Memorials Outside the Church

recorded by Mrs. M. Clarke & Mrs C. Sharpe of the Cumbria Family History Society

Memorial stones were repositioned some time ago to facilitate lawn maintenance and to open up the view of the church.
Many are mossy or flaking so details may be uncertain.
This page is primarily to guide any who seek particular stones in the churchyard itself.
Full memorial inscriptions are not given but, for each stone, names, one date and location will aid search. There are 547 names with dates from 1695 to 1890!

The Index provides:

An alphabetical list of names
Dates which are those of the first name on each stone.
A reference to the location which is explained in the box below.

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SOUTH OF THE CHURCH 13 memorial stones are numbered accordingly.

WEST OF THE CHURCH is a single memorial.

UNDER THE NORTH WINDOWS buttresses divide the stones into 4 groups which are given the small reference letters a, b, c & d (from east to west)

NORTH OF THE CHURCH stones have been closely set to cover a rectangular area.
As they lie in columns, these have here been assigned the 21 letters A to U running from west to east. Stone sizes vary so the columns comprise from 4 to 8 stones.
The following table provides reference and name for stones adjoining the path in sequence from west to east. Thus to locate, say, stone K2 the user simply walks along the path to reach stone K6 JACKSON and then walks in K5, K4, K3, K2.

A6	NICHOLSON	H5	BAILEY	O5	BROOKS
B7	JACKSON	I5	BEW	P4	CUNDALL
C6	BOUSFIELD	J5	SISSON	Q4	ABBATT
D7	TEBAY	K6	JACKSON	R5	WILKINSON
E6	PALMER	L7	GRANT	S4	SINKINSON
F6	SIMPSON	M7	JOHNSON	T4	WILSON
G5	IRELAND	N8	FOTHERGILL	U5	AIREY

Links to other pages of interest on this site: Memorial Inscriptions (inside the church) \| Selected Epitaphs \| Tour History \| Historical Miscellany \| Some Old Register Entries
See also the excellent external sites:		Glossary of Heraldic Terms Cumbrian Geneology Cumbria Family History Society