Church Memorials
St David's Much Dewchurch
A listing of the memorials in St David's Much Dewchurch, going anticlockwise from the porch door.
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES PHILLIPS OF BRYNGWYN, ESQ WHO DIED AUGUST 20 1809 ACTIVE AS A MAGISTRATE, UPRIGHT AND INDEPENDENT IN HIS CONDUCT HE CLOSED AN HONEST AND USEFUL LIFE BELOVED AND REGRETTED AMIDST HIS SORROWING FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE 58 YEAR OF HIS AGE MARY HIS RELICT, SECOND DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL BEACHCROFT, OF CROYDON IN THE COUNTY OF SURRY, ESQR DIED MARCH 23, 1816 AGED 53 YEARS STRICTLY ATTENTIVE TO THE DUTIES OF RELIGION PUBLICK AND PRIVATE, AND TENDERLY AFFECTIONATE TOWARDS HER FAMILY, HER LOSS WILL BE SEVERELY FELT AND HER MEMORY LONG BE CHERISHED IN THE BOSOMS OF HER SURVIVING CHILDREN THOMAS AND HENRY THEIR SONS DIED INFANTS |
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF REGINALD PHILLIPS OF THE BOMBAY CIVIL SERVICE SON OF THE LATE JAMES PHILLIPS ESQ OF BRYNGWYN WHO DIED AT SURAT ON NOVR 1ST 1864 AGED 34 YEARS |
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES ROBERT ROBSON BRYNGARTH BORN JULY 23, 1864. DIED MAY 3, 1937 AND HIS WIFE, MABEL HELEN BORN OCT. 3. 1871. DIED MARCH 30, 1947 |
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PRIVATE OWEN EDWARD SLATER GRENADIER GUARDS WHO DIED OF WOUNDS AT YPRES BELGIUM OCT 30 1914 AGED 24 YEARS ERECTED BY TER SYMONS LIEUT GRENADIER GUARDS IN MEMORY OF A FAITHFUL SERVANT |
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THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN MEMORY OF EDWYN CHRISTOPHER FOURTH SON OF JAMES AND ANNIE RANKIN OF BRYNGWYN IN THIS PARISH BORN JANUARY 3RD 1879, DIED APRIL 17TH 1925 |
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF HAROLD LUTWYCHE HELME CAPTAIN 1ST LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT KILLED IN ACTION IN THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE FRANCE SEPTEMBER 14TH 1914 AGED 36 YEARS SERVED ALSO IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WARS 1899 - 1902 AND WITH THE ONITSHA HINTERLAND AND THE BENDE-ONITSHA EXPEDITIONS WEST AFRICA 1904 - 1906 RECEIVING TWO MEDALS WITH FOUR CLASPS BAPTIZED IN THIS CHURCH SEP 15TH 1878 |
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Walter Pye |
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UNDERNEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF JAMES WILLIAMS CLERK VICAR OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED SEP 3RD 1812 IN THE 47 YEAR OF HIS AGE |
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS GEORGE SYMONS OF MYNDE PARK, IN THIS PARISH, ESQUIRE ELDEST SON OF THE LATE THOMAS HAMPTON SYMONS, ESQUIRE AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE BORN OCTOBER 25TH 1818, DIED NOVEMBER 15TH 1868 ALSO IN MEMORY OF MARY HALEY, WIFE OF THE ABOVE AND DAUGHTER OF THE REV. THOMAS EDWARD ALLEN, CHAPLAIN H.E.I.C... AND LAURA ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF SIR HENRY FARRINGTON, BART, BORN OCT 16TH 1839 AT HAZAREE BAUGH, DIED OCT 13TH 1922 AND WAS BURIED AT COMBE RALEIGH, DEVONSHIRE “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor Principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate Us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans VIII 38, 39 |
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THOMAS RAYMOND SYMONS ONLY SON OF THOMAS GEORGE & MARY HAYLEY SYMONS BORN MARCH 30 1866 DIED JULY 26 1922 AGED 56 YEARS HE MARRIED IN 1888 MARGARET ETHEL, SECOND DAUGHTER OF SIR JAMES RANKIN BART OF BRYNGWYN AND HAD ONE CHILD THOMAS EDWARD RAYMOND HE WAS BURIED IN THE FAMILY VAULT UNDER THIS CHANCEL HE SERVED DURING THE S. AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1902 WITH THE NORTH SOMERSET IMPERIAL YEOMANRY AND OBTAINED THE RANK OF CAPTAIN
"THE BEST PORTION OF A MAN'S LIFE, HIS LITTLE NAMELESS UNREMEMBERED ACTS OF KINDNESS AND OF LOVE"
ALSO OF HIS WIFE MARGARET ETHEL BORN DECEMBER 18TH 1868, DIED APRIL 3 1949 AGED 80 YEARS |
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BENEATH THIS MONUMENT ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF THOMAS SYMONS ESQR OF MEEND-PARK IN THIS PARISH WHO DIED NOVEMBER 6TH 1818 AGED 74 ALSO OF MARY MARGARET RELICT OF THE SAID THOMAS SYMONS ESQR WHO DIED ON THE 14TH APRIL 1834 AGED 69 YEARS AND WAS BURIED AT LYME-REGIS IN DORSETSHIRE
ALSO IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM JOHN RAYMOND SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED THOMAS SYMONS ESQR, BY MARY, HIS WIFE WHO DIED AUGUST 4TH 1808, AGED 14 YEARS AND OF GEORGE RAYMOND, THEIR SON WHO DIED 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1796 AGED 3 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS AND WAS BURIED AT KINGSTON IN THE COUNTY OF SURRY |
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF RICHARD HARCOURT SYMONS, ESQ. WHO LIES IN THE VAULT BELOW FORMERLY OF THE 7TH DRAGOON GUARDS, SECOND SON OF THOMAS SYMONS ESQ., OF THE MYNDE PARK , HEREFORDSHIRE WHO DIED SUDDENLY, IN LONDON, THE 13TH OCTOBER 1850, AGED 50, BELOVED AND LAMENTED
ALSO TO HARCOURT KNIGHT SYMONS, ONLY SON OF THE ABOVE, BY HIS WIFE JANE DINNISS TOLSON SYMONS, WHO DIED IN HIS INFANCY AT LYME REGIS, DORSETSHIRE MAY 23RD 1821, WHERE HE IS BURIED IN A VAULT ALSO TO THEIR DAUGHTER MARY LOUISA SYMONS WIFE OF THOMAS GEORGE SYMONS ESQ., OF THE MYNDE PARK , HEREFORDSHIRE WHO DIED AT HASTINGS, SUSSEX, THE 25TH OF OCTOBER 1845, AGED 25 ALSO TO HER ONLY CHILD RICHARD LANGTON SYMONS WHO DIED AT THE MYNDE PARK, HEREFORDSHIRE, THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY 1843 AGED 6 MONTHS
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED AS A MARK OF AFFECTION AND ESTEEM TO THE BEST OF HUSBANDS AND FATHERS BY JANE DINNISS TOLSON SYMONS WIDOW OF THE ABOVE RICHARD HARCOURT SYMONS ESQ., AND ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE MAJOR RICHARD HENRY TOLSON, OF BRIDEKIRK, CUMBERLAND FORMERLY OF THE 2ND REGIMENT OF LIFE GUARDS BY HIS WIFE JANE COLLINS, OF HATCH COURT, SOMERSETSHIRE
ALSO TO THE ABOVE JANE DINNIS TOLSON SYMONS WHO DIED AT BATH THE 18TH OF JUNE 1869 AGED 71 YEARS |
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NEAR THIS PLACE LIE THE REMAINS OF JOHN SYMONS ESQ. WHO DIED ON THE 30TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1763 AGED 55 YEARS Not unimputed slide the Silent hours; Not unimputed nature’s various pow’rs, Meth added Blessings from indulgent heav’n. Wealth, honour, influence, are to Mortals giv’n. This Symons knew, in whom accomplish’d shone The Christian, Patriot, Husband, Brother, Son In rank his equal hither if thou come, Learn, Reader, learn a lesson from the tomb. While Worth like his, extinct, thy grief shall share, The Loss thou mournest labour to repair, Be just, beneficent, & good as He, And let the fair example live in Thee.
This Monument Is Erected to His Memory By ANN SYMONS His Inconsolable Widow And Daughter of JAMES COLEBROOKE Esq. She Died 4th March 1765 Aged 53 Years And lies Interr’d here Lamented by all who knew her |
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES RANKIN BARONET WHO LIVED FOR 49 YEARS AT BRYNGWYN MUCH DEWCHURCH BORN 25TH DECEMBER 1842 DIED 17TH APRIL 1915.
THROUGH LIFE HIS LAW WAS DUTY AND HIS END WAS PEACE
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW AND YOUNGER SONS AND DAUGHTERS
ALSO OF ANNIE LAURA HIS WIFE BORN 16TH JANUARY 1844 DIED 22ND JUNE 1920 |
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WE PRAY YOU REMEMBER CAMBELL KNOLLYS PRICE SOMETIME OF WESTBURY MANOR IN THE COUNTY OR BUCKS ESQ WHO WAS BORN JULY XXXI MDCCCXXII DIED APRIL III MDCCCLXXXV LIETH BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD ANNE SWAIN HIS WIDOW, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BELTON GREALOCKE FORMERLY LANGERTON CO DEVON, ESQ DEDICATES THIS MEMORIAL |
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS HAMPTON SYMONS OF MYNDE PARK IN THIS PARISH ESQUIRE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 22ND 1831 IN THE 38 YEAR OF HIS AGE
ALSO OF ELIZABETH RELICT OF THE ABOVE THOMAS HAMPTON SYMONS BORN 13TH JULY 1793 DIED 9TH APRIL 1857 AGED 64
FREDERICK HENRY SON OF THOMAS H SYMONS ESQ. AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE DIED 15 JUNE 1823 AGED 7 MONTHS AND WAS BURIED AT TENBY IN PEMBROKESHIRE RAYMOND THEIR SON DIED 20 NOV 1824 AGED 5 MONTHS ANNA MARIA THEIR DAUGHTER DIED 3 JUNE 1826 AGED 6 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS |
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IN MEMORY OF FREDERICK RAYMOND YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE THOMAS SYMONS OF THE MYNDE, ESQUIRE AND MARY, HIS WIFE BORN 27TH DECEMBER 1804 DIED 20 SEPTEMBER, 1879 |
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