Church Knowle

Memorial Inscriptions

 

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With special thanks to James Moran who kindly photographed and transcribed the following gravestones.
The transcriptions may contain errors and it is advised to refer to other sources for confirmation of the data.
Extra notes by me have been highlighted in red. Higher resolution photographs are available from me by request.

 

 


TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF JOHN BISHOP
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
APRIL 22 1858
AGED 36 YEARS

ALSO
ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
AGED 11 WEEKS

AND OF
WILLIAM JOHN SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS ------
DECEMBER 10 185[0/9] [1859]
AGED 3 YEARS ------
-------- OF ---------
 

 

 

 

IN REMEMBRANCE
?LIES [JAMES?] VINCENT
DIED 3
RD DEC 18[1/7]8
AGED 68 YEARS

ALSO OF -------
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED 23
RD DEC 1868
AGED 85 YEARS


-------- SHALL ----------

 

 

 

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
HENRY FARWELL
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 6
TH 1892
AGED 83 YEARS

ALSO OF
ELIZABETH FARWELL
DIED APRIL 4
TH 1861
AGED 58

"GO IN PEACE FOR AS MUCH AS
WE HAVE SWORN BOTH OF US IN
THE NAME OF THE LORD SAYING
THE LORD BE BETWEEN ME AND THEE"

 

 

 


IN MEMORY
OF
MARGARET THE DAUGHTER OF
JOHN AND MARGARET MORRIS
WHO DIED DEC 18
TH 1787
AGED 15 WEEKS


HAPPY THE BABE, WHO PRIVILEG'D BY FATE
TO SHORTER LABOUR AND LIGHTER WEIGHT
RECEIVE'D BUT YESTERDAY THE GIFT OF BREATH
ORDER'D TO MORROW TO RETURN TO DEATH


THOMAS THE SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET
MORRIS WHO DIED APRIL THE 13
TH 1788 AGED ? YEARS

ALSO
MARGARET SEYMORE MORRIS DIED 9
TH MARCH
179[3/5] [1793]AGED ? YEARS

ALSO MARGARET THE WIFE OF JOHN MORRIS
------------- 22 OF AUG 179? [1795]
 

 

 

 

----AT [CHAR]LES FARWELL
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER ---- 186?[1863?]
AGED 61 YEARS

ALSO
CHARLES SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 3
RD 18??[1836?]
INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY
SPIRIT FOR THOU HAST REDEEMED
ME O LORD THOU GOD OF TRUTH

ALSO
MARY FARWELL WIFE OF
THE ABOVE WHO DIED JANUARY 31 18?4 [1874?]
AGED 76 YEARS

 

 

 

JOHN MUSSELWHITE
WHO DIED APRIL 18 1883
AGED 35 YEARS
WE SHALL GO TO HIM BUT HE SHALL NOT
RETURN US

ALSO OF JOHN FATHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 16
TH 1868
AGED 50 YEARS

THE MASTER HAS COME AND CALLED FOR THEE

 

 

 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MARY ANN FARWELL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
3
RD FEBRUARY 1887
AGED 47 YEARS

HIM THAT COMETH TO ME I
WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT

ALSO OF THE ABOVE
MARY ANN FARWELL
DIED 24
TH AUG 1912 AGED 70

 

 

 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANNE
WIFE OF ROBERT DOREY
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
NOVEMBER 24
TH 1886
AGED 63 YEARS

 

 

 

---[ANNE?] MARSH DOREY
[BORN?] 30
TH ------- 1859
--------- 18?6 [1865?]

ROBERT DOREY
1?
TH MARCH 1818
--- [JUNE?] 18?? [1882?]

 

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IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF ELIZABETH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
ARTHUR COBB
WHO DIED ?? MAY 1868
AGED 40 YEARS
HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP

ALSO OF THE ABOVE ARTHUR COBB
WHO PASSED AWAY
APRIL 15
TH 1917 AGED 90 YEARS
UNTIL THE DAY ------- THE SHADOW
----------

 

 

 

IN MEMORY
OF ELIZABETH THE WIFE OF JOHN
ELLIOTT
WHO DIED OCT ?? 1767
AGED 36 YEARS

ALSO
JOHN HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
[ELIZ]AB[E]TH WHO DIED
-- AUGUST 9
TH 18??[1805?]
AGED 72 YEARS

 

 

 

ROBERT SPENCER
BORN 10TH JULY 1810 DIED 22 DEC 1877
JESUS --- RESURRECTIONE? EA?VIE

 

 

 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
KATHARINE MARY WRIGHT

WHO ENTERED INTO REST
29
TH SEPTEMBER 1908, AGED 54 YEARS

"SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE HAVEN
WHERE THEY WOULD BE"

 

 

 

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
CHARLES BURNARD HEADLY
OF LEICESTER
WHO DIED DEC 21
ST 1925

 

 

 

ISABELLA BUCHANAN WATERSTON
BORN JUNE 18 1852
DIED JANUARY 24 1923

 

 

 

IN MEMORY OF
ELEANOR
WIFE OF LAURENCE WARBURTON PIKE
SHE DIED ON 15
TH DEC 1933

SHE SHARED HER HUSBAND'S LOVE OF ANIMALS & BIRDS
AND ERECTED THIS STONE TO HIS MEMORY

30 AUGUST 1900
IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF
LAURENCE W PIKE
OF FURZEBROOK
A GOOD KIND TRUE
UNSELFISH MAN WHO
PASSED FROM THIS LIFE
UTTERING CHRISTS BEAUTIFUL
WORDS OF PROMISE
BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL
FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY

 

 

 

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
SARAH CULL
BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN CULL
WHO DIED JAN 2? 1913
AGED [5/8]6 YEARS
PEACE AT TEP [AFTER?] PAIN

 

 

 

-----------
-----ACE CRUM?LER
OF CREECH BORN ON
4
TH JANUARY 191?
AGED 52 YEARS
OF AGES CLE?? OR ME

 

 

 


SIMON OSWALD

BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MARTHA ELIZABETH COOMBES
DEPARTED THS LIFE
DECR 3
RD 1911
AGED 36

TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW
FOR THE MORROW SHALL TAKE THOUGHT
FOR THE THINGS OF ITSELF SUFFICIENT
UNTO THE DAY IS THE EVIL THEREOF

ERNEST COOMBES
SON OF THE ABOVE
BORN 27 SEPT 1901
DIED 10 OCT 1961
AGED 60 YEARS

ALSO
MARTHA ELIZABETH
WIFE OF SIMON OSWALD
BORN 23 MAY 1878
DIED 23 JAN 1974
AGED 95 YEARS
 

 

 

 

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------ MEMORY OF
HARRIET COOPER

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
-- THE -- -- [1916?]
AGED 70 YEARS

------------------[WILIIAM?]
W------- OF----
DIED DEC 9
TH 1?63 [1903?] AGED 66 YEARS

 

 

 

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
MARY BURDEN
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
EDWARD BURDEN
WHO FELL ASLEEP ON MONDAY
THE 27
TH JANUARY 1908
AGED 47 YEARS

 

 

 

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WILLIAM ERNEST SHORT
DIED AT FURZEBROOK ON THE
22 FEB 1908 AGED 29 YEARS

REST IN THE LORD