Please note: lettering in red
indicates unconfirmed information/assumptions and lettering in
blue indicates later additions not yet checked
on site. Blue underlined
indicates link to a website article or further information.
The names are sorted into alphabetical order by surname, then by main
reference number and then by sub-reference letter. The numbering refers to
the numbering system recorded in the Church records posted inside the entrance
and which are also used on the Church plan, which is duplicated on this website.
Monumental Inscriptions Inside The Church Recorded
in 1990
|
First Name |
Last Name |
FISC |
Church Graves Ref |
|
Comments |
|
frank |
andrew |
ANDW |
|
a |
Frank J. ANDREW, 25 years Churchwarden & Sunday School
Superintendent, died 1922. The monumental inscriptions inside the church
recorded in 1990 |
|
jane |
docwra |
DCR |
|
e |
Jane relict of Thomas DOCWRA Esq. & formerlie ye wife of
Thomas ye sole sonne of Sr Gabriell POINTZ KT & one of ye daughters &
cooheires of Will: PERIAM KT Lord Cheife Baron of ye Excheq: was in ye
service of God trulie & zealouslie religious: to his ministers liberall
& to ye poore charitable, & having lived 25 yeares a wydowe in a
complative & retired course of life, she changed her mortall habitation
for a heavenlie ye 15 of March 1645 Aetat 73. An epitaph composed by
herself follows. The monumental inscriptions inside the church
recorded in 1990 |
|
james |
handscombe |
HNSCM |
|
o |
On floor. James HANDSCOMBE of Pirton Grange Esq. died 27
Nov. 1731 aged 66. He married Ann, sole daughter of John & Helena
Hammond of whom he had numerous issue, whereof three only survive him,
viz. Ann (married to Matthew LACY gent.), Mary & William. The
monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
william |
handscombe |
HNSCM |
|
p |
On floor. Mr William HANDSCOMBE, gent. Son of James
HANDSCOMBE Esq., late of Pirton Grange, in this parish, who died 25 Mar.
1773 in the 59th year of his age, leaving issue four sons & six
daughters. Also Mary his wife who died 4 Dec. 1781 in the 53rd year of
her age. The monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in
1990 |
|
mary |
handscombe |
HNSCM |
|
q |
On floor. Mr William HANDSCOMBE, gent. Son of James
HANDSCOMBE Esq., late of Pirton Grange, in this parish, who died 25 Mar.
1773 in the 59th year of his age, leaving issue four sons & six
daughters. Also Mary his wife who died 4 Dec. 1781 in the 53rd year of
her age. The monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in
1990 |
|
george |
hewitt |
HWT |
|
r |
George Henry HEWITT M.A., for 15 years Vicar of this
parish 1933 - 1948. The monumental inscriptions inside the church
recorded in 1990 |
|
nellie |
king |
KNG |
|
v |
Seat in the porch. Frank 1881 - 1962 & Nellie KING 1882 -
1965. The monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in
1990 |
|
frank |
king |
KNG |
|
u |
Seat in the porch. Frank 1881 - 1962 & Nellie KING 1882 -
1965. The monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in
1990 |
|
erskine |
langmore |
LNGMR |
|
i |
Erskine W. LANGMORE M.A. for 19 years Vicar of this
parish 1903 - 1922. The monumental inscriptions inside the church
recorded in 1990 |
|
ralph |
loughborough |
LHBRH |
|
j |
Ralph Lindsay LOUGHBOROUGH priest, first sole Vicar of
Pirton from 1851 - 1895, born 4 Dec. 1819 died 18 Nov.1895. The
monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
ralph |
loughborough |
LHBRH |
|
s |
The Rev. Ralph Lindsay LOUGHBOROUGH & his wife Marianna,
this transept was built of local stone partly by voluntary contribution
AD. 1907 - 1914. Dedicated 23 Jul. 1914. The monumental
inscriptions inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
marianna |
loughborough |
LHBRH |
|
t |
The Rev. Ralph Lindsay LOUGHBOROUGH & his wife Marianna,
this transept was built of local stone partly by voluntary contribution
AD. 1907 - 1914. Dedicated 23 Jul. 1914. The monumental
inscriptions inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
william |
newberry |
NWBRY |
|
b |
William NEWBERRY, 24 years Churchwarden of this parish
(1903 - 1927), died July 1939 aged 77. The monumental inscriptions
inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
joseph |
pollard |
PLRD |
|
k |
On lecturn. Joseph POLLARD of High Down born 31 Jun. 1825
died 29 May 1909. M. POLLARD. The monumental inscriptions inside
the church recorded in 1990 |
|
p |
pollard |
PLRD |
|
m |
On priests kneeler. P. F. POLLARD. 1913. The monumental
inscriptions inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
joseph |
pollard |
PLRD |
|
n |
On Pews. Joseph POLLARD of High Down given by his widow,
children & grandchildren. Joseph POLLARD of High Down given by
friends & fellow parishioners. The monumental inscriptions inside
the church recorded in 1990 |
|
horace |
roberts |
RBRTS |
|
d |
On prayer book bookcase. Horace ROBERTS, Verger of this
church for 60 years, died 28 Mar. 1959. The monumental
inscriptions inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
palacia |
russell |
RSL |
|
l |
On lecturn step. Palacia, widow of Revd. H. W. RUSSELL,
daughter of J. POLLARD, died 12 Feb 1911. The monumental inscriptions
inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
bruce |
squires |
SQRS |
|
f |
On a candlestick. Mr & Mrs M. G. Bruce SQUIRES, Easter
1985. The monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in
1990 |
| |
squires |
SQRS |
|
g |
On a candlestick. Mr & Mrs M. G. Bruce SQUIRES, Easter
1985. The monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in
1990 |
|
hubert |
stapleton |
STPLN |
|
h |
Hubert John STAPLETON Organist 1902 - 1910 who took a
leading part in the construction of this transept. The monumental
inscriptions inside the church recorded in 1990 |
|
j |
stundon |
STNDN |
|
c |
On the font. J .G. STUNDON Vicar 1959 - 1968. The
monumental inscriptions inside the church recorded in 1990 |