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

Latest Additions New 18th May 2009 [collected 5 Feb 2009]

The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 26th April 2002. Entries supply name, date of death, age, and an estimated date of birth.
A1. Henry SHIELD of Yate, Yeoman, 28 Nov 1850, 50, 1800
Catherine, 9 Aug 1873, 83, 1790

A2. Mary Ann BATTON, 29 April 1933, 69, 1864
Thomas Eward, 26 Feb 1956, 77, 1879

Separate Grave
Edgar BATTON, son 27 Feb 1941, 42, 1909

A3. Herbert George TUDOR, 17 Nov 1957, 64, 1893
Florence, 29 March 1983, 89, 1894

A4. Mary ISAAC, wife of Hugh, 9 April 1890, 64, 1826
Sarah, daughter, 23 May 1854, 3 yrs
Hugh Bendall ISAAC, of Yate, 19 Jan 1888, 39

A5. William Bence LIMBRICK
10 June 1812 - 16 Jan 1886
Mary, wife, 13 May 1820 - 19 Nov 1892
Ann, wife of William Bence LIMBRICK, of Yate, Yeoman,
27 July 1852, 42


Latest Additions New
The following MIs were kindly contributed by Alf Beard, 5th February 2009. Entries supply name, date of death, and age. Abbreviations: w=wife; h=husband; s=son; d=daughter; &c.
B1. [bottom part of this inscription has flaked off]
Frank John CLIFFORD 10 April 1890, 22
Frank John CLIFFORD, father of above
2 February 1891, 46
Tom Alfred [missing]

B2. Joseph ILES age 16
Mary ILES age 92
Walter ILES age 18
Frank ILES age 23
Albert ILES age 17
Maud ILES age 92
Leonard PERRETT age 65
[Auth: no death years given]

B3. Mary, d/o William & Mary BRISTOW
of the parifh of ? [the parish name has been over
inscribed many time and auth can not even hazard
a guess at the location]
15 June 1791, 13
[We have a photo of this Bristow Gravestone]

B4. Mary, w/o William BRISTOW of the
parish of Wapley, 17 October 1797, 67

B5. Elizabeth, d/o Daniel & Mary SARGENT
of this parish 3 November 1810, 3yrs
Jane, d, 5 February 1825, 19
also 3 children who died in infancy
Daniel SARGENT, above, 28 June 1862, 88
Mary SARGENT, above, 17th September 1867 83

B6. Thomas SARGENT 21 December 1804 - 19 November 1876
William SARGENT 30 May 1827 - 22 March 1906
William HIGGS, son in law, 23 July 18?? -28 January 1865
[Auth: William HIGGS birth year has been over inscribed
it could be 1822/7, 1832/7, 1852/7]


B7. Sarah, d/o Thomas & Ann MILLS
of this parish 30 April 1880, 77

B8. Arthur William Easton LANHAM
h/o Elsie, 1889 - 1952
Elsie Clarice, above, 1888 - 1974

B9. Caleb Arthur CHAPPELL
9 August 1866 - 24 February 1952
Evelina, 9 August 1959
Eric A. CHAPPELL, s, 21 October 1903 - 24 June 1990

B10. War Death
Charles HATHAWAY age 37
and his father Henry HATHAWAY age 58
and of Albert BRUETON age 21 who was near
when they were killed by enemy action
27 February 1941

B11. Joseph HALL 15 December 1892, 82
Ann Maria, w, 20 February 1900, 87

B12. Mary, 2nd and beloved daughter of
Jeremiah & Hannah SILK
6 December 1871, 25
Hannah, above, 4 January 1884, 66
Jeremiah SILK, 14 May 1889, 69

B13. William Richard CARTER 28 September 1946, 52
Elsie Ann, w, 1 January 1969, 72
Muriel Lavinia WINCH, d, & w/o Jack
7 January 1997, 64
Edwin John [Jack], h/o Muriel, 2 October 1999, 72
Raymond Birt MERRETT, 28 January 1997, 80
son in law of William & Elsie and h/o Dora
Dora Winifred MERRETT, d/o William & Elsie
and w/o Raymond, 29 April 2001, 80

B14. Edwin SHIPWAY 12 May 1939, 87
Martha, w, 6 February 1940, 87

B15. Samuel, h/o Mary Ann SHIPP
21 May 1928, 82
Mary Ann SHIPP, above, 28 December 1937, 90

B16. Ann Sophia BUTLER 4 November 1928, 78

B17. Annie, w/o William JENKINS 5 June 1929, 57
After suffering, [Peace]

B18. Jennifer Margaret WILLIAMS
4 January 1941, 2yrs

B19. Joseph POWELL 11 June 1946, 83
h/o Ellen POWELL
Alick, s, 4 February 1935, 34
Ellen POWELL, above, 5 September 1963, 95

B20. Deborah Rose [Queen] 2 June 1939, 25
d/o Ethel M. & late Robert WORLOCK

B21. Richard Percy SENIOR 6 June 1942, 61
Florence Mary SENIOR, w, 11 June 1968, 80

B22. War Deaths
George FLETCHER s/o George & Mary Jane FLETCHER
wounded in Belgium, May 1915, died 29 April 1919, 20
Pte H.J. [Bert] FLETCHER, Gloucestershire Regt
who gave his life on active service 25 April 1918, 21

B23. War Grave
Pte 22729 Herbert John MARKLOVE
Gloucestershire Regiment
13 November 1918

B24. Frances May REED 22 January 1970, 62
Frank, 7 August 1970, 64

B25. Martha, w/o George CLEAVER
9 July 1923, 77
George CLEAVER 11 December 1923, 84

B26. Meriam Matilda, w/o John COLE
of this parish 25 March 1892, 49
Annie Rosina BURNELL
30 September 1896, 4 months
Minnie Rosina BURNELL, grandchildren of
John & Meriam Matilda COLE
29 May 1898, 5 months
Jemima COLE, mother of John COLE
4 December 1891, 75

B27. War Death
Silas DYER, 12 February 1860, 42
L/Cpl Silas PRITCHARD killed in action on The Somme 1917
Additional information with permission of the CWGC
12677, 9th Devonshire Regt died 6 September 1917 age 32
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
His parents were residing at Engine Common, Yate
Evelina PRITCHARD, 7 October 1926, 75

Separate Memorial, same Grave
Charles CROSS & Lydia CROSS

B28. John WASHBOURNE, h/o Tracey
16 August 1952, 87
Tracey WASHBOURNE, w,
12 January 1953, 89

B29. Lydia May COLE, child of William & Harriett COLE
of Yate, who fell asleep at Falmouth 14 June 1912, 12 yrs
Harriett, w/o William COLE, 19 April 1922, 46
William COLE, above, 28 July 1929, 62

B30. Alfred Thomas SMITH 7 March 1912, 2yrs & 2 months
John Reginald SMITH, 15 April 1912, 1yr & 3 months
children of Tom & Minnie SMITH

B31. James h/o Jane COLE 6 November 1916, 46
Jane COLE, w, 9 October 1959, 82

B32. Tracey Tryzia 21 April 1948, 16
d/o Percy & Alice HINDER
Percy A.J. HINDER, 22 April 1966, 62
Alice Daisy Mabel HINDER
15 November 1980, 83

B33. William SHELLARD of this parish
8 May 1835 - 24 April 1914
Rosetta, w,
8 August 1835 - 15 September 1918

B34. Harriet Rubina, w/o Henry PRIOR
of this parish 14 June 1914, 63
Henry PRIOR, 9 January 1918, 67

B35. Mary Ann ALVIS, d/o William & Jane ALDOM
15 December 1921, 77

B36. William WERRETT of this parish
15 March 1902, 81
Mary, w, 27 November 1910, 87

B37. [the inscription has flaked off
the left side of this headstone]

??, Thomas DIXON 26 December 1851, 72
Thomas DIXON, above, 23 December 1869, 88

B38. Thomas IND of this parish
3 January 1885, 63
Rachel, widow of above
31 March 1885, 61

B39. James TUCKER, s/o Thomas & Ann TUCKER
31 March 1855, 43
Thomas WALL, 2nd s/o Joseph & Ann WALL
14 August 1857, 17
[Auth: there is another inscription
but the stone has sunk]


B40. Elizabeth, w/o Richard HANCOCK
25 February 1886, 80
Bessie, d, March 1889, 41

B41. William, s/o Charles & Ann ISAAC
of Hallend in this parish
1 November 1858, 20
Charles ISAAC of Hallend
12 July 1872, 64
Ann, 17 January 1886, 71

B42. Henry SHIELD of this parish, Yeoman
28 November 1850, 50
Catherine, w/o William HOPWOOD
9 August 1873

B43. William Bence LIMBRICK
18 June 1812 - 16 February 1886
Mary, 2nd w, 1 May 1820 - 19 December 1892
Ann, w/o William Bence LIMBRICK of this
parish, Yeoman, 27 July 1852, 42

B44. Hugh Bendall ISAAC of this parish
9 January 1888, 59
Mary, w, 9 April 1890, 64

B45. Edward Paul Downton LEMAN
s/o Paul Downton & Jane LEMAN
of Chipping Sodbury, 9 August 1863
in the third year of his age

B46. [the lower part of this
inscription has flaked off]

Edmund CULL of this parish
12 April 1896, 75
Sarah Ann, w, 18 December 18*1, **
Also
[missing]

B47. Ivy Gwendoline, w/o Thomas H. HILL
4 April 1955, 50
Edith Mowbray THOMAS, sister
19 October 1924, 29

B48. Hannah, w/o John PARRY
of Church House, Bedwas, South Wales
1 May 1899, 29

B49. Christiana, w/o John WASHBOURNE
27 April 1896, 60
John WASHBOURNE, 9 October 1911, 73

B50. Joanna, w/o James SHORT
24 October 1922, 47
James SHORT, 29 March 1940, 70

B51. Bessie Annie BRADRIDGE
18 February 1910, 46
William BRADRIDGE, h/o above
16 November 1936, 75

B52. Alfred PEARCE 21 June 1904, 63
Charles, eldest s, Died 17 January 1895
at Cardoba, South America, aged 29
Elizabeth, widow of Alfred, 16 January 1928, 83

B53. Joseph PRITCHARD
12 April 1906, 70
Ann, w, 30 January 1921, 83
Walter, s, 25 October 1909, 40
Frances, d, 23 November 1942, 75

B54. Andrew BROWN of Bristol & Yate
2 December 1899, 59
Mary Ann, w, 26 April 1904, 68
Thomas William FROST, youngest s,
24 March 1907, 34

B55. Edward TAYLOR 28 November 1908, 63
Mildred Julia TAYLOR, niece of above
5 January 1963, 67
Maurice John TAYLOR 30 March 1995, 66

B56. War Death
Mary, w/o George WHITCOMBE
of this parish 19 November 1915, 55
Edgar George, s, & h/o Evelyn WHITCOMBE
killed in action near Vermelles, 1 September 1916, 26
George, h/o above, 25 December 1930, [looks like 69]

B57. War Death
George BACON 7 February 1936
Alice, w, 26 October 1966
Edwin George, s, killed in action in Burma
November 1944
George Joseph HIGGINS, 17 February 1991, 89
and his wife
Gertrude Alice [formerly BACON]
12 February 2007, 97

B58. Richard Daniel COX 20 May 1927, 78
Ann COX, w, 22 November 1915, 76
At rest in adjoining grave

B59. Philip TAYLOR of this parish
4 November 1919, 83
William TAYLOR, brother
16 March 1921, 81

B60. James Arthur, h/o Clementina BURNELL
23 March 1949, 77
Clementina, w, 14 March 1976, 99
George Henry, youngest s,
7 July 1979, 78

B61. Ellen, w/o Seth DYER
27 February 1922, 68
May, d, 21 September 1921, 28
Pharaoh, s, 2 January 1897, 3yrs & 6 months
Seth DYER, above, 21 November 1936, 86

B62. William SIMMONS of this parish
9 March 1894, 90
Harriett, w, 29 January 1893, 84
Hannah, d, 13 March 1894, 47

B63. Brian WALTER who died during
Diving Operations in the Middle East
15 February 1990, 24

B64. Emily, w/o late John BOND
19 May 1929, 84
Gilbert John BOND, eldest s,
14 July 19*4, 55

B65. John, h/o Emily BOND of Thorns Farm, Yate
17 May 1913, 67
Henry Augustus, youngest s,
22 January 1925, 43

B66. Mary Ann, w/o Joseph HALL
of Trent House, 8 June 1916, 72
Joseph, above, 23 July 1924, 79
Florence Mary WARD, d,
27 February 1957, 80

B67. George A.J. BAILLIE
youngest s/o Sir William BAILLIE
Baronet of Dolkemment, Scotland
who died at Clifton, 7 April 1882, 48

B68. War Grave
Engine Room Artificer M/25971 E.S. BROWN
H.M.S. St Vincent, Royal Navy
11 May 1917

B69. Private C.W.G.C. Headstone
Hugh Maurice HILL
late 2nd Lt, 5th Dragoon Guards
12 January 1893 - 2 February 1934
Mary Evelyn, w, 14.1.1901 - 9.12.1989

B70. War Death
Archie, s/o Cyril & Amy ROGERS
20 September 1911, 2yrs
Cyril ROGERS who fell in the Battle of the Somme
3 September 1916, 33

B71. Robert Nathaniel HOOPER
of Stanshave Court, Yate
23 January 1842 - 9 January 1914
Lucy Mabel BUSHFIELD, stepdaughter
20 July 1881 - 9 January 1940

B72. Joseph, h/o Elizabeth Ann ALWAYS
10 August 1922, 79
Jane NEAL, d, 10 September 1898, 1yr & 8 months
Thomas, s, 10 August 1900, 6yrs & 8 months
Elizabeth Ann, w/o Joseph ALWAYS
24 March 1932, 74

B73. Reuben h/o Sarah COWLES
9 February 1910, 73
Sarah COWLES 18 May 1914, 81

B74. Ruth, d/o James & Martha BARNES
12 December 1907, 16
Thomas WILTSHIRE, grandson of above
who died in infancy

B75. Marie Louise. w/o Arthur SHIPP
10 August 1963, 60
Arthur SHIPP, above, 24 July 1978, 80

B76. Mary, w/o Thomas SMITH
11 July 1927, 83
Thomas SMITH, above,
6 December 1930, 89
Frederick SMITH of Brookside
24 August 1901, 31

B77. Thomas COLLINS of this parish
10 January 1854 - 24 October 1891
Betsy WILLEY, mother in law
17 June 1895, 74
Dorothy Cossie HEWETT
18 September 1895, 5 months

B78. Henry HALL of Northwick in this county
who died at Yate, 8 December 1890, 68

B79. John SHIPP of this parish
6 July 1895, 79
Ann, w, 9 April 1888, 68

B80. Rachel FIELD 8 November 1890, 39
Rachel May COX 23 February 1974, 79

B81. Fanny, w/o Clement ILES
30 January 1892, 36
Clement ILES for many years
Organist of this church, 8 February 1931, 77
Esther Louisa ILES who died at
Bridgewater, 24 March 1947, 74
widow of Clement ILES

B82. Elizabeth, widow of Edmund PONTIFEX
16 June 1888, 72
Edmund PONTIFEX of Audley near Bath
1 August 1870, 80
Emily Mary, youngest daughter
5 December 1875, 16
[Ed: Audley is now a street/district name in Bath, apparently]

B83. James HEDGES who died at Yate
October 1887, 44
Elizabeth Ann, w, 7 August 1886, 14
Florence Beatrice, his d, 23 August 1886, 9yrs
Elizabeth, widow of above
20 January 1919, 81

B84. Thomas, eldest s/o Thomas & Elizabeth KENDALL
of Chipping Sodbury 25 September 1868, 22

B85. Mary Josephine MACKWORTH
25 October 1872 - 24 December 1960

B86. Elizabeth Annie Allen WRAITH
31 October 1870 - 13 January 1960
Lawrence Victor WRAITH, 1908 - 1988
Rector of this parish 1948 - 1961
Canon of Gloucester Cathedral 1964 - 1988

B87. Sarah Ann, w/o Francis Elias SHIPWAY
of Yate, 11 April 1884, 27

B88. Tomb Stone
Christopher Richard, s/o Robert & Ann NEALE
15 January 1861 - 27 June 1881, Interred at St L?, USA
Robert Rufus, s, 3 April 1845 - 22 September 1929
John Alexander NEALE 22 June 1848 - 1 December 1930
Benjamin Gabriel NEALE 1 February 1867 - 22 October 1936
Eliza Alice NEALE, 13 July 1854 - 8 January 1937
Lydia Harriet NEALE 18 July 1857 - 11 May 1937
Louisa Constance NEALE 12 January 1866 - 21 September 1940
William Alfred, s/o Robert & Ann NEALE
17 September 1851 - 21 June 1855. Buried at Melbourne, Australia
Arthur Wilfred, s, 4 June 1856 - 31 March 1857
Sarah Jane, d, 5 December 1842 - 7 March 1859, buried at Corsham, Wiltshire
Amy Helena, d, 4 January 1860 - 27 March 1862, buried at Corsham, Wiltshire
Robert NEALE of Clebe Dale, Mangotsfield, formerly of Yate and late of
Corsham, Wiltshire 5 May 1878, 59
Ann, w, 24 December 1891, 67

Panel 1
Jonathan Corbett, s/o John Corbett NEALE
and Tryphena his wife, 15 July 1830, 9yrs
Lt Alfred NEALE of H.M.Ship, Dauntless
s/o John Corbett and Tryphena NEALE who
died of Yellow Fever at Barbadoes
22 November 1852, 25

Panel 2
John Corbett NEALE of West End House
of the parish of Wickwar and late of this parish
s/o John and Nancy NEALE 31 May 1853, 60
Jonathan Corbett, s/o John Corbett NEALE & Tryphena
his wife, 19 November 1895, 64

Panel 3
John NEALE formerly of this parish
who died at Berkeley, 16 July 1842, 80
Nancy, w/o John NEALE, 15 March 1858, 73
Robert, s/o John & Nancy NEALE
17 October 1813, 19

Panel 4
Ann, d/o John & Nancy NEALE
who died at Berkeley, 17 March 1858, 61
Benjamin s, who died at Berkeley
31 July 1872, 73

End Panel
This simple tribute to a good and true
mother is placed here in loving remembrance of
Tryphena NEALE widow of the late
John Corbett NEALE of this parish who died
at Cheltenham Road, Bristol, 21 May age 78
Signed J.C.N., Bristol, November 1876

B89. John TAYLOR 14 April 1849, 55
Sarah, w/o James TAYLOR, mother of above
26 January 1861, 89

B90. William Samuel TAYLOR of this parish, Currier
16 September 1881, 66
Hannah, w, 7 July 1833, 43
William, s, 21 June 1842, 18
also three of their children who died
in infancy by Christiana his 2nd wife

B91. Thomas HANCOCK of this parish
20 January 1837, 78
Sarah, w, 8 March 1800, 40
Thomas HANCOCK, 12 January 1838,
Mary HANCOCK, 24 July 1886, 75
George HANCOCK, 25 February 1888, 93

B92. Samuel, s/o Samuel & Jane GILES
of this parish, 15 October 1870, 10
Samuel GILES 15 March 1898, 76
Jane, above, 11 January 1905, 84
In honoured memory of my parents
R. WELBORN

B93. James, s/o William & Sarah GILES
12 February 1781, 3yrs & 9 days
Sarah GILES, 7 October 1823, 78
William GILES, above of this parish
16 December 1829, 78

B94. William BROMEDGE, Gent
of this parifh, 30 May 1823, 68
Margarette Elizabeth his wife
18 December 1822, 46
Sarah Jane, d, 5 June 1892, 80

B95. William BROMEDGE
s/o William & Margarette BROMEDGE, Gent
28 February 1818, 17
Mary BROMEDGE, 18 December 1820, 13
Eliza BROMEDGE, d, 18 November 1825, 22
Jane BROMEDGE, d, died in infancy

B96. Ann, w/o John WERRETT of Breadstone, Berkeley
late of Yate, 14 December 1901, 74
John MERRETT, above, 12 May 1921, 92
Albert John WERRETT of Marlpool, Breadstone
28 August 1954, 89
Mary Ann TRATMAN w/o Albert John WERRETT
16 February 1968, 89

B97. Charles PINNELL, Yeoman
who died at Rockhampton in this county
18 February 1843, 80
Mary, w, 19 September 1839, 72
Betty, w/o William PINNELL of Rockhampton
in this county, Yeoman, second d/o
Samuel & Betty SHIPP of the Court Farm
in this parish, 6 June 1846, 44
William PINNELL, above, 22 October 1878, 82

B98. Annie, w/o William George ALLEN
eldest d/o Thomas & Elizabeth REED who died at
Weymouth, 21 March 1905, 37
Mary Jane, sister of above who died at Yate
8 February 1878, 1yr & 10 months

B99. William, h/o Sarah Ann REED
of this parish, 24 June 1913, 61
Sarah Ann REED, above, 6 February 1930, 79

B100. George PEARCE of this parish
11 July 1913, 54
Mary Jane, w, 17 December 1924, 74

B101. Jarrett MORGAN
21 April 1864, 81
Elizabeth, w, 18 September 1866, 77

B102. Elizabeth MORGAN, d/o Jarrett & Elizabeth MORGAN
of this parish, 27 December 1899, 65

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