Grave Mistakes: January 2018

A memorial made from a cast-iron plates bolted onto a stone base. Most unusual!

St Margaret, Wrenbury, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

This was originally a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Acton. The present church dates from the early 16th century with alterations and additions in the 18th and 19th centuries; the nave and porch were restored in 1794, the chancel was rebuilt in 1806 and restored in 1865.

A memorial made from a cast-iron plates bolted onto a stone base.

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This broken column design is one we have seen mentioned in books but hadn't seen ourselves

Methodist Chapel, Tallarn Green, Wrexham (Click on an image for a larger version)

The present building erected in 1887 was built in memory of John and Mary Peters two local preachers who lived in the Old Post Office. Unfortunately they did not live long enough to see the building completed. There is a memorial to them inside. They are buried in an unmarked grave at St.Mary Magdalene nearby.

This broken column design is one we have seen mentioned in books but hadn't seen ourselves.

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William was "unfortunately drowned whilst bathing" - he was 15 years old.

Middlewich Road Cemetery, Nantwich, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

A general view

William was "unfortunately drowned whilst bathing" -

he was 15 years old.

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Annie Gadd was a widow for 54 years.

Aston Cemetery, Aston, Cheshire

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A general view

Annie Gadd was a widow for 54 years.

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Leslie Wilson was "laid to rest under the shadow of Mount Kenya which he loved so well".

St Wenefrede, Bickley Town, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

The church was built in 1892 and designed by the Chester firm of Douglas and Fordham for the 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley.

Leslie Wilson was "laid to rest under the shadow of

Mount Kenya which he loved so well".

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Two inscription errors and a lady who died aged 100.

Holy Trinity, Bickerton, Cheshire

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The church was built as a chapel of ease to St Oswald's Church, Malpas in 1839 and was designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe. The land for the church was given by Philip Grey Egerton.

Two inscription errors and a lady who died aged 100.

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Norman Parry "Died in Africa ... whilst working in the service of the Commonwealth".

Wybunbury Cemetery, Wybunbury, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

A general view

Norman Parry "Died in Africa ... whilst working

in the service of the Commonwealth".

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We were not impressed by the piles of old gravestones under the trees - most disrespectful

St Edith, Shocklach, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

St Edith's Church, Shocklach, stands at the end of an isolated lane running toward the River Dee about 1 mile (2 km) to the north of the village of Shocklach, Cheshire, England. It is a small Norman church, and is one of the oldest ecclesiastical buildings in Cheshire

We were not impressed by the piles of old gravestones under the trees - most disrespectful.

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"The silent portals were opened"

Weston Cemetery, Weston, Cheshire

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A general view

"The silent portals were opened"

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A stark memorial to three young children.

Overleigh Road Cemetery (Northern Section),
Chester, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

A general view

A stark memorial to three young children.
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Anne died on Christmas Day 1855 and her sister, Mary, died 3 days later.

St Bertoline, Barthomley, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

St Bertoline's is a 15th-16th century Perpendicular church with chancel rebuilt by Austin and Paley in 1925-26. It has a four-bay nave with aisles and clerestorey and a north porch; a chapel (the Crewe Chapel) of c.1528 on the south side of the chancel and a vestry on the north side. The oldest feature, however, is an elaborate 12th century doorway.

St Bertoline was an 8th century prince who became a hermit after the death of his wife and lived on an island in the River Sow in Staffordshire.

Anne died on Christmas Day 1855 and her

sister, Mary, died 3 days later.

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Five children - none reached their second birthday.

St James the Great, Audlem, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

The church dates from the late 13th and early 14th centuries. In 1855–56 there were additions and alterations by Lynam and Rickman.

Five children - none reached their second birthday.

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Mabel was a widow from 1928 until 1998.

Audlem Cemetery, Audlem, Cheshire

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Mabel was a widow from 1928 until 1998.

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"Now Beating In Woodlands New With Your Springer Spaniels At Your Side".

Crewe Cemetery, Crewe, Cheshire (Click on an image for a larger version)

A general view.

"Now Beating In Woodlands New With Your

Springer Spaniels At Your Side".

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This memorial shows a widower mourning his deceased wife.

St Padarn, Llanbadarn, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

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A general view of the steeply sloping churchyard

This memorial shows a widower mourning his deceased wife.

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The delightful memorial to Matthew Williams who died in 1833 aged 4.

St Padarn, Llanbadarn, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion (Click on an image for a larger version)

A general view of the sloping churchyard

The delightful memorial to Matthew Williams

who died in 1833 aged 4.

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