Some Memorial Inscriptions - Prestbury, Gloucestershire
St Mary's Churchyard

The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 21st July 2005. Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
A1. CWG
Driver T/312437 R.J. DOWDSWELL,
Royal Army Service Corps,
20 July 1917, 24

A2. CWG
Pte 3/796, J.G. WEBBER,
Wiltshire Regt, 18 Feb 1917, 45
[inscribed at base of stone]
his wife Fanny, 31 July 1921, 49

A3. CWG
Gunner 1100833, J.W. HOPKINS,
Royal Artillery, 17 Jan 1941, 35

A4. Edwin William YEO, 1864 - 1918
Frances Mary, 1876 - 1953
Elsie SHAPLAND 1904 - 1982
Harry HARTLEY, Priest, 1902 - 1998
Mary Betty, w, 1909- 2003

A5. Ethel Mary COMPTON,
7 Nov 1901, 16yrs & 6 months
Cecil Edward COMPTON,
13 Dec 1901, 2 yrs & 9 months

Brass Plaque
Eliza Edith (Lizzie) COMPTON,
19 May 1984, 94

A6. Eliza Louisa COMPTON,
7 Feb 1910, 57
Thomas, h, 21 Dec 1925, 73
Lucy Elizabeth, 18 May 1959, 84

A7. Walter COURT, 5 May 1873, 35
Buried in Cheltenham Cemetery
Mary Ann COURT, 24 April 1903, 63
Emily Mary Ann, d, 30 Oct 1911, 42
Emma COURT, 21 April 1933, 67

A8. Arthur Grace LOUIS,
R.A.M.C, 22 Sept 1916, 42
Caroline Elizabeth, w, 2 Feb 1951, 73

A9. Sarah, w/o Henry BURTON,
Born at Beddington, Oxfordshire, 14 Nov 1825
Died at Prestbury Hill Farm, 21 March 1897
James Henry Ayliffe BURTON, grandson
& s/o J.H & J BURTON,
Born in London 17 Dec 1881
Died at The Manor Farm, Foxcote,
22 Dec 1906
[Ed: perhaps Deddington in Oxfordshire?]

A10. Anthony THOROWGOOD,
Of Cheapside, London, 6 March 1817, 52

A11. Mary MILLER,
Late of Cheltenham, 6 Jan 1812, 67

A12. William Arthur EDWARDS, 1887 - 1941
Elsie Maud EDWARDS, 1887 - 1965

A13. Hannah EDEN, 5 August 1893, 63

A14. James PALMER,
14 Dec 1845, 63
Ann, w, 17 Nov 1833, 52
James, s, 15 March 1860, 54

A15. Henry BARRINGTON, 1 March 1859, 31

A16. Thomas WILLIAMS, 14 May 1836, 25

A17. Thomas WILLIAMS, 12 March 1834, 63
Ann, widow of Thomas NEWMAN,
& d/o above, 15 Feb 1889, 79

A18. Ernest Sydney FLETCHER,
1898 - 1986
Phyllis, 1913 - 1999

A19. Thomas ROBINSON,
Late of Noverton Farm, 7 Nov 1887, 59
Elizabeth, w, 26 May 1899, 59

A20. William COX, 26 Aug 1876, 66
Jane, widow, 13 June 1894, 81
William, s, 7 Nov 917, 69
Charlotte, d, 6 June 1936, 84

A21. Susanna BURBAULD (Spinster)
Died at Cheltenham, 21 Sept 1822, 70
Mary Heaton, relict of the late
William POPE, Esqr (of Hillingdon, Middlesex),
& d/o Sherlock WILLIS, Rector of Wormley Herts,
6 June 1823, 59
Louisa Maria, w/o John Law WILLIS,
7 March 183* (6) 64

A22. John HOLLAND, formerly of this parish,
Who accidentally met his with his death
while returning to his home at Rendcombe,
6 May 1875, 58
Elizabeth Ann, w,

A23. Thomas NORMICUT,
Of Oakland Terrace in this parish,
10 June 1862, 58

A24. Thomas Shepton COLE (Plasterer),
Late of Tetbury in this county,
26 Jan 1855, 50

A25. William HUMPHRIES,
Of Oakland Cottage, in this parish,
24 years in The Light Dragoons,
2 Aug 1853, 76
Jane, w, 4 Nov 1854, 65

A26. William ROBINSON, 7 Aug 1867, 45
Mary, w, 4 April 1896, 79
Elizabeth WALKER, 11 May 1879, 64

A27. Robert HEWINSON,
14 June 1846, 68
Ann, w, 27 June 1863, 78
Charlotte HEWINSON, 20 Oct 1846, 66

A28. Robert HEWINSON,
30 April 1809, 64
Mary, w, 17 May 1825, 80
Mary, d, 9 Nov 1814, 34

A29. Elizabeth, w/o Richard ROBINSON,
17 May 188*, 64
Richard, above, 7 Dec 1891, 74

A30. Jane, w/o Edward HOLLAND,
8 Jan 1892, 60
Edward Theophilus, h/o above,
18 Jan 1911, 87

A31. Charles ASHMEAD,
31 March 1879, 74
Harriett, w, 20 June 1896, 76

A32. Jane, w/o E. STEPHENS, 21 Feb 1908, 70
Edward, above, 11 June 1910, 74

A33. John PARKER,
Died at Cheltenham, 14 June 1864, 35
Herbert Beach, s, 26 April 1858, 8 months

A34. Charles PARKER, 10 Oct 1873, 56
Ann, w, 16 Feb 1890, 71

A35. Charles Godsell PARKER, 6 Aug 1866, 75
Fanny, w, 19 Oct 1876, 77
Henry PARKER, s, [Auth: the remainder has flaked off]
George PARKER, 24 Jan 1849, 22
David PARKER, 23 Jan 1855, 17

A36. John BLIFS [BLISS], 22 April 1729, 59

A37. Francis PRICE, Esqr, 10 May 1830, 63

A38. Clara, 3rd d/o late John & Dorothy LYNEY,
Of London, died at Cheltenham, 9 Dec 1866, 60
Elizabeth, Aunt of above, 27 Oct 1867, 86
Julia SPEAK, widow of the late
John WALKER Esq, 20 Dec 1891, 67

A39. Charles Fauks LEWIS,
13 Nov 1849, 44
William Thomas Canton ADAMS,
Grandson of above, 9 Jan 1855 - 10 April 1856

A40. Francis Hastings GILBERT, Baronet,
17 Nov 1863, at the residence of his mother Lady GILBERT,
Five days after his arrival from Scutari in Albania,
of an illness contracted in the discharge of his duty as
British Consul at that place

A41. Elizabeth, widow of the late
John. W. TAPP Esq,
R.A. Storekeeper of H.M. Ordnance,
Halifax N.S. 5 Nov 1863, 79

A42. John DEE, 19 July 1844, 57

A43. William LAMB,
Of Cheltenham, 15 March 1850, 88
Mary, w, 29 Nov 1868, 87

A44. Mary Ann, w/o William WALKER,
Of Cheltenham, 24 Feb 1857, 44
William, above, 20 July 1860, 49

A45. Francis James LIDDERDALE, 21 Jan 1889 - 9 Jan 1971
Joan Isabel, w, 16 March 1898 - 1 June 1984

A46. William Stephen BARBER, 1899 - 1969
Harriet BARBER, 1901 - 1994
Doris BARBER 1909 - 1996
Florence BARBER 1898 - 2001
Joyce WILKINSON, 23 July 1922 - 20 Aug 2002
And her sister, Elizabeth Ann WHITE, nee WILKINSON,
31 March 1931 - 28 June 2002

A47. Samuel McLEAN, 30 April 1870, 39
Ann, w, 5 Jan 1885, 53
Henry Dorset, 4th s, 1864 - 1939

A48. Jane BURROWS, 13 May 1884, 55
John, father of above, 6 Nov 1885, 82
Also beloved husband Frederick BURROWS,
& s/o above 14 May 1908, [looks like] (87)

A49. William BURROWS, 16 Aug 1898, 60
Charlotte, w, 15 June 1914, 74

A50. Robert AYRIS,
A native of Witney, Oxon,
28 Oct 1880, 78

A51. Isabel CRAIK, 24 Dec 1885, 7yrs

A52. Eliza ROFFE, 26 July 1886, 37

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