Prestbury Memorial Inscriptions 1878

Prestbury Church, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

The first volume of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries was published in 1881, edited by Rev. Beaver H. Blacker, M.A. The notes below are taken from this volume, and the spelling and grammar are as the original. The surnames have been put in capitals to aid identification.

This list covers only the memorial inscriptions within the church. Additions to the list are most welcome.


Literal copies of the inscriptions in the Church are given in The Genealogist, vol. ii., pp. 259-262 (February 1878) ; and the following is an index to the names mentioned therein, with the date of death in each case :-

AGG, Edith Sep. 19, 1851
AGG, Elizabeth Harriet Susan Nov. 26, 1863
AGG, James, Esqr. Jan. 14, 1827
AGG-GARDNER, James, Esqr. March 12, 1858
AKERMAN, Ann March 14, 1775
AKERMAN, James July 31, 1770
ANSELL, E. [No date]
BAGHOTT, Ann Oct. 31, 1739
BAGHOTT, William, Esq. Nov. 8, 1725
BINDON, Clara [No Date]
BINDON, Frederick Francis [No Date]
BINDON, Frederick William Francis [No Date]
BRUCE de DOWNHILL, Helena, D'mna [July 14, 1864]
CAPEL, Christopher, Gent. May 15, 1740
CAPEL, Christopher, Esqr. Feb. 26, 1780
CAPEL, Revd. Christophr Oct. 8, 1846
CAPEL, Sarah Nov. 28, 1717
CAPEL, Sarah Aug. 6, 1733
CAPEL, Susannna March 6, 1853
CAPEL, William June 12, 1732
CAPEL, William, Esqr. Oct. 21, 1818
CARPENTER, Margt. Aug., 1738
CHRISTIE, Mary Isabella April 16, 1827
CHRISTIE, Thomas, M.D. Oct. 11, 1829
DE LA BERE, Thomas Baghott, Esqr. Dec. 5, 1821
DEMAINBRAY, Mary [No date]
EDWARDS, Jane Dec. 26, 1802
EDWARDS, Thomas, Esqr. Aug. 30, 1838
FORBES, Gordon Stewart Jan. 13, 1867
GRIFFITHS, Catherine Elizabeth 1866
HATHEWAY, Amy June 24, 1747
HATHEWAY, Edward July 21, 1754
HOLLOWAY, Jane [No date]
MEEKINGS, Elizabeth Dec. 1801
MOLYNEUX, Capel June 23, 1822
MOLYNEUX, Elizabeth Dec. 24, 1831
MOLYNEUX, Emilia June 25, 1832
PONTIFEX, Adelaida Maria 1869. xviii Kal.Ap.
POPE, Mary Heaton June 6, 1823
PRICE, Francis May 10, 1859
PRICE, Harriet March 15, 1820
PRICE, Louisa Charlotte Feb. 20, 1833
SMITH, Ann March 8, 1850
SMITH, Anthony Temple 1865
SMITH, George, Esqr. Oct. 28, 1854
SOUTHOUSE, Revd Edward June 20, 1829
SOUTHOUSE, Elizabeth March 12, 1846
WAWN, Rev. Edvardus Bickersteth, M.A. Sept. 19, 1866
WILLIS, Revd John Law Sept. 26, 1841
WILLIS, Louisa Maria March 7, 1831
WILLIS, Mary Sarah July 21, 1833