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Taunton - St Mary Magdalene |
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| The church is centrally situated. Park in one of the town's rather expensive car parks. O/S Ref: ST 230 247 |
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Above Far Left: Robert Gray (1635) Life sized figure on wall of north aisle.
Thick layer of paint! Above Far Right: Sarah Dare (1783), Mary Dare (1806), Martha Perlam (1807), Ann Dare (1807), Betty Roberts (1808). Presumably sisters Centre, Top Row, from Left to Right: William (1838) & Mary Ann Blundell (1804); Mjr Isaac Downing (1831); William Courtney (1719) Centre, Bottom Row, from Left to Right: John Young (1629); Richard Huysh (1615) Philanthropist, among other charitable works, he founded a hospital in 'Mawdelyn' Lane for 13 poor men; William Fraunceis Gwyn (1895) Signed: Long Fecit Taunton |
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| Thomas More (1576) rear wall of nave. | Mary Norris (1836) '...interred under the south east corner of the railings of the communion table...' |
| Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priest e.c.C14 TC now the N Transept altar Thomas Strode 1595 recumbent effigy & wife? |
Stowey - St Nicholas & St Mark William Jones 1748 hanging monument by T Paty Elizabeth 1783 & Mary 1791 Jones by Moore & Smith of London |
Stratton-on-the-Fosse - St Vigor Norton Knatchbull 1782 Tab 1770 by W Paty 1784 by King |
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| Street - Holy Trinity ? 1808 by Reeves |
Stringston - not known John St Albyn 1766 By Ford of Bath |
Swainswick - St Mary Edmund Ford 1439 brass |
Tellisford - All Saints Tab 1810 by Chapman Another 1816 by same |
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Tickenham - Saint Quiricus and Saint Julietta |
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Tickenham is a long village but the church is not actually in it
but rather on a rural road running parallel to it. There is
plenty road side parking on the opposite side to the church:
take note a rural road but a busy one. However the church
is locked and the keyholder's name is not given on the notice
board in the porch. We did find a telephone number but this was
of a former church warden who had since died. His widow
kindly gave us a telephone number of a lady who lived near the
church and would unlock it for it fo us. We made an an
appointment and met this lady a few days later. She did not seem
too happy about opening the church and asked us to hurry as the
chuch had been recently sprayed. Her attitude as not helped by
another couple arriving by chance. She told us the church
was opened some weeks ends; however do not turn up just in case,
it is more likely not to be OS Ref: 458 714 |
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 John Reed (1821) There appear to be three separate panels of text on this monuments. The upper and lower and lower are worn to illegibility but the text on the middle one appears to be renewed but is written in mirror writing! |
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| Above: Two Knight 13th century. One lady c 1300 |
| Timsbury - St Mary By King 1815, Lancshire 1814, Greenaway 1826, Reeves 1823, 1837, 1841, Tyley 1843 and others |
Tintinhull - St Margaret John Heath, Priest. Brass |
Walton - Holy Trinity Priest c.1300 |
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Walton - Holy Trinity |
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| The church is on a busy
road but there is a parking lay-by outside the church where you
can pull off the main road, avoiding the bus stop. Very good toilets in the church O/S Ref: 461 363 |
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| Priest c. 1300 |
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Watchet - St Decumen |
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| The church is kept locked but a
notice on the door tells you from where to obtain the
key The church is on the outskirts of town and parking may be difficult. O/S Ref: 065 427 |
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| Left: Henry (1613) & George (1624)
Wyndham Above: George Wynham (1845) Neo-Gothic. No effigy but inscription Right: Sir William Wyndham (1683)) Standing monument but lower part not visible. Standing monument but lower part not visible.obscured. |
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| . Edmund Wyndham (1616) Brass set in floor of chancel. |
Above Left: John Wyndham (1645) &
Wife (1633) Large plate with brass portrait busts and
heraldic shield. Probably by Nicholas Stone Above Right: John (1572) & Florence (1596) WyndhamBrasses with inscriptions and inlaid shields now set with next to the plate on the left against the wall.Brasses with inscriptions and inlaid shields now set with next to the plate on the left against the wall. (alsi see right) |
| Not Shown: Sir John Wyndham (1574) & Elizabeth Sydenham (1571). Tomb chest with three squared panels. Pevsner describes the former canopy thus: 'Canopy on four piers with curiously crude and amorphous piers. Round arch, but with Gothic panelling inside. A large and striking demi-figure of an angel peers out from the tomb across the chancel.' This canopy was dismantelled in the 20th century. On the top of the tomb chest are fine brasses of Sir John in armour and Lady Sydenham wearing a magnificent dress of the period. Below these figures are large brass inscription plates. Sir John accompanied Henry VIII's sister - Mary Tudor - to France on the occasion of her marriage to King Louis XII. Elizabeth bore six dughters and four sons. Sir John and Lady Elizabeth were married for 44 years and she bore him six daughters and four sons. |
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Wellington - St John the Baptist |
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am to 4.00 pm. Park in the inexpensive pay and display car park near the church, or park in one of the roads behind the chuch and take the footpath to the church O/S Ref: ST 141 209 |
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| This monument is particularly difficult to photograph to give an all over representation. I am grateful to Lobstermindor (talk) for allowing used of his bird's eye photograph of the two principal effigies. He presumably had a ladder or a camera on an elongated tripod. |
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| Other (Wall) Monuments | ||||
| 'In a Vault in the Chancel of this Church belonging to F F A STEELE Esq are deposited the remains of ' ... Henry Jell (1816) Aged 26 | White tablet on black back with arched top. Signed on white small tab below | |||
| Mr John Cookesley (1785) Apothecary | White tablet on black back, arched top and bottom, | |||
| Leuisa Jane Sawyer (1726) | White tablet on black back, arched bottom: above is black pyramid and in from white draped urn | |||
| Alexandre Edward Webber MRCS LSA (1849); also Barry Wade Webber MRCS (1867); also his only son and daughter: Thomas (born and died 1853) and Elizabeth Ann Were (1858) age 3 | White tablet with pointed arch apex on black back of similar shape. | |||
| John Robert Henry Jackson (1847) and his wife, Jane Scarlet (Jennings) (1869). Also their son, John Thomas Dodd Jacson (1852); their daughters, Jane Henrietta Jackson (1878) and Harriet Jackson (1888). All of whom are buried at Holy Trinity Church in this parish. Their sons: Francis Robert Dalzell Jackson (1823), who died at Guildford at 8 weeks, and Mello William Jackson (1875) Late lieutenant, Queen's Royal Regiment, who died at Wellington, New Zeeland. And their daughters: Augusta Elizabeth Gardiner (1869) , widow of Rev Roert Gardiner, who died at Taunton, Eliza Scarlett Rich (1843) died at Kurnool widow of William Charles Rich, Lieutenant 46th Madras N.I.;Caroline Neal Jackson (1821) who died at Guildford at 1 month | As above | |||
| Frederick White (1845) Solicitor of Wellington for fifty-one years; his wife, Ellery (Beavis) (1828); their daughter, Anne (1826), and their son, Frederick (1872), also a solicitor | White tablet on black back with pediment, in which a shield of arms | |||
| Frances Rodham (1873) (White) Daughter of Thomas White | Rectangular brass | |||
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| Frederick White (1881) and his wife, Mary Jane (1879) | Brass shown above | |||
| Rev Robert Jarratt MA (1843) Fifty one years vicat of Wellington and West Buckland | White tablet in Gothick frame | |||
| Herbert Carteret Priaulx Dobree (1908) Curate 1804-08 | White tablet on black back with cross on arched extension. | |||
| Margaret Jarrett (Hey) (1916) wife of Rev Robert, above. And three of their children: William (1804) who died in infancy; Samuel (1830), who died in Malta; and Anne (1832) | White tablet with pediment and base on black backing | |||
| Edward (1765) and Mary (1766) Ieſse. Son and daughter of Rev William Ieſse, ... 'are both buried in a Cave in the Church Porch'. Lucy (1781) wife of Rev William Ieſse. Rev William Ieſse MA (1791) 47 years vicar of the parish. | White tablet on gray marbeled backing with curved upper and lower parts, small urn on the former. | |||
| Sarah Fisher Ancram wife of William. Lower part obscured | White sarcophagus on black backing | |||
| William Jones (1830) and his wife Joan (Southwood) (1828) | White tablet on black backing with curved base and pointed apex on which snake eaating tail | |||
| John Porter (1783) | White oval tablet on marbeled black base with curved apex and base; on the former shield of arms | |||
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There are several other wall monuments which are
obscured or partly so, probably temporarily, which I
have not included. All are in excellent condition suggesting recent restorations |
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Westonzoyland - St Mary |
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| Church is open from 9.00 am till 4.00 pm
daily. Park in road outside church - quite busy. The Battle of
Sedgemoor was fought nearby and there is small permanent museum relating to the
battle in the church. The name
zoyland
refers to an
area of dry land above a marshy terrain. The village name is a
single word O/S Ref: ST 352 348 |
Priest c.1300
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| Whitchurch - St Nicholas Holbeach Family 1735 signed W Lydyard of Keynsham |
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Withycombe - St Nicholas |
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Church open during normal hours Park somewhere in the village - may be tight! O/S Ref: ST 015 413 |
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Top Row: Lady (c. 1300) Holds heart. On windowsill north side of nave. The two structures on either side of the monument (now used as flower vases) are candlesticks and probably were always part of the monument. There was presumably a chantry connected with it and the candles would have been required for the obits. Ham Hill stone. It is variously said to be a member of the Fitznurse family (1290-1300) but could be 10-20 years earlier. Local tradition gives it to be of Lucy Malet and her second husband Thomas of Timworth, early 14th century. Bottom Row: Male Civilian (late 14th century) Under low arch on the south side, obstructed by the pews. He wears a simple long gown: no sword etc. Ham Hill stone. The feet have been removed so probably not in situ. Is that a hat? |
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Whitelackington - St
Mary Near Ilminster |
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| The church is locked but a notice in
the porch advises that the key may be obtained from the
house behind the church. Park outside the church Whitelackington (one word - despite Pevsner!) is a small village of a church and a few houses. Although it is close to the A303, it can be difficult to reach so best to obtain a 1:50,000 scale map of the area. Note that there is a White Lackington (two words) in Dorset. O/S Ref: ST 380 153 |
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Civilian of c. 1350 (said locally
to be Thomas de Montsorel) Note the sword and pouch Left Bottom: Knight of c.1375 (said locally to be John de Bridport) Both of these are on the floor and not in situ. |
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Above:
Sir George Speake (1583)
but monument is about 25 years earlier Right: Male figure with child: Jessy, wife of John Lee Lee Esq MP (1836). Below this is a further tablet to: John Lee Lee (1874) & his Wife Hon Mary Sophia Lee Lee (1888) Far Right: John Hanning (1807), Harriet, wife of William Hanning (1805), William Hanning (1831) & Susan, widow of John (1834) Signed by J Richards, Exeter |
| Whitestaunton - St Andrew Two TC's |
Wincanton - St Peter & St
Paul Nathaniel Ireson 1769; monument of 1772 |
Winsham - St Stephen Robert Henley 1639 wall monument |
| Wiveliscombe - St Andrew Henry Wyndham 1622 & Wife 1620 Recumbent alabaster effigies . Ass to Epipanius Evesham |
Winscombe - St James Sarah Knollis 1823 by Harris of Bath |
Wookey - St Mathew Thomas Clarke 1555 |
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Wraxall - All Saints |
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North Somerset near Tyntesfield |
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Left: Louisa Lucas
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Wrington - All Saints |
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| Church is open. Park in street near church O/S Ref: ST 468 62 |
 Directly above and right below: Priest c. 1340; formerly in the garden wall of Wring ton House. Right top two busts of local in north porch of 19th century work: On left: Hannah Moore (1745) 'lived many years in this parish and devoted her time and talents to the case of pure religion, sound morality and wide culture. Buried in church here. On the right: John Locke: philosopher, authr on Essay on Human Understanding. Born 1632 in a cottage which stood near north door. Died 1704 in Oates, Essex |
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| White stone afixed to wall | Illegible | Rev Williams Leeves, in same vault, Anne his daughter | White stone with pediment with leaves and 3 string musical instrument | |
| Arched stone affixed to wall | Illegible | William Long (1886) and Elizabeth (1874) | Wall brass. Arms | |
| Lt Charles Overton Melville Will (1943) | KIA Tunisia. Arms | Hannah Moore (1833) | Pediment with sun burst and clouds, pillasters, base | |
| Wyken Champflower - Holy Trinity Henry Southworth 1625 |
Writhlington - St Mary Magdelene Several monuments |
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Yatton - St Mary |
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| Church open Thursday to
Sunday. Park outside church; there is also a free car park
adjoining church. O/S Ref: ST 432 651 |
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  Sir John Newton (1488) and his wife, Isobel of Cheddar (1498). On the back wall (shown below) is a relief of the Annunciation. |
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| Sir Richard Newton (1449) and his wife (1475) Alabaster. |
  Above left and right: Lady , below which, knight) Both1325. |
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| Hannah Mostly illegible | Henry Grimsteed (1714) by Sidnell signed |
| Robert Bathust (1929) | Gray stone tablet with gray stone frame | John Norman (1837) | White tablet with pediment; black backing | |
| Thomas Wickham (1289) | White tablet with pillasters | Rev Henry Hawes AM (1809) Vicar | Plain whitetablet with black backing | |
| Edward Day (1802); also father James (1817) and mother Ann (1843) | White tablet, black backing | |||
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Yeovil - St John the Baptist |
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The
church open weekdays 10am to 3pm,
Saturday 10am to 1pm and Sunday for services at 8.00 am
and 10.30 am. |
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| Gyles & Isabell
Penne (1519). The matrix (left) is on the choir floor
but the various parts of the brass itself
were set on a modern backing in 1917 on the wall of the north choir aisle. Her date is 1519 but his is left blank; he died in East Coker in 1560. The repositioning of the actual brasses has been carved into the matrix (unfortunately) |
John & Mary Newman, Mary Newman and William Newman, respectively the parents of and the siblings of a Mr Newman who erected the monument in 1790 | George James William Prowse (1903) and his widow Emmeline Lucy (1923) | John (1847) & Mary (1849 Neal. Also Elizabeth Neal (1850) aged 10; she was daughter of William & Elizabeth Neal, and, presumably granddaughter of John & Mar. | |
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| Rev Robert Phelips (1855) Vicar. By J S Westmacott (signed on base) Chancel | Rev John Phelips AM (1766) Vicar and Mary (1803) | Edward Boucher (176_) | John & Bridget (Drewry) Harrin; their son Robert; his son John; his sons Robert & William (1705); the latter married Elizabeth (Wyndham) (1708); and their children John (1701) and William (1705) The monument was erected by their surviving son Wyndham Harris in 1711 |
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