Langar St Andrew

Churchyard

The churchyard in Langar is divided into two main parts. The smaller area being to the north and east of the main church building and the main area being to the south of the building. The memorials that are now present date back to 1713.

Smaller Area

The smaller area contains the memorial stones to many well-known figures in the history of Langar and its surrounding region.

These include the following:

John Chaworth Musters

A slate slab affixed to the church wall which reads:

BENEATH THIS SPOT
NEAR THE DUST OF HIS ANCSETORS
LIES JOHN CHAWORTH MUSTERS ESQUIRE
HE WAS BORN AT WIVERTON, JAN, 9TH. 1838, AND IN HIS 12TH. YEAR
INHERITED FROM HIS GRANDFATHER JOHN MUSTERS ESQRE. THE
ESTATES OF COLWICK, WEST BRIDGFORD, EDWALTON, ANNESLEY,
FELLEY, TITHBY & WIVERTON, HE MARRIED IN 1859, THE ELDEST
DAUGHTER OF HENRY SHERBROOKE ESQRE. OF OXTON BY WHOM
HE LEFT 3 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS. HE DIED FROM THE
EFFECTS OF SCARLET FEVER AT AUMONT IN FRANCE ON
THE 17TH. OF NOVEMBER 1887 IN HIS 50TH. YEAR.

“GIVE ALMS OF THY GOODS, & NEVER TURN THY FACE FROM ANY POOR
MAN, & THEN THE LORD WILL NOT TURN AWAY HIS FACE FROM THEE.”

(The main memorials to the Chaworth Musters family can be seen in the north transept).

Penn Curzon Sherbrooke

Captain of the South Notts Hussars Yeomanry and for 17 years Master of the Sinnington Hounds.

William Butler

Younger brother of Samuel Butler the famous author, painter, musician and philosopher.

Thomas and Annie Bayley

Thomas Bayley was a wealthy coal owner and liberal MP for Chesterfield. His wife Annie was the daughter of composer Henry Farmer. She bought Langar Hall in 1860. The stained glass window in the west wall of the church is also in their memory, and was donated by their son, Henry Dennis Readett-Bayley in 1916.

THOMAS BAYLEY
BORN JUNE 3. 1846
DIED MARCH 11. 1906

ANNIE MARY
BRADLEY BAYLEY
HIS WIFE
BORN FEBY. 24. 1850
DIED AUGT. 23. 1904

Percy Lambe Huskinson

Married Muriel, daughter of Annie Bayley who carried on living at Langar Hall.

Geoffrey Neville Bayley Huskinson

Inherited Langar Hall on the death of Muriel Bayley in 1933. Geoffrey was a former president of the Notts County Cricket Club and played rugby for England.

Reverend Edward Gregory

Reverend Edward Gregory discovered comet 1793 Gregory-Méchain (C/1793 A1, 1792 II) in the evening of January 8, 1793, when observing Venus and measuring its distance from Iota Aquarii; he traced this comet until January 12. This was independently found by Pierre Méchain on January 10; the comet was observed by a number of astronomers until February 14 of that year.

Main Area

In the main churchyard can also be seen the memorial stones to:

Major General Sir Miles Graham K.B.E., C.B., M.C.

Sir Miles gained his first medal, the Military Cross, during his service with the Life Guards during the First World War. When the Second World War commenced, he formed the First Cavalry Division and was posted to Palestine. He was later appointed Chief Administrative Officer to Field Marshall Montgomery and saw service throughout the campaigns in Egypt, Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, Sicily, Italy and the Normandy landings. Sir Miles and Lady Graham became the owners of Wiverton Hall at the end of the war.

The stone is a plain slab, laid horizontally, with simple inscription reading:

IN MEMORY OF
MAJOR GENERAL
SIR MILES GRAHAM
K.B.E. C.B. M.C.
1895 1976

AND OF HIS
BELOVED WIFE
LAVENDER
1906 1977

William Gretton

Village Blacksmith. His name can be seen on the hinges of the main church door.

William Simon

The oldest memorial stone still visible is that of William Simon who died at the age of 50 in May 1713. The stone reads:

HERE lies ye Body of
William Simon senior son
Of William Simon by
Barbra his wife He died ye 8th
Day of May 1713. aged 50 y.

Reader stand still and lend a tear
Upon the dust that sleepeth here
And whilst thou readst ye slate of me
Think on the glass yt. runs for thee.