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St. John The Baptist Chapel, Memorial Inscriptions
| ?? |
David |
Surgeon |
11 ?? |
1817 |
?? |
| ANNABELL |
Catherine |
wife of John |
16 July |
1836 |
31 |
| BERESFORD |
William |
+ two of his children as infants |
22 Dec |
1844 |
61 |
| BERESFORD |
John |
|
18 Nov |
1852 |
45 |
| BLOOD |
John |
|
3 Feb |
1813 |
88 |
| BOOTH |
John |
late Serg. Derbyshire Militia |
26 Mar |
1833 |
29 |
| BUXTON |
Mary |
dau Samuel & Dorothy |
9 June |
17?? |
15m |
| CHAPPELL |
Alice |
dau of Benjamin & Lydia |
4 Dec |
1821 |
9 |
| CHAPPELL |
Elizabeth |
dau Benjamin & Lydia |
5 Dec |
1821 |
5 |
| DANIELS |
Ann |
|
21 May |
1797 |
11 |
| DANIELS |
George |
|
13 Oct |
1804 |
20 |
| FRIEND |
Rev. F.A. |
curate & vicar of this parish for 38 years |
10 Oct |
1908 |
|
| GASCOYNE |
Martha |
Wife of Joseph |
14 Oct |
1818 |
33 |
| GRATIAN |
James |
|
8 Aug |
1794 |
24 |
| HAWKSLEY |
George |
|
2 Nov |
1795 |
38 |
| HICKLING |
James junior |
|
30 Mar |
1797 |
17 |
| HICKLING |
Sarah |
wife of James senior |
28 Aug |
1797 |
37 |
| HILL |
Robert |
son of Thomas & Hannah First body to be interred after the Consecration |
13 Apr |
1794 |
9m |
| HOLMES |
William |
|
4 Apr |
1856 |
83 |
| HOLMES |
Ann |
Dau of William |
8 Dec |
1834 |
73 |
| HUNT |
Selina |
dau Isaac & Mary |
7 July |
1838 |
8yrs 8m |
| HUNT |
Samuel |
|
24 Nov |
1801 |
74 |
| HUNT |
Elizabeth |
Wife of Samuel |
24 Sep |
1793 |
59 |
| JACKSON |
Samuel |
|
26 Apr |
1817 |
Abt 40 |
| JACKSON |
Mary |
Dau of Samuel |
20 Nov |
1810 |
1 |
| JACKSON |
Hannah |
Dau of Samuel |
1 Dec |
1810 |
8 |
| KEETLEY |
Mary |
dau of ? & Mary? |
15 Oct |
1804 |
3 |
| LEIGH |
Robert Tunstall |
Grandson of Matthew & Sarah; infant son of Rev. Robert & Mary Elizabeth his wife |
27 Mar |
1840 |
Inf. |
| LIGGET |
Penelope |
dau Samuel & Mary of Belper |
|
1794 |
|
| LIGGET |
William |
late Serg. Derbyshire Militia |
Oct |
18..6 |
28 |
| LOMAS |
Thomas |
Surgeon |
9 Feb |
1831 |
58 |
| LOMAS |
Elizabeth |
dau of Thomas; born 14 Apr 1807 |
13 Dec |
1893 |
|
| LOMAS |
Susanna |
wife of Thomas |
23 June |
1821 |
48 |
| LOMAS |
four infant sons & two infant daus |
of Thomas & Susanna |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| MABBOTT |
John |
son John & Martha |
20 Dec |
1806 |
4m |
| MARSHALL |
Harriot |
Daus of Richard & Martha |
3 Jan |
1828 |
13 |
| MARSHALL |
Ellen |
Daus of Richard & Martha |
13 May |
1829 |
23 |
| MARSHALL |
Eliza |
Daus of Richard & Martha |
28 Apr |
1835 |
22 |
| MARSHALL |
Richard |
|
15 Nov |
1819 |
37 |
| MARSHALL |
Ann Martha |
Dau of Richard |
?? |
?? |
Infant |
| MARSHALL |
Mary |
Dau of Richard |
?? |
?? |
infant |
| MARSHALL |
George |
|
10 Sep |
1804 |
24 |
| MARSHALL |
George |
|
17 Mar |
1840 |
30 |
| MARSHALL |
Martha |
mother of George |
3 Dec |
1854 |
75 |
| MASON |
Sarah |
wife of John |
21 Nov |
1796 |
64 |
| MILLWARD |
William |
|
28 May |
1826 |
43 |
| MILLWARD |
Sarah |
Wife of William |
24 Dec |
1820 |
36 |
| MILLWARD |
Henry |
Son of William & Sarah |
17 Mar |
1821 |
3 |
| MONK |
John |
Q.C. Born at Belper 13 Dec 1802 died in London |
29 Jan. |
1874 |
|
| MOORE |
Grace |
dau Francis & Grace of Belper |
14 Oct |
1794 |
5 |
| MOORE |
Francis |
Son of Francis & Grace of Belper |
3 Nov |
1794 |
2 |
| MURTON |
Samuel |
son Joseph & Ellen of ?? Lane |
19 Sep |
1798 |
26 |
| PYM |
Dorothy |
wife of Joseph |
24 Dec |
1800 |
52 |
| PYM |
Joseph |
|
22 Dec |
1819 |
65 |
| RICE |
Richard |
son of John & Martha |
17 May |
1794 |
3 |
| RICE |
John |
Father of Richard |
11 Nov |
1828 |
75 |
| ROBINSON |
Joseph junior |
Chapel warden |
|
1769 |
|
| SELWYN |
George Augustus |
1st Bishop of New Zealand 19th Bishop of Lichfield; born 5 Apr 1809 |
11 Apr |
1878 |
|
| SIMPSON |
Mary |
wife of Edward |
24 Dec |
1797 |
30 |
| SIMPSON |
John |
|
4 Jan |
1812 |
41 |
| SIMPSON |
Joseph |
Son of Joseph & Marianne |
27 Oct |
? |
27 |
| SIMPSON |
Joseph |
|
Jan? |
1837 |
age 6 ? |
| SIMPSON |
Edward |
son of Samuel& Elizabeth of Belper |
30 June |
1800 |
4 |
| SLATER |
Ann |
dau of Anthony & Hannah |
9 June |
1794 |
1yr 4m |
| SMITH |
Isaac |
Son of George & Anne |
25 Oct |
1825 |
18 |
| SMITH |
Anne |
wife of George |
12 Dec |
1817 |
49 |
| SMITH |
Mary |
of Milford |
7 July |
1818 |
55 |
| SMITH |
John |
husband of Mary |
10 Apr |
1830 |
70 |
| SMITH |
Thomas |
|
10 Apr |
1819 |
66 |
| SMITH |
Elizabeth |
Wife of Thomas |
28 Oct |
1840 |
73 |
| SMITH |
John Alfred |
fell in action in the Great War |
11 Dec |
1917 |
|
| SOUTHALL |
William |
|
31 May |
1804 |
32 |
| SOUTHALL |
Sarah |
Dau of William |
7 Nov |
1805 |
4 |
| STATHAM |
Sarah |
wife of Richard of Heage |
11 Aug |
1812 |
36 |
| STRAW |
Benjamin |
son of Richard & Mary |
2 Mar |
1801 |
25 |
| STREET |
Henry |
Church warden |
|
1749 |
|
| STREET |
Am. |
chapel warden |
|
1776 |
|
| STRONG |
Ann |
Wife of Will |
14 Sep |
1809 |
30 |
| TOMLINSON |
James |
|
27 Apr |
1828 |
73 |
| TUNSTALL |
Sarah |
wife of Revd. Matthew curate of this place |
10 Dec |
1827 |
49 |
| TUNSTALL |
Matthew William |
died in infancy |
?? |
?? |
|
| TUNSTALL |
Robert John |
died in infancy |
?? |
?? |
|
| TUNSTALL |
Rev. Matthew |
for 37 yrs incumbent of this place |
5 Oct |
1884 |
79 |
| VICKERS |
Catherine |
dau Joseph & Thomason |
16 Apr |
1794 |
4 |
| VICKERS |
Will |
|
25 Mar |
1798 |
2 |
| WALKER |
Elizabeth |
wife of Joseph |
23 Sep |
1817 |
76 |
| WALKER |
Joseph |
|
21 June |
1827 |
76 |
| WALKER |
Ester |
dau Israel & Frances |
12 Aug |
1837 |
19 |
| WALKER |
Frances |
wife Israel |
29 Nov |
1838 |
57 |
| WALKER |
Israel |
|
30 June |
1853 |
72 |
| WATSON |
Mary |
wife of Gervase |
22 May |
1825 |
46 |
| WATSON |
Melicent |
wife of William of Belper |
24 Oct |
1795 |
40 |
| WEBSTER |
John |
late Clerk of this Chapel |
20 Dec |
1800 |
77 |
| WILDSMITH |
Mary |
dau of Samuel & Elizabeth |
29 Feb |
1804 |
10m |
| WILDSMITH |
George |
Son of Samuel & Eliz |
9 Apr |
1804 |
5 |
Mr John TAYLOR 1746 left land at Milley Laund, Belper.
John LOCKOE of Holbrook 1689 left land in Kilburne called The Hagg, the trust invested in W. HUNTER of Kilburne, Wm COCKS of Horsley Woodhouse, tanner & Geo. MOORE of Stemsby House, yeoman, and their heirs.
Hen. SMITH of White Moor in the liberty of Belper gent. Gave several parcels of land lying in the liberty of Belper called Calwood Farm.
Mr SMITH of Derby by will dated 1713 gave to two persons two Alms houses & several parcels of land in the liberty of Belper called the Hopping, the trust invested in the heirs of Matthew SMITH Esq.
Jn. SLATER of Belper in 1742 left to the poor people of Belper the sum of 40 pound.