Some Memorial Inscriptions - Rowsley, Derbyshire
St Katherine's Churchyard & Methodist Church

Latest Additions New 27th Aug 2007

The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 9th June 2004. Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
A1. Francis STALEY, 27 April 1870, 67
Hannah, w, 19 Nov 1886, 83
Arthur Staley HOLMES, grandson,
21 April 1916, 63

A2. Robert, only s/o James & Mary HOPKINSON,
Of Wye House, Rowsley, 19 April 1885, 25
Mary, w, 11 Nov 1893, 69
James HOPKINSON, 3 Jan 1885, 70
Elizabeth Helen, d, 1 Aug 1898, 45

A3. Rachel Annie BURNETT,
Widow of John Gould BURNETT,
Of Rowsley, 11 Aug 1920, 64

A4. Mary Ann, w/o John COOPER,
14 Dec 1818 - 4 Oct 1887
Eliza DAMSON a friend of the family for many years,
12 Feb 1833 - 22 Jan 1906
Sarah, d/o John & Mary Ann COOPER,
15 Dec 1836 - 20 July 1914

A5. Lydia CAUDWELL, 18 Feb 1896, 28
Francis CAUDWELL of Bakewell,
11 March 1904, 34

A6. Sarah Anne ELLIOTT, w/o Henry,
13 Feb 1832 85
Harry Leich, s, 14 Feb 1892, 9yrs

A7. Samuel ELLIOTT, junr,
of Rowsley, 16 March 1872, 48
Samuel, s, 21 Dec 1864, 11 months

A8. William ELLIOTT, 30 Jan 1899, 75
Elizabeth, w, 20 Jan 1896, 88
Arabella, d, 2 Feb 1919, 55

A9. Jane ELLIOTT, 4 Sep 1885, 61

A10. Walter, s/o John & Selina WRIGHT,
Of Rowsley, 5 June 1898, 36
Maud, d, 12 Dec 1878, 9 months
Eva Maud, d, 10 April 1882, 3 months

A11. Selina, w/o John WRIGHT of Rowsley,
27 Dec 1909, 73
John WRIGHT, 23 Jan 1918, 84

A12. John, h/o Eliza WALL,
Of Tree Farm, Cheadle Cheshire,
14 July 1929, 57

A13. Maria Winifred WALL,
10 May 1938, 60
James WALL, h,
25 March 1946, 66

A14. Dorothy Annie WELLS, 16 Sep 1986, 74
Ernest WELLS, 18 Sep 1991, 78

A15. Elizabeth Sarah, w/o Edward CAUDWELL,
Of Rowsley, 10 Dec 1938, 82
Edward CAUDWELL, 13 May 1941, 74

A16. Elizabeth JOWETT, 13 Oct 1884, 83

A17. Erected by his parishioners
To the memory of the
Rev, John JONES,
For 23 years Vicar of Rowsley,
4 Nov 1878, 63
Lydia Elizabeth, w, 30 May 1871, 43

A18. John SMITH,
Died at Rowsley, 6 Jan 1856, 75
Ruth, w, died at Bonsall-Moor,
12 April 1859, 52
George BAILEY, died at
Bonsall-Moor, 6 Feb 1866, 74

A19. Elizabeth BODEN, 2 April 1940

A20. Sarah Ann BODEN, 21 March 1924, 69
Mary Ann BODEN, 22 Dec 1938, 64

A21. Lewis William BODEN,
5 April 1867 - 21 Aug 1917

A22. Harriett, w/o Robert GAMBLE,
10 Oct 1891, 24

A23. Maria, d/o James & Elizabeth WATSON,
24 June 1883, 2* (3)

A24. James WATSON of Rowsley,
1 May 1894, 65
Elizabeth, w, 3 May 1884, 51

A25. John HIBBS of Rowsley,
12 Nov 1914, 58
Mary Ann, w, 5 April 1925, 68

A26. George WEBSTER, 27 Mar 1947, 86
Mary A.E. WEBSTER 12 Nov 1962, 96
Marjorie WOODCOCK, d, 18 March 1978, 81
George Brown WEBSTER 17 April 1980, 87

A27. Ellen (Nellie), w/o John ELLIOTT,
13 June 1904, 34

A28. Alexander HIBBS of Stanton,
3 April 1867, 70
Martha, relict of the above,
13 March 1881, 82
Hannah SWINDELL,
7 Feb 1865, 67

A29. George BUXTON, 27 April 1855, 29
Jane, w, 1 Feb 1886, 75

A30. Thomas ELLIOTT, s/o John & Jane,
26 Oct 1860, 18
Erected by his sister.
Mary Jane ELLIOTT, Niece,
17 Sep 1879, 12

A31. Ann, w/o Henry LEDEAM,
25 May 1857, 33

A32. Annie Maria, w/o Edwin TAYLOR,
10 Dec 1882, 18yrs & 10 months
John Edwin, s, 23 April 1884, 1yr & 4 months

A33. Sophia Anna, w/o George BRIDDON,
Of Bakewell, 29 July 1856, 21

A34. Samuel ELLIOTT, 16 Sep 1887, 78
Mary, w, 27 Jan 1880, 73

A35. George ELLIOTT, 30 Oct 1866, 85

A36. Sarah, w/o William HOWARD,
14 April 1863, 55
William HOWARD, 14 June 1891, 80

A37. William ELLIOTT, 17 Dec 1878, 73
Sarah, w, 6 Aug 1888, 83

A38. John HOLMES of Concreave,
15 July 1904, 55
Ellen, w, 6 Feb 1923, 72
Harry ROUTLEDGE, grandson,
11 March 2001, 92

A39. George ELLIOTT, 8 Nov 1892, 63
Ellen, w, 15 June 1903, 74

A40. Alfred ELLIOTT, 11 Jan 1930, 70
Esther, w, 13 April 1937, 74
Alfred, s, 16 May 1917, 24
2/5 Batt Royal Warwicks,
Interred at Nesle Communal
Cemetery, France

A41. Fred ELLIOTT, 9 Aug 1962, 82
Kathleen Ellen, w, 10 Oct 1962, 75

A42. Mary Jane, w/o William ELLIOTT, 3 June 1881, 32
William, the above, 5 Sep 1885, 33

A43. Sarah (Ealie) OUTRAM, w/o Robert,
1 May 1866 - 25 Aug 1906
Robert OUTRAM, died at Chesterfield,
8 June 1927, 66
Interred at Rowsley, 10 June 1927
George Lance OUTRAM,
of the British African Mounted Police,
who died at Salisbury, South Africa,
25 Oct 1918, 29

A44. Rosa, w/o Francis Vicars WAGSTAFFE,
Of Beeley Moor, 3 Dec 1887, 31
Francis Vicars, the above, 4 Feb 1948, 91

A45. William STRUTT, 13 Feb 1927, 72
Annie, w, 19 Aug 1940, 86

A46. Donald, s/o William & Emily ELLIOTT,
Of Norton, Sheffield,
28 June 1902 - 31 March 1912

A47. William ELLIOTT, 22 May 1961, 86
Emily ELLIOTT, 8 July 1955, 86

A48. Alfred WATKIN of Rowsley,
18 July 1912, 64
Jane, w, 19 May 1929, 84

A49. William WATKIN,
Of Barrowden, Rutland,
Died at Rowsley, 10 April 1887, 73
Sarah Collen, w/o William WATKIN,
Died at Barrowden, 29 Jan 1879, 62
And was interred at Barrowden

A50. John SHAW of Rowsley,
13 Dec 1860, 61
Rebecca, w, died at Matlock Cliff,
25 Dec 1875, 74

A51. William SHAW, s/o John & Rebecca,
of Rowsley, 30 May 1872, 38

A52. John, s/o Matthias & Ann SHAW,
25 Feb 1863, 24

A53. Thomas SHAW, 25 Feb 1865, 65

A54. Matthew WALL of Fallow Farm, Little Howsley,
31 Jan 1893, 71
Ann, w, 13 Sep 1900, 68
[Ed: One imagines this should be Little Rowsley]

A55. Mary SIMS, 25 Sep 1899, 69
Lydia PUGH, 26 Feb 1918, 61
Thomas PUGH, who fell in action
at Hargicourt Quarries, Willeret, France,
27 April 1917, 21

A56. John THOMPSON, of Little Rowsley,
7 Feb 1878, 62
Margaret, w, 30 Sep 1877, 73

A57. Harriott w/o the late Matthew GIBBONS,
11 Sep 1838, 62
Anne, d, 14 Feb 1886, 56

A58. Margaret Elizabeth, w/o Alfred MADDOX,
6 Nov 1894, 43
Alfred MADDOX, 15 April 1923, 64
Alicia, w, 13 May 1938, 83

A59. Lizzie Ethel, d/o John & Lizzie ANDERSON,
Of Rowsley, 5 Feb 1898, 16
John ANDERSON, 10 June 1929, 82
Mary Elizabeth, w, 16 May, 1933, 82

A60. Sarah Elizabeth HENSBERGH,
26 Feb 1899, 29
When the soft dews of kindly sleep,
my wearied eyelids gently steep;
Be may last thought how sweet to rest
for ever on my saviour's breast

A61. James Raymond HENSBERGH,
Of Bakewell, 27 April 1875, 85
Elizabeth, w, 6 March 1884, 73
Matthew HENSBERGH, 7 June 1883, 43

A62. Charles HENSBERGH, 4 April 1949, 86
Rosa HENSBERGH, 30 Dec 1942, 85

A63. Frederick HENSBERGH, 29 Nov 1875, 45
Sarah Jane, w, 20 Sep 1912, 78
Annie, w/o Thomas BROWN, 8 June 1881, 22
Frederick George HENSBERGH,
17 Dec 1898, 24

A64. Edward LEVETT,
18 Dec 1832 - 28 Dec 1899
Susan Alice, w,
2*(7) June 1891 - 4 April 1900

A65. John HOLMES,
For thirty three years
Church-Warden of this parish,
Died at Rowsley, 18 Dec 1890, 74
Ellen, w, died at Liverpool, 16 May 1904, 82

A66. John James DODEN, 7 May 1918, 53
Ada, w, 29 Feb 1928, 57
John William, s, 23 Oct 1917, 24
Victoria May, d, 29 Dec 1917, 21

A67. Thomas GREATOREX, 15 July 1897, 23

A68. Alice GREATOREX, 30 March 1901, 32
Mary, w/o Thomas GREATOREX,
5 March 1951, 98

A69. John ELLIOTT of this place,
Died at Lathkill Lodge,
31 July 1802, 54

A70. Mary, d/o Thomas & Mary GREATOREX,
4 August 1883, 11yrs & 10 months
Thomas, the above, 19 Nov 1886, 31

A71. Hannah RICKARDS,
Parish of Bield !!
4 Dec 1874, 74
[Ed: possibly "The Bield" in Earl Sterndale?]

A72. Peter ELLIOTT, 25 Mar 1867, 78
This stone was erected by his
Grace the Duke of Rutland
In recognition of his long and
faithful service

A73. Ann, w/o Peter ELLIOTT, 14 Nov 1838, 64

A74. Anne Elizabeth BAKER,
13 Sep 1816 - 20 May 1898
Emma, d/o John & Anne Elizabeth,
12 Jan 1847 - 4 Aug 1923

A75. James PERCIVAL, of Rowsley,
12 May 1840 - 27 April 1914
Hannah, w, 8 March 1845 - 15 July 1918
William Harry, s, died at Haslar Hospital,
25 Sep 1905, 34
Frederick PERCIVAL, 29 Apr 1963, 88
Jane PERCIVAL, w/o Frederick, 21 June 1963, 85

A76. Rachel, w/o Albert PERCIVAL,
Of Northwood, 22 Nov 1918, 33

A77. Sarah Ann, w/o James PERCIVAL,
Of Northwood, 23 Nov 1918, 44
James Percival, 16 June 1943, 76

A78. John Stanley MARSDEN,
4 May 1946, 67
Harriet Maud, w, 3 Feb 1915, 87


Latest Additions New
The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 24th August 2007. They were recorded 20th May 2007.
ROWSLEY METHODIST CHURCH
B1. Foundations laid by
Mr and Mrs J.W. ROSE and family from Rowsley
Mr and Mrs G. TWIGG and family from Rowsley
Mr and Mrs W. BACON and family from Rowsley
Mr and Mrs W. WRIGHT and family from Rowsley
Miss M.E. HINMERS from Ashley Heath
In Memory of Olive Mabel Mrs RIDGEWAY
In memory of Henry RIDGEWAY of Eyam
Joshua BARRETT of Bakewell
Rev'd T.M. LAKIN, on behalf of Winster Circuit

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