Iwerne Courtney
(Shroton)
St Mary's Church
Memorials, plaques & transcriptions
Pictures and transcriptions by Dorinda Miles
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF AGNES MEW THE WIFE OF RICHARD MEW OF THIS PARRISH LOOKING FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE P?ST. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEARE OF OUR LORD GOD 1670 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SARAH HARVEY DIED NOV 11TH 1865 AGED 59 YEARS ~~ ... ~~ ALSO MARIA ETHELENDA HARVEY DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE DIED AUGUST 1ST 1853 AGED 18 YEARS ~~ ... ~~ ALSO SARAH ISABELLA OSMOND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE DIED MARCH 17TH 1855 AGED 28 YEARS ~~ ... ~~ THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF EMILY PROTHER WIFE OF THE REVEREND EDWARD RAMSAY PROTHER SOMETIME RECTOR OF FARNHAM AND CHETTLE IN THIS COUNTY AND YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THOMAS STRICKLAND OF KENDAL ESQ WHO WAS BORN 29TH OCTOBER 1806 MARRIED NOVEMBER 10TH 1829 AND WHO CROWNED A LIFE OF FAITH AND LOVE BY A DEATH FULL OF HOPE AND PEACE AND JOY IN THE SAVIOUR 15TH NOVEMBER 1870 |
On the lectern there is a brass plaque which reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND AS A THANK OFFERING FOR SIXTY YEARS OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S REIGN 1896 ~~~~ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH BAKER ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE SIR EDWARD BAKER BAKER, BART OF RANSTON AND LADY ELIZABETH HIS WIFE, WHO DIED ON THE 27 DAY OF NOV 1848 AGED 40 YEARS ~~~~ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WELLINGTON CHARLES CECIL BAKER THIRD SON OF THE LATE SIR EDWARD BAKER BART OF RANSTON AND LADY ELIZABETH HIS WIFE AND CAPTAIN IN 23RD ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS WHO DIED ON THE 22ND DAY OF MARCH 1847 IN THE 30TH YEAR OF HIS AGE AND OF HIS BROTHER WILLIAM LEINSTER YORKE BAKER CAPTAIN IN H.M. 73RD REGIMENT WHO DIED ON THE 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1847 IN THE 35TH YEAR OF HIS AGE ~~~~ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SIR TALBOT HASTINGS BAKER BARONET CANON OF SALISBURY WHO DIED AT RANSTON 6TH APRIL 1900 ALSO OF DAME AMY SUSAN HIS WIFE WHO DIED IN FRANCE 26TH JANUARY 1940 LOVE IS OF GOD ~~~~ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SIR EDWARD BAKER BAKER BARONET (FORMERLY SIR E B LITTLEHALES) WHO DIED AT RANSTON IN THIS PARISH ON THE 4TH OF MARCH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1825 AND IN THE SIXTY SECOND YEAR OF HIS AGE AND IS BURIED IN THE FAMILY VAULT BENEATH ESTEEMED AND BELOVED WHEN LIVING SINCERELY REGRETTED AND LAMENTED NOW DEAD BY HIS WIDOW, CHILDREN, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO KNEW AND JUSTLY APPRECIATED HIS VIRTUES AND WORTH ~~~~ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE LADY ELIZABETH MARY BAKER RELICT OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED FEBRUARY 28TH 1857 AGED 76 "THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED" ~~~~ |
TO REMEMBER GERTRUDE KATE HARVEY ORGANIST HERE AND A TEACHER IN SHROTON CHURCH SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS WHO DIED 17TH JANUARY 1961 THIS ORGAN WAS REBUILT BY HER FAMILY IN 1966 A.M.D.G. TO THE HAPPY MEMORY OF OLIVE ELIZABETH BAKER BORN NOVEMBER 4TH 1883 DIED APRIL 2ND 1884 "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME WITH ME" CLEMENT BURT ENEST HENRY BUSH GEORGE BUTLER ALBERT GEORGE JENKINS WILLIAM EDWARD JENKINS ARTHUR THOMAS PERCY WILLIAM GEORGE ROBERTS GRANTLEY HENRY TUFFIN REGINALD CHARLES WAREHAM ALFRED JOSEPH WAREHAM REGINALD FREDERICK PIKE 1939 – 1945 W A F FRYER R.N. IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SHROTON AND STEPLETON WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 REMEMBERING BEFORE GOD THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HEREON RECORDED |
TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF
FELIX STANLEY HENRY WEBBER
ELDEST SON OF W F WEBBER OF HAMBLE CLIFF NEAR SOUTHAMPTON
AND GRACE DAUGHTER OF HENRY KER SEYMER OF HANFORD
HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE CHINESE
AND CRIMEAN WARS AND AS LIEUT. OF HMS "BELLEROPHON"
HE TOOK PART IN THE BOMBARDMENT OF SEVASTOPOL
HE LIVED AT SHROTON HOUSE
AND WAS FOR MAY YEARS J P FOR DORSET
DIED MARCH 7TH 1901 AGED 64
THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY HIS RELATIONS
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
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IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE FREDERICK RYVES ESQ
REAR ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
WHO DIED 2OTH MAY 1826 AGED 67 YEARS
ALSO OF
CATHERINE ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF THE HON JAMES EVERARD ARUNDELL
WHO DIED 21ST DECEMBER 1803 AGED 43 YEARS
AND
ANNA MARIA RYVES HIS MOTHER
WHO DIED 25TH SEPTEMBER 1815AGED 76 YEARS
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