MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS W A M B R O O K S O M E R S E T

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1 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS OF W A M B R O O K S O M E R S E T 107 memorials, Queries checked with Parish Registers , at Somerset Record Office, and microfilm copies of Bishops Transcripts , at Dorset Record Office. Recorded, typed and indexed by Sir Mervyn Medlycott, copies to: Somerset & Dorset Family History Society (MI Index, DorsetMIs and Library). Somerset Record Office, Taunton. Yeovil Public Reference Library. Society of Genealogists Library, London. Incumbent and PCC of Wambrook. Sir Mervyn Medlycott.

2 WAMBROOK MIs: SURNAME INDEX (numbers of memorials, not pages) ABBOTT: 26, 35, 42 & 43 ALKIN: 77 ANDERSON: 69 ASHENDEN: 74 BALL: 12 BENTLEY: 58 BEVISS: 5 9, 15, 37 & 48 BLOCKSIDGE: 100 BOARD: 52 BRIGHT: 61, 75 & 103 BROWN: 36 CAINES: 102 COHEN: 85 COLES: 20 CRANDON: DAMPIER: 25 DAVY-JAMES: 22 DEANE: 54 DENING: 49 DENSLOW: 11, 39, 44, 71 & 90 DERGES: 94 DOBLE: 80 DORVILLE: 34 DOWN: 104 DUNN: 70 EAMES: 10, 54 & 55 EDWARDS: 1 3 FORWARD: 30 FRENCH: 72 & 89 FURY: 97 GIGG: 59 GORDON: 24 GUY: 38 HALLETT: 63 & 64 HARDY: 13a HARRIS: 103 HAYSOM: 15 HILL: 18 HOBBS: 27 HOLE: 3 HONEYBUN: 91 HUISH: 29 HUNT: 98 HUSSEY: 6 & ISAACS: 81 LARCOMBE: 4, 13b, 40, 87, 88 & 95 LATHOM: 67 LIDDLE: 105 LONG: 66 & 84 LUTHER: 12 MAYNE: 14 MELHUISH: 50, 51, 65 & 86 MITCHEM: 4 MOULTON-BARRETT: 19 NEWTON: 23 NORRIS: 45, 46 & 96 NUTT: 93 PAVEY: 21 & 101 PIDGEON: 4, 62 & 106 PINNEY: 41 & 76 POPE: 8 POTTER: 78, 79 & 82 PRENTICE: 85 SE(A)WARD: 21 SMITH: 73 SOMERS: 70 SPALDING: 31 SPARKS: 53 STICKLER: 61 STOCK: 32 & 33 TETT: 68 TEWKESBURY: 92 THOMSON: 83 WALE: 47 WILD: 60 WILLIAMS: 28 & 99 (for most post-1837 memorials exact wording is not given on stones, but genealogical abstracts, giving all information in a concise form. Exact wording is however given for all pre-1837, and some other memorials, which are in double inverted commas, in most instances with obliques / indicating the ends of lines). Marked with an asterick * are churchyard memorials which were recorded by an unknown person in about 1974, copies of which are given on the Somerset Monumental Inscriptions Index database, Somerset & Dorset Family History Society. Although thought to be incomplete, these provided fairly full coverage, only omitting a few memorials, most notably no.21. Of more concern, I discovered a number of errors in these copies, which I have corrected. In order to tie my copies in with these, I have only recorded memorials including anybody dying in and before 1974, although other people on the same stones have been added for after that year. Some more modern memorials inside the church have also been included. Wambrook was a Dorset parish until 1896, when it was transferred to Somerset. There are no memorials recorded in Hutchins History of Dorset, 3 rd.edition ( ).

3 CHURCH INTERIOR Just comprising a chancel, nave and tower, with a vestry on north side of the chancel. The entrance is now from the west through the tower. Two former porches south and north of the nave have respectively been converted into a small chapel and a font alcove. Basically mediaeval with extensive Victorian repairs. Chancel 1). White marble Tablet on south wall. In memory of/ Charles EDWARDS, of Chard, in the county of/ Somerset, esqr: eldest son of Charles Edwards/ of Exeter, who was surviving son and/ heir of/ Henry Edwards, Vicar of Chard, the son of/ Zachary Edwards, of Oxford, apothecary/ by Abigail, his wife/ Mr: Edwards practiced as an attorney at law/ at Chard aforesaid upwards of 30 years/ the greater part of which period he was/ Dy: Clerk of the Peace for the said county of/ Somerset. He became Patron of this living in/ the year 1796 and rebuilt the Rectory house/ from ruins about the year 1808/ His remains lie interred near this/ monument, erected by his widow and family/ in grateful remembrance of him/ Obt: 12 th. April 1813, aet: 32. 2). White on black marble Tablet on north wall. Revd: Henry EDWARDS, MA., JP., Rector of Churchstanton, Devon , of Wambrook, , of Uplyme, Devon and Rural Dean of Dunkeswell , and of Burslem, diocese of Lichfield, , died 21 Nov 1903, in his 85 th. year. 3). White on black marble Tablet on north wall. A tribute of affection/ to the memory of/ Mary Ann, wife of Henry EDWARDS/ Rector of this parish/ and daughter of/ Samuel and Ann HOLE, of Topsham/ She died Feby: 8 th. 1821, aged 23 Nave (on south wall there is a Royal coat of arms, for Queen Anne, 1703, and a framed list of Rectors of Wambrook names not recorded) 4). WAR MEMORIAL in the form of a stone Tablet on north wall : Ambrose MITCHEM, DCM., L/Cpl: Glos: Rgt: : Walter John LARCOMBE, Pte: RAVC; Walter Frank PIDGEON, L/Cpl: KOSV. 5). White on black marble Tablet on north wall. Miss Mary BEVISS, second daughter of John and Dinah Beviss, late of this parish, died 26 Jan 1867, aged 60. Erected by her brother and sisters. 6). White on black marble Tablet on north wall. Emma, wife of Thomas HUSSEY, of Martock, and youngest daughter of John and Dinah BEVISS, died 16 Sept 1905, aged 78. And her husband, Thomas Hussey, died 16 Dec 1911, aged 87. Also her sister, Ann Beviss, died 27 March 1888, aged 83. 7). White on black marble Tablet on north wall. Benjamin, third son of John and Dinah BEVISS, late of this parish, died 20 Dec 1863, aged 46. Erected by his sisters, Ann and Mary Beviss. 8). White on black marble Tablet on north wall. Bertha, fourth daughter of John and Dinah BEVISS, and wife of Thomas POPE, who is son of Harriet Pope, died 20 March 1920, aged 60. And Thomas Pope, died 24 Sept 1938, aged 85. 9). White on black marble Tablet on north wall. John BEVISS, of this parish, died 18 March 1840, aged 66. And his wife, Dinah Beviss, died 22 March 1856, aged 77. Also his son, Thomas Beviss, died 28 March 1842, aged ). Wooden Plaque on north wall. Heating system was installed in the church in 1962 by Richard Frederick Palmer EAMES, of Cotley, in memory of his parents, Richard Bowerman Eames and Agnes Elsie Eames, of Oren. 11). Small brass Plate on handrail on steps up into the chancel. Erected in 1983 in memory of Minnie Kate DENSLOW, ). Small brass plate on the organ. Organ installed 14 Aug 1994 in memory of Stuart Sydney Brooke BALL and Moyra Anne LUTHER. South Porch (now a chapel) 13a). Stone Plaque on east wall. This porch was converted into a chapel in loving memory of Captain Cecil Campbell HARDY, DSO., Royal Navy,

4 Tower 13b). Wooden Plaque on north wall. These bellropes donated by Vernon LARCOMBE and family in memory of Rosa Elizabeth, May 1998 (the ropes themselves are in the ringing chamber above). CHURCHYARD (there are no memorials east of the church) South of the Church (recorded east to west) 14)* Cross (shaft broken off, leaning against the base). William W. MAYNE, died 22 March 1920, aged 76. And his wife, Mary Ann, died 8 Jan 1922, aged 84. Also their son, James, died 13 Aug 1916, aged )* Cross. Emma Beviss HAYSOM, wife of Robert Haysom, FN., CM., of Ilminster, and eldest child and only daughter of Thomas HUSSEY, esq: and granddaughter of Robert Hussey, esq: of Pilsdon Manor, Dorset, and of the late John BEVISS, esq: of this parish, descended from Roll o the Sea King. She was born 31 Jan 1854, at the Manor House, Ilchester, and died 24 June (note: close to this memorial there is a plot with kerb and low iron railings, in which area a now quite large yew tree is growing, There doesn t appear to be any memorial within the railings). 16)* Headstone. my only son Thomas HUSSEY, died 15 Oct 1911, aged )* Headstone. Emma, wife of Thomas HUSSEY, of Bridge House, Martock, died 16 Sept 1905, aged 78. And her husband, Thomas Hussey, died 16 Dec 1911, aged )* Cross (the top stage has been swivelled, so that part of inscription faces east and part faces west). Samuel HILL, M.D., died 20 Aug 1874, aged )* Cross and kerb. Frank MOULTON-BARRETT, born 30 April 1865, at Combe Head, Devon, died 17 Jan 1920, at Bewley Down. 20)* Headstone. Mary COLES, died 23 Nov 1868, aged ). Headstone (in two columns. worn). left-hand column: In/ memory of/ Susannah, wife of/ Hugh PAVEY / of this parish, who/ departed this life/ June ye 4, 1795 / aged 24 /(some lines, probably of verses). right-hand column (top part worn): Also/ William SEWARD / grandfather to the/ aforesaid Susannah/ Pavey, who died/ ye 8 day of Sept(ember)./ 1771, aged./ Also of/ Joseph Cole Pavey/ son of the afore/said Hugh Pavey/ who died February / 17, 1855, aged/ 90 years (BT: William SEA- WARD buried 20 Sept 1771, age not given). 22)* Flat Ledger Stone (with recumbent cross on top). Thomas DAVY-JAMES, MA., priest, suddenly called away from his ministry in Gloucester 12 Feb )* Headstone. Revd: W. Fretwell NEWTON, MA., for 6 years Rector of this parish, died on his birthday 19 Sept 1894, aged 68. (1890 Kelly s Directory gives his name as Revd: William Fretwell Newton ) And his wife, Sophia, died 9 Dec 1921, aged )* Cross. Violet Isabel GORDON, born 17 Jan 1891, died 18 Feb )* Headstone. Joel DAMPIER, died 15 May 1846, aged )* Headstone. John L. ABBOTT, died 28 June 1902, aged )* Cross. Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin HOBBS, died 5 Jan 1906, aged )* Cross. Thomas Erskine WILLIAMS, priest, for twenty years Rector of Wambrook, died 12 July And his sister, Edith M.E. Williams, died 20 Sept 1947, aged )* Headstone (leaning backwards ominously). Richard HUISH, born 20 Nov 1860, died 18 Dec And his wife, Alice, died 25 Aug 1927, aged 64. Also his daughter, Bessie Huish, born 5 Feb 1893, died 13 Dec )* Angel on a plinth. Pamela, daughter of John Adams and Beatrice FORWARD, born 27 April 1902, died 19 March )* Cross. Alfred Charles Clifford SPALDING, priest, Rector of this parish , born 2 July 1846, died 22 April )* Cross (with coat of arms). Edward Wood STOCK, LL.D., of Lincoln s Inn, barrister-at-law, born 14 Jan 1832, died 29 Dec )* Cross. Jane STOCK, born 10 Jan 1835, died 11 Jan )* Coped Stone (with a large carved anchor on it) (very worn and damaged) on south slope: In/ memory of/ Captain William DOR.. / (one line illegible). On north slope: Of the Rectory House,

5 Wambrook. In the 1974 copies it was thought this stone commemorated Vice Admiral John William DORVILLE, of Great Malvern, Worcs, who was Patron and owner of the Glebe at Wambrook c If it does, his naval rank and forename is different, though the date of the stone looks roughly right. Since PR: is still in the church and there are no BTs available later than 1880, all one can say is that it is probably his memorial or to some other member of his family. North of the Church (recorded from east to west) 35)* Displaced Headstone (leaning against the north wall of the chancel). Isaac ABBOTT, died 20 Nov 1858, aged 27. And his daughter, Hannah Ann Abbott, died 12 April 1859, aged 1 year. 36). Displaced metal Cross (leaning against no.35). my wife Jennetta BROWN, died 29 Oct 1924, aged 60, Here in her native place/ I lay/ the loved one/ that I took away. 37)* Small Headstone and Footstone. on headstone: In memory of/ Margaret BEVISS / who died July 29 th / aged 84 years. on footstone: M.B./ ). Bottom portion of small Headstone (the top part has disappeared).. January/ 5 th / aged 4 years (PR: Jasper GUY of Crewkerne buried 7 Jan 1846, aged 4 years). 39)* Headstone. Charlotte DENSLOW, died 15 July 1887, at Yeovil, aged 70. And her brother, William Denslow, died 15 Aug 1888, aged 69. Also his wife, Ann, died 15 Feb 1922, aged ). Displaced Kerb (placed in front of a pair of stocks, which are close to the north wall of the church tower). George LARCOMBE, died 14 March 1958, aged )* Headstone. William PINNEY, died 7 April 1919, aged 89. And his wife, Rebecca Pinney, died 8 Feb 1911, aged )* Displaced metal Memorial (leaning against no.41). Elizabeth, wife of Abraham ABBOTT, died 12 March 1920, aged )* Metal Memorial (clearly a pair with no.42). Abraham ABBOTT, of Wambrook a lifelong parishioner, died 7 Jan 1907, in Taunton Hospital, aged )* Displaced metal Cross (leaning against a yew tree, close to no.41). David DENSLOW, died 2 April 1889, aged 3 years. 45)* Low Headstone and kerb. Sam NORRIS, late of Kampala, Uganda, and of Somerset, died 20 Aug )* Headstone. Charles Male NORRIS, of Lancen Farm, died 16 Jan 1903, aged 66. And his wife, Edith Norris, died 17 June 1888, aged )* Headstone. Anna WALE, died 24 Aug 1920, aged 62. And her son, John, died 20 Feb 1908, aged 25. Also her husband, John, died 29 Jan 1929, aged )* Cross. Abraham BEVISS, And Maria Ann Beviss, Also Lucy Beviss, And John Beviss, Of this parish. Also Mary Beviss, West of the Church (recorded in rows east to west. There is a bank west of this area down to an extension burial ground, which was added to the churchyard in 1921) 49)* Headstone. Charles DENING, of this parish, died 9 Feb 1886, aged )* Headstone. Robert MELHUISH, died 7 Dec 1879, at Downlands, aged 45. And his wife, Ruth, died 14 April 1924, aged 80. Also their youngest son, Sydney Daniel, died 5 Nov 1965, aged )* Headstone. Susan MELHUISH, died 24 Jan 1937, aged 71. And her husband, John, died 3 June 1940, aged 77. Also their daughter, Susie, died 6 Sept 1909, aged 22. And their son, John, died 15 July 1929, aged )* Headstone (within same kerb as no.53). James BOARD, died 24 May 1902, aged 60. And his wife, Asenath, died 31 Dec 1897, aged )* Headstone (within same kerb as no.52). Richard SPARKS, died 1 May 1891, aged 77. And his wife, Ann, died 2 March 1885, aged )* Coped Stone. Thomas Palmer DEANE, late of Broadoak in this parish, died 5 April 1873, aged 58. And his sister, Sarah, wife of William Keate EAMES, died 21 March )* Headstone. Eliza EAMES, of Broadoak, died 6 March 1906, aged 63. And John Eames, died 15

6 Sept 1916, aged 68. Also Lydia Eames, died 13 Jan 1923, aged 73. And Edward Eames, died 13 Dec 1929, aged 77. Also Sarah Jane Eames, died 25 July 1931, aged 90. And Mary Eames, died 10 Oct 1939, aged )* Headstone (leaning backwards). Mary, wife of William CRANDON, of this parish, died 28 March 1860, aged 75. And her husband, William Crandon, died 17 June 1862, aged )* Headstone (leaning backwards). husband and father Richard CRANDON, died 30 July 1873, aged 56. And his wife, Martha Wyatt, born 3 Oct 1820, died 15 Jan 1892, at 2 Snowdon Cottages, Chard. 58)* Headstone (leaning backwards). Mary Elizabeth CRANDON, died 22 Jan 1897, at 2 Snowdon Cottages, Chard, aged 52. And Caroline Crandon, born 24 Oct 1853, died 15 Jan Also William V. Crandon, died 26 Dec And Sarah Ann BENTLEY, died 25 March )* Headstone. Bessie Ruth GIGG, died 14 Oct 1934, aged 62. And her husband, Job Gigg, died 21 Nov 1942, aged 69. Extension Burial Ground (this is located west of the last area, down a slight bank, which presumably marks the site of a former hedge. According to the typed church guide, shown to me by the churchwarden, Mr: Reynolds, this ground was donated in 1921 by the Eames family. However from dates on memorials, it seems it only started to be used from about 1925) (recorded in 5 rows from east to west. In row 6 all the memorials post-date 1974) Row 1 60)* Headstone. Matthew Eyre WILD, died 28 Feb And his wife, Henriette, died 16 Dec And their daughter, Constance, died 30 July ). Small stone Cube. William John STICKLER, And Ann Stickler, Also Olive BRIGHT, And Wilfred Samuel Bright, )* Headstone and kerb. our boys Sidney John PIDGEON, died 3 Aug 1934, aged 16. And his brother, Walter Frank Pidgeon, died of wounds in Burma 24 Feb 1945, aged 29. Also their father, Walter George Pidgeon, died 13 Dec 1963, aged )* Flower Holder. Ellen Matilda HALLETT, died 23 March 1963, aged )* Flower Holder. John Alfred HALLETT, died 25 Feb 1939, aged ). Small Headstone. John Robert MELHUISH, died 15 July 1929, aged )* Cross. Edna, child of E. and R. LONG, died 8 March 1931, aged 6 years. 67)* Low Headstone. Ernest Walter LATHOM, died 24 Dec 1934, aged )* Small Headstone Robert Frank TETT, CASC., CMP Canada, )* Headstone. Colin Maxwell ANDERSON, died 28 Jan ). Headstone. our mum Florence Mary SOMERS, And her father, Robert George DUNN, Row 2 71)* Headstone. Sarah Jane DENSLOW, died 26 March 1942, aged 60. And her husband, Tom, died 14 Sept 1961, aged )* Headstone. Tom FRENCH, died 6 March 1941, aged 75. And his wife, Sarah, died 21 Feb 1947, aged ). Headstone. Albert E. SMITH, died 24 June 1973, aged 78. And his wife, Vera Blanche, died 24 Jan 1975, aged )* Cross. Elizabeth Dorothy, widow of Thomas ASHENDEN, of Canterbury, Kent, died 16 Nov 1940, aged 89 (part of stone now damaged, with her first forename illegible, but given in 1974 copies). 75)* Cross. Catherine Frances BRIGHT, died 13 Feb 1947, aged )* Head part of a Kerb (the remainder having been removed). wife and mother Lilla Edith PINNEY, And her husband, a father, Charles James Pinney, )* Headstone. Eveline Gertrude, wife of Trevor Robert ALKIN, born 2 March 1879, died 25 Feb And Trevor Robert Alkin, born 13 Oct 1880, died 9 May ). Headstone. Frank POTTER, died 17 April 1952, aged 72. And his wife, Emily, died 31 Aug 1977, aged 76.

7 79). Flower Holder (no date, c1970). Sylvia POTTER. 80)* Headstone. our parents Frank DOBLE, died 15 Oct 1958, aged 72, and Alice Doble, died 27 Oct 1963, aged ). Flower Holder. mother Alice Mary ISAACS, died 25 Oct Row 3 82). Flower Holder (no date, c1970). George POTTER. 83). Headstone (surmounted by a cross) Lawford Sydney Joseph THOMSON, And his wife, Winifred Dykes Thomson, born 14 Nov 1887, died 23 Oct )* Headstone. Edward LONG, died 3 July 1966, aged 91. And his wife, Rosa, died 29 May 1969, aged )* Kerb. Louis Joseph COHEN, born 5 Nov 1872, at Hamburg, died 20 May 1948, at Wambrook. And Jane Rebecca Godsell Cohen, nee PRENTICE, born 9 June 1874, at Winsham, died 25 June 1962, at Tatworth. 86)* Small Headstone. Ann MELHUISH, died 13 March 1953, aged 82. And her husband, Francis Robert Melhuish, died 22 March 1956, aged )* Service Headstone Private W.J. LARCOMBE, Royal Army Vet: Corps, died 10 July 1944, aged ). Flower Holder. Charles LARCOMBE, )* Headstone. wife and mother Ann FRENCH, died 14 May 1944, aged 82. And her husband, Joseph French, died 2 May 1950, aged )* Headstone. Charles DENSLOW, died 3 Feb 1945, aged 88. And his wife, Matilda, died 5 April 1946, aged )* Kerb. John HONEYBUN, died 31 March 1946, aged 68. And his wife, Emily, died 10 March 1955, aged ). Flower Holder. Ellen TEWKESBURY, died 3 March 1955, aged 78. Row 4 93)* Headstone. Clara Marion NUTT, died 18 July 1950, aged )* Headstone. William DERGES, died 28 Jan 1953, aged 74. And his wife, Ada, died 1 May 1967, aged )* Headstone. George LARCOMBE, died 14 March 1958, aged 61. And Lucy Kate Larcombe, died 30 Jan 1987, aged )* Headstone. Dorothy May NORRIS, died 28 Nov 1961, aged 44. And her husband, Charles James, died 9 Dec 1977, aged )* Flatstone and Flower Holder. On flatstone: Mary Ann FURY, And her grandson, Donald William Fury, On flower holder: Mary Ann Fury, died 20 Aug 1964, aged ). Flower Holder. Mary Ann HUNT, And Ernest Hunt, )* Headstone. Hilda Mary WILLIAMS, died 25 Dec 1965, aged )* Headstone. our mother Alice BLOCKSIDGE, ). Headstone. husband and father Reginald PAVEY, died 2 Sept 1972, aged 72. And his wife, Minnie, a mother and grandmother, died 28 Feb 1992, aged 84. Row 5 102). Flower Holder. Mary K. CAINES, born 16 June 1914, died 10 Oct )* Headstone, Sloping Stone and kerb. On headstone: our parents Lillian Isabel BRIGHT, died 14 July 1961, aged 77, and Samuel George Bright, died 2 Feb 1963, aged 76. On sloping stone: Their eldest daughter, Elsie Emma HARRIS, nee Bright, died 30 Jan ). Headstone. James George DOWN, born 24 Dec 1873, died 22 Dec And Caroline Down, born 8 June 1884, died 23 Aug )* Cross. Laurence Henry LIDDLE, born 20 Feb 1887, died 19 Feb And his wife, Dorothy Isobel, born 2 May 1889, died 9 Oct )* Headstone and kerb. Mary Ann PIDGEON, died 28 Feb 1956, aged 74. ooo

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