Roxton Grave Memorials      

SURVEY OF GRAVE MEMORIALS AT THE CHURCH OF
ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ROXTON, BEDFORDSHIRE




Tombs


  TOMB A  Triple plinth

  S face
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES WILKERSON - FARMER
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED MAY 10TH 1856
AGED 68 YEARS

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD

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  W Face
ALSO
EMILY
WIFE OF
THOS. J. CRANFIELD
AND DAUGHTER OF
JAMES WILKERSON
WHO DIED FEBY 14TH 1864
AGED 34 YEARS
HE GAVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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  N Face
ALSO IN MEMORY OF
JANE, WIDOW OF JAMES WILKERSON
WHO DIED DECR 27TH 1865
AGED 68 YEARS

WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST

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  E Face
IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
JOHN WILKERSON
WHO DIED 18TH JANRY 1906
AGED 68 YEARS

HIS BANNER OVER ME IS LOVE
MARY ELLEN, BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN WILKERSON
WHO ENTERED INTO REST 25TH MAY 1908 AGED 66

"THY WILL BE DONE"










  TOMB B  Large flat slab/table top. Railings removed - possibly WW11 requisition ( Or stolen )

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
SOPHIA METCALFE
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF
THE LATE JAMES METCALFE ESQ
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 9TH OF JANUARY 1849
AGED 74 YEARS

SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS THAT WE MAY
APPLY OUR HEARTS UNTO WISDOM






  TOMB C

  S Side
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
DEBORAH, WIFE OF
GEORGE ROWLES
WHO DIED MAY 20TH 1816 AGED 69 YEARS

  N Side
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE ROWLES, GENT
OF THE PARISH OF GREAT BARFORD
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 2ND 1822
AGED 77 YEARS








  TOMB D  Four way

  E Side
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CHARLES JAMES
METCALFE ESQ
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED
FEBRUARY 20TH 1855
IN THE 69TH YEAR
OF HIS AGE

ALSO OF
ELIZABETH METCALFE
HIS WIFE
WHO DIED AT HIGHFIELD, HENDON
(--)TH DECEMBER 1885
IN THE 95TH YEAR OF HER AGE
AND IS HERE INTERRED
CHRIST WHO IS OUR HOPE



  S Side
CHARLES JAMES METCALFE
BORN 1814 DIED 1880
AND
LOUISA HIS WIFE
BORN 1811 DIED 1886
ARE INTERRED IN THE WEST CEMETERY
AT HAMPSTEAD, MIDDLESEX

ALSO
TO THE MEMORY OF
FRANK ERNEST METCALFE
OF LINSLADE, BUCKS
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED DECR 9TH 1927 AGED 75
AND HIS WIFE
MARY HOUGHTON
WHO DIED XMAS DAY 1924


  N Side
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN MAY METCALFE
SECOND SON OF
CHARLES JAMES AND
ELIZABETH METCALFE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEBRUARY 25TH 1841
AGED 25 YEARS


  W Side
IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES
SECOND DAUGHTER OF
THE LATE
JAMES METCALFE, ESQ
OF ROXTON HOUSE
WHO DIED 1ST JUNE 1840
AGED 65 YEARS

ALSO
KATHERINE AFFLECK
INFANT DAUGHTER OF
CHARLES JAMES AND
ELIZABETH METCALFE
WHO DIED
MARCH THE 16TH 18[2]6




NWES



  TOMB E  Table top in row 21

IN MEMORY OF
PEARSON GEORGE
WHO DIED JUNE 26 1854
AGED 85 YEARS

ALSO OF
MARY, HIS WIFE
WHO DIED SEPT 5 1856
AGED 80 YEARS

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD