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Memorial Inscriptions - St. Simon & St. Jude Church
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Compiled by,
Buckinghamshire, Family History Society, North Bucks Group. In the Year 2000. |
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Area ‘C’, the area close to the church, to the rear (north) & to the right hand side (east) of the church, it has a shed & a seat, & is enclosed by the grass footpath,
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| 1C |
Headstone, almost completely unreadable,
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| Cha--------- / -------169------- / ------31--------. | |
| 2C |
Headstone
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| William / Emmett Hargreaves / Brown / 25th Feb 1902 – 21st May 1987 / Dearly loved husband / & father / Last Station Master of / Castlethorpe 1953 – 1964. |
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| 3C |
4 inscribed kerbstones
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| 1st end, In loving / memory. 2nd, side, Francis Joseph Mills / died July 5th 1957 / age 74 years. 3rd side, Also of his beloved wife / Alice Mary Elizabeth Mills / died Sept 1st 1959 / age 86 years. 4th end, Reunited. |
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| 4C |
Upright cross
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| In memory of a / beloved wife / & mother / Bertha Amelia West / who died May 5th 1964 / aged 58 yr. / Remembrance is a golden chain / that links until we meet / again. |
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| 5C |
Headstone
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| In / loving memory / of / Freda Isabelle / Beake / 3rd February 1910 / 9th April 1993. |
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| 6C |
Grey granite headstone
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| In / loving memory of / David Wingate / vicar of this parish / 1944 – 1968 / who died January 13th 1977 / aged 74 years / loving father / faithful pastor / true friend. | |
| 7C |
Flat stone
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| Sacred / to --- memory --- of / Mary daughter of / ------- / ------- / ----- / died Sept --- 1810. |
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| 8C |
Tombstone, nothing legible
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| 9C |
Slightly tapering, pointed top, with engraved stylised cross
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| In / loving memory of / Rebecca / wife of / John Rooker Rainbow / who departed this life / November 16: 1894 / aged 82 years / for 50 years a widow and / postmistress of this village / For I know whom I have believed / and am persuaded that he is able / to keep that which I have committed / unto him against that day. Tim 1 12 Engraved….. R. Cowley. |
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| 10C |
Crown top headstone
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| To the memory of / John Rooker Rainbow / ----- / 31 years / Also of / Ann Rainbow / died 1844 / ----------- / ----------- . |
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| 11C |
Headstone, unreadable.
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| 12C |
Pointed headstone, eroded at the base
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| Sacred / to the memory of / Annie / the beloved wife of / John Kemp Smith / only daughter of / John Rooker and Rebecca Rainbow / who died happy in the Lord / May 9th 1868 / aged 29 years / ------ the year of the Lord / -------- confidence and its / -------dp-------sh--------age. | |
| 13C |
Angular coffin ledger, eroded
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| In memory of / Joseph Masters Bull / -------- / ------ Jane Bull / who departed Feb 17th 1850 / aged 27 years / ---------------- do right. |
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| 14C |
Pointed top headstone
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| In affectionate / remembrance of George / the beloved son of / William George & / Elizabeth Rainbow / who departed this life / June 26th 1876 aged 5 years / Also of Mary Ann / who departed this life / November 20th 1872 / aged 3 years & 3 months / and was interred in Crew cemetery / They are gone where / Jesus is, to dwell forever there / in perfect harmony and bliss / and free from every snare. / John Rooker son of / John Rooker & Jane Rainbow / departed this life Jan 18th 1873 / aged 6 years / “Not lost but gone before”. |
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| 15C |
Curved pointed top headstone, with a curved inscription
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| In loving memory of / Sarah Frances / beloved wife of / Thomas Rainbow / died February 3, 1900 / aged 53 years / Also / Thomas / youngest son of the above / died Dec 26 1894 / aged 13 years & 11 months / With Christ which is far better / Also / Thomas Rainbow / beloved husband of the above / died Feb 17 1926 / aged 83 years / At rest. | |
| 16C |
Angular pointed top, headstone, with angled engraving
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| George Ernest / dearly loved child / of / James & Ellen / Markham / born Feb 20 1898 / and fell asleep / Feb 1 1900 / Suffer little, come unto me. |
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| 17C |
Upright cross, engraved on the base plinth
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| Top stone, In loving memory / of. Middle stone, Emily Jessie Hioratia / Fletcher / died Aug 2nd 1918 aged 65 years. Base stone, Asleep. |
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| 18C |
Upright cross, engraved on the base
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| Top stone, In memory of / Sarah Pain. Middle stone, Who died March 20: 1897 / aged 52 years. Bottom stone, James Franklin Pain / died Sep: 28: 1903. |
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| 19C |
Large flat coffin ledger, eroded
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| ---------ed / to the memory of / Elizabeth Mary wife / of / Frederic-- ------ / ------- daughter ----- / ------ daughter of / -------- William ------- / ----- aged 31 years / ------- / ------- . |
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| There are 5 graves in a vault beneath the paved area, behind the seats, to the south of the church, 2 have commemorative plaques inside of the church. Nos. 20,21,22,23 & 24 | |
| 20C |
Stone plaque, set in the paved area, a vault
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| 21C |
Stone plaque, set in the paved area, a vault
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| Harriett Jane Worley / Died Nov – 5th 1831 / aged 16 years. | |
| 22C |
Stone plaque, set in the paved area, a vault, small writing unreadable
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| To the memory of M.J.Drayson / (husband of Mrs, Jane Drayson ) / who departed this life Oct,22 1789 / aged / 36 / ---- / ----- / ----. |
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| 23C |
Stone plaque, set in the paved area, a vault, small writing almost unreadable
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| Mr John Drayson Junr. / (son of the aforesaid ) / died Dec 14, 1789 / aged 20 years / Cropt like a flow’r he witherd in his bloom / ---- youth ha—pr---y to come. |
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| 24C |
Stone plaque, set in the paved area, a vault
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| Jane Drayson / died / August 28 1822 / aged 17 years. |
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