPeter Leonard MOTHERSOLE / beloved husband, ./ father and grandfather / 20th March 1929 - 6th July 1991 //

U21 Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Mother / Isabell Annie REYNOLDS / born September 16 1892 / died September 24 1991 / A native of the village //

U22Grey stoneIn / loving memory of / a dear husband / David COOK / 1928 – 1991 //

U23SlateHelga Gerrit /LENOX-CONYNGHAM / 1933 – 1999 / Aged 66 / Much loved wife of Charles /and mother of Stefan, Jimmy, / Ulli, Patrick and Laura //

U24Grey stone with stone flower holderRonald John GOOSEMAN / much loved husband and father / and grandfather / 5th February 1933 28th May 1992 //



U25Grey stoneIn Loving Memory / Frank THOMPSON / 1914 – 1993 / Cecily THOMPSON / 1910 – 1998 //

U26SlateIn Loving Memory / of / John STRONG / 30.12.1905 - 12 1.1993 / Also his wife / Dorothea Evelyn STRONG / nee HAVERS / 7.6.1905 – 17.5.1993 //

U27Grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Rowatt / Dr A.L.R. MAYER O.B.E. / Physician / 1910 – 1993 //

U28SlateIn Loving Memory of / Rita Mary FERRY / 1950 – 1993 / Dearly loved wife of Alan / Loving and much loved Mother / of Ben and Kate //

U29SlateLionel James / DURKIN / 1918 – 1994 / And / Cindy DURKIN / 1918 – 2009 //

U30Grey stoneIn loving / memory of / Cynthia / Gail / ROBINS / 20 May 1947 / At peace / 14 Nov 1994 //

U31Grey stoneIn loving memory / of / Frank PENGELLY / 23.12.1916 – 17.2.1995 //

U32Grey stone with inset flower holderDouglas BAKER / 1908 – 1995 / And / Mamie BAKER / 1916 – 1991 / Memories live on / while sorrows fade away //

U33SlateIn loving memory of / Douglas Victor HARDING / 5.11.1918 – 11.10.1995 / Kate HARDING / 2.12.1919 – 11.11.2008 //

U35Slate with inset flower holderTreasured Memories / Sidney Ronald / STAINES / 1921 – 1995 //

U36Grey stone. A sheaf of corn carved at the footTom SCOTT / 1937 – 1996 //

U37Grey stoneBob BAILEY / Headmaster of / Benenden Village / School / 1974 – 1985 //

U38Grey stoneIn loving memory of / Trevor Carlton / COLLINGWOOD / 1924 – 1996 //

U39Square stone; a cockerel carved in the top right cornerCherished memories / of / Bertram WEBSTER / 1933 – 1996 / So loved by the family //

U40Grey stoneBeloved parents / Leonard Charles Henry / INGS / 1926 – 1991 / and / Marion Margaret / INGS / 1920 – 1997 / Together for always. / Rest peacefully //

U41Slate



In loving / memory of / Harold Frank / BROCK / 1910 – 1997 / and his wife / Lilian May BROCK / 1917 – 2013 / Forever loved //

U42Grey stoneIn loving memory / of / Christine ELLIOTT / 1925 – 1997 / Always in our thoughts //

U43Grey stoneDavid ASHENDEN / 14 May 1913 – 6 August 1997 / And / Mildred Ena Maud / ASHENDEN / 30th March 1906 – 9th August 1997 //

U44SlateIn / loving / memory of / Albert DIXON / 1937 – 1998 / Loved forever //

U45Blue-grey stoneAnn BAYLEY / 1943 – 1999 / “Dancing with the / daffodils” / Wordsworth //

U46Grey stoneStuart F. LOCK / Snowy / 1915 – 1998 / Beatrice Vera / LOCK / 1919 – 2001 //

U47SlateAlbert Stephen Woods / CLIFFORD / 1916 – 1999 / In God at last made free //

U48SlateMichael Bryan / KNAPP-FISHER / 1921 – 1999 / Betty Margaret / KNAPP-FISHER / 1922 – 2005 //

U49Grey stoneIn / loving memory of / James Albert / IBBOTSON / 1934 – 2001 //

U50Grey stonePeter Anthony / CLARK / 1920 – 2001 //

U51Grey stoneIn Memory Of / Walter SPICER / (Wally) / 7.10.1911 – 9 9.2001 / Also Remembered / Kathleen SPICER / (Pat) / 24.3.1911 – 27 10.1992 //

U53Grey stoneIn loving memory / of / Ed WOOKEY / 1916 – 2000 / Ola WOOKEY / 1918 – 2006 //

U54Grey stoneJohn HUDSON / 1903 – 2000 / Gwen HUDSON / 1905 – 2000 / Together in peace //

U55Grey stoneIn Loving Memory / of / Kate COPPARD / 1960 – 2000 / Miss me – but let me go //

U56Grey stoneIn / Loving Memory / of / William George / GROVES / 1917 – 2000 / Only Good night,. Not Farewell. //

U59SlateIn / loving memory of / Daphne ELLIOTT / 18th June 1941 – 2nd Jan 2009 //



U60White stone squarePhyllis DAVIES / 1913 – 2011 / rest in peace //

V1Grey stoneRonald GOODWIN / 1928-2002 //

V2Slateloving memories / Jill LOYD / 26.3.1920-10.4.2002 //

V3Grey stone with inset flower holderIn loving memory of / Basil Maurice / BAMBRIDGE / 15.2.1925-27.12.2001 //

V4Grey stone with inset flower holderIn / loving memory / of / a dear husband / and father / Gordon KEMP / 19.4.1931-27.11.2002 //

V5Blue marbleRemembered with love / Brian M. BILTON / 1923 – 2007 / Rest in peace //

V6SlateIn memory of / Richard KENWARD / 1906 – 1983 / his wife / Violet KENWARD / 1907 – 2000 / and his sister / Gladys KENWARD / 1908 - 1997 //

V9Grey stoneIn loving memory / of / Peter DAVISSON T.D. / 17.9.1914- 16.10.2002 //

V10Polished black marble with gold lettering and borderIn Loving Memory / Sheila Ann / MITCHELL / (Née BEESLEE) / 28 July 1942 - 28 January 2003 / “Each Others’ Needs To Prefer” //

V11SlateIn loving memory / of / Thomas O.C. / STEVENSON-ROUSE / 21.3.1984 - 18.5.2003 //

V12Slate with inset flower holderIn / loving memory / of / Michael D HAGENS / 31.5.1944- 27.9.2003 //

V13Grey marbleAudrey ABBOTT / 1935 – 2007 / Deeply loved, sadly missed //

V14Grey slateCiaran TYNAN / 29.5.1919 – 25.7.2012 / Rest in peace //

V17Grey marbleJoyce Margaret LOCKYER / Nee WEEKES / 12.11.26-30.11.03 //

V18Grey stoneJohn Rand BEESLEE / a loving husband, dad / and nandy / 1915-2005 / Edith Minnie BEESLEE / loving wife mum / and nanny / 1919 - 2007 / Love is like a single flower //

V19Grey stoneLoving memories / of a dear / husband, father / & grandad / Cyril Leslie MOORE / 11.8.1926 -



15.12.2003 / Elizabeth Rose / MOORE “Bett” / 19.4.1927 – 28.8.2009 / In loving memory of / a great mum and nanny //

V20Slate with inset flower holderCatherine / CZAPIEWSKI / Née Thompson / 24th July 1922 / 19th June 2004 / Beloved wife, Devoted mother / Cherished grandmother / She will always be remembered / with affection //

V21SlateIn / Memory of / Dearest Sister and Auntie / Joan Elizabeth / LUND

V22SlateDavid VINCENT / 1939 – 2012 / Dearly loved, / sadly missed. //

V23MarbleIn God’s garden / Raymond Thomas / MOORE / 21.02.1925 – 20.11.2011 / Daphne Clara / MOORE / 11.12.1925 – 28.03.2014 / Loved – remembered every day //

V25Grey stoneIn / loving memory / Marjorie Myee / JOHNSTONE / 21.11.1909 – 17.7.2003 //.

V26Grey marble with inset flower holderIn loving memory of / Kenneth Edward LEWIS / 28th July 1946 3rd January 2005 / aged 58 years / a dear husband brother / and uncle / loved and missed so much / by everyone / Rest in peace, Ken //.

V27Grey stonePeter Michael / HANNABY / June 1944 – May 2005 / At peace at last //

V28Slate with inset flower holderIn / loving memory of / a dear husband / and father / Eric Herbert LOCK / Died 7th November 2002 / aged 80 years //

V29White stoneIn loving / memory of / Ian / Crawford / SIBLEY / 2.2.41 – 16.10.06 //

V30Slate In loving memory / of / Peter William / HUNT / 29.8.1928 – 6.7.2011 //

V31SlateAmanda / (Mandy) Jane / BARRETT / Née GOOSEMAN / 26th May 1962 – 5th April 2013 / “I hear a footstep on the ground, / But if I were to turn around, / I’d know for certain it’s not true / But how I wish, it could be you!” / Shirley Gooseman 2013 / Always in our thoughts / and missed every day. //

V33Slate with incised cross above the inscriptionMary / RHYS-JONES / 20th May 1934 – 28th August 2005 / In Loving Memory //

V34Grey stoneIn loving memory / Arthur S / TROWER / 1916 – 2005 / Gladys W. / TROWER / 1920 - 2013 //

V35SlateFondly remembered / by Family and Friends / James Ewart / CRONIN / 15th Aug 1919 – 23rd Oct. 2005 / Ivy Beryl / CRONIN / Née ELLIOTT / 2nd July 1919 – 2nd April 2007 //



V36Grey marbleLeslie James / CHANDLER / 16.09.1920 to 27.10.2005 / Doris CHANDLER / 13.06.1917 to 27.10 2000 //

V37White stoneBeloved Wife and Mother / Jean Betty VINALL / Née BUTLER / 24.10.1945 – 8.6.2008 //

V38White stoneIn loving memory / of / John Charles / SPICER / 13.10.1935 – 16.11.2011 / sadly missed by / his family and / friends //

V39Slate, the inscription arranged in two columnsIn / Loving / Memory of / Kenneth / Edward / SMITH / 10.4.1962 / 1.8.2012 //

V41Grey stoneRemembered with love / Charles William / ANDREW / 1911-2006 / Joan Emily / ANDREW / 1915 - 2009 //

V42SlateSally LEWIS / 2nd Dec 1953 / 11th June 2006 / Beloved Daughter, Sister / and Aunt / Helen LEWIS / 3rd April 1927 / 31st July 2011 / Greatly loved by her / Family and Friends //

V43White stoneTreasured memories of / a dear husband / father and grandfather / John William Gregory / WILMOT / 1921 – 2006 //

V44Grey stoneDavid Hedley / LEWIS / 24.5.1956 – 24.6.2005 / In Our Hearts Forever //

V45SlateMary / Kathleen Blanche / WILKINS / 6th May 1927 – 15th Nov 2008 / Praise God from whom / all blessings flow //

V46Grey marbleIn Loving Memory / of / Sue McCLELLAN, / née FUGGLE / 15.12.22 - / 29.11.10 //

V47Slate with incised cross above the inscriptionJohn GREGORY / 1919 – 2011/ Loving Husband, Father / and Grandfather / Remembered with love //

V48SlateIn memory of / Christine Harrison / HAYMAN / 1944 – 2011 / lovingly missed / and a true Christian //

V50SlateLoving Wife and Mother / Christine Ann / NASH / “Tina” / 3rd April 1947 – 4th April 2004 //

V51White stoneJill / ESTALL / 1943 ~ 2008 / much loved / greatly missed //

V52White stoneKeith SMITH / 19.07.1933 – 22.09.2009 / loved always //



V53Grey marble with inset flower holderTreasured / memories / of a dear / husband, dad / granddad & gt.-grandad / Howard Edwin PAIGE / 9.11.1926 – 24.3.2011 / Forever in our hearts //

V57Blue-grey marbleIn Loving Memory / of / Joyce E CAMERON / 11.12.1911 / to / 23.7.2006 //

V58Blue-grey stoneIn Loving Memory of / Hector PURVER / 1915 – 2007 / and his beloved Wife / Sue / née MECKLEROVA / 1925 – 2000 //

V59Register: HINSLEY, foetus, 2011


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St George's Church, Benendenbenendenchurch.org/content/pages/documents/1517478534.doc · Web viewA1 Very large black canvas painted in gold lettering Benefaction to the Parish of