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Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St George's Church, Barnsley

Nos. 1 - 35

1. In / Memoriam / Mary Ann Roberts / of Barnsley / died June 5th 1883 / aged 22 years / also H.B. Crawshaw / died Novr 23rd 1886 / aged 2 weeks / also of Ethel Crawshaw / Born August 30th 1888 / died Feby 3rd 1889.

2. In loving memory of / John Reynolds, the beloved husband of Mina Reynolds / died 19th January 1910 - aged 76 years / also the above named Mina Reynolds / died 3rd June 1932 - aged 81 years / also of their son 2nd Lieut Percival Reynolds, aged 37 years / missing in the "Great War" 19th September 1918 / In loving memory of Charles Wright Reynolds / the beloved husband of Alice Reynolds / and eldest son of John and Mina Reynolds / died 12th July 1934 - aged 60 years / also Alice Reynolds wife of the above died May 4th 1966 - aged 83 years / William Dove Reynolds died Nov 24th 1962 - aged 85 years.

3. 1903 / In loving memory of / Hannah Smith / dear mother of Edith M. Collins.

4. In memory / of / Sarah Elizabeth Binder / who died January 1st 1869 / aged 41 years / also of / Rev William John Binder B.A. / formerly curate of this parish / afterwards Vicar of St John's / and late Rector of Leadenham, Lincolnshire / born 24th August 1823 / died 1st July 1892 / The memory of the just is blessed.

5. To the memory of the / Rev Thomas Pratt / curate of the parish / who died Decr 15th 1885 / aged 66 years / this stone is raised / by his friends and parishioners.

6. In loving memory of Susannah / the beloved wife of Joseph Pilley / who entered into rest October 27th 1911 / aged 65 years / also the above named Joseph Pilley / who entered into rest November 2nd 1914 / aged 66 years.

7. In affectionate remembrance / of / Herbert / the beloved husband of / Ethel M. Laughton / who died June 3rd 1931 / aged 60 years / also the above named / Ethel M. Laughton / who died Nov 13th 1953 aged 74 years / In loving memory of Ann Laughton who died May 12th 1913 aged 75 years / also William Girdham son of the aforesaid who died Decr 27th 1925 aged 58 years. At rest.

8. IHS / In memory / of / Sarah / the beloved wife of / James Swift / of this town / born 12th April 1851 / died 13th April 1911 / also the above named James Swift / who died March 19th 1931 aged 76 years.

9. In memory of / Anne wife of / Thomas Scales Cordeux / who departed this life October 5th 1868 / aged 75 years / In memory of / Thomas Scales Cordeux / of this parish / who departed this life / September 18th 1870 / in the seventieth year of his age.

10. Affectionate remembrance / of / Sarah / Relict of Henry Rimington / Mercer and draper of Barnsley / who departed this life June 30th 1863 / aged 83 years / In lov[ing] [remem]brance of / Mary ----pears / niece of the above / born November 2nd 1814 / died August 1st 1883 /

11. In loving memory of my dear husband / Henry Jaques / who departed this life July 2nd 1913 / aged 60 years / also Emily Jaques his beloved wife / who died March 6th 1934 aged 77 years / also Alfred Jaques their beloved son / missing in the Great War 1918 / aged 35 years.

12. IHS / In loving memory of / Benjamin / the beloved husband of / Mary Gaunt / who fell asleep Decr 10th 1922 / aged 52 years / Thy will be done / Also of Dorothy Mary / daughter of the aforesaid / who died in infancy.

13. RIP / In / loving memory / of / Albert Parkin / born June 16th 1869 / fell asleep July 26th 1911.

14. To the memory of / Mary Wilson / relict of / Thomas Winsmore Wilson / formerly of this town, merchant / who departed this life / on the 7th day of July 1862 / aged 72 years / Her father, mother, brother / son and husband were all / interred in the new burial ground / of St Mary's Church / but the same was closed prior / to the above date.

15. In loving memory of / Minne Leeson / who died April 24th 1943 / aged 61 years.

16. IHS / In / loving / memory / of / Annie Eliza / the beloved wife of / William Senior / who died May 25th 1918 / aged 53 years / Thy will be done / also the above named William Senior / who died Octr 7th 1940 aged 76 years / Re-united.

17. IHS / In / loving memory of / William / Cecil Robert / son of / William Matthew and / Ellen Armstrong / born June 25th 1895 / died June 3rd 1914 / Thy will be done / also William Matthew / the beloved husband of Ellen Armstrong / who died Feb 23rd 1924 aged 68 years / also the aforesaid / Ellen Armstrong / who died Feb / 16th 1949 / aged 87 years.

18. In memory / of Sarah Lindley daughter of / George and Jane Lindley who / departed this life Oct 27th 1837 / aged 45 years / also Elizabeth Lindley / wife of Joseph Lindley, Innkeeper / of this town who departed this / life April 8th 1849 aged 77 years / also the above named / Joseph Lindley who died Feb / 26th 1856 aged 78 years.

19. William Dunk / died June 29th 1940 / aged 53 years / also Lena / beloved sister of / William / died July 8th 1960 / aged 83 years.

20. In / affectionate remembrance / of Sarah Jackson / widow of George Jackson / Corn Miller, Barnsley / who died Aril 12th 1880 / aged 74 years / "Come unto me all ye that labour and / are heavy laden and I will give you rest" / Mat Chap Xl Ver 28 / also William Jackson / son of the above / who died November 1st 1898 / aged 51 years.

21. In memory / of George William the son / of George and Jane Jackson / of Barnsley who died 13th day / of September 1832 AE 7 years / the memory of the just is blessed / also the above named George / Jackson who died January 8th / 1864 aged 66 years / also the above named Jane wife / of George Jackson who departed / this life October 19th 1842 AE / 50 years.

22. IHS / In / loving / memory of / Priscilla / the beloved wife of / Alfred Whitham / of Barnsley / died November 22nd 1916 / aged 70 years / also the above named / Alfred Whitham J.P. / died August 13th 1929 aged 80 years.

23. In / loving memory of / Ralph Ernest Mackridge / died June 22nd 1920 / aged 52 years.

24. In / loving memory of / Dorothy Casson Speight / died August 30th 1921 / aged 32 years / also of Alice Speight / mother of the above / died May 7th 1928 aged 69 years.

25. In loving memory of / Benjamin Faville / Walker / who died January 27th 1912 / aged 66 years / also Elizabeth / wife of the above / who died May 22nd 1935 / aged 86 years / also James Walker / son of / Arthur & Isabella Cass / Richardson / & grandson of the above / who died April 27th 1923 / aged 2 years & 7 months / also Lucy Bertha Hudson / daughter of the above / who died August 24th 1937 / aged 62 years.

26. In memory of / William Young / who died May 26th 1844 aged / 64 years / he commenced business in Barnsley / as an Ironfounder in the year 1811 / He was one of the builders of / Wellington Street Foundry and / [by] his ingenuity and persevering / industry he rose to a successful / eminence in business / Mary wife of the above / William Young / who died 9th Feb 1859 aged / 79 years.

27. In loving memory of / Miles Calvert / of Barnsley / born October 30th 1824 died April 23rd 1885 / also Richard James son of the above / born April 27th 1870 died May 6th 1896 / also Sarah Calvert / wife of Miles Calvert / born April 18th 1832 died June 8th 1908 / also Edward Francis Calvert / son of the above who died May 1st 1931.

28. In loving / remembrance of / a dear husband and dad / John Fawley / who died July 10th 1951 / aged 67 years / Until we meet again / also a dear wife and mother / Lily Fawley / who died May 5th 1971 / aged 86 years / Re-united.

29. Walter James Henry husband of Jessie Urith Roberts / died July 3rd 1952 - aged 79 years / also Jessie Urith Roberts wife of the aforesaid / who died March 2nd 1956 aged 76 years.

30. Treasured memories of / a very dear husband & father / Donald Bennett died Feb. 24th 1964 aged 39 years.

31. In loving memory of / Mary Hannah, beloved wife of / Frank Strong Hawcock, / who died December 11th 1949, aged 61 years. / also the aforesaid / Frank Strong Hawcock, / who died Dec 14th 1971, aged 83 years.

32. In loving memory of / a dear husband and father, Vaughan Harry Askam / who passed away July -th 1948 - aged 72 years / "At rest" / also a dear wife and mother, Jane Annie Askam / who passed away Sept 6th 1966 - aged 84 years.

33. In loving memory of / Wilfred, / beloved husband of / Edith Richardson / who died Oct. 23rd 1947, aged 83 years, / also the above named / Edith Richardson, / who died Feb 13th 1949, aged 76 years.

34. Sacred to the memory of / Ann, / beloved wife of John E. Mirfin, / she passed away Feb. 15th 1947, aged 71 years / also the above John Elstone Mirfin, / who passed away March -th 1949, aged 77 years. / "Blessed are the pure in Heart" / "For they shall see God".

35. R.I.P. / In / loving memory / of / George Henry, / the beloved husband of / Dorothy Hoyle, / who died Dec. 5th 1945, / aged 52 years.

 

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