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LAST NAME AREA INSCRIPTIONNOTES
LANE B 1001No headstone
MARCHANT B 1 Jacqueline Jane MARCHANT died 25.11.09 aged 66 yearsNo headstone
PARKMAN B 2 Sonia Ann PARKMAN died 25.4.09 aged 76 yearsNo headstone
FARRIS B 3 Donald FARRIS died 14.4.09 aged 76 years
MOORE B 4
MCDONALD B 5 Edward Geoffrey MCDONALD died 29.12.08 aged 77 yearsNo headstone
HOLLAND B 6
ANSLOW B 7
PARMITER B 8
CANE B 9
STANDEN B 10
GROSSE B 11
CALAGARI C 12
WILTSHIRE C 13
GRAVE No.
Stanley Ernest / died 11th May 2010 aged 87 years
In loving memory of / Molly Elizabeth / MOORE / 28.8.1932-20.3.2009 / A kind and gentle lady / Mother and Grandmother / also her husband / Robert Edward MOORE / whose ashes are buried nearby
In / loving memory of / Clive Albert / HOLLAND / a very dear husband / Dad & Papa / 1.6.1932 – 28.10.2008 / Rest in Peace
George Anslow / born 7th December 1922 / died 8th June 2008 / Gone from my eyes / but not from my heartCherished memories of / our beloved wife Mother and Nan / June PARMITER / 22nd May 1932 -13th May 2008 / Those we love don't go away / they walk beside us every day / unseen unheard but always near / still loved still missed and very dear
In memory of / Ivy CANE / 1915-2008 / our dearly loved / Mum Nan / and Great Nan /Always in our hearts / and minds / Golden SlumbersIn / loving memory of / Barbara Dorothy / STANDEN / 1922-2007 / daughter of / Thomas F STANDEN / 1894-1983 / and / Mabel STANDEN / 1896-1968In loving memory of / Vera GROSSE / 1926-2006 / beloved wife of Albert / and a truly wonderful / Mother and Grandmother / Forever in our HeartsIn loving memory / of / a dear Mother & Nan / Marita CALAGARI / 20th May 1931-14th June 2006 / Loved and Remembered / aged 75John Malcolm / WILTSHIRE / 2.4.1932-19.2.2005 / Beloved husband / Father and Brother / Always in our thoughts / Forever in our hearts
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BEANEY C 14
MCGARRY C 15
SMITH C 16
SUMMERS C 17
BROWN C 18
PHILLIPS C 19
No headstoneMATTHEWS C 20 Robert Henry Herbert / Matthews
No headstoneSTANFORD C 21
VAUGHAN C 22 In / Loving Memory / of / Joan Dorothy / VAUGHAN / 20.3.1921-15.7.2002
MERCER C 23
MILLEN C 24
PRICE C 25
In / ever / loving memory / of my dearest husband / Abram BEANEY / passed away 2nd January 2005 / aged 64 /A while ago I lost a treasure / someone I wanted to keep forever / This heartache comes to others I know / but you are my husband & I love & miss you so / Forever your beloved / Anne & Family / In loving memory of a dear husband Abraham from his wife Annie xxx / (also other tributes)In loving memory of / Henry James McGARRY / Bob/ A dear husband / Dad and Grandad / 29.6.1925-14.3.2004 / A Normandy Veteran
In loving memory of / Jackie SMITH / 12.1.1945-28.11.2004 / A loving wife Mum & Nanny / Always lovingly remembered / Death cannot part / Two loves in one heart
Treasured / memories of / A loving husband / and Father / John Ellison SUMMERS / 8.12.1932-27.4.2006 / aged 73 years / Love you always /
Ronnie David BROWN / 25.6.54-14.01.04 / Memory is a golden chain / that binds us / till we meet againIn loving memory of / A dear wife Mother / and Grandmother / Christine PHILLIPS / 28.12.1935-6.10.2003 / Goodnight and God Bless
Treasured memories / of / John J STANFORD / 1931-2003 / Always in our thoughts / Forever in our hearts
In / Loving Memory / of / Lois Sheila MERCER / 1925-2002 / Beloved Mother / and Grandmother / A great loss
In loving memory of / A special Lady / Joan Lillie MILLEN / 1920-2002 / We used to ofter hear you say / Listen to the birds singing away / we so miss your loving caring way / more and more each passing day / Sidney Cyril MILLEN / 1919-2006 / In loving memory of / a man who loved / the countryside
In ever loving memory of / Sylvia Joan PRICE / 1942-2002 / Beloved wife Mum and Nan / God has you in his keeping / but deep in our heart / you will always stay / loved and remembered
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FARRIS C 26
ANDERSON C 27
CONWAY C 28
BEANEY C 29
HOAD C 30
GROSE C 31 In loving memory of / Elsie Alice GROSE / 1908-1982 / also Charles Frederick GROSE / Prieststone partially buried
VANE / CLARK C 32
DENCE C 33 Elizabeth / Ellen / DENCEwooden cross
FOWLER C 34
SMITH C 35
WILCOCKSON C 36 In loving memory of / Tip / Frederick Walter / WILCOCKSON / who died / 22nd February 1975
ELBOROUGH C 37 In / Memory of / William John / ELBOROUGH 1880-1975
WICKENS C 38
LUCKHURST C 39
Treasured memories / of / Harold E FARRIS / 14th February 1919-18th May 2001 / At rest / together again / beloved wife / Nora FARRIS / 29th June 1924-31st July 2002
Thomas Edward / ANDERSON / 25.12.1932-7.5.2001 / Remembered with love / Gratitude and JoyIn loving memory / of / Doris Love CONWAY / 1913-2000 / and / Walter O'Neil CONWAY / 1913-2001 / In whom I trusted ever / MichaelIn loving memory of / Amos BEANEY / passed away 18th April 2000 / aged 73 / God looked around his garden / and saw an empty space / he looked down on earth below / and saw a tired face / the golden heart stopped beating / two working hearts at rest / (also other tributes) In / loving memory / of / Bertie HOAD / who passed away 25.8.99 / aged 91 years / Rest in peace
In / Loving memory of / a dear husband and Father / Sidney George VANE / died 16th February 1974 / aged 70 years / also of / a devoted wife and Mother / Mabel VANE / died 5th May 1979 / aged 74 years / Re-united / In loving memory of / Joyce CLARK / 1927-2006 / cherished / daughter / and wife / In loving memory of / Bill CLARK / 1927-2004 / devoted / husband / and son in law
In/ Loving memory of / Bertram Joseph / Henry FOWLER / died / 23rd July 1974 / Aged 60 years / at restIn / Loving memory of / Arther Bob SMITH / 1900-1974 / and his wife / Mary Elizabeth / 1902-1977
In / loving memory / of my dear Mother / Dorothy Daisy / WICKENS / died 7th March 1975 / Aged 83 yearsTreasured memories of / A dear husband Dad and Grandad / Jim LUCKHURST / 16.9.1917-12.2.1991
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ATKINS C 40 In loving memory / of / Charles W ATKINS / 1916-1982 / and his wife / Ida Wicken / 1920-2009
REEVES C 41
HINKLEY C 42 William HINKLEY / 1894-1981 / Emma HINKLEY / 1892-1975wooden cross
MOORE C 43
NO NAME C 44 No namewooden cross
BLACKFORD B 45
MANNING B 46
HYETT B 47 Irene Maud / HYETT / 1897-1977
WATTS B 48 Charles R WATTS / 1897-1977 / Nellie K WATTS / 1897-1989 / In / loving memorywooden cross
WISE B 49 Annie WISE / 1905-1977 / Algy WISE / 1905-1979solid square stone
REEVES B 50
HAMPSHIRE B 51
RENDELL B 52
WARD B 53
In memory of / Stanley Raymond REEVES / 1924-1975 / Loving husband of / Marjorie / 1924-2005
In memory of / Mary MOORE / born 12th May 1895 / died 15th February 1976 / and her sister / Ivy / born 9th October 1898 / died 2nd July 1980
In loving memory of / Dulcie Evelyn BLACKFORD / passed away 12.11.1976 / aged 64 /also George / passed away 4.2.1991 / aged 90 / If love could have saved you / You would never have died / If tears could bring you back / You would be here by our side
In memory of / our dear / Mummy and Nana / Mabel C / MANNING / born 18th November 1892 / died 22nd / March 1977 / Who loved us and was loved by us
Peace / In / Loving memory of / Elizabeth REEVES / died 22nd June 1978 / aged 48 years / Forever in our thoughts
Sacred to the memory of / Vicki HAMPSHIRE / A loyal wife & devoted Mother / who died 21st November 1978 / and Jack HAMPSHIRE / husband and Father / An amiable eccentric / who died 4th August 1996 / RIP
Valentine RENDELL / (Nobby) / died 3rd May 1980 / aged 80 years
In fondest memory of / Nellie Emily WARD / died 21.4.1984 aged 61 years / And / William Charles WARD / died 17.11.1991 / aged 71 years / A wonderful Mum & Dad / and a great Nanny & Pop / A very special couple / Deeply loved and missed / Together again
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HOMEWOOD B 54
WISE B 55
GRANT B 56
PALMER B 57
MUNDAY B 58
FOSTER B 59
ENGLISH B 60
BOURNE A 61
BRIND A 62
RAWLINGS A 63
HINKLEY A 64
A 65
In/ loving memory of / Leonard Vie HOMEWOOD / died 2nd May 1984 / aged 81 years / RIP / also his wife / Ivy Mabel HOMEWOOD / died 28th August 1992 / aged 92 years
In loving memory of / A devoted husband and Father / Jim WISE / who died on 5th May 1984 / aged 62 years / Jocelyn Mary WISE / Nee COX / who died on 11th January 2006 / Aged 83 years / “Remember the happy times “
In happy / memories of / a dear husband / & Daddy / Roy / McDonald / GRANT / passed away / 16th October / 1984 / aged 61 years
in loving memory of / Queenie PALMER / 1905-1984 / and / Arthur Herbert / PALMER / 1901-1985 / re-unitedPrecious memories / of / our dear Mum and Dad / Frederick MUNDAY / 1905-1984 / Ivy MUNDAY / 1906-1991 / At rest
In/ Loving memory of / A dear husband son Dad / and Grandad (Grads) / Dennis William FOSTER / passed away 24th February 1985 / aged 54 years / Sadly missed
In / Cherished memory of / Heather M ENGLISH / Who departed this life / 2nd June 1985 / Aged 49 yearsFrederick William / BOURNE / 1899-1985 / son of Frederick / and Sarah Jane / of this parish / at peace
In/ loving memory of / Violet Grace BRIND / died 28th January 1986 / aged 77 years / And / Charles William BRIND / died 27th January 1987 / aged 77 years
In loving memory of / Geoffrey Stuart RAWLINGS / died 30th April 1986 / aged 37 years / sadly missed and forever / in our thoughtsEver / Loving memory of William J HINKLEY / A dear husband & Father / who fell asleep / 26th February 1987 / aged 72 years
ST CLAIR-PEARCE
18.4.1914-12.4.1987 / Leslie William / Frederick / ST CLAIR-PEARCE / Ppr. GDC / a master of perfection / the quality of his life / was unique and for us – his family / has no alpha or omega / Till we meet again / 29.3.1928-3.3.2007 / Pamela Queenie / ST CLAIR-PEARCE / Loving Mother of / Stewart Christopher / Quentin Tracey / Francesca & Russell
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A 66
AUSTIN A 67 Ivy May AUSTIN / 1906-1987wooden cross
GILES A 68
ELBOROUGH A 69
BIRCH A 70
TESTER A 71
A 72
FLOWERDAY A 73
SMITH A 74
PLANT A 75
DENCH A 76
FROST A 77
WILES / PENRHYN-ROBERTS
Treasured / memories of / Stuart David WILES / formerly of Camberwell London / & of this parish / 1917–1987 / & his life long friend / Norman Richard PENRHYN-ROBERTS / formerly of Penrhyndevdraeth / North Wales / & this parish / 1920-2004 / Gods finger touched him & he slept in everlasting peace
In / loving memory of / Ivy Irene / GILES / wife Mother / & Nan / 1.9.13-29.8.87 / Rest in Peace / In / loving memory of / Harry / GILES / husband and Father / & Grandfather / 27.2.04-23.8.83 / Rest in Peace
In memory of / my very dear husband / Percy Gordon / ELBOROUGH / 1925-1988 / May he rest in peaceIn / loving memory of / Timothy Bernard BIRCH / who died on / December 19th 1988 / aged 24 daysTreasured memories / of a dear wife Mum & Nanny / Georgina (Jean) TESTER / called to rest 4th January 1989 / aged 53 years / at peace / & Walter James (Jim) / husband of Jean / sadly taken on 17th September 1998 / aged 64 years / a dear Dad & Grandad / missed by all
WATERS / SHOREY
Loving memories of / My dear Mother / Dorothy May WATERS / died 17th November 1989 / Aged 91 years / In Gods keeping / until we meet again / & her beloved daughter / Audrey Doris Susan / SHOREY / died 9th January 2003
Treasured / memories of / My dear wife / Winifred Elsie / FLOWERDAY / called to rest / 13th January 1990 / aged 66 years / ever in / our thoughts / Treasured / memories of / my dear husband / James / FLOWERDAY / called to rest / 22nd February 2005 / aged 83 years / together / againIn memory of / a loving wife Mother / & Grandmother / Kittie (Pearce) SMITH / died 6th March 1990 / aged 74 years / rest in peace
In / loving memory of / Robert PLANT / husband / Father / Stepfather / & Grandfather / 3.1.1911-31.3.1990 / Rest in peace
Sarah Jane DENCH / died 21st April 1990 / aged 25 years / may the hooves of the horses sound in her sleepCherished memories / of / Our beloved Father / Bill FROST / 1905-1990 / Forever in our thoughts
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A 78 In loving memory / of our Mum / Hilda O' HAGAN (FARR) / born 12.5.26 died 11.7.90wooden cross
NO NAME A 79 No nameNo headstone
BUTTERSBY A 80
WRIGHT A 81
BETTS A 82
FRIEND A 83
THOMPSON A 84
HARRAS A 85
RUSSELL A 86
CURTIS A 87
BABICZ A 88
GURR A 89
WILLIAMS A 90
O'HAGAN / (FARR)
Betty / Kathleen Ada / BUTTERSBY / 13th July 1908-18th July 1999 / Grandaughter of / Lewis BEALE / & sister of / Edith CHERRETT / Peggy Joyce/ & Helen ANDERSON / much involved / in parish activities / and / the John Mayne Trust / & loved by family / and friends
In / Loving memory of / Adam WRIGHT / 28.10.1978-5.12.1998 / Deep in our hearts / you will always stay / loved and remembered / every day
In loving memory of / Arthur / Henry / BETTS / “Jim” /12.3.1933- / 1.9.1995 / a devoted husband / & Dad
In loving memory / of William FRIEND / of Hareplain / 18th October 1914 / 16th July 1994
Gladys Rose / THOMPSON / 5.6.1924-14.10.1993 / Beloved are / the peacemakers / wife of / Robert Alexander / THOMPSON / 31.12.1921-10.10.2001 / Rev 21 verse 4
RAF Wings /Charles William HARRAS / 1911-1992 / eternal God is thy / refuge & underneath / are the everlasting armsIn / loving memory / of / Grace RUSSELL / 11th June 1991 / aged 85 years / always remembered / Stan & JeanRAF Wings / Raymond CURTIS / aged 75 / Warrant officer RAF 1935-1972 / Beloved friend of Thelma / for 43 years / But see! / the rising moon of heaven again / looks for us sweetheart / through the quivering plane / how oft hereafter / rising will she look / among those leaves for one of us in vain / per ardu ad astraFrank BABICZ / died 15th October 1993 / aged 67 / a / loving husband & Father / a man with a kind heart / Jay BABICZ / 3rd June 1923-3rd November 2003 / back in the arms of her beloved Frank / loving you both always
In loving memory / of / Doris Eva GURR / 29.7.1910-12.10.1997 / beloved daughter / of / Annie & Charles Edgar / GURR / At peace Jack Williams / born 27th September 1905 / died 26th July 1993 / loved and missed by / all the Family
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LOCKE A 91
HUGHES A 92
CLAYDON A 93
GOBLE A 94
wooden crossBIRD A 95
LEVETT A 96
BURT A 97
MILLS A 98
SCHERMULY A 99
AUSTIN B 100
PERCIVAL B 101
ILLEGIBLE B 102 Illegible stone
WATERMAN B 103partially illegible
In loving memory / Edgar LOCKE / a dear husband and Father / who fell asleep / May 18th aged 87 / 1905-1993 / also Annie LOCKE / a dear wife and Mother / re-united with Dad / July 1st aged 90 / 1907-1998
Precious memories of / my darling husband William (Bill) J HUGHES / died 22nd July 1992 / aged 54 years / “a very special man “ / loving memories of / our dear sister / Maureen HUGHES / died 14th April 2008 / aged 67 years / a very special lady
In loving memory / of / a dear husband and Father / Anthony CLAYDON / “Tony” / 1936-1992 / In loving memory / of a dear wife / and Mother / Claire CLAYDON / 1932-1993 / Together again
In loving memory of / Eric Stanley GOBLE / 8.4.1916-20.6.1989 / Rose Louisa Maud GOBLE / 11.12.1920-15.9.2001 / re-united
In loving memory of / a dear husband / Bill BIRD / died 25th October 1985 / aged 63 years / He is gone but not forgotten / never shall our memories fade / sweet thoughts shall ever linger / round the spot where he laysIn / loving memory / of / a dear husband / and Father / Ivan LEVETT / died 14th March 1985 / Aged 65 / re-united with / his dear wife / Joyce LEVETT / died 14th June 2008 / Aged 82 years / a loving wife / and Mother / sadly missed / & always in our thoughts
In / loving memory of / our dear Mother / Ada M BURT / died 27th July 1984 / aged 90
In loving memory of / Gloria Mary MILLS / nee FAGG / March 1927-August 1982 / The Lord is my shepherd
In loving memory of / a dear husband and Father / John Arthur / SCHERMULY / Taken from us suddenly / 25th October 1980 / aged 48
In / loving memory of / a devoted son & Brother / Clive Neil AUSTIN / born 6th April 1959 / killed on the roads of this parish / 15th October 1979
In loving memory of / Ethel Mary PERCIVAL / born 9th May 1893 / died 4th July 1979 / Sidney Thomas / PERCIVAL / born 7th January 1901 / died 1st March 1990
In / loving memory of / Victor WATERMAN / died 28th January 1979 / aged 49 years / RIP
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MAYLAM B 104
FARR B 105
STILL B 106
B 107
SHERWOOD B 108
SHERWOOD B 109
CHAPLIN B 110 In loving memory of / Maud Emily CHAPLIN / 1890-1974 / aged 84 wooden cross
BATEMAN B 111 In memory of / Frank and Vera / BATEMAN / 1893-1973? 1906-1980 / RIP
MATTHEWS B 112
ALLEN B 113 Douglas Steen / ALLEN / 1912-1973 / Mary Mildred / ALLEN / 1917-1989 / God bless
WILLSON C 114
WOODRUFFE C 115 E D S WOODRUFFE / 1902-1972
FARRIS C 116
SMALL C 117
HILLS C 118wooden cross
In loving memory of / Sidney George / MAYLAM / born 31st May 1896 / died 20th November 1978 / and of his sister / Mary MAYLAM / born 8th June 1900 / died 23rd January 1984
In / loving memory of / a devoted husband Father / and Grandfather / Alfred G FARR / died 16th June 1976 / aged 70 yearsIn / loving memory / of / Frederick William / Charles STILL / born 10th February 1904 / died 12th May 1978 / Dorothy Ivy May STILL / nee DUNK / born 9th November 1912 / died 23rd August 1985 / united for eternity
SMITH-BOSANQUET
Ethelind Minnie – SMITH-BOSANQUET / nee TYLDEN-PATTENSON / died 21st February 1978 / in her 86 year / dearest Mother to / Michael Keith & George
In loving memory / of / a dear husband and Father / Desmond Ridley / SHERWOOD / died 4th July 1980 / aged 55 / also wife and Mother / Stella Violet SHERWOOD / died 19th July 2009 / aged 84 / together again
Resting / in ever loving memory of / a dear Mother / Eveline Mary SHERWOOD / born 5th November 1893 / entered into eternal rest / 8th July 1977 / her life a beautiful memory / her absence a silent grief
In / loving memory of / Marjorie MATTHEWS / died 18th June 1973 / aged 79 years
Robert / Townshend WILLSON / 29th December 1972 / aged 57 / In affectionate remembrance
In loving memory / of / Kenneth FARRIS / passed away 30th January 1972 / aged 58 years / at rest In loving memory / of / James Thomas SMALL / died 29th November 1971 / aged 71 years
In loving memory of / our dear son / Matthew HILLS / September 12th 1971 - September 13th 1971
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NO SURNAME C 1002 Mark G 1971wooden stake
ROSE C 119stone cross
FUMINGER C 120
DAVIES C 121
MORPHETT C 122
GLENIE C 123
CUTTING C 124
ILLEGIBLE C 125 Illegible.... George?
CRITCHELL C 126
ATKINS C 127
RUSHTON C 128
CLARK C 129fallen headstone
BATT C 130
HOLLINGTON C 131
GILES C 132
NO NAME C 133 No namewooden cross
In loving memory of / Sidney ROSE / killed 18th May 1971 / aged 22 years / from your ever loving wife / & two children / living on in memory
In loving memory of / Margery FUMINGER / who died 14th May 1971 / and / of her husband / Charles / who died 27th February1972
In / memory of / John Norman DAVIES / died 10th February 1971 / aged 72 years
In memory of / Evelyn Alice / MORPHETT / died 15th June 1970 / aged 88 years / at rest
Vera (Peggy) GLENIE / born 8.2.1917 / died 4.4.1970 / Frederick Guy GLENIE / born 5.11.1904 / died 17.2.1971 / reunited
In / loving memory / of / Robert Henry / CUTTING / died 3rd March / 1970 / also / Emily Louisa / CUTTING / 20th March 1976 / aged 75 years / reunited
In memory of / Edward Ernest / CRITCHELL / a beloved husband and Father / who died 26th January 1969 / aged 47 years / Rosalind CRITCHELL / beloved wife and Mother / 1924-1994
In / loving memory / of / Edith Jane ATKINS / died 5th January 1969
In loving memory of / Dorothy Eileen RUSHTON / died 18th April 1964 / aged 42
In loving memory of / Amelia CLARK / ...illegible
In / loving memory / of / Mabel / Anne BATT / died 3rd February 1966 / aged 76 / and / her husband / Albert BATT / died / 19th June 1966 / aged 78 / reunited
In loving memory of / Elizabeth Sarah HOLLINGTON / died 24th September 1978 / Aged 88 yearsIn loving memory of / Frank W GILES / born 6th September 1898 / died 10th May 1965 / Ethel May GILES / born 29th July 1902 / died 27th April 1985 / now together / they were an example to us all / we will remember them / the Children
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DIPNALL C 134
GOBLE C 135 John F GOBLE / also / Emily M GOBLEwooden cross
WALDRON C 136 In / loving memory / of / Rowland Everitt WALDRON / died 6th April 1967 / aged 61 years
GREGORY B 137
BROWN B 138
MASTERS B 139
HODGKINSON B 140
MOUAT B 141
ROCHE B 142
AMOS B 143
STAPLEY B 144
HOUSE B 145 In / loving memory / of our Mother / Mary A HOUSE / 1906-1983 / for ever in our thoughts
VANE B 146
HOMEWOOD A 147
In / loving memory / of / Julia Sophia / DIPNALL / born 24th July 1881 / died 25th September 1985
To the / memory of / Abel GREGORY / who died / 27th March 1968 / and / his beloved / wife / Harriet / who died / 11th December 1967 / RIP
In / loving memory of / Walter Ernest BROWN / 17th June 1907 / 13th January 1968 / and / Phyllis Gertrude BROWN / 4th May 1907 / 10th November 1987In / loving / memory of / Norman / James MASTERS / a beloved husband / & Daddy / who passed away / 29th April 1968 / aged 30 years
In loving memory of / Ralph Livesey HODGKINSON / died 25th July 1968 / aged 66 years / Mary Louise HODGKINSON / died 13th February 1991 / aged 83 years
In / loving memory / of / Edith Lilian MOUAT / died 28th July 1968 / aged 80 years
In memory of / Phyllis Aileen / ROCHE / departed this life / 28th September 1966 / aged 56 years / also her husband / William J ROCHE / died 16th March 1972 / aged 60 years / sadly missed by / his loving Mother and Family / RIP
In / loving memory of / Thomas William AMOS / passed away 16th August 1966 / aged 89 years / also his wife / Fanny Jane AMOS / died 30th July 1976 / aged 91 years
In loving memory of / my dear husband / John Percy Noel / STAPLEY / died 10th April 1983 aged 57 / behind my smile / there's many a tear / for one I lost / and loved so dear / my thoughts of you / will always keep / they cannot fade / they go too deep / sadly missed by / his wife Susan / & sons John & Reuban
In / loving memory / of my dear wife / Dorothy VANE / died March 1986 / aged 78 years / also of her husband / Gerald Roy / died September 1987 / aged 78 years
In / memory of / Cyril Robert / HOMEWOOD / killed tragically / by the hurricane / October 16th 1987 / aged 59 years / RIP
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STONES A 148
WEAVER A 149 In loving memory / of / William Ronald Gerrard / WEAVER / 3.3.1908-3.6.1985
FAGG A 150 In / loving memory of / Olive Mabel Chapman / FAGG / 1888-1985 / rest in peace
CURTIS A 151
BATES A 152 Kenneth Arthur BATES / 1910-1987
TYLER A 153
BLOOM A 154
DOW A 155 Maria DOW / 1925-1989
SHARPE A 156
OSBORN A 157
SCHOFIELD A 158
MUNDAY A 159 Herbert A MUNDAY / “Bunny” / 1907-1999 / remembered with loveflat stone
CHEESEMAN A 160
KNIGHT A 161 Jamie' / James Barrett / KNIGHT / 1971-1996 / forever young – forever loved
BERTRAM A 162
In memory of / Bess STONES / 17th June 1919-24th June 1985 / beloved wife of / Tom / Mother of Anthea / and of / Tom STONES 25th July 1920-23rd October 2002
Here lies / James CURTIS / gone but not forgotten / RIP / also his wife / Ruby CURTIS / God bless
In loving memory of / “Alex” / May Alexandra TYLER / died 25th February 1988 / aged 93 years
In / loving memory of / Barbara BLOOM / (nee FRIER) / who died 29th December 1988 / aged 90 years
In / loving memory of / Sidney SHARPE / 1919-1990 / also / Edith SHARPE / 1925-2001 / always in our hearts
In affectionate remembrance of / a dear Sister / Mabel OSBORN / passed away 24.3.90 / aged 66 years
In memory of / Mrs Nan SCHOFIELD / died 26th March 1990 / aged 90 / loved and missed
In loving memory of / a dear wife / Mum & Nan / Mary May CHEESEMAN / died 2nd October 1995 / aged 56 years / always in our thoughts
In loving memory / of / a dear husband and Father / Graham Benjamin John / BERTRAM / who fell asleep 27th April 1997 / aged 61 / gone from our home but not / from our hears
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CHANTLER A 163 Always in our thoughts / Don CHANTLER / 1925-1998wooden cross
CARLTON A 164
BROWN A 165
LEE A 166
JENNINGS A 167
A 168
PANKHURST A 169
NO NAME A 170 No namewooden cross
PREBBLE A 171 Samuel Lewis / PREBBLE wooden cross
PENNINGTON A 172 Devon Nicole / PENNINGTONwooden stake
GREEN A 173
COSIER A 174
ROGERS A 175
LISSENDEN A 176
In / loving memory of / Alan CARLTON / 1958-1999 / devoted son father & brother / in our thoughts forever
In / loving memory of / a dear husband and Dad / Charles Lewis / BROWN / 8.10.1913-19.5.2000 / also / a dear wife and Mum / Jean May BROWN / 4.5.1919-20.3.2007 / forever in our thoughts
Celia LEE / died 7th March 2001
Ellen / Mary / JENNINGS / 9.1.1913-15.1.2000 / loving and kind / in all her ways / upright and just / to the end / of her days / sincere and true / in heart and mind / a beautiful memory / left behind / Frederick / William / JENNINGS / 6.9.1909-9.4.2004 / till we meet again / we lived together / in happiness / we will / rest together / in peace
LLOYD-ANDREWS
Derek / LLOYD-ANDREWS / 10.5.1933-5.7.1999 / God has you in his keeping / we have you in our hearts
In loving / memory of / Margaret W / PANKHURST / aged 29 / also her / children / Susan / aged 9 / Nicholas / aged 6 / Sarah / aged 5 / Aubrey / aged 3 / Garry / aged 2 / died June 1971
Treasured memories / of / a darling / daughter and Sister / Courtney Louise / GREEN / aged 12 daysKaylee Jayne / COSIER / 15th July 2005 / a tiny flower / lent not given / to bud on earth / and bloom in heaven / forever in our hearts / Mummy Daddy and Leo
In loving memory / of / Stanley Kenneth ROGERS / Farmer of this parish / died 9th December 1994 / aged 87 years / dear husband of Lydia / remembered with affection by his friends and familyLISSENDEN / William Arthur / 1912-1995 / Clare Margaret / nee STAMP / 1914-1997 remembered with affection / by his Family and friends
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BOORMAN A 177
HARPER A 178
GILES A 179
BRISTOW A 180
LOCKWOOD A 181
SHARP A 182
A 183
DRURY A 184
WITHERDEN A 185
B 186
ILLEGIBLE B 187 Illegible
LEE B 188 In memory of / our beloved Parents / Albert & Lucy / LEE / 1886-1962 / 1891-1973
PALMER B 189
SHEEPWASH B 190
In loving memory of / a dear Mum and Nan / Audrey Irene BOORMAN / died 11th December 1995 / aged 77 years / sadly missed
In / everlasting memory / of / a dear Mum and Nanny / Marjorie Doreen / HARPER / died 9th September 1997 / aged 85 years / loved and missed / by all the Family In loving memory of / Betty May GILES / who died 27th May 1996 / aged 70 years
In loving memory of / our son / Johnny BRISTOW / 6.6.1994-1.4.1996 / gone are / days we / used to / share / but in our / hearts you / are always / there / love Mummy / Daddy / & Paul Boy / XXX
Cherished memories / of a special son / Darren James / LOCKWOOD / born 4th February 1974 / died 20th August 1995 / aged 21 / His life / a beautiful memory / his absence / a silent grief
Treasured / memories of / a dear husband / Dad / & Grandad / Charlie A / SHARP / Died / 31st January 1995 / aged 67 years / RIP
KING / MENDOZA
In / loving memory of / Kathleen Isabel / KING / died April 8th 1963 / & her Sister / Edith MENDOZA / died May 9th 1963In ever loving memory of / Violet Grace / dearly loved wife of / Thomas DRURY / and Mother of / Gwen David and Donald / 1912-1963
In memory of / my dear husband / Frank WITHERDEN / of Hoads Brook / who passed away / 25th June 1963 / aged 77 / also his wife / Violet May / who passed away / 11th September 1969 / aged 77
BASSETT / BEANEY
In / loving memory of / Phoebe Edith BASSETT / died 19th October 1961 / aged 33 years / at rest / In / loving memory of / Sam BEANEY / died 27th February 2011 / aged 87 years / Together again
Covered by tree – illegible
Charlotte Helen / PALMER / born 19th July 1878 / died 24th January 1962 / vice admiral Alexander / Robinson PALMER / born 23rd May 1879 / died 14th December 1963
In loving memory / of / Doreen Phyllis / SHEEPWASH / died July 18th 1961 / aged 26 years / rest in peace
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HODGES B 191 In loving memory of / Alice Emma HODGES / and / John Charles HODGES / wooden cross
CHAPLIN C 192 In loving memory of / Horace William CHAPLIN / 1872-1960 / aged 88wooden cross
DUNSTER C 193 Alice DUNSTER / 1893-1960 / Ernest DUNSTER / 1893-1965wooden cross
GILBERT C 193 A T GILBERT / 1920-1990
JAMES C 194 Cyril JAMES 1888-1960 / Annie JAMES / 1893-1972wooden cross
WELLER C 195
MILLS C 196wooden cross
SHEFFIELD C 197
SMITH C 198
SCOTT C 199
MORPHETT C 200
CREWDSON C 201
PALMER C 202
In loving memory of / Frank WELLER / died 14th January 1960 aged 70 / & his beloved wife / Amelia / died 4th December 1968 aged 86 / at rest
In memory of / Emma MILLS / died 18th December 1959 aged 86
Major / James Edward / SHEFFIELD / R.WAFF / died 9th November 1959 / aged 55 years / God has you in / his keeping / we have you in / our heartsTo the / beloved and precious memory of / Grace SMITH / who died 26th August 1959 / and her husband / Harold Thomas SMITH / reunited 22nd September 1962 / my presence shall go with thee / and I will give thee restIn loving memory / of / Peter SCOTT / died 5th December 1958 / aged 83 years / and of his wife / Elsie Mary / who died 9th May 1973 / aged 86 years / our times are in thy hand / and of the youngest daughter / Elsie Marion / SCOTT / died 7th May 2003 / aged 79 years
In / loving memory of / Annie MORPHETT / died 25th December 1957 aged 71 years / also her beloved husband / Sydney H MORPHETT / died 27th December 1960 / Aged 74 years / out of sight but always in / our thoughts
In loving memory of / John William Francis CREWDSON / born 12th June 1902 / died 10th September 1957 / “go thy way in safety” / Betty Patricia CREWDSON / 29.3.12-7.9.67 / death is only a sadness / tragedy lies in waste
In abiding / remembrance / of / Ethel Dalton PALMER / eldest daughter of the late / Mr & Mrs Edmund PALMER / of Ford Park / Compton Gifford Devon / devoted Sister of / Elizabeth A RISDON-BROWN / at rest 23rd July 1951 / mors janua vitae
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GURR C 203
CARLEY C 204
wooden crossJUDD C 205
DENCE C 206fallen headstone
C 207
HOWARD C 208 John HOWARD wooden cross
LUCKHURST C 209
DENCE C 210
FRIEND C 211
POTTER C
BOULDING C 212
BALLARD C 213
TURNER B 214 Rose TURNER 1954wooden cross
In loving memory / of / Annie GURR / who died 27th February 1956 aged 68 / abide with me / also her husband / Charles Edgar GURR / died 31st July 1972 aged 89
In loving memory of / Robert Ernest CARLEY / died 25.5.1973 / aged 89 years / and his loving wife / Daisy May CARLEY / Died 28.5.1952 / aged 66 years / in God's keeping
Elizabeth Sophie / JUDD / April 5th 1865 / December 8th 1954 / thou wilt keep them in / perfect peace, whose minds / are stayed on thee
In loving memory of / Herbert John DENCE / died 5th March 1955 / aged 71 / & his wife / Anne / died 21st September 1960 aged 67
BENNETT / KEMP
To / the dear memory / of my only son / Clive BENNETT / who at the age of 17 years / was killed on the roads in this parish / on December 7th 1954 / and of my husband / who at the age of 32 years / was lost on active service in the / Adriatic with H M Submarine / Triton on December 6th 1940 / also of my Mother / Annie KEMP / 1886-1967 / Irene Gladys BENNETT 1906-2004
In / loving memory of / Frank William LUCKHURST / died 28th April 1956 aged 72 years / also his brother / John Charles / died 24th October 1957 aged 76 years
Beatrice Alice DENCE / who passed away / 20.12.1985 / much loved wife / & Mother / rest in peace / Herbert Henry / DENCE / Bert / joined his beloved / wife Beatrice / 28.7.1997 / aged 74 / sadly missed
In / loving memory of / William James FRIEND / died 31st December 1953 / aged 77 years / and of his wife / Kate FRIEND / died 3rd October 1963 / aged 86 years / reunited /
In loving memory / of / Annie Irene POTTER / died 1.8.78 / aged 72 years / wife of / John Alfred POTTER / died 8.1.90 / aged 75 years
In memory of / my beloved husband / James Henry George BOULDING / who died 12th June 1954 / aged 50 years
In loving memory of / Albert BALLARD / died 22nd July 1954 / aged 55 / also / George William BALLARD / died 18th April 1958 aged 61 / only asleep
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TURNER B 215 F M TURNERwooden cross
WATTS B 216
WATTS B 217
DOUST B 218 Victor W DOUST / 1897-1959 / also his wife / Queenie 1915-1993 / remembered with lovewooden cross
PILE B 219
B 220
flat stoneBEANEY B 221
RANSOME A 222 S RANSOME 1956wooden cross
EATON A 223 Nancy EATON / 1902-1956 / this mortal must put / on immortality
NO NAME A 224 No namewooden cross
FARRIS A 225
COMMERFORD A 226
NO NAME A 227 No name
WATTS D 228
NO SURNAME D 1003 J K 1865 - 1960broken flat stone
In / loving memory of / Mildred Mabel WATTS / died 30th September 1972 / aged 80 / Winifred Alice WATTS / died 23rd February 1985 / aged 89In loving memory of / Henry WATTS / died 9th July 1917 / aged 52 / also of Frances his wife / died 15th February 1953 / aged 87 / Thy will be done / also Henry Charles / only son of the above / a dearly loved husband of Edith WATTS / died 20th January 1963 / Aged 69 / also in memory of Edith / died 1st June 1993 / aged 97 / greatly missed by her / nephews & nieces
In memory of Emily PILE / born / September 6th 1873 / died / May 3rd 1956 / at rest
KNOWLES / HAWKES
In loving memory of / George Douglas / Stephenson KNOWLES / born June 1904 / died June 1957 / In loving memory of / our dear Mother / Doris Marion Ivna / HAWKES / 1900-1989 / also sadly missed / by her dear friend / Jaques Frey / Mountrichard France
In loving / memory of / Bill BEANEY / aged 32 / in our / hearts / forever / In loving / memory of / my Nephew / Billy / aged 41
In loving memory / of / Stanley Frank / FARRIS / died 25th May 1955 / aged 55 years / at rest
In loving memory / of / Charles COMMERFORD / died 17th April 1955 / … illegible / and of Olive ....
Large plot, no headstone
Illegible … Owen WATTS .... flat stone – double plot
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BIRD D 229
REEVES D 230
PAGE D 231
BEKEN D 232
BEANEY E 233
FUGGLE E 234 R FUGGLE 60wooden cross
FUGGLE E 235 L FUGGLE 93wooden cross
FARR E 236
WESTON E 237
E 238
LUCKHURST F 239
JEFFERIES F 240
COURT F 241
KEATCH F 242
In loving / memory of / Henry BIRD / died / May 11th 1956 / aged 60 years / in peace I lived / in peace I died / I wanted to live / but the Lord / denied / also his wife Mary BIRD died 11th March 1981 aged 83 years / we loved her then we lost her still, forget her, no we never will
In loving memory of / James REEVES / who passed away / ? May 1955 / aged 78 years / also Lily REEVES / who passed away / ? April 1968 / aged 69 years / from their loving family / though lost to sight / to memory ever dear
In loving / memory of / William PAGE / died 31st December 1949 / aged 77 years / also of his wife / Harriet Florence / interred at Sidmouth, Devon / who died 21st May 1957
Fritz BEKEN / born 17th January 1879 – died 24th February 1976 devoted husband of Ada Elizabeth BEKEN / Ada Elizabeth / wife of Fritz BEKEN / born 20th April 1881 – died 3rd January 1957 / beloved of all who knew herIn loving memory / Bill & Susie / BEANEY / Mum & Dad / love Billy & Martha / Granny & Grandfather / love Grandchildren / & great / Grandchildren
In ever / loving memory of / Edith Mary FARR / who fell asleep 4th June 1955 / aged 60 years / at rest / also / William Edward FARR / died 25th July 1967 / aged 75 years In / loving memory of / John Henry WESTON / died 24th December 1949 / aged 64 / at rest
JAEKEL / JACKSON
Here rest / Marguerite JAEKEL / died 10th May 1953 / & Marguerite Louise Morton JACKSON / died 27th November 1967In loving memory of / Caroline Louisa LUCKHURST / passed away 9th July 1951 aged 71 years / Her end was peace / also of Thomas Edward LUCKHURST died 1st April 1957 aged 71 years / reunitedIn loving / memory of / Alfred / JEFFERIES / died 27th December 1950
In / loving memory of / my dear husband / William Henry / COURT / born 10th December 1880 / died 27th August 1950
E KEATCH / May 17th 1950 / aged 69 years / also / C J KEATCH / 2nd July 1955 / aged 80
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F 243
TOY F 244
LAKE F 245
RELF F 246
GURR F 247
WARD F 248
STROUTS F 249
FIELD F 250
NO NAME F 251 No namewooden stake
CRANFIELD F 252
STANLEY F 253
PAYNE F 254
F 255
DENCE / TALBOT
In / loving memory of / Alexander Henry / DENCE JP / died May 13th 1949 / and his wife / Mary Gwendaline / TALBOT / died August 13th 1948
In / loving memory of / my dear husband / William J Toy / killed September 26th 1949 aged 34 / only asleep
In loving memory of / Robert / William / Nicholas / LAKE / who passed away / ? 1968 / aged 69 years
In loving memory / of a dear husband and Father / Albert RELF / died 9th August 1946 aged 57 / sleeping till we meet / also his wife / Annie Jeannette / died 19th May 1975 aged 85 years / a dear Mother
In loving memory of / Emily GURR / died 18th September 1942 / aged 81 years / only asleep / also of / Edgar GURR / died 14th June 1944 / aged 85 years / reunited
In remembrance of / Robert Frank WARD / born 21st May 1887 / died 15th April 1944
In loving memory of / Edward Murton STROUTS / born 2nd January 1869 / died 16th January 1954 / and of Milicent his wife / born 9th July 1875 / died 21st September 1953
Dorothy Agnes FIELD / died July 28th 1943 / In loving memory
In memory of / Elizabeth CRANFIELD / died 18th April 1944 / aged 69 years / also / Henry James CRANFIELD / died 9th November 1949 / aged 78 years
To the / dear memory of / Edmund Hamilton Blake / STANLEY / Lieut colonel IMS / died 7th February 1945 / aged 69 years / ...illegibleIn / loving memory of / a dear husband and Father / Alfred Thomas PAYNE / at rest 26th December 1947 / also his wife / Emma Edith PAYNE / at rest 20th February 1971 / In memory's garden we meet again
YOUNG / BRUNGER / STEVENSON
In loving memory / Ada YOUNG / 1880-1949 / Celia Ada BRUNGER 6.1.1900-22.2.1994 / Renee Mary STEVENSON / 4.9.1913-11.8.1994
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BODY F 256
large plot, stone crossBODY E 257
stone crossGOBLE E 258 Raymond P GOBLE
wooden crossBARTON E 259
BURGESS E 260
MAYLAM E 261
LANCASTER E 262
LANCASTER E 263
AVERY D 264
BARNARD D 265small square urn only
BALDOCK D 266
celtic stone crossREEVES D 267
small square urn
John Stanley BODY / of Little Randolphs / in this parish / beloved husband of / Florence BODY and eldest son of / John George and Mary Ann BODY / born 4th January 1881 died 5th January 1945 / Florence / Mother of Joan, Brenda and John / born19th October 1889 died 16th October 1974 / In loving memory of / John Stanley BODY / died 27th January 1984 / aged 61 years / ever in our thoughts
To the / dear memory / of / Maud Manwaring BODY / born 5th July 1879 / died 29th January 1947 / at rest
Dorothy May / BARTON / 1923-1996 / at rest / R.A.O.B. / GMB / In loving memory of a dear husband and Father James Richard Turk Barton died 3rd August 1948 aged 58 years / also his wife and our dear Mother May Blacklocks BARTON died 8th November 1964 aged 74 yearsTo / the dear memory of / John BURGESS / who fell asleep / February 26th 1945 / aged 83 years / and his wife / Ada Dudley / June 16th 1968 / aged 94 years
In / loving memory of / our dear Parents / Isaac MAYLAM / who died 4th June 1945 aged 77 years / Annie A MAYLAM / who died 8th May 1951 / aged 83 years / reunited
In / loving memory of / a dear wife and Mother / Louise Harriett LANCASTER / died 11th January 1952 / aged 70 years / silent thoughts bring many a tear / of one we loved and lost so dear
CYMRU AM BYTH / 27388116 L.CPL / F W H LANCASTER / Welsh Guards / 25th December 1946 aged 22 / sleep on beloved / sleep, & take thy rest In memory of our dear Parents / Ada Mary AVERY / died 22nd September 1956 aged 59 / and Nasey Griffon AVERY / died 14th January 1961 aged 81 / reunited
In / loving memory / of Edward Percy / BARNARD / died June 29th / 1946 / aged 64 years /
To the dear memory of / Edith BALDOCK / died December 28th 1951 aged 44 / daughter of A & J Marshall / links of love death cannot sever / treasured memories mine forever
In loving / memory / of our dear Mother / Sarah Jane / REEVES / at rest 24th... illegible
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O'BRIEN D 268
flat stoneGOODSELL D 269
DRAPER D 270
CHITTENDEN D 271
MARSHALL D 272
celtic stone crossKEMP D 273
MATTHEWS D 274
AVERY D 275
PRICE D 276
CROSS E 277covered by earth
WILES E 278
STANDEN E 279
In loving / memory of / Robin O'BRIEN / 1932-1959 / also his Father / Brigadier / Brian Palliser / Tiegue O'BRIEN / CSI OBE MC / 1898-1966 / Elinor Laura / O'BRIEN / 1906-2002
In loving memory of / my dear husband / James GOODSELL / who passed away / 2nd December 1958 aged 75 / at restIn loving memory of / Christopher Robert Burroughs / DRAPER / who died January 25th 1958 / aged 79In loving memory of / William Richard CHITTENDEN / who left us April 22nd 1954 / aged 72 years / “God grant him thine eternal rest” / also of Emily Jane his wife / at rest / October 22nd 1964 / aged 67 years
In loving memory / of our dear / Florence Ann / died June 7th 1951 aged 49 / daughter of A & J MARSHALL / silent thoughts bring many a tear / for one we miss and love so dear / a beautiful memory left behind / also of her Mother Alice Louisa / wife of John MARSHALL / died November 24th 1959
In / loving memory of / Jesse KEMP / at rest 19th October 1948 / aged 73 years / also his wife / Louisa KEMP / died 3rd February 1962 / aged 90 years / also of their daughter / Ella KEMP / who died 27th August 1969 / aged 64 years / also of their son / Aubrey John KEMP / died 25th November 1989 / aged 89 years large double plot,
stone crossIn / loving memory of / our dear Mother / who has gone from us / but is not forgotten / Ann MATTHEWS / died 3rd September 1940 / aged 67 years / sweetest thoughts will / always stay around the / spot where / your heart lies
also an illegible small cross on grave
In loving memory of / John Henry AVERY / of this parish / who died May 14th 1940 / ..illegible – covered by earthPeace / In / loving memory / Mum & Dad / Elizabeth PRICE / who died 8th July 1941 / aged 75 years / William PRICE / who died 10th September 1949 / aged 81 years / though lost to sight? / to memory ever dear In loving memory of / George CROSS / born ? / died ? 1945 / ...illegible / … wife of the above … / illegibleIn / loving memory of / Margaret Ethel WILES / died 29th April 1940 / aged 44 years / peacefully sleepingIn loving memory of / our dear Father & Mother /James Thomas STANDEN who died 15th April 1941 aged 76 years / also / Rosetta Ellen STANDEN who died 28th March 1941 aged 73 years
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ILLEGIBLE F 280broken wooden cross
WISE F 281
FRIER F 282
F 283
CHAPLIN F 284 In loving memory of / Alice CHAPLIN / 1925-1942 / aged 17white wooden cross
CHAPLIN F 285 In loving memory of / George Horace CHAPLIN / 1927-1942 / aged 15white wooden cross
SMITH F 286stone cross
KEATTCH F 287
AVERY F 288
NO NAME F 289 Dear Mum and Dad
HODGKINSON F 290
EATON F 291stone cross
PAINE F 292under tree
FARRIS F 293
MOORE F 294
Illegible.. cHe?
In loving memory of / Ada Wickens WISE / died 15th June 1943 aged 57 years / Thomas Joseph WISE / died ?5 March 1958 aged 74 years
no headstone, stone border,
In / loving memory of / Sarah Louisa FRIER / died 11th March 1941 / aged 81 years / a devoted and beloved Mother
WITHERDEN / ROGERS
In / affectionate remembrance of / Mary Ann WITHERDEN / died at Nimrod Hall Farm / Biddenden Kent / January 8th 1949 aged 76 years / and her daughter / Lydia Blanche ROGERS / aged 79 / died October 2nd 1989
In / loving memory of / Lilian SMITH / who died April 14th 1944 / daughter of the late / Henry and Ellen SMITHIn / loving memory / of a dear son / Charlie KEATTCH / of Slate Cottage Biddenden / who was accidentally killed / on the 8th September 1942 / aged 17 years / gone but not forgotten / from all the familyIn loving memory of / Edward Henry AVERY / died 4th September 1940 / aged 36 years / also beloved wife / Gertrude Jessie / 1908-2003
No name , double space, stone surround, single urn
Margaret / HODGKINSON / born April 6th 1868 / died November 21st 1938 / dearly beloved wife and Mother / also William Edwin HODGKINSON / born October 12th 1864 – died February 19th 1942 / devoted husband and Father / they rest in peace partly broken
headstoneSacred / to the memory of / Thomas S H EATON / died October 3rd 1938
In loving memory of / our dear Mother / Minnie Eliza PAINE / died November 18th 1922 / aged 43In / loving memory of / Ann FARRIS / died 23rd August 1936 / and / George FARRIS / died 6th December 1939 / at restIn loving memory of / our dear Mother / Eliza Ann MOORE / died 16th October 1936 aged 79 / at rest
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UNDERDOWN F 295
UNDERDOWN F 296fallen headstone
WOTTON F 297
ILLEGIBLE E 298
HOMEWOOD E 299
DRURY E 300
BYERS E 301
WILLSON E 302
stone celtic crossHILDER E 303
DRURY E 304
VANE D 305
JACKSON D 306 W JACKSON aged 21
MOREY D 307
D 308
Resting / in / loving memory / of / Ada Kate UNDERDOWN / who died 11th January 1938 / aged 44 yearsBeatrice Sarah / UNDERDOWN / died 22nd March 1954 / aged 65 / at rest
Mary WOTTON / Widow / the beloved cousin of / Ambrose W COLLARD / of “Mockbeggar” in this parish / died October 17th 1938 / aged 84 years / at restIn loving memory of / ..illegible.. Ann?
In / loving memory of / my dear husband / George HOMEWOOD / died October 10th 1937 / aged 51 years / in God's keepingIn / loving memory / of / my dear husband / Thomas DRURY / died / July 6th 1936 / aged 63 years / at rest / also / Minnie his wife / died / February 11th 1957 / aged 80 years / reunited
...illegible ...David John BYERS ...aged 81 years
In affectionate remembrance of / Robert Willson / born February 13th 1867 / died May 4th 1952 / a devoted husband and Father / also of his wife / Lizzie / who died March 7th 1974 / aged 90 years
To / the dear memory of / Kate HILDER / born at Tenterden / on 1st August 1868 / died 17th October 1936In affectionate remembrance of / my dear husband / Ernest Edward DRURY / who was accidentally killed / 12th? January 1935 / aged 23 years
In loving memory of / John VANE / died August 5th 1938 / aged 65 years / also his wife / Grace / died April 3rd 1951 / aged 77 years
wooden cross, single urn
In / loving memory / of / Ethel Sarah / MOREY / died 22nd March / 1947 / aged 64 years / just a memory / fond and true / we who thought / so much of you / Albert / Frederick / MOREY / died 10th September / 1949 / aged 69 years / there is a link / death cannot / sever love and / remembrance / liveth forever / also their son / Eric Albert Frederick / MOREY / born 27th Feb 1905 /died 23rd January 1994 / cremated at Charing / reunited kerbed grave, single
urnFRIEND / HOMEWOOD
In loving memory of / our dear Parents / James FRIEND / 1910-1943 / also / Pearl HOMEWOOD / “Rene” / widow of James / 1904-1992 / together again
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MARSHALL D 309
BARK D 310
BUCKLAND D 311
flat slabBUCKLAND D 312 In loving memory of Anthony dearly loved son of Maureen & Phillip BUCKLAND died 6.1.1954
HARRIS D 313fallen headstone
REEVES D 314stone urn
DRURY D 315
STEELE D 316
NO NAME E 317 No namestone cross
BUTLER E 318
HODGES E 319
MARSHALL E 320
WATTS E 321
VAUGHAN E 322celtic stone cross
In loving memory of / John MARSHALL / died 3rd August 1944 / aged 82 years / also of Ernest MARSHALL / killed in action / 12th October 1917 / aged 23 years / Forever with the Lord'
Kerbed grave, stone cross
In loving memory / of / William Turner BARK / of Tenterden / died July 15th 1949 aged 88 / also of Isabella wife of the above / died July 6th 1950 aged 86 / a dear wife and devoted Mother
In loving memory / of / Harry BUCKLAND / died 13th April 1953 / and his wife / Emmeline Irene Esther / BUCKLAND / died 28th January 1982 / together again
flat slab, inscription stolen
In loving memory of / Joice Vincent HARRIS / who died 25th May 1960 / also of Cyril Carodoc / husband of the above / who died 11th April 1962
In loving / memory of / our dear Father / Albert Ernest / REEVES / at rest 24th / Jun 1939 / aged 56? yearsIn ever loving memory of / my dear husband / Alfred George DRURY / died October 23rd 1934 aged 33 / love is immortal
In / loving memory / of / Edith Mary / beloved wife of / James Edward STEELE / who passed away December 30th 1933 / aged 51 years / thy will be done / reunited August 20th 1940 / RIP kerbed grave, single
urn
In loving memory / of / Harry Henham BUTLER / died September 8th 1932 / aged 64 years / love is immortalIn loving memory of / my dear Wife / Eliza HODGES / who passed away June 17th? 1932 /...illegible ...Owen HODGES ...February 19th 1937 ...aged 71 at rest together
In / loving memory / of / my dear wife / Lily MARSHALL / died February 12th 1934 aged 34 / In the midst of life we are in deathGeorge WATTS / died 25th February 1933 / also his wife / Florence May / died 28th November 1958 / aged 70In loving / memory of / T J VAUGHAN / who died 9th / August 1929 / aged 28 years / at rest
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FROST E 323
stone crossGILES / WALLIS F 324
PEARSON F 325
LUCKHURST F 326
WATSON F 327
FRIER F 328
stone crossPALMER F 329
stone crossILLEGIBLE F 330 illegible
PARISH F 331
F 332
celtic stone crossHOLMAN F 333
NO NAME F 334 No namewooden cross
May FROST / born 13th September 1896? / died 13th March 1976? / In / loving memory / of / Esther FROST / who died August 1st 1931 / aged 73 / also of / Albert FROST / who died August 25th 1937 / aged 73In / loving memory of / Emily GILES / died 5th February 1932 / aged 73 years / also her daughter / Nellie WALLIS / died 23rd May 1978 / aged 89 years
In / loving memory of / Walter PEARSON / who fell asleep January 7th 1933 / aged 57 years / until the day breaks / also of / Bertha Elizabeth PEARSON / who died January 12th 1958 / aged 74 years
In loving memory / of / our dear Mother / Amy LUCKHURST / who died 23rd February 1936 / aged 85 yearsIn loving memory / of / my dear husband / Frederick WATSON / who died 3rd April 1936 / aged 32 years / at rest / also Kate Alice / wife of the above / who passed away 22nd March 1956 / aged 74 / asleep
In loving memory / of / John Drummond FRIER / died 20th January 1936 / aged 54 years / a devoted son and Brother
In / loving / memory / of / My dear husband / Gilbert John PALMER / died June 22nd 1928 / aged 64 years / “Thy will be done “/ and of his beloved wife / Ada Fanny PALMER / died August 28th 1947 / aged 78 years
flat slab, illegible, covered by earth
..illegible ...Elsie dearly loved wife of Gilbert Woodbine PARISH died 20th July 1931 aged 41 years kerbed, partially
illegibleTYLDEN-PATTENSON
Edwin Cooke / TYLDEN-PATTENSON / Lt Colonel RE DSO JP / born December 18th 1871 / died 1st July 1940 / also his wife / Violet Frances Emmie / TYLDEN-PATTENSON / died 17th December 1969
In / loving memory of / Frederick HOLMAN / who died December 8th 1921 / and of Louisa his wife / who died May 18th 1922 / also of Adam their son / buried at Woking / ...illegible
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HALL F 335
stone celtic crossWYATT F 336
stone celtic crossTHIRKELL F 337
KIRBY F 338
LONGLEY F 339
NO NAME F 340 No name
WIMSETT E 341
BOYCE E 342stone cross
THOMAS D 343
falling headstoneD 344
IHS / Charles Henry Edward HALL / of Birchley in this parish / late major RGA (1914-1919) / second son of the late Captain Henry Edward HALL / 13th light infantry / of Knockbrack Athenry Co Galway / born November 16th 1861 died May 30th 1923 / also of his wife / Elizabeth Ellen / born September 2nd 1872 died March 1st 1954
In / loving memory of / George Percival WYATT / for 42 years HM Coroner / for the counties of / Surrey and London / who died February 7th 1924 / aged 72 / “But then face to face” / also of his wife / Mabel Hetley / who died August 1st 1941 aged 69 years / and of their son / Richard George Percival Bsc Eng / Lond 1st Hons / who died May 8th 1962 aged 66 years
RIP / In / loving memory of / my dear husband / Sidney THIRKELL / born October 23rd 1854 / passed away October 19th 1926In loving memory of / Harriet Amy KIRBY / beloved wife of Marmaduke KIRBY / who passed away December ? 1944 / aged 70 years / Peace perfect peace / also of ...illegible partial illegible,
covered by earthIn / ever loving memory / of / Albert LONGLEY / died October 19th 1929 / aged 52 / My sledge and hammer / lie declined / my bellows too have lost their wind / my fires extinct and force decayed / and in the dust my vice is lay'd / my coal is spent my iron is gone / my last nail's drove my work is done / also of Dinah / wife of the above / died 1st April 1952 / aged 79 / reunited
kerbstone, partially buried
In / loving memory of / our dear Mother / Mary Ann WIMSETT / who died April 9th 1928 / aged 90 years / also George / husband of the above / who died November 21st 1901 / aged 67 years / In God's keeping
Sacred to the memory / of / Augusta C BOYCE / widow of Dr J G BOYCE / born December 3rd 1865 / died December 6th 1929 / aged 64Sacred to the memory of / Agnes / wife of Lewis William THOMAS / of Dover / daughter of George BEKEN / of Woodchurch / who died 18th November 1942 / aged 88 years ...illegible
LINDLEY / BEKEN
In / loving memory of / Richard Henry Noel LINDLEY / who died October 6th 1928 / aged 77 years / also of Mercy / wife of the above / and their third daughter of / George BEKEN of Woodchurch / died March 10th 1953 / aged 97 years / and in memory of / Mary BEKEN (Pollie) PAGE / their Niece / died July 8th 1948 aged 74 years
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AVERY D 345
DEAN D 346
EASON D 347
PINYON D 348
solid block stoneKING D 349
BUCKLAND D 350
BRAKEFIELD D 351
WITHERDEN D 352
stone crossELDRIDGE D 353 In loving memory of / Stephen ELDRIDGE / who died May 4th1926 / aged 52 years / at rest
THIRKELL D 354
MANGER D 355
TAYLOR E 356
HARPER E 357
In / loving memory / of / Nasey Griffon AVERY / who died June 28th 1928 / aged 74 years
In / memory of / Mary Ann / Elizabeth DEAN / died 23rd February 1929 / also her husband / Albert Noah DEAN / died 22nd April 1942 / at peace
In loving memory / of / Stephen EASON / born February 4th1867 / died May 1928 / I will not leave you comfortless / I will come to you John XIV 18 / also Mary Jane / the beloved wife of the above / died August 6th? 1934 / ...illegible
Sacred / to the memory of / George Beale PINYON / born August 3rd 1860 – died May 22nd 1931 / and of his wife / Annie Jeanette PINYON / born March 24th 1854 – died July 26th 1931 / Jesus Christ the same yesterday today and forever / George Beale PINYON / died 26th January 1969 / and his wife Sylvia / died 4th May 1975
In loving memory of / my dear husband / Albert William KING / who fell asleep 25th February 1937 / aged 43 years / a memory that will never fadeIn / loving memory / of / John Carey BUCKLAND / eldest son of / James and Elizabeth BUCKLAND / born December 31st 1848 / at Coldwell Biddenden / died November 25th 1926 / at Coldwell Great Chart / also of / Mary Elizabeth / his wife / born April 15th 1855 / died February 5th 1940
In / loving memory / of / Joseph BRAKEFIELD / died October 15th 1930 aged 84 / also Clara / wife of the above / died May 17th 1926 aged 79 / thy will be done
In loving memory / of / Frank WITHERDEN / who died September 17th 1926 / aged 70 years / also of Mary Ann WITHERDEN / died 1st January 1949 aged 93 / in life we parted ...illegible
stone base only, cross missing
In loving memory / of / Joanna Jane / eldest daughter of the late / Frank Pinnock THIRKELL of Coldwell / died September 9th 1928 / also of Ada Augusta third daughter of the above / born July 8th 186? ...illegible stone base only,
cross missingIn / loving memory / of / Anne... also of / George Dunlop MANGER / ...illegible died September 28th 1951 / aged 78 years stone base only,
cross missingIn / loving memory of / Philip Charles Perham TAYLOR / born May 5th 1863 / passed on December 5th 1923 / “peace perfect peace”
stone base only, cross missing
In loving memory / of Dorothy HARPER / died / 17th July 1925 / aged 35 large stone urn on pedestal
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ILLEGIBLE E 358 Illegible …fallen headstone
TAYLOR E 359
BALLARD E 360
SIVYER E 361
NETTLETON F 362
stone crossGROWNS F 363 In memory of / Jane / widow of the late / Jacob GROWNS
RUSSELL F 364
F 365 William Boys TYLDEN-PATTENSON / born 31st May 1855 / died 8th September 1919celtic stone cross
COLEMAN F 366fallen headstone
JOHNSON F 367
ILLEGIBLE F 368stone cross
ILLEGIBLE F 369 Illegible …
WHYBOURN F 370 … Martha Julia WHYBOURN.....
In loving memory of / William R TAYLOR / who entered into rest / November 10th 1919 / aged 65 years / and the spirit shall enter to God / who gave it...In / loving memory of / a dear wife and mother / Fanny BALLARD / who passed away December 20th 1934 / aged 69 years / also of / Frank Stanley BALLARD / youngest son of the above / who passed away January 24th 1925 / aged 19 years / love never faileth
In loving memory / of / Harriett / beloved daughter of the late / Henry and Elizabeth SIVYER / died February 5th 1924 aged 63 / rest in peaceIn loving memory of / George John NETTLETON / died July 14th 1922 / aged 68 / also of his son Roy a Lieut of the Buffs / who died of wounds at Rouen October 9th 1918 aged 27 / also of his wife Edith Mary died September 22nd 1955 aged 91 / also of his daughter Edith Winnifred / who died August 13th 1971 aged 86
stone base only, cross missing
In loving memory / of / Elizabeth Ann RUSSELL / who died 23rd June 1920 / aged 74 years / weep not for me my children / I'm not dead but sleeping here / my death you know my grave you see / prepare yourselves to follow me / also of George RUSSELL / who passed away 12th January 1925 / aged 83 years / death to him short warning c? / and quickly called him to his grave / ...illegible
TYLDEN-PATTENSON
In / loving memory / of / Richard COLEMAN / who died March 3rd 1920 aged 80 years / also Mary his wife / who died November 30th 1926 / aged 86 yearsIn / loving memory of / Caroline Louisa/ wife of / Thomas Henry JOHNSON / who died 16th February 1923 / aged 70 years / also of / Beatrice Louisa Mary / JOHNSON / grandaughter of the above / who died 2nd January 1920 / aged 11 years / peace perfect peaceIllegible …aged 70 years ...
double size, sunken kerbstone
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TRESS F 371
stone crossWATSON F 372 In loving memory of / Hannah Elizabeth WATSON .....
celtic stone crossILLEGIBLE E 373 Illegible …
BELLINGHAM E 374
HONESS E 375small leaning stone
AUSTEN E 376
GROWNS E 377
E 378
base only cross goneILLEGIBLE E 379 Illegible …
JUDGE E 380
base only cross goneTHORP E 381
ILLEGIBLE E 382
In loving remembrance of / Albert TRESS / dearly loved husband of / Ada BODY and second son of the late / Richard and Frances BODY / of Iden Green Benenden / who passed away on Saturday / April 19th 1919 aged 52 years / if thou shouldst call me to resign / what most I prize it never was thine / thy will be done
single sunken kerbstone
358511 A / BDR / F W BELLINGHAM / Royal garrison artillery / 23rd December 1917 aged 40 / Ubiquie / Quo fas et gloria ducuntIn / loving memory of / William HONESS / who died 30th ? / aged ? ...illegible
In / loving memory / of / Alfred AUSTEN / of Birchwood Farm Biddenden / who died 4th December 1915 aged 73 years / also of Mary Ann / wife of the above who died 1st December 1915 aged 69 years / leaving 5 sons and 2 daughters / in death not divided “peace perfect peace”Sacred / to / the memory of / Jacob / thirteenth and ? Son of / Thomas and Lydia? GROWNS / of this parish / who died 9th November 1915 / aged 83 years / rock of ages cleft for me
BOYCE / FERGUSON
In / loving memory / of / James George BOYCE / also of James FERGUSON / only son of James George / and August Clara BOYCE / who died of wounds / a prisoner of war at Tournai / May 26th 1917 aged 22
In / loving memory of / Elizabeth / wife of John JUDGE / entered into rest September 21st 1914 / ...illegible / also of John JUDGE / who passed away February 8th 1933 / aged 87 years / at restIn loving memory / of / Edward THORP / who died November 30th 1914 / aged 73 years / thy will be done / also of Eleanor THORP wife of the above / who died July 21st 1923 / aged 74 years / also of / Emily THORP / daughter of the above / who died May 30th 1928 / aged 48 years / peace perfect peace in this dark world of sin / the blood of Jesus whispers peace...illegible / Charles.../ brother of the above / killed in action in France / ...November 6th 1917 aged 22 years / someday we'll understand
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BARK E 383
THIRKELL D 384
PALMER D 385
Red headstoneJEFFERY D 386
EDWARDS D 387fallen headstone
FRIEND D 388
stone crossMORPHETT D 389
MASTERS D 390stone cross
WITHERDEN D 391
WITHERDEN D 392
In loving memory / of / Ada Grace / the dearly loved third daughter of / William and Isabella BARK / of Tenterden / ...illegible aged 19 years single kerbed base
only cross fallen...illegible / ...Samuel Selmer THIRKELL / .... at rest December ? 1917 / … aged 61 years ....In / loving memory / of / Charles E G PALMER / died July 10th 1918 / aged 30 / ever in our thoughts / also his wife / Esther Mary / died July 22nd 1979
...illegible Hannah JEFFERY who fell asleep ...illegible aged 54 years / William Henry JEFFERY / died 30th August 1954 / aged 88
Sacred / to the memory / of / C S Gertrude EDWARDS / born 3rd? October? 1860 / died 9th April 1941… Frances … / also of the above / Thomas FRIEND / who died January 28th 192? aged ? / also of their daughter / Mary Ann FRIEND / who died January 8th 1968 / aged 90 years
Stephen Thomas MORPHETT / at rest March 29th 1919 / aged 75 years / Heaven's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee / in life in death Lord abide with me / also Susan Alice / beloved wife of the above / at rest January 26th 1934 / aged 78 years / Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away
In loving / memory of / Jesse MASTERS / who died 1st? Feb? / 1921 / also of Kate Eliza / wife of the above / who died 19th March 1923Sacred / to the memory of / Ann beloved wife of / George WITHERDEN / ? in this parish / died February 17th 1863 / aged 41 years / leaving 2 daughters ? / Fanny and Elizabeth / I leave the world without a tear / save for the friends I held so dear / to heal their sorrows Lord descend / and to the friendless prove a friend
Sacred / to the memory of / Joseph WITHERDEN / who died January 6th 1890 / in the 99th year of his life / Ann wife of Joseph WITHERDEN / Farmer of this parish / who died October 4th 1865 / aged 67 years / therefore be ye also ready for in such / an hour as ye think not the son of man / cometh S Matthew 24 chapter 44th verse
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OLIVER D 393
MORPHETT D 394
NEWMAN D 395base only cross gone
WITHERDEN D 396
BUCKLAND D 397
CHISHOLM D 398
EASON D 399
DEAN? D 400
solid flat scrolled tombDEAN D 401
HARRIS D 402
In / affectionate / remembrance of / James OLIVER / of this parish (Farmer ) who died November 6th 1865 / aged 37 years / leaving a widow and five / infant children to lament / their loss / blessed is he that sleepeth in / the house of the Lord for he / shall awake in light / also Mary Ann Lucy / beloved wife of the above / who died November 21st 1886 / aged 63 years / there remaineth therefore a / rest to the people of God
In affectionate remembrance / of / John MORPHETT / of this parish / who died May 28th 1871 / aged 67 years / also Mary-Reeves wife of / the above who died August 1st / 1880 aged 73 years / leaving 5 sons and 6 daughtersIn memory of / Louisa / eldest daughter / of the late John NEWMAN / of Langley / who died May 31st 1871 / aged 42 years / there shall be no night thereSacred to the memory of / Carey WITHERDEN of this parish / who died March? 15th? 1873? / aged 30? years
In loving memory of / Annie Elizabeth / wife of William BUCKLAND / who died April 26th 1907 / aged 53 years / ...illegible William BUCKLAND / who died ? December 1912 / ...illegible
Marble cross and base
In / memory of / Mary / widow of the Revd C CHISHOLM M A / rector of South Church Essex / second daughter of the Revd R G TYLDEN-PATTENSON M A / of Ibornden / Rector of Milsted and Frinsted / died Feby 24th 1875 aged 77 years ornate stone cross ,
kerbedIn loving memory / of / Maurice Dean EASON / born Feby 26th 1904 / died February 13th 1906 / he took them up in his ams and / blessed themIn memory of / David? Homewood? DEAN? / second beloved son of / William and ? DEAN / of this parish / ...illegible
Sacred / ...illegible / Eliza Fanny / wife of ? / ? John DEAN / ...illegible / Richard Beale Esq / of this parish / who died April 4th 1879 / aged 52 years / leaving 3 sons and 2 daughters / Albert Beale Norah Isabel / Ernest-Arthur Constance / Clarissa and Clarence-SydneyIn affectionate remembrance / of / James HARRIS / Farmer of this parish / who departed this life March 5th / 1880 aged 78 years / also Mary wife of the above / who died June 20th 1884 / aged 79 years
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HOMEWOOD D 403
STAPLEY D 404
D 405
CARTER E 406
BOXALL E 407
BUCKLAND E 408
WELLS E 409 in memory of / Robert and Maria WELLS / of / Randolphs in this parishstone cross
DAY E 410
stone crossWITHERDEN E 411
Sacred / to the memory of / Mary the wife of / Thomas HOMEWOOD / of this parish / who departed this life June 3rd 1882 / aged 77 years / left surviving 6 sons and 4 daughters to / mourn their loss / may they love each other as I have / loved them and as Christ loved his / disciples / also of the above / Thomas HOMEWOOD / who departed this life / March 23rd 1891 / aged 88 years
In affectionate remembrance of / John STAPLEY / born October 9th 1812 / died October 21st 1885 /he has issue by Sarah Ann his wife / ten children Cordelia John Sally / Fanny Charles Henry George / Emily Clara and Julia / Fanny wife of Joseph Bingham and Emily / and Clara died during his lifetime / for by grace are ye saved through / faith and that not of yourselves it / is the gift of God Eph 11 8 / after many years of affliction / the above named / Sarah-Ann STAPLEY / died November 11th 1889 aged 71 / in the world ye shall have tribulation John XVI 33
CROUCHER / HOMEWOOD
In loving memory of / Mary Alice / wife of / Harry CROUCHER / and daughter of Eli and Fanny HOMWEOOD / who died Septr 10th 1899 / aged 28 years / also of the above Fanny HOMEWOOD / (late of this parish) / who died May 28th 1900 / aged 60 years / also of Thomas HOMEWOOD / (son of the above) / who died August 22nd 1901 aged 37 years / interred at Oakwood Cemetery Michigan USA / and of the above Eli HOMEWOOD / died April 8th 1917 aged 80 yearsIn loving memory of / George CARTER / who died November 23rd 1902 / aged 58 years / also of Jane / wife of the above / who died March 23rd 1906 / aged 58 years / also of Edward George / son of the above / who died May 1st 1907 / aged 36 years
In loving memory / of / Sarah BOXALL / late of Pulborough Sussex / who died 26th July 1902 / aged 75 years
In loving memory of Walter James BUCKLAND / died Decr ? 1893 / aged 80 years / also of Tabitha? / wife of the above ...illegible / interred at ? Cemetery
In / loving memory / of / Agnes / the beloved daughter of / John and Sarah DAY / who fell asleep in Jesus / July 5th 1892 aged 13 years / whiter than snow
Charles WITHERDEN / of Randolph Farm / Biddenden / who died May 2nd 1909 / aged 76 years / also of Ann / wife of the above / who died October 14th 1912 / of Randolph Farm / Biddenden / aged 76 years
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SIVYER E 412
DAY E 413
E 414
CLIFTON E 415flat slab
WITHERDEN F 416
HEAD F 417
ELMESTONE F 418
HALES F 419
stone crossFARRIS F 420
In loving memory / of / Elizabeth / the dearly beloved wife of / William SIVYER / who died June 1st 1902 / aged 50 years / Long nights and days bore in rain / to wait for cure was all in vain / but God above he thought it best / to ease my pain and give me rest / A light is from the household gone / a voice we loved is stilled / a place is vacant in our home / which never can be filled / also of William SIVYER / who fell asleep February 26th 1922 / aged 69 years / ...illegible
In loving memory of / John DAY / born January 9th 1830 / died May 7th 1909 / I know that my redeemer liveth / also of Sarah / wife of the above / who died January 10th 1924 / aged 86 years / at rest
SIVYER / SPICER
In loving memory of / Elizabeth / the beloved wife of / Henry SIVYER / who died November 15th 1895 / aged 69 years / also Henry SIVYER / who died July 24th 1914 / aged 89 years / also of / Harry William SPICER / who died August 30th 1902 / aged 3 years and 5 monthsIn loving memory of / William CLIFTON / died 21st November 1895 / aged 75 years
In loving memory of / Mary Ann / the beloved wife of / Charles Henry WITHERDEN / of Hare Plain Farm Biddenden / who died July 26th 1896 / aged 65 years / the grass withereth the flowers fadeth but / the word of our God shall stand forever / Isaiah XL 8 V / also of the above / Charles Henry WITHERDEN / who died 23rd Feby 1920 / aged 91 years / ? I will not leave you I will come to you 14 Chap S John 18th verse
...illegible / Henry HEAD / who departed this life / ? aged / ...illegible / also of Keziah wife of the above / who died June 11th 1910 / aged 84? years / gone but not forgotten
In loving memory of / Richard ELMESTONE / who died ? March 1898 / aged ? years /also of Mary / wife of the above / who died 15th March 1898 / aged 87 years / blessed are the dead which die in the LordIn loving memory of / Ellen / daughter of James and / Susannah HALES / died February 7th 1899
Her end was peace / In loving memory of / Mary / the beloved wife of / John FARRIS / who died August 1st 1908 / aged 66 years / also of the above / John FARRIS / who died March 16th 1910 / aged 77 years
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DOVEY F 421 ...Louisa DOVEY …
small scrollMUNDAY F 422
WITHERDEN F 423
F 424
LEVETT F 425
WEBB F 426
GROWNS H 427
H 428
FARRIS H 429
In loving memory of / Samuel MUNDAY / of this parish / who fell asleep in Jesus / July 17th 1910 / aged 68 years / leaving 3 sons and 4 daughters / we loved him yea no tongue can tell / how deep how dearly and how well / Christ loved him too and thought it best / to take him home with him to restin loving memory / of / John WITHERDEN / of Standen Farm / Biddenden / who died April 3rd 1900 / aged 76 years / also of / Mary Ann / wife of the above / who died March 28th 1906 / aged 78 years / for ever with the Lord
THURSTON / MOON
In loving memory / of / James THURSTON / who departed this life / Decr 8th 1900 aged 72 years / also of Sarah THURSTON / sister of the above / who departed this life May 20th / 1901 aged 90 years / also of / Maria Day MOON / sister of the above / who departed this life Feby 4th / 1909 aged 87 yearsIn loving memory of / Alfred LEVETT / who fell asleep July 20th 1903 / aged 68 years / blessed are the dead which die in the Lord / also of / Ann / wife of the above and daughter of the late Abraham FARRIS / who died July 9th 1915 / aged 76 years / leaving issue / Albert Walter Fanny Kate Rosa / Annie and Charles / to mourn their loss / Frank ? / ...illegibleIn loving memory / of / Alfred WEBB / of this parish / who died September 21st 1903 / aged 78 years / also of Rebecca / wife of the above / who died February 3rd 1885 / aged 57 years / long nights and days I bore in rain / to wait for cure was all in vain / but God above me thought it best / to ease my pain and give me rest
In / memory of / Eleanor / sixth and youngest daughter of / Thomas and Lydia GROWNS / of this parish / who died June 7th 1896 / aged 70 years / “I know that my redeemer liveth”
GROWNS / WOODWARD
In / memory of / Selina / eldest daughter of / Thomas and Lydia GROWNS / of this parish / who died November 7th 1889 / aged 80 years / also / Lydia / second daughter / and wife of Joseph WOODWARD / who died October 10th 1877 / aged 64 years / interred at CanterburyIn / loving memory / of / Elizabeth FARRIS / of this parish / who died August 1st 1913 / aged 78 years / peace perfect peace
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FARRIS H 430
FARRIS H 431
H 432
YOUNG H 433
STACE H 434
broken headstoneBODY H 435
small stone crossWITHERDEN H 436
WITHERDEN H 437
WITHERDEN H 438
Sacred / to the memory of / Abraham FARRIS / who died April 12th 1887 / aged 79 years / also Mary / wife of the above / who died November 7th 1887 / aged 83 years / Thou art come to the grave we no longer / behold thee not tread the rough path of the world / by they side / God gave thee he took thee and he will / restore thee / for sinners may ...illegible ...the saviour ....In / loving / remembrance of / Alfred FARRIS / who died at Ashford / September 1st 1884 / aged 38 years / Go home dear friends and do not weep / in heaven with you I hope to meet / and there our cheerful voices raise / and sing our great redeemers praise
GOODWIN / BODY
In loving memory / of / Richard GOODWIN (Dick) / second dearly loved son of / John George and Mary Ann BODY / of Standen Biddenden / who died Feby 15th 1909 / aged 26 years / with Christ which is far better / also of / Mary Ann BODY / the dearly beloved wife of / John George BODY / born September 12th 1851 / died August 27th 1928 / also of / John George / beloved husband and father / born March 28th 1848 / died September 5th 1938
In loving memory of / Mary Ann YOUNG / who died March 19th 1907 / aged 60 years / Peace perfect peace / also of Charles William Young / husband of the above / who died January 7th 1940 / aged 89 years / ...illegibleIn/ loving memory of / Abraham Edward STACE / who died ...illegible / also of Jane wife of the above / died June ? 1905 / illegible
Safe in the arms of Jesus / In / loving memory / of / Ada Manwaring / daughter of / John and Mary-Ann BODY / of this parish / who died Decr 29th 1894 / aged 7 years and 7 months
In affectionate remembrance of / Mary Ann WITHERDEN / late of Great Batchelors Farm Biddenden / daughter of / Benjamin and Mary WITHERDEN / who died July 28th 1915 / aged 60 yearsIn affectionate remembrance of / Edwin son of / Benjamin and Mary WITHERDEN / who died May 25th 1896 / at Bettsmans Wood Farm / Biddenden / aged 37 years
In affectionate remembrance of / Benjamin WITHERDEN / of Great Batchelors Farm / Biddenden / who departed this life / January 1st / 1893 aged 61 years
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WITHERDEN H 439
WITHERDEN G 440
JENNINGS G 441
FULLAGER G 442
coffin tombBRANDLEY G 443
BOURNE G 444
AVERY G 445
under treeG 446
under treeMAITLAND G 447
EASON G 448
G 449
BRAKEFIELD G 450
In affectionate remembrance of / John WITHERDEN / of Great Batchelors Farm / Biddenden / who departed this life / January 19th / 1892 aged 57 years
In affectionate remembrance of / Joseph WITHERDEN / of Great Batchelors Farm / Biddenden Kent / who died February 13th 1899 / aged 75 years...illegible / Henry Busher JENNINGS / ...November ? 1890 / aged 84 ...
In loving memory of / Benjamin FULLAGAR / who died 25th August 1867 / aged ? years / thy will be done / In loving memory of / Sally the beloved wife of / Benjamin FULLAGAR / who died 22nd August 1901 aged 61 years / peace perfect peace
In / loving memory of / Robert BRANDLEY / who departed this life / December ? 1892 / aged ? years / also of Fanny / his beloved wife / who died April 25th 1891 / aged 33 years / it is the Lord let him do / what seemeth him goodIn loving memory / of / Alfred BOURNE / who died April 28th 1888 / aged 55 years / thy will be done / also of / Mary Ann / wife of the above who died March 10th 1919 / aged 86 years / at restIn memory of / Caroline AVERY / who died July 17th 1892 / aged 70 years / also of John AVERY / son of the above / who died at Joliet Illinois / US America February 20th 1890 / aged 43 years
WEBBER / AVERY
In fond remembrance of Theresa WEBBER / the wife of / Nasey Griffon AVERY / Sadler of this parish / who died April 28th 1885 / aged 28 years / left surviving 3 children viz / Caroline Mary , Nasey Griffon / John HenryArthur MAITLAND / born March 21st 1817 / who died January 1st 1885 base only cross gone,
under treeIn loving memory / of / Lawrence Stephen EASON / born May 21st 1901 / died August 2nd 1911 / “The Lord have called thee and will hold thy hand”
ELLIOTT / SHARPE
...illegible William ELLIOTT / of this parish ...? / ...72nd year of his ..? / also of Ann / the beloved wife of the above / who died August 16th 1889 / in the 71st year of her age / also of / Paul SHARPE / who died Feby ? 1873 / ..? / also of / Mary SHARPE / who died October 11th 18?? / in the 69th year of her age / interred in Dover Cemetery
In / affectionate remembrance of / Louisa / the beloved wife of / Joseph BRAKEFIELD / who died June 7th 1883 / aged 36 years / leaving issue two daughters / viz. Ann and Louisa / the Lord knoweth them that are his
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KEMP G 451
BRAKEFIED G 452
G 453
CHAMBERS G 454celtic stone cross
CHAMBERS G 455
CHAMBERS G 456
TAYLOR G 457
base only cross goneSTEDMAN G 458
BOURNE G 459
NAYLOR G 460angel on base
KEDWELL G 461
HOMEWOOD G 462
In / loving memory / of Winifred KEMP / who fell asleep / March 11th 1907 / aged 1 years and 11 months / peace perfect peace small cross, small
kerbed gravemostly illegible ..Sarah ...BRAKEFIELD...
MORPHETT / STEDMAN
In loving memory of / Mary Ann / eldest daughter of the late / John and Mary Reeves MORPHETT / who died 8th January 1908 / aged 77 years / peace perfect peace / also in memory of / William MORPHETT / brother of the above / who died 7th Feby 1919 / aged 82 years / at rest / in / memory / of / Boza Edith / STEDMAN / died 27th Feb 1877 / in her 4th? YearMostly illegible ...Laura Matilda / CHAMBERS …
Sacred / to the memory of / Abraham CHAMBERS / builder of this parish / who died June 22nd 1864 / aged 59 years / also of / Mary Ann / his wife / who died March 21st 1897 / aged 90 years / the Lord will provide In loving memory of / ...illegible Lucy.... ...George CHAMBERS ...also of Frederick George / third son of the above / ...December ....
Mary Ann TAYLOR ...illegible / also of / Sarah TAYLOR / died June 26th 1913 / aged 85 years
In / loving memory / of / Ann Blair / the wife of / Frederick W STEDMAN / who died 15th Decr
1892 / aged 59 years / also / of the above named / Frederick Walter / STEDMAN / who died April 24th 1902 / aged 65 years / until the day breaks
In memory / of / Mary Ann wife of / John BOURNE / of this parish / who died January 17th 1893 / aged 49 years / “in coelo quies”In loving memory / of / Dorothy Mary Todd NAYLOR / born ? October 1895 / died 9th April 1908 / lost awhile our treasured love / gained forever safe above In loving memory of / Naomi / the beloved wife of / John KEDWELL / of Little Standen Farm / Biddenden / who died January 2nd 1908 / aged 57 years / leaving one son Thomas / peace perfect peace
In / loving memory of / Elizabeth / the beloved wife of / Charles HOMEWOOD / of Washenden / and daughter of the late / Richard BEALE / of Riverhall / who peacefully fell asleep / January 31st 1909 / in her 68th year / in the midst of life we are in death / also of the above / Charles HOMEWOOD / who peacefully fell asleep / January 19th 1912 / in his 79th year / peace perfect peace
coffin tomb with railings
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COPPEN G 463
THIRKELL G 464
STAPLEY G 465
CASHFORD G 466
TAYLOR G 467base only
OLIVER G 468
HATCHER H 469
MORLEY H 470
DRURY H 471
AVERY H 472
CRAMPTON H 473
To the memory of my / very dear father and mother / who have passed from this life / Francis William COPPEN / on July 9th 1910 aged 49 years / and Emily COPPEN / on February 22nd 1952 aged 82 / all my love – till we meet again – Douglas stone cross, kerbed ,
under treeIn / loving memory of / Mary Emma / wife of / Samuel Selmer THIRKELL / of Bishopsden Benenden / who passed to her rest / 5th October 1909 / aged 46 years / peace perfect peace coffin tomb, under
treeIn memory of Henry STAPLEY / who died July 17th 1908 / aged 61 years / thy will be done / leaving Emily Julia John Henry and Jessie / In memory of / Harriett wife of Henry STAPLEY / who died March 22nd 1918 / aged 70 years / he giveth his beloved sleep raised coffin tomb ,
railings , under treeIn / loving memory of / William CASHFORD / died 9th Decr 1910 / aged 64 years / also of Phoebe / wife of the above / died 10th Augst 1922 / aged 75 years / at rest
mostly illegible ...Herbert ...TAYLOR
partly illegible ...Charles OLIVER / who departed this life / ..1900 / aged 53
In / loving remembrance / of / James HATCHER / who departed this life / June ? 1906 / aged 73 years ./ … / also Ann HATCHER / the beloved wife of the above / who departed this life / December 20th 1916 aged 75 years / waiting for the ....coming of the Lord
In / loving memory / of / Matilda / wife of Mace MORLEY / who passed away on 11th Decr 1906 / aged 68 / peace perfect peace / Mace John MORLEY / died 10th Decr 1911 aged 61 years / thy will be done
In / loving memory of / Edward DRURY / who died January 15th 1886 / aged 78 years / also of / Jane wife of the above / who died September ? 1894 / aged 75 years / ...illegible
In loving memory of / Benjamin AVERY / who departed this life / April 10th 1884 / aged 60 years / also of Mary / the beloved wife of the above / who departed this life / December 8th 1901 / aged 68 years / To do the will of Jesus this is rest Sacred / to the memory of / George CRAMPTON / also Harriett / wife of the above / born August 27th 1840 / died January 8th 1877 / leaving one son Frederick George
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ILLEGIBLE H 474 … Jane …
ILLEGIBLE H 475 Sacred / to the memory of / Mary Ann.... Charles.....
BINGHAM H 476
HARRIS H 477
HARRIS H 478
SIVYER H 479
base onlyOLIVER H 480
EVANS G 481
BINGHAM G 482
HOMEWOOD G 483
HOMEWOOD G 484
kerbed grave
Sacred / to the memory of / Joesph BINGHAM / who died (blank) aged (blank) / also Fanny wife of the above / who died May 2nd 1875 / aged 33 years / Percy their son / was born April 19th 1875 / died May 23rd 1875In affectionate remembrance / of / John Henry HARRIS / who died 30th September 1892 / aged 36 years
in coelo quies / fond remembrance of / John HARRIS / who died the 15th August 1876 / aged 51 years / leaving a widow and two children / to mourn their loss / In thee O Lord do I hope / also of Frances Rebbecca / who departed this life / February 12th 1888 aged 66 years / O how we miss thee mother dear / no earthly ? Can tell / and may we meet thee in that ? / whereby you have gone to dwell
Loving memory of / Ellen / the beloved daughter of / Henry and Elizabeth SIVYER / died April 22nd 1882 / aged 25 / we gladly would have kept her here / a little while our hearts to cheer / but Jesus thought it would be best / to call her ? Home to rest
Illegible … William Stephen OLIVER / who died .....1876? / Henry ? OLIVER /.....aged 27 years
William Charles EVANS M A / Late Fellow of St Johns College / Cambridge / died September 4th 1900 / aged 75 years / also of Theodosa / wife of the above / who died August 24th 1924 / aged 78 years In loving memory / of / Joseph BINGHAM / of East Ongley Farm / in this parish / who died March 14th 1913 / aged 72 years
In loving memory of / Eliza HOMEWOOD / who died Novr 21st 1914 / aged 68 years / also of Albert HOMEWOOD / beloved husband of the above / who died Jany 6th 1915 / aged 72 years
My dear wife Helen HOMEWOOD / died 7th January 1943 / also Herbert HOMEWOOD died 15th August 1974 aged 85
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G 485
HORTON G 486
BUTTON G 487
ELPHICK G 488
THIRKELL G 489
stone crossG 490
G 491 Ernest Hugh / TYLDEN-PATTENSON / entered his rest / … 1875 …
stone crossBOYS H 492 … Sarah ...BOYS / keep in Christ .../ aged 80 years / ...for the people of God
broken stone crossBOYS H 493
stone crossH 494
stone crossH 495
stone crossBOURNE H 496
HOMEWOOD / HAMILTON
To / the memory of / our father / George E HOMEWOOD / March 21st 1872 – July 23rd 1940 / and our mother / Grace HOMEWOOD / January 10th 1877 – December 22nd 1953 / from Grace George Reg Maud and Freda / Olwin Maud HAMILTON / nee HOMEWOOD / December 8th 1916 – April 18th 2008
...illegible Sarah Ann HORTON / who died January ? 1880 / aged 52 years / .... Henry HORTON ...../ who died February 22nd 1900 / aged 75 years
Loving memory / of / John BUTTON / sexton of this parish 43 years / who died July 16th 1880 / aged 70 years / also of Frances his wife / who died April 27th 1880 / aged 70 years / the office of sexton was held in the family for 110 years
In / loving remembrance of / Elizabeth / eldest daughter of the late / Samuel ELPHICK / of Horsemonden / who departed this life / at Bishopsden Benenden / March ? … illegible
In memory of / Joanna Jane / wife of Frank P THIRKELL / of Coldwell born March 12th 1823 / ...1899 / .... Frank Pinnock THIRKELL born December 31st 1831 died July 14th 1907 / and their son / Alexander George / born January 2nd 1858 / died September 24th 1877 / Ernest Albert THIRKELL born March 19th? 1859? / died July 28th 1901
TYLDEN-PATTENSON
Arthur Henry / TYLDEN-PATTENSON / 1856 – 1938 / In loving remembrance / also / of his wife / Alice Maude Mary
TYLDEN-PATTENSON
Here rests in Christ / James BOYS M A / Rector of Biddenden 40 years / died ? 1882 / aged 89? / “ in … is fullness of joy”
TYLDEN-PATTENSON
Here rests in Jesus / Eliza Matilda TYLDEN-PATTENSON / she peacefully fell asleep / 19th January 1892 / blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
TYLDEN-PATTENSON
In memory of / William Hodges TYLDEN-PATTENSON / born 12th March 1822 / died 1st May 1894
Sacred / to the memory of / Robert Pope BOURNE / of this parish / who died November 18Th 1871 / aged 72 years / also of / Martha Ann / wife of the above / who died April 16th 1891 / aged 87 years
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ILLEGIBLE H 497 illegible
BOURNE H 498
WITHERDEN H 499
HARRIS H 500
THURSTON H 501
H 502
ILLEGIBLE H 503
THURSTON H 504
COOK H 505
HORTON H 506
TESSIER H 507
flat stone, covered in moss
Thy will be done / In affectionate remembrance / of / John BOURNE / of this parish / who died December 2nd 1874 / aged 56 years / also of / Frances his wife / who died December 5th 1874 / aged 52 years / leaving 1 son and 1 daughter (viz) / Thomas and Frances / the weary shall find rest / thou shalt show me the path of life, in thy / presence is the fullness of joy and at thy / right hand there is pleasure for ever more Psalm XV1 ?
In memory of / Thomas WITHERDEN / of Great Batchelor Biddenden / who departed this life / February 15th 1837 / aged 48? years / also Lydia his wife / who died June 29th 1873 / aged 81 years / they left surviving 6 sons and 6 daughters / the memory of the just is blessed Prov 10
This stone was erected by his friends / In affectionate remembrance / of / Charles HARRIS / of this parish / who departed this life / Septr 1st 1873 aged 31 years / leaving a widow and four children / also Edward HARRIS / Father of the above / who died March 22nd 1882 / aged 59 years / also Elizabeth HARRIS / mother of the above / who died October 19th 1895 / aged 74 yearsSacred / to the memory of / Thomas THURSTON / ...illegible..1870....
MOON / FAIERS
In loving memory / of / James MOON / who departed this life December 15th / 1869 aged 58 years / also of Sarah Maria / wife of Alfred FAIERS / and daughter of the above / who departed this life September 26th / 1866 aged 21 years / I know that my redeemer liveth
illegible ...Henry? E.....Sacred / to the memory of / John THURSTON / who departed this life March ? 1861 / aged 80 years / also Sarah his wife / died April 7th 1863? aged 78 years / ...illegible
To the glory of / Charlotte COOK / of this parish / who died July ...illegible
In loving memory / of / Sophia HORTON / who died March 27th 1862 / in her 49th year
William TESSIER / died September 18th 1872 /
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H 508
AUSTEN G 509
G 510
THORPE G 511
FIELD G 512
WATTS G 513
ILLEGIBLE H 514
WHIBLEY H 515
stone cross
DANN / HOPPER
Sacred / to / the memory of / Albert DANN / (of this parish) / who died 28th July 1872 / aged 23 years / also / Elizabeth Dann / mother of the above / who died 26th August 1873 / aged 51 years / and of / Lydia HOPPER / grandmother of the above named / Albert DANN / who died 1st September 1872 / aged 73 yearsIn / affectionate remembrance / of / John AUSTEN / born June 27th 1797 / died December 26th 1869 / Jane his wife / born February 25th 1806 / died April 23rd 1873 / James AUSTEN brother to the above / born July 21st 1799 / died April 25th 1875 / Eliza born June 24th 1831 / died February 27th 1863 / Betsy born April 18th 1829 / died January 18th 1866 / Eliza and Betsy / daughters of the above / John and Jane AUSTEN / leaving 5 sons and 5 daughters
ELPHICK / BURTON
This stone is erected / in affectionate remembrance of / Samuel ELPHICK / of Riverhall in this parish / and late of Horsmonden / who died 24th January 1877 / aged 60 years / The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken / away blessed be the name of the Lord / also of Samuel Smith ELPHICK / who died 13th May 1876 / aged 3 months / suffer little children to come unto me / and forbid them not for such is the / kingdom of heaven / also near this place lie the remains of / Sophia BURTON / for 19 years the faithful servant of the above
In affectionate remembrance / of / John THORPE / late of Headcorn / who died April 2nd 1879 aged 70 years / leaving a widow 2 sons and / a daughter viz Sarah Ann / John and Edward / also of / Caroline / widow of the above / who died Febry 5th 1900 / aged 88 yearsIn affectionate remembrance of / William FIELD / .../ who died Jan ? / aged 52 years / also of Mary / who died … illegible
In affectionate remembrance / of Sarah / the beloved wife of / John WATTS who resided / nearly 50 years at Worsenden / in this parish / and died at Bethersden / Augst ? 1880 aged 70 years / John WATTS died April ? 1892 aged 88 years / in / affectionate memory of / Sarah Ann WATTS (daughter of / John and Sarah WATTS) died June / 7th 1865 aged 30 years
Sacred / ....../ ...farmer ..../ Mary .../ aged 80? years / also of / Thomas eldest son of the above / died April 23rd 1897 aged 37? years
In loving memory of / John WHIBLEY / who died February 5th 1899 / aged 38 years / also of Eliza / mother of the above / who died September 10th 1862 .. illegible
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ILLEGIBLE H 516 .../ died February 187? / aged 74 years / ...William … / died April ? Aged 5? years / …
H 517 duplicated in error (see 533)
ILLEGIBLE H 518 ...Louisa wife of / ..../ died October? 1851? / aged 40? years
ILLEGIBLE H 519 ...ral...../ .. March ..../ aged 45 years / ....
MOORE H 520
PILBEAM H 521 ...James PILBEAM .../ ...Sarah ....
ILLEGIBLE H 522 .. . GOWER? …
GILES G 523
HOPPER G 524
HOPPER G 525
HOPPER G 526
HOPPER G 527
ILLEGIBLE H 528 Illegible …
ILLEGIBLE H 529 Illegible …
ILLEGIBLE H 530 Illegible …
Sacred / to the memory of / James Wickens MOORE / died 19th February / 1869 / aged 44 years
...also William Alfred GILES / who died April 27th 1878 / …
Sacred / to the memory of / Edward HOPPER / who died June 8th 1847 / aged 44 years / also of / Elizabeth / wife of the above / who died December 22nd 1875 / aged 76 years / resting in hopeElizabeth HOPPER / died February 10th 1838 aged 74 years / also Michael HOPPER / her husband / died March 3rd 1849/ aged 81 yearsIn beloved memory of / John eldest son of / Thomas and Ann HOPPER / of Jersey City New Jersey US / died August 28th 1871 / in his 18th year / at Charing Kent while on a visit to this country / The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord
In affectionate remembrance / of / John HOPPER / of this parish / who died May 10th 1841 / aged 51 years / also Frances wife of the above / who died Febry 9th 1848 / aged 59 years / also Michael their son / who died May 22nd 1821 / aged 4 years / prepare to meet thy God
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PAINE H 531 Here lies interred / the body of William / PAINE who died / … / 1720 / aged 6? years
ILLEGIBLE H 532
JOHNSON H 533
ILLEGIBLE H 534 Illegible …
BODY H 535
BODY / ALLEN H 536
ILLEGIBLE H 537 Illegible …
ILLEGIBLE H 538 ...the body of / John .../ ...August 17?? / aged 65 years
ILLEGIBLE H 539 Illegible …
DANN H 540
BEKEN H 541
ILLEGIBLE H 542
BEKEN G 543coffin type tomb
Here lies / interred the body of Elizabeth ? William P? ..... illegible
.../ Richard JOHNSON / who died ? 1817 / aged 40 years / ...Richard JOHNSON .... aged 55 years....Elizabeth ...daughter …
In fond / remembrance of / James Goodwin / BODY second son of / Richard and Catherine / who departed this life / May 13th 1861 / aged 13 years and 11 months
Here lyeth / the mortal remains of / Elizabeth / wife of John BODY / of this parish / who died December 10th 1858 / aged 82 years / he died and lies buried at / Boulogne-Sur-Mer September 8th 1837 / aged 60 years / they left issue two sons and two daughters / viz Richard and John Elizabeth and Ann / Elizabeth their daughter / Wife of William Bonny ALLEN / who died August 30th 1857 / aged 19 years / also lie buried near this place / two infant daughters of the above named / Richard BODY
Sacred / to the memory of / James DANN / of this parish / who died 15th April 1859 / aged 43 years / peaceIn memory of / George BEKEN / of High Poles Farm / who died the 4th December 1871 / aged 76 years / and of Hannah his wife / who died the 13th May 1871 / aged 76 years / also of George / their only son / who died the 28th September 1869 / aged 47 years / and lies interred at Woodchurch having / left issue seven sons and six daughters
Illegible …aged 67? years...
Moses BEKEN / born 22nd July 1850 – died 18th May 1938 / also Mary Jane BEKEN wife of the above / buried at Winterbourne Earls, Wilts
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BEKEN G 544 Annie BEKEN eldest daughter of George and Mary Ann BEKENsingle kerbstone
G 545
HOPPER G 546
HOPPER / HOMEWOOD
Erected / to the memory of / Edward Pyner HOPPER / of this parish who died March 5th / 1854 aged 33 years / Harriet Munk widow / of the above who died August 8th / 1861 aged 42 years / also Sarah Ann daughter of / the above died March 1st 1853 / aged 10 months / …Left one son Charles HOMEWOOD / HOPPER...
Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas HOPPER / who died at Loose October 16th 1867 / aged 70 years / Frances wife of / Thos HOPPER Grocer of this parish / who died January 10th 1832 aged 39 years / her children arise up and call her / blessed. Her husband also and he praised / her. Proverbs Chap 31st verse 28th / also Sarah Ann their daughter who died February 28th 1830 aged 5 years and 7 months / also Caroline Elizabeth their daughter who died April 23rd 1832 aged 4 months ...leaving two sons and two daughters