Five of the six children of Charles and Maria Elliott died between the ages of 15 and 25.

 St Bartholomew, Thruxton, Herefordshire
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Most of what is currently visible in the church dates to the 14th century although there was some restoration carried out in 1866.
 
 
Five of the six children of Charles and Maria Elliott died between the ages of 15 and 25. Sarah died aged 16 months.

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Ann Howels died at the age of 131 - or not as the case may be!

 St Bartholomew, Vowchurch, Herefordshire
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This parish church has a 12th century origin with major additions made in the late 13th, 14th and 17th centuries.
 
 

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A memorial with a musical theme

 St Peter, Powick, Worcestershire
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The oldest parts of the building date back to the 12th century although evidence points to an original Norman church. Various construction activities followed over the following 300 years with the tower added during the early part of the 15th century. Extensive restoration and modifications were made in 1845, when the north and south doorways were blocked up, a south porch removed, an entrance made through the tower at the west end and the interior repaired and refitted with open seats. Further restoration work was undertaken in 1896–7.
 
 
The memorial to Mary Russell (1758 - 1786) by Thomas Scheemakers consisting of a semi-reclining female figure and a sarcophagus carved with mother and child and muscial instruments.

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"Whose remains are deposited within this sacred edifice".

 St Bartholomew, Thruxton, Herefordshire
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Most of what is currently visible in the church dates to the 14th century although there was some restoration carried out in 1866.
 
 
 "Whose remains are deposited within this sacred edifice".

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Thomas was the Secretary of the Shuttington Sick Club for 21 years.

St Matthew, Shuttington, Warwickshire 
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St Matthew's at Shuttington is the simplest and most humble of this northern group of medieval churches, a tiny two cell building perched on a hillside with a plain wooden bellcote. The exterior shows much Norman work in most of the windows (and some blocked in remnants) and an impressive west doorway, also 12th century and believed to have been transferred from nearby (and otherwise completely vanished) Alvecote Priory.
 
 
Thomas was the Secretary of the Shuttington Sick Club for 21 years.

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He died "competing in the sport he loved".

 Amington Cemetery, Tamworth, Staffordshire
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We visited this cemetery on our way to a birthday lunch.
 
 
He died "competing in the sport he loved".

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"Mine's a G&T when you get here"

 Amington Cemetery, Tamworth, Staffordshire
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We visited this cemetery on our way to a birthday lunch.
 
 
"Mine's a G&T when you get here"

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This war grave for a member of the Home Guard needs a good cleaning!.

 Wigginton Road Cemetery, Tamworth, Staffordshire
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We were in Tamworth for a family gathering - so we visited a cemetery as well!

 
This war grave for a member of the Home Guard needs a good cleaning!.

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John died as the result of a cycle accident.

 Wigginton Road Cemetery, Tamworth, Staffordshire
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We were in Tamworth for a family gathering - so we visited a cemetery as well!
 
John died as the result of a cycle accident.

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Over 4000 people died when the Lancastria was sunk in 1940

Wigginton Road Cemetery, Tamworth, Staffordshire 
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We were in Tamworth for a family gathering - so we visited a cemetery as well!
 
 
RMS Lancastria was sunk on 17 June 1940 during World War II, sending at least 4,000 people to their deaths. It was the highest death toll for UK forces in a single engagement in the whole of World War II.

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A devoted Wildfowler and Haaf Netter.

 St Andrew the Apostle, Stewton, Lincolnshire
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This rural church has Anglo-Saxon origins. It was disappointing that, like so many churches we visited during our Lincolnshire holiday the door was locked and so we couldn't check the interior for monuments of interest.
 
 
A devoted Wildfowler and Haaf Netter.

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Died in 1765 - in the "106th year of his age".

St Leonard, South Cockerington, Lincolnshire 
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The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Leonard dating from the early 14th century, and restored in 1872-73. It is built from greenstone, limestone and brick.
 
 
 
Died in 1765 - in the "106th year of his age".

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A strong candidate for the most disrespectful churchyard in Herefordshire!

 St Weonard, St Weonards, Herefordshire
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The parish church is dedicated to St Weonard, who may have been a local Celtic saint. Old stained glass in the church, now destroyed, described him as a hermit and showed him with a woodcutter's axe. The church was first mentioned in a charter of 1155. The chancel arch, part of the south wall, and the inner doorway of the porch, date from the 13th and 14th centuries, as does a large wooden chest. Most of the current church building dates from the early 16th century, when it was enlarged by the building of the north aisle, south porch and tower.
 
 
A strong candidate for the most disrespectful churchyard in Herefordshire!
 
 

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"Aged about half a year".

 St Dubricius, St Devereux, Herefordshire
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The earliest detail in the church is from the 13th century, at which date the nave was built, except perhaps for the N.W. angle, which may be earlier. The west tower was probably added in the 14th century and about the middle or third quarter of the same century the chancel and chancel-arch were re-built. The church has been drastically restored in modern times, the south wall of the nave largely re-built and the south porch added.
 
 
"Aged about half a year".

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A brother and sister who died on the same day in July 1759.

 St Leonard, South Cockerington, Lincolnshire
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The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Leonard dating from the early 14th century, and restored in 1872-73.
 
It is built from greenstone, limestone and brick.  
 
 
A brother and sister who died on the same day in July 1759.
George was 19 and Elizabeth was 17.

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An alabaster monument to Sir Adrian Scrope who died in 1623

 St Leonard, South Cockerington, Lincolnshire
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The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Leonard dating from the early 14th century, and restored in 1872-73.

It is built from greenstone, limestone and brick.  


Inside there is a 15th-century font, and an alabaster monument to Sir Adrian Scrope who died in 1623, attributed to Epiphanius Evesham.

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