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Berkeley (1361) & Catherine (Cleverdon) (1385) Alabaster effigies on tomb chest where the quatrefoils are divided by strips of deep blues glass, mostly renewed in 1846. This was the Lord Berkeley to whose care Edward II was entrusted prior to his murder. He was away from the castle when this murder occurred but latter aquitted of being an accessory. |
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| Bitton - St Mary |
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Above on left: Knight (13th century). Only the head is carved in low relief and below is his sword and shield. On right: Lady (13th century) Only her head is carved and below is a foliated cross. A drawing of the latter from Rev Charles Boutell's book is also shown; part of an inscription can be seen. Other monuments (not shown) Priest small effigy, no date given. An effigy, no informaion at all given. Tomb of c 1300 in pieces, but no other information given. Tablets of 1657 and 1659. Rev H T Ellacome and three wives, no further information; tablet. Servants of the latter 1812 but no further information. Tablet (no information) by T King of Bath. |
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| Chipping Campden - St James |
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| Sir Baptist Hicks, Lord Campden
(1629) & Wife Details. The tomb chest is black marble. By ? Nicholas Stone |
Edward Noel, Viscount Campden
(1642) & Juliana (1664) Details. Alabaster figures. By Joshua Marshall |
Penelope Noel (1633) Attrib: John & Matthias Christmas |
| Coberley - St Giles |
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| Sir Giles Berkeley (1294) Heart burial; small bust of knight set in pointed oval under a niche with shafts;his hands hold a rather large heart above a shield on his breast. |
Sir Thomas Berkeley (1365) and his wife, possibly Joan. The armour is c. 1340's so effigy may have been made during his life time. Joan was the mother of Dick Whittington. | Girl (c 1340) Small effigy of a young girl; she hold her glove; dog at feet. Perhaps a daughter of above |
| Other Monuments |
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Right: Civilian (c 1340) Young man, effigy under cinquefoil recess. I have been unable to enlarge this photograph; see below. Sir Giles Bridges (1511) & Isabel brass matrix with one shield remaining Castleman Family ( late 17th century) Baroque marble tablet Amelia Hicks (1830) Neo-Greek by Hart of Cheltenham A good collection of 18th century headstones and chest tombs in the churchyard |
| Frampton-on-Severn - St Mary |
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1300) stone on tomb chest under cusped recess
(shown - left) Lady (c 1310) stone on tomb chest under arch recess with two shields (shown - right) Civilian (mid 14th century) stone, small under cusped recess John Clifford (1684) Baroque tablet Ann Wade (1687) Baroque tablet Anthony Clifford (17th century) tablet with arms William Clutterbuck (1727) Classical, marble Samuel & James Pearce (1798-9) marble tablet by John Pearce Nathaniel Clifford (1817) marble tablet with arms Henry Barnard (1813) by T King of Bath |
| Great Badminton - St Michael |
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| Great Barrington - St Mary |
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| Jane (1711) & Edward (1720) Bray Both died of small pox. Attributed to Christopher Cass |
Mary Countess Talbot (1787) by Joseph Nollekens |
Captain Edmund Bray (1620) Behind organ |
James Stephens (1692) &
sons John & James Attributed to Thomas Cartwright the Elder Right:Captain Cecil John Talbot Rhys Wingfield (1915) |
| Hatherop - St Nicholas |
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| Barbara Lady de Mauley (1844) by Raffaelle Monti |
| Iron Acton - St James |
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| Sir John Poyntz (1376) ? | Lady (early 15th C) |
| Leckhampton - St Peter |
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| Above: Slabs in the church yard: there are four effigial
slabs of the 13th & 14th century, but I only have
photographs of two, a civilian and a lady. Right: A
group of grave slabs |
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| Frances Money Evans (26), Fanny Rolanda (11) & Frederick Lloyd Gambier (11 m) Evans | William Joseph Gale (1877)
Died near Nazareth age 19 'He fell among robbers' |
Commander John Bowen RN (1845) Rachel Bowen (1861) his widow |
Jones | Mjr Edward Nevil MacReady 30th Reg. No Date |
Charles Whitmore (1844) |
| The Evans monument says that these were the wife and children of Mjr Henry Lloyd Evans of the XVII Regiment Bombay Infantry, who all died in 1857 at Cawnpoor by a fall of the barracks roof, struck by cannon shot on the 16th day of the siege. Her brother Henry Fitz Roy Gambier, Lt in the 38th Regiment Bengal Light Infantry, who was mortally wounded at the assault of Delhi, 1857 | |||||
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| Priest
(late 15th or early 16 th C) He holds a chalice |
Sir John Giffard (1327) & Wife. Note the 'breast chains' on Sir John's coat armour, attaching the sword hilt and scabbard. Not in situ. | ||
| Minchinhampton - Holy Trinity |
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Two coffin lids (12 or 13th
century) with incised crosses (shown) |
Jeremiah Buck
(mid 17th century) with bogus heraldry; a
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| Miserden - St Andrew |
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| Anthony Partridge (1625) & Alice (Cartwright) Possibly by Samuel Baldwin |
Above:
William Kingston (1644)
'He
was the best continual housekeeper and the best beloved
Gentleman in this County' Probably by
Samuel Baldwin.
His feet rest on a goat eating a cabbage. Right: Sir Edwin Windsor Haynten Sandys (1838) |
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| William (1640) and Margaret (Culpepper) (1644) Sandys Their children kneel or recline around the tomb chest. Alabaster . Probably by Samuel Baldwin. The inscription is high up on the wall on the west but the accountrements have been removed. NB Some of these images are photocopied from a book, I believe | ||
| Pucklechurch - St Thomas of Canterbury |
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| Lady (c. 1325), under later
canopy, said to be Eleanor de Cheltenham. Said to have been erected in 1888 when effigy may have been rescued from the churchyard |
Civilian (c. 1360), said to
be William de Cheltenham (d. after 1361) Similar canopy. Excellent condition |
Other monuments: John Dennis (1638) Renaissance marble tab. with heraldry Epitaph (17th C) to an unamed deaf woman by Thomas Cam Thomas Ridley (1714) Baroque marble Edward Hathway (1798) Tab with draped urn by James, Dunn & Drewett of Bristol. |
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| Saint Briavels - St Mary |
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| 14th C slab
with bust of lady
(shown) Other Monuments: William Warren, Wife & Children (16th C), Semi-reclining. Charles Court (1819) Tab by Woolcott of Bristol |
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| Sherborne - St Mary Magdelene |
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Above: Hon Charles Dutton (1909)
Alabaster Right top: James Bradley MA DD FRS (1762) Astronomer Royal. Born in Sherborne. Much later tabler by Kevin Paul (1993) Right bottom: Mary Laura Dutton (1902) Far right: James, 1st Lord Sherborne (1802) and his wife, Elizabeth (1824) Marble figure of Hope by W Theed (1859) |
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| James Lenox Dutton (1776) & second wife Jane (1776) By Richard Westmacott the Elder (1791) | |
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| John Dutton (1656) by Thomas Burman (1661) signed. Compare the John Donne monument by Nicholas Stone in St Paul's Cathedral | William Naper (1791) by John Bacon the Elder (1794) signed | Sir John Dutton (1743) by J M Rysbrack (1749) signed | Frances Princess Bariatinsky (1807) by John Bacon the Younger. She died in childbirth. |
Again I apologize for the quality of some of the above photographs: see below
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| A Le Moyne (mid 14th C) NE Recess, Chancel | Le Moyne Knight (NW Recess) and
Lady (opposite S) (early 14th
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| Judge Thomas Estcourt (1599) & Wife Nine children kneeling frontally are shown on two sides. Above is a canopy with caryatids and heraldry (Estcourt Chapel) |
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Rev William Hodges (1740) Tablet |
Sir
Thomas Estcourt (1624) & Mary |
Thomas Estcourt (1818) Tablet by W Croggan |
Elizabeth Nowell (1788) Tablet |
Thomas Estcourt (1746) standing monument with Ionic columns and cartouche |
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Rev George Wheeler (1839) Tablet by Reeves & Son of Bath |
Eleanor Estcourt (1829) by Joseph Edwards to a design by T H Wyatt |
Jane Estcourt (1829) Tablet |
Edmund Estcourt (1814) Tablet by Henry Westmacott |
Rev Walter Hodges (1757) Tablet |
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Walter Estcourt RN (1845) died returning home from Africa |
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Above:
Knight
effigy of c. 1300, said to be
that of
William de Braose. Right: TwoMedieval Male Civilians dug up from churchyard in 1902. That on the right is mid 14th C. |
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| Westonbirt - St Catherine |
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 Above: Robert Holford (1838) & George Holford (1839) by R. Westmacott the Younger Marble Right: Robert Stayner Holford (1892) alabaster effigy. Possibly by W S Frith |
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| Winterbourne - St Michael |
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Above and below: Sir Robert Brandeston (c. 1356) & Lady. He cross legged; there is a badge of a fish on his left shoulder. He is best seen below and she above; his framented shield can be seen on the right. |
Above: Sir Edmund Bradeston & Lady (c 1395) |
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| Sir Robert. Again. Note the fractured shield and helm with ventilation holes of Sir Edmund. |
Knight (late 14th C)
cross legs. under cinqfoil canopy. The lion at his feet is
shown above To the right Agnes Bradeston (1369) ? |
| Other Monuments |
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Mathew (1631) & Thomas (1658) Buck
brass inscip. James Buck (1612) Tomb chest with Renaissance detail, canopy Amy Symes (1662) Renaissance monument Arthur Tucker (1785) Tab by T Paty Thomas Mountjoy (1797) by Emett of Downend William Perry (1807) by Wood of Bristol William Rickards (1827) & Thomas Whitfield (1834) By O Greenway Mary Brydges (1826) by T Clark of Bristol |
| Wotton under
Edge The Old Town Meeting House |
| Click here for text of the memorials found in the Old Town Meeting House |
Please note that I have been unable to find some of the original photographs so I have been unable to edit, and especially, to enlarge them as I have with most of the others on this page. I hope to replace these when I have either found them or retaken the photographs