Castlethorpe Village - Grave Memorials of St. Simon & St. Jude

Memorial Inscriptions - St. Simon & St. Jude Church

Compiled by,
Buckinghamshire, Family History Society,
North Bucks Group.
In the Year 2000.

Area D West, The area to the north of the church, bounded by the boundary fence, north & west, the grass footpath running east to west, & an imaginary line through the centre, north to south. Approx level with the end on the church.

1DW	A small curb with a scroll
	In loving memory of / Violet / the beloved daughter of / Frank & Alice Mills / who died May 22nd 1915 / aged 4 years & 3 months / gone but not forgotten. Stone mason, Coverly Newport.
2DW	Headstone
	In / loving memory of / Albert Edward Luing / who died March 28th 1915 / aged 19 years / At rest.
3DW	Kerbstones
	South side, In loving memory of Doris the beloved eldest daughter of David & Elizabeth Jane Cowley / who passed away December 16th 1915 aged 18 years / Peace perfect peace.
4DW	Large square kerbs, engraved on all 4 sides
	In loving memory of / Ann Rebecca Denton who died June 10th 1943 age 84 years / Thy will be done / Also of Charles Denton who died February 12th 1918 aged 61 years.
5DW	Marble flower vase on square stone base
	Henry / Panter / 31st October 1918.
6DW	Square kerbs & central Vase, engraved all round
	In loving memory of / Robert Waring died December 2nd 1920 aged 54 years / Until the day breaks / Also of Ellen Waring died January 23rd 1943 aged 77 years. Vase inscription, Mum & Dad
7DW	Kerbstones, engraved on east & south faces
	In loving memory of / Ernest Nichols who died November 24th 1918 aged 47 years. Stone mason, Gurney.
8DW	Upright cross
	In / loving memory / of / Charlotte Brice / died September 22nd 1919 / aged 74 years / At rest.
9DW	Kerbstones, engraved on south face
	In loving memory of Henry Cowley / passed away December 2nd 1918 aged 62 years / With Christ ---------------.
10DW	Kerbstones, engraved on south & east facings
	In ever loving memory of / Charlotte Cowley / who passed away 25th February 1940 aged 81 years. / At rest.
11DW	Marble cross
	In / loving memory / of / Thomas Cannon / born May 10th 1844 / died Dec 29th 1918 / “Peace perfect peace” / And Mary his wife / born Jan, 21st 1848, died Aug 2nd 1925.
12DW	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / William George Rainbow / died September 27th 1920 / aged 80 years / At rest / Also of Elizabeth / wife of the above / died April 6th 1926 aged 87 years / “Perfect peace” Stone mason, Gurney
13DW	Kerbstones, engraved on north, east & west faces
	In loving memory of / Edith Nellie Coey died July 6th 1922 aged 25 years / Gone but not forgotten.
14DW	Oblong marble headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Ruth Bennett / the dearly beloved wife of / Samuel Bennett / who died Feby, 27th 1923 / aged 76 years / At rest in the Lord / Also of Samuel Bennett / who died Jany 28th 1927 aged 82 years / His end was peace.
15DW	Oblong marble headstone
	In loving memory of / Ellis Frederick Nicholls / passed away Feb, 24th 1960 aged 65 / Also Josie Ann / March 3rd 1946 / Also John Reginald / passed away April 4th 1947 aged 15 days / children of the above / In holy keeping.
16DW	Large square kerbstones, engraved on all 4 side
	In loving memory of Minnie Coey / who died June 21st 1928, aged 55 years / Not forgotten / Also of George Coey / died december 30th 1955 aged 84 years / At rest.
17DW	Ornate headstone, with front flower vase
	Sacred / decoration / to the memory of / Willie Olney / the beloved son of / John & Mary Ann Olney / who departed this life / December 2nd 1925 / aged 65 years / “His time was short” Stone mason, Gurney.
18DW	Small kerbs, headstone in the form of a cross, now broken & laid on the grave, inscriptions on the cross base
	In loving / memory of / Lionel / dearly beloved son of / John & Bessie May / died Oct, 28th 1924 / aged 4 years / Also of dear / Albert / died March 12th 1918 / Safe in his arms.
19DW	Headstone
	In / loving memory / of / Eli Dolling / died March 13th 1924 / aged 72 years / “Thy will be done” / Also Mary / daughter of the above / died Nov, 1st 1909 / aged 28 years / Also Kezia / wife of the above / died Aug, 4th 1938 / aged 82 years / “He giveth his beloved sleep”.
20DW	Marble kerbstones, & a marble cross on an engraved base plinth
	In ever / loving memory / of / Shadrach Beesley / who died 13th October 1925 / aged 77 years / In holy keeping / Also of / Mary Beesley / who died 11th June 1951 aged 93 years / God rest her soul, Engraved marble slab, And their son / Walter Beesley O.B.E. / 11th August 1892 / 6th March 1979 / He hath done / all things well, Mark VII – 3.
21DW	Headstone & kerb surround, missing
	In / loving memory of / William Manning / choirmaster at this church / 1893 – 1926 / died 19th April 1926 / aged 67 years / He rests from his labours / Also of / Elizabeth Manning / wife of the above / who on 15th May 1936 / passed peacefully to rest / aged 73 years / “Thy will be done”.
22DW	Kerbstones, engraved on the north & south, central flower vase
	In loving memory of our dear father Alfred Burbidge / who died October 26th 1933 aged 79 years/ At rest. In loving memory of our dear mother Sarah Ann Burbidge / who died Jan, 18th 1927 aged 72 years, / Peace perfect peace.
23DW	Kerbstones, engraved on south & west faces, with a cross laying at the head, engraved ‘Peace’,
	In loving memory of / William Axon (?) who died May 27th 1927 aged 52 years.
24DW	Kerbstones, with an engraved scroll at the head
	In / loving memory of / Ann Cook / who died Jan 23rd 1929 / aged 79 years / Lead kindly light.
25DW	Square kerbstones, with engraved north & south faces
	In loving memory of / a beloved wife & mother Elizabeth Nichols who died Nov 29th 1928 aged 69 years / Peace perfect peace, In loving memory of / William Nichols who died May 6th 1932 aged 69 years / Peace perfect peace.
26DW	Kerbstones & headstone, engraved cross on the grave
	Headstone, In / loving memory of / May Bavington / who died March 3rd 1930 / aged 49 years. Cross, And / her husband / Arthur Bavington / 9th Nov, 1980 / aged / 94 / years. Peace.
27DW	Marble headstone
	In / loving memory of / Ida Jane Axon / who died 30th Dec, 1967 / aged 84 years / Peace.
28DW	Kerbstones, engraved on the north, west, & south faces, In loving memory of
	Thomas Gregory who died Nov, 24th 1929 aged 49 years, Also of his wife / Jenny Gregory who died Jan, 28th 1954 aged 69 years. At rest.
29DW	Kerbstones, engraved on all 4 sides
	In loving memory of / William Compton Giles, Who passed away March 24th 1929 / aged 86 years, Peace perfect peace. Also Ann Giles / died May 15th 1933 aged 86 years.
30DW	Headstone, patterned with 2 hands, shaking
	In / loving memory / of / Olive Nellie Mills / daughter of Walter / and Elizabeth Mills / died march 5th 1929 / aged 19 years / Called to a higher service.
31DW	Marble cross, on tiered base
	East face, In / loving memory / of / my dear wife / Annie Elizabeth Osborne / who died March 29th 1931 / aged 76 years / ‘So loved, so missed, so mourned. North face, Also / Thomas Osborne / died August 9th 1940 / aged 88 years / Reunited. South face, Also of / our precious son / Frank killed in action / at Passchendale / aged 26 years / ‘He gave his life’.
32DW	Headstone, patterned with 2 hands shaking, kerbs now missing
	In / loving memory / of / Mabel Gladys Mills / daughter of Walter / and Elizabeth Mills / died Sept, 13th 1931 / aged 29 years / Called to higher service.
33DW	Square kerbstones, north & south faces engraved, with 2 flower vases, & an engraved tablet
	Square memorial tablet, badly eroded, ----- William Bird. ------. In loving memory of William Bird / died January 4th 1932 aged 84 years. Also Emma Bird who died March 31st / 1935 aged 87 years.
34DW	Headstone, now laying on the grave
	In / loving memory of / John Luing / who passed away / January 10th 1932 / aged 77 years / Peace perfect peace / Also of / Martha Jane / wife of the above / who die Jan, 18th 1935 / aged 79 years / Peace perfect peace.
35DW	Headstone, with a stone flower vase
	In / loving / memory of / Caroline Mary Webb / beloved wife of / Charles Richard Webb / who passed away Feb, 19th 1932 / aged 46 years / “Abide with me” / Also / of / Edwin Gobbey / beloved husband of / Charlotte Jane Gobbey / who passed away May 5th 1932 / aged 71 years / Peace perfect peace / Also of / Charlotte Jane Gobbey / who passed away August 27th 1933 / aged 70 years / ‘At rest’.
36DW	Kerbstones, engraved on north, south, & west facings
	In loving memory of Clara Denton / who died October 24th 1932 aged 68 years. Also of William Denton who died May 26th 1947 aged 87 years.
37DW	Square marble slab, with a flower vase
	Lucy Emma Ness / 30th Oct, 1981.
38DW	Marble kerbstones, engraved on north, east & south faces, with a central flower vase
	In loving memory of / my dear husband David Cowley / who died March 5th 1935 aged 74 years. In loving memory of / Elizabeth Jane beloved wife of David Cowley / who died September 2nd 1959 aged 88 years. At rest.
39DW	Small marble headstone & a flower vase
	In memory of / William & Elizabeth / Clarke / parents of William / and grandparents / of Vera.
40DW	Large square grave, without kerbstones & birdbath style decoration
	In / loving memory of / ------- / ------- / ------- / Powell / ------ / aged 64 / Jack Powell / grandson / aged 25 / On the plinth, Fred Powell husband of / Cissie died Dec, 28 1952 / aged 74 years.
41DW	Headstone & kerbstones
	Loving memories of / John Bavington / who died Dec, 31st 1933 / aged 87 years / Also Elizabeth / loving wife of the above / who died Dec, 7th 1943 / aged 96 years / “Duty done, now resting”.
42DW	Marble headstone & kerbstones & a central marble flower vase
	In / loving memory of / George Roderick / eldest son of William Thomas / and Amy Walker / who died Dec, 14th 1933 / aged 30 years / “Loved and remembered”. Engraved vase, George.
43DW	Marble kerbstones, engraved on east, south & west faces
	In loving memory of / Ethel Faulkner who departed this life / August 30 1933, aged 43 years, / Always remembered.
44DW	Kerbstones, engraved on north, south & west faces
	West face, In loving memory, South face, William Longland Johnson late of --- --- / died Feb, --- --- aged 72 years. North face, Also of Alice Mary Johnson / died August 14th 1959 aged 86 years.
45DW	Fallen headstone & plain flower vase
	In loving memory of / Caroline / beloved wife of / Jesse John West / who passed away April 17th 1937 / aged 65 years / At rest / Also Jesse John West / who died February 23rd 1941 aged 68 years / Reunited.
46DW	Marble kerbstones, engraved on north & south faces
	In loving memory of / my dear husband Hugh Mapley / who fell sleep September 2nd 1937 / aged 63 years / ‘Gently translated he passed out of sight’ / Also of / his wife Susan Mapley / who die April 1st 1954 aged 84 years / ‘At rest’. Engraved vase, Winnie.
47DW	Upright cross on a plinth, engraved on east & south faces
	East face, In / loving memory of / Amy / eldest daughter of / James Harris / died February 5th 1938 / in her 73rd year / At rest. South face, Also / of / Annie Harris / died/ Dec, 9th 1954 / aged 77 years.
48DW	Headstone, kerbstones & an open book at the grave foot
	Headstone, In / loving remembrance of / our dear mother / Maria Hitchcock / who passed away April 2nd 1938 / aged 62 years / Also / our dear father / John Samuel Hitchcock / who passed away April 5th 1938 / aged 73 years / ‘Peace perfect peace’. Left hand page of book, In / loving memory of / my dear husband / Gordon Samuel Gladden / who passed away / 7th May 1959 / aged 66 years / ‘Peace be thine’. Right hand page of book, Also / Eliza Maria / Gladden / who passed away / 2nd Dec, 1974 / aged 8- years / Reunited.
49DW	Marble kerbstones, engraved on south & east faces, & 2 flower vases
	In loving memory of Bertram Colin Brown. Died April 27th 1938, aged 38 years, late station master. Thy will be done. Both vases engraved, In loving memory
50DW	Granite cross on an engraved plinth, & an engraved memorial book
	With thanksgiving to God / for the lives of / Anne / daughter of / Joseph & Becky Whiting / and sister of Pat /1920 – 1940 / Joseph E Whiting / 1st Dec, 1889 – 15th July 1961 / Becky Whiting / 20th Jan 1893 – 21st Dec, 1984. Memorial book, Pray / love / remember.
51DW	Base of a broken & missing cross, no kerbstones
	R.I.P. / Alwyn / Lowder King / Anderson / Major 3rd South / Staffordshire / regiment / November 4th 1870 / April 3rd 1941.
52DW	Kerbstones, engraved on east, north & west faces
	In loving memory. Alice Mary Nichols of Broughton / who passed away Oct, 22nd 1940 aged 74 years. At rest.
53DW	Headstone & kerbstones
	In memory of / John / Thomas Rawlinson / called to rest Aug 9th 1940 / aged 78 years / Also of / Olive / born May 16th 1894, died Dec, 2nd 1899 / Interred in New Bradwell Churchyard / Also of Ann / beloved wife of the above / who died March 27th 1961 / aged 96 years / I am the resurrection and the life.
54DW	Kerbstones, engraved on north & south face
	George Henry Faulkner October 15th 1867, June 27th 1940. / Always loved (Mary) Above the clear blue sky.
55DW	Headstone, ornate kerbstones, & a central flower vase
	In / loving memory of / John Rainbow / who died Dec, 8th 1939 / aged 66 years./ Also of his beloved wife / Mary Ellen Rainbow / who died Sept, 29th 1954 / aged 77 years. / ‘So loved, so missed’
56DW	Headstone & kerbstones, 2 flower vases
	In loving memory of / my dear wife / Louisa Jane Lowe / died 12th August 1939 / aged 76 years / Also of / Arthur / loving husband of the above / died 11th May 1940 / aged 74 years / Peacefully sleeping.
57DW	Kerbstones, engraved on north, south & east faces
	To the memory of Rose Algar died 7th January 1939 aged 62 years, ‘At rest’. Also her beloved husband Charles Thomas Agar died Jan 5th 1960 aged 84 years.
58DW	White, war graves type of headstone
	T/236372 Driver / O.O.Pearson / Royal Army Service Corps / 25th May 1941, age 30.
59DW	Headstone & ornate kerbstones
	In loving memory of / Harry Barford / died Jan 7, 1942 aged 72 years / At rest / Also of / Eliza Barford / died Feb, 9 1947 Aged 83 years.
60DW	Marble kerbstones, engraved on all sides
	In loving memory of a dear husband & father / William Stones / who passed peacefully away January 10 1950, aged 65 years. In loving memory of a dear wife & mother / Alice Stones / who died suddenly March 3rd 1942 aged 57 years. Also their daughter / Elsie Lillian Hillyer / died 9th October 1981 aged 64 years. Loved & remembered.
61DW	Fallen cross & kerbstones, cross still on the grave, engraved plinth
	Sacred to / the memory of / Edgar Julius Fenn, priest / for sixteen years / curate in charge / of Castlethorpe / died August 7th 1942 aged 57 / Until the day ------ ----- .
62DW	Upright cross on a plinth, with kerbstones
	On the cross, In / loving / memory / of. On the plinth, A.M.Clarke / died Sept, 2nd 1942 / aged 72 years / Also his wife / Ellen Clarke / died Decr, 19th 1944 / aged 76 years / God is love.
63DW	Marble headstone
	In / loving memory of / Ivy Toulson / who died 2nd Jan, 1943 / aged 35 years / Mum / you were never forgotten.
64DW	Marble headstone & kerbstones, central plain flower vase
	In loving memory / of mother / Alice Jane Bates / who passed away July 8th 1943 / aged 59 years.
65DW	Kerbstones engraved on the south side, & a flower vase
	In loving memory of / Esther Minnie Rainbow who died / February 24th 1947 aged 63 years. Flower vase, In loving memory.
66DW	Small headstone & kerbstones
	Jesus called / a little child / Roger Charles / Ward / 19, Oct, 1946 / aged 6 years.
67DW	Fallen headstone, & kerbstones
	In ever loving memory of / William / the beloved husband of / Annie Wingrave / who passed away Sept, 8th 1946 / aged 62 years / ‘Peacefully sleeping / Also of / Annie / who passed away Dec, 30th 1964 / aged 80 years / Reunited.
68DW	Kerbstones, with a flower vase at the head & engraved at the foot
	In memory of / our dear parents / George Wilson / March 21st 1945 aged 80 years / And / Annie Eliza Wilson / died Feb, 10th 1958, aged 94 years.
69DW	Marble rectangular headstone, set on a plinth
	In / loving memory of / Daisy / beloved wife of Samuel West / died March 15th 1945 / aged 31 years / sleeping / Also of / Samuel J. J.West / died April 18th 1980 / aged 67 years / At rest. Engraved on the plinth, Joyce Irene West / died Jan, 20th 1979 / aged 70 years.
70DW	Kerbstones & an inscribed flower vase
	East face, foot of the grave, In loving memory of / John Evans / who died January 23rd 1945 / aged 70 years / Also of Bertha Evans / loving wife of the above / who died January 28th 1961 / aged 84 years.
71DW	Kerbstones, engraved on North, south & east faces, a plain flower vase
	In loving memory of Jasper Hillyard Green / who died July 7th 1944 aged 72 years. Also his wife Alice Maud Green / who died February 7th 1958 aged 81 years. Resting.
72DW	Kerbstones, engraved on south & west faces, plain flower vase
	In loving memory of . Alice Daisy Smith who passed away August 26th 1943 aged 56 years.
73DW	Small headstone
	To / the memory of / Emma Tiplady / died August 25th 1943 / aged 79 years / dear mother of / Alice and Lilian / Cherished memories.
74DW	Kerbstones
	South face, In loving memory of Emily Olney died July 25th 1943 (?) aged 80 years. East face, Also their daughter Grace died August ---? 1958 aged 63 years. North Face, almost illegible ,could be John Olney.