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Churchyard Memorials

 

Over the centuries since the Church was established there have been unknown numbers of people buried in the churchyard. There are over 400 memorials in the Churchyard and in 2012 a member of the Heritage Group, Peter Carter, surveyed all of them and he has produced a burial index with accompanying details of all the memorials. His excellent survey builds on the work of previous surveys in the 1950s and 1985-86. The index was revised and updated again in 2022 and a copy can be downloaded here.

The burial plan is hanging in the Church and visitors are encouraged to view it and to use it to locate individual burials.

Burial plan.jpg

Below is an alphabetical list of the memorials in tribute to those who have passed away. Photos of some of the memorials are available by clicking on the link or by going to  http://www.gravestonephotos.com/index.php. 

Inevitably there may be errors in this list and if so we apologise. If you spot any errors or omissions please let us know - use the contact form below.

Surname First name(s) Year of burial Age Photo  Biography and Tribute
Alden Hannah 1869 69     Go 
Alden Thomas 1881  87  
Algar John 1896  63  Go Go
Algar William 1881  19  Go
Allen Dudley Attwood Kingdon (Rev) 1952  69   Go 
Alper Mabel Cecily James 1949    Go Daughter of William and Alice Lowther
Anderson Heather Mary Margaret 2016 77    
Archer M…. Harriet 1841?      
B…. (JB) 1905      
B…. (MB) 1905      
B…. S…. 1799      
Bacon Ruth Alma 2015 88    
Bagg William 1939 65  Go  Go
Baker Evelyn Isabelle 1952  58 Go   Go  
Baker Gerrard Wollaston 1968  78
Baker John Graham Streatfield 1975  75     Go
Baker Margaret Audrey 1993  85
Bantoft Jack 1952 57  Go Husband of Miriam
Bantoft Miriam Charlotte 1979 88 Go  Wife of Jack
Barker Charles 1906 52  Go Go
Barker  Pamela 1934  88
Barnes George Henry Alfred 2014 93    
Barnes Rene Florence May 1986 62  Go  
Barthrop Elizabeth 1778      Go
Battle Brother        
Battle Husband        
Battle Wife        
Baxter Dot (Dorothy Virgin May) 1993 76  Go   Obituary  
Baxter  Jim (James) 1960  44
Beeden Sarah 1857  60 Go  Go 
Beedon Jonathan 1816  51   Go 
Beedon Thomas 1815  69   1746 - 1815 
Beedon William 1800  18    Go
Bell Edith 1995 81  Go Obituary 
Benham George 1902 65   Go Go
Benham George 1949

 86

  Go
Benham James 1886  52 Go 
Benham Rachel 1906 55  Go 
Benham Thirza  1960  90  Go
Bentley Bernard       . 
Bentley Dorothy        .
Bentley Dorothy  2003  80 Go   .
Bentley Stanley  2001 77   Go  .
Bloomfield Frederick Samuel 1958 76     Go
Bloomfield Lilian Sabina  1912  29  
Bloomfield William Greenham 1944  59  Go
Bloomfield William Greenham 1898 40   Go
Blumfield Thomas  1784  0   Go 
Borrett Amelia 1942  80  Go   Go
Borrett Ephraim 1947  84
Bowyer Edmund 1976 86    
Bowyer Florence Louise 1969 83    
Brain Christopher Seth 2011 73  Go  
Bretton Elizabeth 1831      
Bridges Arthur George 1930 56  Go Go
Bridges Charles 1907 78  Go 
Bridges Lucy Violet 1954 41   Go
Bridges Susannah 1905  75  Go
Bridges Wesley 1901  39  Go
Brook Egidia 1880      Lady Rendlesham
Brook Frederick William 1911    Go  Lord Rendlesham, Patron of the Church
Brumwell Ruby  1950 73   Go Buried along with her husband, Walter, just outside the main entrance to the Church.
Brumwell Walter 1949 71   Go Lived at White House and was a Churchwarden.
Buckels Hannah 1880  73  Go  Husband and wife  
Buckels Samuel 1888 78 
Buckle Chorazza' Gertrude Amelia      .
Buckledee David Charles 2005 51  Go Go 
Buckles John 1894 77  Go  Husband and wife  
Buckles Sarah 1883  87  Go
Burt Peggy  1998 72    Wife of Roland (Roly)
Burt Roland  1999  76    Lived in Stone Cottage
Butcher Edward 1847 43    Obituary  
Butcher George  1847  5  
Buxton (Maggie)  1970 64     Go
Buxton Anna 1938 c73    
Buxton Harold 1978  44  Go  Known as 'Mr Chippy'
 
Cable Henry 1927      Lived at Mission Cottage and ran the village Post Office
Cable Naomi 1928      Married to Henry and also ran the Post Office
Cadman Alfred   87   Father of Andrew, he lived for a while at The Old Rectory as caretakers and then at Cornerways
Cadman Andrew Charles 2014 67   Husband of Linda. Churchwarden
Cadman Linda 2018 70   Wife of Andrew
Cadman Marjorie        Wife of Alfred
Cairns Margaret 1939      
Cairns Nadine        
Cairns William 1948      
Calvert (née Bridges) Alice 1904  33  Go Go
Campbell-Preston Margaret 2020 100   née Graham, wife of Thomas 
Campbell-Preston Thomas 1999  81 Go   Husband of Margaret
Chandler Hannah 1767  9   Go  
Chandler Nathaniel 1770  76  
Chapman Elizabeth        
Chapman Harold 1951      
Chapman John Harold 2014 74    
Chapman Ruth 2003      
Chapman Thomas        
Chatfield Emma Elizabeth 1980 86   Go  Husband and wife  
Chatfield Ira  1944 52 
Chatfield Jim        
Chichester Kathleen Mary 1966  89  Go Born in Wexford, Ireland, sister of Sheelah Reade
Child?   1767      
Chilvers Adrian Alexander 2016  75    
Chilvers Hugh 2022 84   Obituary
Chilvers Norrie 1987 81   Go  Wife of Sidney
Chilvers Patricia Ann 1987 43  Go   
Chilvers Sidney Sutton 1982  84 Go   Husband of Norrie
Clarke Emma 1959  77    Obituary
Clarke Thomas John 1955 72  
Clarke Isaac 1850  46    
Clarke Mary 1867      
Clarkson Sarah Ann 1886 56  Go  Late of Playford Hall, probably blind
Clow Edward 1914      
Clow  Anna 1961 89   Obituary 
Clow Edward 1956  70  
Coates Ian James 2017 75    
Coates George William 1972      
Coates Lottie 1954      
Cook Gladys 1989 80  Go   
Cook Walter Edward 1976 70  
Cook Roy 2022 87  
Cook John 188?      
Cook Reuben 1976      
Copping Harold J 1948 64   Go  
Cowell Gervaise (MBE) 2000 73  Go Diplomat employed by British Secret Intelligence Service
Cowell Pamela Ellen 2000  75  Go Wife of Gervase and also employed by Secret Intelligence Service 
Cracknell Henry 1989      
Crawford Walter William 2018 43    
Crickmay Alice Edith 1997      
Crickmay Arthur 1999  84 Go Major Arthur Crickmay - The Crickmay family lived on the corner opposite Hell Fire Corner
Crickmay Geoffrey        
Crickmay Peggy 1991  65 Go   Arthur's wife
Crickmay Mildred        
Crowfoot Frederick William 1980  58 Go   Husband of Marjorie
Crowfoot Marjorie Olive 2004  71  Go  Wife of Frederick
Cullen Violet        
Culling William Mayes 1948      
Culpeck Emily 1994 98  Go Daughter of Frederick
Culpeck Frederick 1957 89     Married to Julia
Culpeck Julia 1955 86     Wife of Frederick
Culpeck Julia        
 
Dale Annie 1891  46 Go  Obituary
Dix Edna May        
Dobbins George 1947 79     Obituary
Driver Iris Mabel 1940  25    Killed by a bomb in WWII
Ducker Edith Mary 1990  93    Obituary
Ducker Samuel  1980 88    Obituary
Fish 3 infants     Go  All children of George and Charlotte Fish
Fish Eliza 1878    Go Wife of Lewis Valentine 
Fish George 1880  86  Go  
Fish Lewis Valentine 1859  78 Go  Husband of Eliza 
Fothergill Mary 1852 53     .
Foyster Lionel Algernon, Rev 1945  67  Go Go
Frost Charles 1985  77 Go   
Frost Clive 2017      
Frost Keith 2009 68  Go  
Frost Keven 1999  54  Go Worked at Bridge Farm for Hayward family
Frost Phyllis 1985  74  Go  
Fulcher Madeline 2000 86 Go Obituary
Fulcher Isaac Owen  1924 82     Obituary
 
Fulcher Mary Ann 1947  85 Go
Fulcher Sarah  1911  70  
Gallina Joseph Michael 2022    
Gates Mabel        
Gibbs Walter 1897  30    Son of William and Mary
Gibbs William 1881      
Gibson Nellie 1964  82   Go 
Gilbert Henry 1900  1898   Go 
Glanfield Chapman  1757 7   Go 
Glanfield Elizabeth 1765      Go
Glanfield Mary 1765 13    Go
Glanfield? Susan ? 1700      
Glanfield Thomas 1764      
Glanfield Thomas 1752?      
Goddard Colin 'Tony' 2023  83   Go
Goddard Brenda 1993 56  Go  
Goddard John 1953      
Goddard Mary 1919      
Goddard Violet May 1988 87  Go  Wife of William
Goddard William George 1984 81  Go  Husband of Violet
Gooding John 1733      
Goodwin Brenda Joan 2014 91    
Goodwyn ? 1831      
Goodwyn ?        
Goodwyn Ellen 1872   Go   
Goodwyn John 1859      
Goodwyn Maria 1874      
Goodwyn Mary 1870  69  Go  
Gordon Glynis R  2011   Go   
Goudy Jack Robert 2006      
Gould Barry 2015 72 Go  Bell ringer and husband of Brenda
Gould Brenda 2020 75 Long time Churchwarden and husband of Barry
Graham Alistair Mungo 1976  90 Go  Lord Graham
Graham Ian James Alastair 2017 93    
Graham Meriel 1936  42   First wife of Lord Graham
Graham Sheelah Violet Edgeworth 1985  81 Go
 Second wife of Lord Graham
Greenfell Eileen 1977 ?      
Gray Hannah 1858  75 Go
 		Second wife of Nathaniel
Gray Nathaniel 1842  85 Go
 Agricultural labourer
Haddock Richard 1849  37   A servant, husband of Rachel (née Lowe)
Hammond Henrietta 1978 92  Go Wife of William
Hammond William John 1953 60  Go Husband of Henrietta
Hayter Joyce M 2021 90    
Hayward Alex 1980     Lived at Ashmoor Hall. Married to Molly
Hayward Oliver Guy Hutton 2001 16 mths   Go Sadly died at just 16 months old 
Hazell Alice Maud 1987  79   Go  
Hazell Leslie 1950  45  
Hembling Derek 2017 85    
Hembling Elsie 1987      
Hembling Elsie May 2002 66 Go  Elsie was married to Derek. Lived in Mill Lane. Worked at The Old Rectory.
Hembling John 2005      
Hembling Maurice G 2019 84   known as Joe 
Hembling Reginald  1975 79     
Hewitt Thomas 1969      
Hines John William 2016 82    
Hodgson Christopher 1906  76   Rector at Campsea Ashe 1891 to 1906
Hodgson Isabella 1908  79    Wife of Rev Hodgson
Hoey Kevin Peter 1983     Fiance of Sara Hayward, he died with his friend Jonny Western - in January - after they drowned (at night) on the River Deben.
Horrex Jessie        
Howe Jean Mary 2010  77  Go  Wife of Arnold
Howe  Arnold William Ashbee 2010 83  Go   Husband of Jean
Hunter Dudley 1986      
Hunter Rose        
Hurren Nina Jane 1974  Infant    
Ives Leslie Charles 2014 95    
Ives Hilda Margaret  1987 64    
Jacobs Jessie 1940      
James Mary Ann 1898    Go  Wife of William
James William 1900    Go  Husband of Mary Ann
Jaye Samuel 1868  65  Go  Lived at the Green Farm
Jones Betty 2010  81  Go  Wife of David Wynne Jones
Kemp Alice 1985 79  Go  Obituary
Kemp  George 1969 63
Kemp Alice Elvina 1955  73  Go Obituary
Kemp Charles 1954  77
Kemp Elizabeth        
Kemp George 1969 63  Go  Husband of Alice
Kemp Gladys M A 2003 93  Go  Wife of Arthur
Kerridge Elizabeth 1868 22  Go  
Knights Desiree 1934  1    
Knights James 1887  74 Go  
Lankester Frances Ada 1958  77  Go Wife of William
Lankester William     Go Husband of Frances
Larrett Hannah 1866

 64

   Obituary 
Larrett James 1811      
Larrett James       Possibly husband of Jemima
Larrett Jemima 1852 86     
Larrett Mary 1866      
Larrett Mary 1886      
Larrett Sarah 1844 38    Obituary 
Larrett Sophia 1881 74   

  
Larrett William 1877 81    Obituary 
Leeder Kate Mary 1933  56 Go  Daughter of William and Laura Leeder
Ling Edith Helen 1979    Go Wife of George
Ling Emma 1929  93  Go Wife of James
Ling Frederick        
Ling George 1967  93 Go Husband of Edith
Ling James 1910  77 Go Husband of Emma 
Ling Lear        
Ling Mary 1910      
Ling Sandra Ann 1980 20  Go  
Ling William 1949      
Lowther Alice 1908    Go Mother of James Lowther, wife of William
Lowther Alice 1939  66  Go  Wife of Gerard
Lowther Arthur James 1967    Go  
Lowther Christopher 1933      
Lowther Gerard 1916    Go  
Lowther Harold Arthur 1929  65 Go  Son of William and Alice
Lowther James William 1949  94 Go  Speaker at The House of Commons
Lowther John Arthur 1942  31  Go Go
Lowther Mary Frances 1944      Wife of James William
Lowther Priscilla 1945  27 Go  Wife of John Arthur
Lowther William 1912   Go  Husband of alice, father of James Lowther
Maggs Jessie Violet Maude 1965  71  Go  Go
Mair Emily  1895  69  Go Obituary 
Martin Audrey Mary 2004  72  Go Wife of Frederick
Martin Frederick 1976  52  Go Husband of Audrey
Martin Janet 1961  1  Go Daughter of Frederick and Audrey
Mattin Bertie  1978  80    Son of Mary and William
Mattin George 1910      
Mattin John 1903    Go  
Mattin Lydia 1900      
Mattin Mary 1961 98    Mother of Bertie
Mattin William 1914  41    Husband of Mary
Maulden Eileen Grenfell  1977  85 Go Mother of Edmund, wife of Philip George Mauldon
Maulden Edmund Philip 1928  8 Go  Son of Eileen
May ? 1879      
May Elsie Emma 1972      
McDowell   2012 92     
McDowell Shirley M R        
Melton John 1968  72 Go    
Melton Anna Jane 1991  87  
Melton Robert John 1974 42   Go  
Mepham George 1950      
Morgan Christopher Robert Henry Peter 2014 88    
Morris Isabella        
Mowson Annie 1949      
Mowson Mabel 1952      
Mowson Mary Ann 1912    Go Wife of William
Mowson Thomas 1949      
Mowson William 1897  73 Go  Husband of Mary Ann
Mowson William Thomas 1888   Go   
Moyes Sidney (Lummy)  2006 99    
Mugleston Cyril 1963      
Mugleston Daisy 1982      
Mugleston Gertrude 1988    Go  
Mugleston Isaiah 1942 81  Go  
Mugleston Leonard 1946 62   Go  
Mugleston Louisa 1961   Go   
Mugleston May 1954   Go   
Nanton Ruth 1766      
Nash Marjorie 1995      
Nash Ronald 1969      
Nash Tom 1979      
Newman Albert Victor 1991 75  Go Husband of Rosemary
Newman Philip 1938  5  Go  
Newman Phyllis Louise 1965 68   Go Wife of William
Newman Rosemary 2019 84 Go  
Newman William 1951  50 Go  Husband of Phyllis
Newman William 1965      
Newson Elizabeth 1914  76   Husband and wife. Lived at 4 Railway Terrace. Henry was a railway porter.  
Newson Henry 1906  70  
Norfolk Emma        
Norfolk Robert        
Norton Sarah 1987      
Orford Charlotte 1955 70    Sister of Thomas 
Orford Mabel 1951 72    Obituary
Orford Thomas 1941  60   Obituary
Osborne Agnes 2012 92  Go  Known as Aggie
Osborne Charles 1989      
Osborne Jacqueline 1992 44  Go Jackie lived on the main road with husband Ted. She worked for Pat Hayward
Osborne Ted (Edward) 2001  52  Go Husband of Jackie, he worked for Tony Hayward
Oxborrow Betty 2004 81  Go  Lived at The Smithy, wife of Reg
Oxborrow Marion M 2012    Go Sister of Reg
Oxborrow Reginald 2011  87 Go Lived at the Smithy, husband of Betty
Oxborrow Roland 1971  86 Go   Parents of Marion and Reginald  
Oxborrow Victoria 1972 86 
Parrott Shannon Louise 2007  7 days  Go  
Paternoster Mary 1813      
Paternoster Samuel 1851      
Paternoster Sarah 1863      
Paternoster Thomas 1813      
Paternoster Walter 1962  83   Go 
Paternoster William 1864      
Paternoster William 1879      
Peck George 1947      
Peck Harold 1925      
Peck Mildred 1951      
Peek Hilda May 1951  56 Go  Obituary
Peek William Arthur 1975  85 Go 
Peters Norbet Otis 2007  57 Go   Obituary
Phillips Elizabeth 1938      
Philpot Joseph        
Plant Cyril 2004  87  Go Cyril and Hilda lived just past the Rectory on the left in the first cottage on the left
Plant Hilda 2007  88 Go  Wife of Cyril
Pottle Denis Peter 1991      
Pottle Kate Alexandra 1985      
Pottle Roland Walter 1960      
Pratt Kathleen Emma 1988  72  Go  Wife of Sidney
Pratt Sidney Philip 2000  80  Go Sid Pratt worked for the High House and was a brilliant gardener
Prevett D Leslie 1985  71  Go Husband of Hilda
Prevett Hilda Edith 1986  79  Go Wife of Leslie
Rackham …… 1807      
Rackham E…. 1830      
Rackham Jermina 1869      
Rackham John 1797      
Rackham Mary 1830      
Rackham Mary        
Rackham Philip 1801      
Rackham Philip 1864      
Rampley Violet 1990      
Reade Arthur 1971      
Reade Diana 1938 Infant  Go  
Reade Ethel Violet 1933  77  Go  
Reade Evelyn 1920  61 Go   
Reade Francis Zan 1950  14 months    
Reade Julia 1934  79  Go  
Reade William 1900  77 Go   
Riches James Edward 1953  96   Husband and wife  
Riches Louisa 1934  79  
Rogers Henry 1927      
Rogers Infant daughter 1889      
Rogers Thomas William        
Rolfe Michael George 2013 72    
Saunders George 1872  2   Son of George and Sarah Ann 
Saunders George 1915  69  Go Husband and wife
Saunders Sarah Ann 1935 90   Go
Sawyer Agnes 1936 78    Husband and wife. They lived at No 4 Railway Terrace. He was a signalman  
Sawyer George 1938  83  
Sawyer Maud 1936      
Sawyer Samuel 1867  74 Go  Husband of Sophia
Sawyer Sophia 1896  74  Go Wife of Samuel and buried with him
Sawyer William 1971      
Sayer Mary Ann        
Scarce Frederick 1992 92 Go   Husband of Mabel
Scarce Mabel Mary 1989 81   Go  Wife of Frederick
Self Edward 1860    Go Husband of Susan
Self Susan 1866    Go Wife of Edward
Sharpe Arthur C E     Go  Arthur Sharpe lived in Mill Lane with his wife Barbara. He worked for Mr Hayward at Bridge Farm 
Sharpe Charles 1959      
Sharpe Maurice Frederick 1992 61    
Sharpe Robert Winston 2017 74  Go  
Sharpe Trevor N  2002 66  Go  Son of Charles and Annie Sharpe
Sheppard Various  pre 19th C     17 coffins buried in a vault in the Church
Skeet Arthur 1960      
Skeet Winifred 1972      
Skipper Ivy 1966  73  Go  Wife of Wilfred
Skipper Mary 1983      
Skipper Ray 1982      
Skipper Wilfred 1948 60   Go  Husband of Ivy
Skull Cyril 1992  94 Go  Husband of Grace
Skull Grace Mary 2008  90 Go  Wife of Cyril
Smith Alfred 1878  53 Go  Husband of Susan
Smith Beatrice 1983      
Smith Edna 1873      
Smith Peggy Violet Elizabeth 2012 84    
Smith Thomas        
Smith Walter 1970      
Smth Susan 1896  72 Go  Wife of Alfred
Somerville James 1954 86  Go Husband of Mary
Somervile James Ralph 1972 61  Go Probably son of James and Mary
Somerville Mary 1927 56 Go Wife of James
T…. Susannah 1826      
Tarbard Alfred 1990 92  Go  Husband of Phyllis
Tarbard Phyllis May 1992 90  Go  Wife of Alfred
Thompson Percy        
Trumpeter          
Trumpeter          
Turner Nancy Hope 1988   Go 

Wife of William
Turner William Frederick 1982 69   Go  Of Ashgreen Farm
Vince Elizabeth 1879  67   Go 
W… Sarah        
W…. W…. 1760?      
Wade Sarah 1766    Go  
Wailing David C 1952 12 days old Go Believed to be David C Watling (see below) 
Walker Maria 1908  69     Go
Walker Robert 1917  77  
Wallis Annie 1884  17 Go Daughter of Henry & Harriet
Wardley Elsie 1988  88 Go  Wife of John
Wardley John 1907      
Wardley John 1989  90 Go  Husband of Elsie
Wardley Sarah 1892      
Warne Alice        
Warne Anna 1901  61  Go Wife of George
Warne George 1913  75 Go Husband of Anna, The Talbot publican
Warne George        
Warne Kate Mary 1960      
Warne Rose Jane        
Warne John Downing 1950      
Watling David C 1952 12 days old  Go  
Watling Frederick        
Watling Elizabeth 1963 71   Go
Watling Samuel 1962 85  
Watson Ernest 1969  72   Husband and wife  
Watson Margaret 1967 72   
Wells Agnes  Mary 1852  23  Go

 

Go
West Mary 1779 48    Go  
West Samuel 1789  61  
Wetenall Elizabeth 1867 73    Go

 Go  
Wetenall Joseph

1842

(possibly1812)

55 or possibly 25

 
White Caroline 1916 75    
Whiting Jack 1986      
Whymark Kathleen Blanche  1950  65   Husband and wife living at Railway Terrace. William married a second time in 1951 to Florence May Mepham  
Whymark William George 1963  77  
Wilson Alice  1979  87   Husband and wife  
Wilson Cecil  1977 81  
Wincup ? Ann 1827     Possibly Ann Whincup of Westhall who died aged 85 and was buried 29th September 1827 
Woolnough George 1940     George and Hannah lived in The Pit and ran a shop. 
Woolnough Hannah 1946      Wife of George
Woolnough John 1781     Go
Woolnough John 1750    
Woolnough Mary 1760    
Wordley Ada Emma 1968    Go Obituary 
Wordley Frank Holbrow 1946   Go Obituary 

 

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