Monumental Inscriptions from the graveyard opposite All Saints Church, Wyke Regis.
By Barbara Hunt and Anita Luque

WILLIAM DOW
died 14 July 1866
In his 72 year
also CAROLINE his wife
who departed this life
13 November 1873

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In Memory of
SAMUEL PRETOR of Bellfield
who died March 9th 1877
In the 86th year of his age
Looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life
Also his wife
FRANCES PRETOR
who died at Bellfield
October 9th 1898
Aged 88

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SARAH ADELAIDE SLADE THOMPSON
and
SARAH THOMPSON
died 4th October
Aged 6 years

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JAMES DOLPHIN
Late Capt. Rifle Brigade
21 Sep 1874
Aged 64

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In Memory of
JESSIE MAS SEABROOKE child of
WILLIAM and SARAH SEABROOKE
who departed this life
September 16th 1864
Aged 1 year and four months
The Lord gave and the Lord hath Taken Away. Blessed be the
name of the Lord. Job 1 V 21

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SARAH ELIZABETH SEABROOKE
Wife of WILLIAM SEABROOKE
who departed this life
Aged 80 years, 1862?

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In Memory of Capt JAMES COLLIER DAVIS
who died 5th March 1834
Aged 68

Permission to transcribe the following inscriptions from tablets on the internal walls of All Saints Church, Wyke Regis,
was kindly given by Canon Keith Hugo, Rector, All Saints Church.

In this Churchyard
are deposited the Remains
of
PRISCILLA AWDRY
of Notton
In the County of Wilts
who died at Weymouth
on the 1st of June 1814
In the Fifteenth Year of her Age

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The clock in the tower of this Church was given by the
Rev. HENRY CLARENCE PIGOU, Rector of this Parish and
CATHERINE LOUISA his Wife, In loving memory of their
only son HENRY LEWIS PIGOU who died Dec 18, 1867,
aged 8 years; and in the desire to show by this token their
grateful sense of the kind sympathy & loving interest by
which all their neighbours cheered amid its many infirmities &
much suffering the short life of their infant son.
By it he, being dead, yet speaketh

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In Loving Memory of
JAMES YEO ATKINS
Born July 8th 1837
Died July 11th 1920
And
MARTHA ATKINS
Born April 4th 1838
Died March 6th 1919
They were the Master and Mistress of the Schools in this
Parish from 1858 to 1889
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints in Glory Everlasting

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To the Glory of God
and in Loving Memory of
SAMUEL ASHTON PRETOR
eldest son of SAMUEL PRETOR
Born at Sherbourne House, Dorset
Jan 18th 1833
Died at Belfield House, Weymouth
Aug 15th 1907
He served in the Indian Mutiny with the 9th Lancers 1857-1859
and was J.P. for the County of Dorset for 30 years
(The family is now extinct)

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THE BELLS in this Tower were restored in GRATITUDE TO GOD
for the work and service in this Parish of EDWARD DE BASSETT
THURSTON Rector here from 1918 to 1942
R.I.P.

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Here lies c/y Body of
CATHERINE JERRARD Obt
d22 Sepr 1763 Atat 66
Also c/y body of JOHN JERRARD
her son Obt 28h Novr 1766 Atat 44
A Dutiful Son Tender Husband Loving Father & a good friend

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In memory of the
Revd. John Hill  BD
Rector of this Parish
and formerly
Vice Principal of
St. Edmunds Hall Oxford
He departed this life Feb 22nd 1855 Aged 63 years
ans was buried in the Churchyard of St. Peters in the East, Oxford
The Lord is my Shepherd
I shall not want

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To the Glory of God and in grateful remembrance of
SIDNEY EDMUND DAVIS MA
late Canon of Sarum and Prehendary of Grimstone and Yetminster,
and Rector of this Parish 1899-1918 who entered into Rest
July 10th 1918, Aged 73 Years
This tablet is erected by Parishioners who also gave in his memory
a Silver Chalice and Paten for use at the Alter.

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In memory of the
Revd SAMUEL PAYNE AM
Rector of this Parish
and Portland
who died Decr 6th 1801
in the 63rd year of his age

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To the Glory of God and in loving memory of
CHARLES MEYRICK HICKES
Naval Cadet HMS Britania (then of Portland)
only son of the
REV. GEORGE HICKES
and only grandson of
CHARLES HICKS Surgeon of Bath
he died after a few days illness 28 Oct 1862 Age 14
His grave is in the upper church yard (a trust fund for keeping
it in order is left to the Rector & Churchwardens)

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This tablet is erected in loving memory of
WILLIAM HENLEY STANLEY CLARKE
late of the Madras 7th Cavalry
eldest son of the late RHP CLARKE Esq. BCS
He died at sea between Dunedin and Melbourne
Dec 23rd 1876
Age 37 years
Also to the memory of ALICE MARY youngest daughter to
RHP CLARKE Esq. She died at Cheltenham Aug 22 1862
Age 17 years

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RICHARD HENRY PELLY CLARKE Esq.
late of the Bengal Civil Service
and 6th son of the late
WILLIAM STANLEY CLARKE Esq.
of ELM Bank Leatherhead, who died at Point De Galle Ceylon
on the 21st Feb 1845 Age 35 years

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To the Memory of JOHN ANDREWS Esq.
of Weymouth
who departed this life
Jan 30 1809
Age 56 years

In a vault at the northend of the churchyard are deposited the
remains of SAMUEL WESTON Esquire of Weymouth
and Melcombe Regis Merchant and one of the aldermen
of the borough who died 19 Sept 1817 Age 61
This tablet was erected by his disconsolate wife as a token
of her imperishable affection Marble cannot eulogize one
whose more enduring testimony is a good name.
He was a husband, a father and a friend.
In the same vault lies MARY daughter of JAMES WILLIS
widow of SAMUEL WESTON

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Sacred to the memory of REBECCA DAVIS, and JAMES,
her beloved husband, whose remains are interred near to this
monument. She died 26th October 1814 age 51 years and he
survived her until the 7th November 1837 age 79 years

To the memory of BENJAMIN WOOD Esq. Late of Merton
in the county of Surrey who departed this life at Weymouth
in the fourth day of Jan 1817 Age 39 years

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DAVID FESTING
Ob
Infans
1762?

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The Isle of Portland Citisen and Mason of London who
Departed this life
April Ye 16 Anno Dom 1692 Aged 48 year

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(Inscribed on the floor by the altar on the right hand side)
Here lies the body of Yr Revd JOHN CUTTING
who was Rector of this Church & died on the 3rd Day
A.D.     In the year

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Of
MARY, Relick of D. MOR…..
who died 24th June 1761?
How her study throughout was not to seem, but to be  ?
Will appear at y Judgement of the Great Day?

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(Inscribed on the left wall beside the Altar)
MS
Hon CATHERINE  AE
&
Hon ELIZABETH AE
MAUDE
e Filiis
Honoratifsimi Domini
CORNWALLIS MAUDE
Baronis de Monte Alto
In Hibernia
&
ISABELLE
Uxoris suae
Febre anginosa correptae,
In flosculo pueritiae
Decefserunt ambae
Nonis Idibusque juniis
MDCCLXXXXIII
Apud WEYMOUTH
Haee anno aetitis tertio
IIIa sexto
Delicias suorum
Ehue quam breves
Maestifsimi Parentes
Hic reliquerunt

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(Inscribed on the floor on the left hand side beside the Altar)
To the Memory of
_____MNA LEYCESTON
Daughter
of
RALPH LEYCESTER  Efq
of
Hall Grove
In the County of Surrey
who
After a lingering illnefs of fourteen months, which she bore
with the mof Chriftian efignation
Departed this Life In the 21st Year of her Age
on the 4th of Novr 1794

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In memory of
JOHN SWAFFIELD Esq
of Wyke Regis
OB 17th May 1825 AE93

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In a vault on the west side of this Churchyard lies
interred all that is mortal of the Rev. George Chamberlaine
28 years rector of this Parish
who died 3rd October 1837 Age 74
Also of MARGARET CHAMBERLAINE his second wife
who died Dec 4th 1847
Also SUSANNA CHAMBERLAINE the beloved wife of
Rev'd GEORGE CHAMBERLAINE who departed this life
June 12 1815 Age 34 years

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In memory of CHARLES BUXTON  Esq. Of Belfield
who died July the 16 1817 in his 88th year
Also of HANNAH BUXTON his wife who died the
29th January 1855 in her 96th year

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Sacred to the memory of MARY ANN wife of the Rev.
JOSEPH ADDISON of Rodwell in this Parish who died
on the 1st January 1826 Age 38 years
In the same vault with his beloved wide are deposited the
remains of Rev'd JOSEPH ADDISON formerly Curate of
this Parish 3 Dec 1832 Age 48 years

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In Glass Window -
In memoriam JOSEPH SWAFFIELD
A rm   qm o ont ffiij die January A.D.
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