Bleasby St Mary

Monuments and Memorials

Wall Monuments

Monument to Dorothy Parrott

Situated on the south wall of the nave between the two windows is a marble tablet on a slate slab. The memorial stone sits on a small plinth and is headed by a narrow cornice surmounted by a pair of scrolls. It reads:

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

DOROTHY,

THE WIDOW OF

JOHN PARROTT, ESQUIRE,

LATE OF MITCHAM,

IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY.

SHE DIED

ON THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY 1859

IN THE 94TH YEAR OF HER AGE

BY A FORMER MARRIAGE

SHE WAS THE WIFE OF

JOHN PHILLIPS,  ESQUIRE,

OF WELLANDS, IN THE PARISH OF DORKING,

AND COUNTY OF SURREY.

SHE LEFT AN ONLY CHILD

THE WIFE OF

R. K. KELHAM, ESQUIRE.

The memorial mason carved his name and  address on the plinth:

Edwd Pearce
163-165, EUSTON RD
LONDON

Monument to the Children of Robert & Dorothea Kelham

Over the south door is another marble memorial, mounted on a slate slab. The stone is shaped to form a partially unrolled scroll the bottom being carved to display the rolled unopened portion, whilst the top is shown wound onto a round scroll bar with turned handles. It reads:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

TWO OF THE CHILDREN OF

ROBERT KELHAM KELHAM, ESQRE

AND DOROTHEA HIS WIFE

TO HENRY, A LIEUTT. IN THE R.N.

WHO AFTER A SHORT CAREER

OF ACTIVE AND HONOURABLE SERVICE,

IN THE ZEALOUS AND GALLANT DISCHARGE

OF PROFESSIONAL DUTIES,

DIED ON THE 31ST OCTOBER 1852

OF YELLOW FEVER AT TURKS ISLAND,

WEST INDIES,

WHILE SERVING ABOARD H.M.S. SCORPION,

CLOSING A LIFE OF WORTH,

AND GREAT PROFESSIONAL PROMISE,

AT THE EARLY AGE OF 24 YEARS

ALSO TO DOROTHEA, WHO DIED AN INFANT,

ON THE 22ND SEPTEMBER 1815,

AND WAS BURIED AT MERTON,
IN THE COUNTY OF SURRY.

Brass Plaque

There is a small brass plaque on the south wall to left of the entrance which reads:

LILY ELWIS

1891-1975

GWENDOLINE WINIFRED ELWIS

1929- 1977

Floor Stones

There are a number of burial markers in the chancel that can be read. Some slabs appear to extend under the choir stalls and others may exist beneath the area covered by the raised floor on which they rest. Not all the text on the slabs is readable, having been worn by decades of cleaning and footfall. Most of the stones are of red Mansfield Sandstone, York stone or similar material.

These, from the altar reading left to right and as far as can be distinguished, read as follows:

First Row

1

Here lieth the body of
Mrs? Elyzabeth Grundy, the
wife of John Grundy the
Second, who dyed October
ye 25 Anno Domini
1704
2

on a metal plate inserted into 1 above:

John Grundy Esq
Obt April 29 1722
AEtate 52
3

Depositum John
Grundy Generosi
Obijt September 24
Ano Dom: 1690.
Ano AEtat: 51
4

Here lieth the
body of Elizabeth
the Daughter of
John and Elizabeth
Grundy who was
born April the 7th 1704
and died
March 19th
1707
5

[fragmentary]

…Body
…Grundy…
…N An…
…..wife

Next Row between Choir Stalls

Floor stone
with foliate
cartouche
6

[fragmentary]

…ET……….WA [?] Johan: Grundy GENER: OBH Jan 1676 Anno AET

followed by a foliate emblem, beneath which it continues:

???ORI Grundy Dormitoriu?

…..T VICESIMO MARTII 1671 11?

…….js Decimo Oct…….
7

[fragmentary]

- - - - - -

son ……….

G………..

17………..

beneath which is:

Here lieth…………….
Thomas ye Se…..
Son of John and Eliz
Grundy who was
born December ….
Buried 2……..1700?

Third Row between Choir Stalls

8

A very fragmentary inscription remaining. Apparently divided into 3 in the pattern:

 
  
  

One word is discernable in the left lower section: John

9

In
Memory of
Louisa…………………
daughter of
R K Kelham
and
Dorothea his wife
who departed this life
29th March 183
in the 11th year of
her age

Sideways to Others, by Reading Desk

10
….DYDORMITOR……..

….VM  OB IIT VICE….

…..SIMO MARTI…….

..NATV…….

….OCTAV…IVII….

      15……

Now Outside

One significant memorial (to John Sheepshanke and Simon Sachell) was formerly inside the church but now lies in the churchyard.